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according to this video, the average American buys 66 garments a year holy poo poo I don't think I've bought that much in ten years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qWHJ29-s4U edit: also on average throwing away 81 loving pounds of clothes and textiles a year, wtf
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Jun 22, 2021 04:00
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I just get free clothes from my brother who is my height but keeps gaining weight
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Jun 22, 2021 04:03
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actionjackson posted:according to this video, the average American buys 66 garments a year Does that include individual sock and clothes for their kids?
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The Bloop posted:Does that include individual sock and clothes for their kids? It’s like booze and guns probably
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actionjackson posted:according to this video, the average American buys 66 garments a year Underwear is a garment. I'd have thought most people would go through at least 60 underwears in 10 years. You nasty. j/k Quality can be the difference. As a kid I was astounded to hear one of my mom's friends bought a pair of $80 shorts. They didn't look like anything, just long khaki shorts. WTF? I'd never even seen a pair of shorts for sale for more than $20 at the stores we shopped at. Of course the difference was that this lady expected her clothes to last 10+ years, and look the same all that time. The shorts my mom bought would look okay the first summer, shabby the second summer, and be falling apart and shameful by the third summer. And those were the good old days. You can buy a cheap 'fast fashion' t-shirt from walmart and have it falling apart by the third wash. Inexpensive, but unlikely to survive 10 washes, never mind 10 years. Disposable clothing.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:AITA - Sibling's Service Dog is an aggressive dog who's constantly threatening our pug, and I am at wit's end I've never heard of huskies being used as service dogs. A 2 year old unneutered service dog that doesn't obey commands sounds sus as hell to me.
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Facebook Aunt posted:Underwear is a garment. I'd have thought most people would go through at least 60 underwears in 10 years. You nasty. j/k Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness
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Jun 22, 2021 05:04
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The Nastier Nate posted:Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness 
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Jun 22, 2021 05:22
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Facebook Aunt posted:Underwear is a garment. I'd have thought most people would go through at least 60 underwears in 10 years. You nasty. j/k I’ve still goonfleet and eve fanfest tshirts from 2007 I wore all the time and they are definitely not expensively woven garments what are you talking about a tshirt is a tshirt and Ross is full of $60 button up shirts that just didn’t sell if you think msrp means something in Hell, where we are. i am harry has issued a correction as of 05:29 on Jun 22, 2021 |
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Jun 22, 2021 05:25
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I wear t shirts I've had literally since 1988 like this POTC shirt my dad bought me at Disney World. poo poo still glows in the dark too it's wild.
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I paid $120 for a pair of merrell shoes thinking terry pratchet was right, but the world fully moved on to abject Hell before he began to lose his cognition, and the shoes fell apart on me within a week. I wore them to the tattoo shop three times and cut the grass with them once. that commander vimes bullshit might be true on the discworld (it isn’t, see c.m.o.t. dibbler) but it sure as poo poo doesn’t hold weight on ours. it’s more like a parabolic curve if you really give it some thought. i am harry has issued a correction as of 05:51 on Jun 22, 2021 |
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Jun 22, 2021 05:48
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My GF buys at least one new piece of clothing every week. There's probably a huge gender gap in who is buying clothes and how often. I can't exactly blame women either, there's way more expected of them when it comes to clothes.
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i am harry posted:I’ve still goonfleet and eve fanfest tshirts from 2007 I wore all the time and they are definitely not expensively woven garments what are you talking about a tshirt is a tshirt and Ross is full of $60 button up shirts that just didn’t sell if you think msrp means something in Hell, where we are. Uh, are you a boy? Go to the women's section at walmart and try to find a t-shirt that isn't translucent if you hold it up to the light because the fabric is so very thin -- they will definitely start showing holes in 10 washes. Around Christmas you can find shirts with sparkly bits on for parties and stuff that will literally start unravelling after being worn indoors for a few hours. The stuff in the men's department is a little better. People I know aren't throwing away 81 pounds of clothing and textiles a year, but what they do throw out is because it is falling apart, not because they are fashionistas. But apparently there are plenty of people who wear most purchases only once on purpose, because they like wearing new clothes. Disposable fast fashion is a plague.
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The Nastier Nate posted:Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness "Boots" Vimesy, of the Coup
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i am harry posted:it’s more like a parabolic curve if you really give it some thought. manufacturers will try to save fractions of a cent even on ridiculous designer shirts with stunt pricing. it's shareholder brain
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i am harry posted:I paid $120 for a pair of merrell shoes thinking terry pratchet was right, but the world fully moved on to abject Hell before he began to lose his cognition, and the shoes fell apart on me within a week. I've been wearing the same pair of waterproof sketchers for like four years. it's pretty lucky that the company that makes my weird rear end shoe size also happens to make indestructible tank shoes. I think they were like 60 bucks?
