I asked my librarian husband about it and he said, "Planned obsolescence. They make them out of cheaper stuff now. It's just what they do."
And I'm very sorry but I had to make the above image.
My hobbies are all excuses to collect pretty colors. I enjoy knitting, sewing, running, trombone-ing, gardening, & sci-fi short stories. Coding when necessitated and occasionally for fun. Microbiology for fun & (non-)profit.
I asked my librarian husband about it and he said, "Planned obsolescence. They make them out of cheaper stuff now. It's just what they do."
And I'm very sorry but I had to make the above image.