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Jun 22, 2021 07:11
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skooma512 posted:My GF buys at least one new piece of clothing every week.
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spacetoaster posted:The one that loves war, corporations, the surveillance state, racism, and the destruction of the working class. What's it called again?
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Weatherman posted:What's it called again? The Democrats!
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Jun 22, 2021 09:12
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love how it’s a never ending cycle of company gains reputation for quality despite its high price -> outsourced to china and now poo poo quality but same price and reputation, for a while
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Jun 22, 2021 09:44
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Yeah, the never ending cycle of building a reputation, establishing a customer base, then immediately dismantling it pennies at a time is so frustrating. Re: clothing: washing in cold water and hanging to dry 100% everything seems to be the key to having clothes last for a long time. I have friends who wash hot/ use the dryer and their poo poo doesn't seem to last very long.
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A solid reputation is just another piñata you can pop for fast cash. Especially likely if company gets a new CEO who needs to use One Weird Trick to make sure he (m/f) hits his idiotic growth targets to cash his fat bonus. The weird trick is always some variant of burning the company down to the ground for short term gain.
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i am harry posted:I paid $120 for a pair of merrell shoes thinking terry pratchet was right, but the world fully moved on to abject Hell before he began to lose his cognition, and the shoes fell apart on me within a week. Merrells went to poo poo like 5 years ago when they changed manufacturing away from Vietnam. Solomons are where it's really at, they're worth the money. I used to buy Merrell Bare Access, which would be shredded in 6-8 months. Bought a pair of Solomon Speedcross 3s on clearance, wore the hell out of them for a year and a half, bought Speedcross 4s to replace them, then 5s to replace those. The Speedcrosses are like mild cleats, so they'll snag long carpet and they're effectively ice skates in the winter. Fit's great, materials hold up, worth the money.
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Jazerus posted:anyone who purchases a $3000 treadmill deserves to be grifted Don't be silly, that's an absurd price to pay. The one that chews children up the worst is actually the $5000 model.
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Merrells went to poo poo like 5 years ago when they changed manufacturing away from Vietnam. salomon makes good hiking and trail shoes as well. every pair I've owned has lasted until I literally wore holes into the soles
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Yeah, everything I've bought from Solomon has held up very well. I chewed through probably 3 pairs of Merrells before I paid the extra $30~ for a pair of Speedcrosses, and they just take abuse. And the fit is so goddamn good and comfortable. I have one pair of Merrells yet, a pair of winter slip ons that get poo poo for mileage, which are garbage compared to the previous version. A very noticeable decline in quality. They likely won't survive another winter, goddamn trash.
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i am harry posted:I paid $120 for a pair of merrell shoes thinking terry pratchet was right, but the world fully moved on to abject Hell before he began to lose his cognition, and the shoes fell apart on me within a week. I had a pair of Merell's fall apart like that, and I emailed them to complain and they sent me a new pair of a more expensive model, which has been fine since then.
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I got two fancy polos for my birthday that were $90 each a while back and they've been amazing pima cotton so it can't shrink in the dryer like regular cotton all the polos I've gotten at gap, j crew etc. have started fraying pretty quickly
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gap clothes are garbage.
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euphronius posted:gap clothes are garbage. yeah not just that, but several other similar stores, some of which are owned by the same company, like as I said j crew, also BR, express, etc. I'll prob only go to this super bougie store or nordstroms in the future wearing falling apart shirts has been fine during covid 
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I haven't bought clothes outside of a Costco in like 5 years at least.
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yes I meant Gap as in the whole Corp with all its lifestyle brands their jeans are in particular absolute poo poo
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euphronius posted:yes I meant Gap as in the whole Corp with all its lifestyle brands I buy one pair of really nice denim every couple years, like APC. the pair I got 3-4 years ago finally got a tiny hole, which I will just get patched. I'm just going to get all my denim repaired when needed. 200 bucks for something that I wear several times a week for many years seems like a pretty good deal, and they fit way better than most jeans. content https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-cP1prsBIo
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I just want to say that I really enjoy your avatar edit: I would LOVE if they had little bungalow court home like this in my city, it'd be perfect for me https://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles/1142-S-Oxford-Ave-90006/home/6909862 actionjackson has issued a correction as of 17:39 on Jun 22, 2021 |
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actionjackson posted:I buy one pair of really nice denim every couple years, like APC. the pair I got 3-4 years ago finally got a tiny hole, which I will just get patched. I'm just going to get all my denim repaired when needed. 200 bucks for something that I wear several times a week for many years seems like a pretty good deal, and they fit way better than most jeans. You'd be surprised how easy it is to repair denim yourself. I've got a few pairs of nicer old jeans that I patched up with cannibalized crappy jeans for patches. With a ruler and chalk pencils you can even go for a decorative look.
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