• Dkarma@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Here’s the thing about “signaling to the industry with your money”: They will take it and not give you shit.

    Pay 30$ or $300 for a drill it’s still made in China from plastic and planned obsolescence.

    Underwear is no different.

  • Durandal@lemmy.today
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    8 months ago

    “The average American buys more than one new piece of clothing per week. If that matches your shopping habits, in a span of five years you have purchased more than 320 pieces of clothing.”

    Who the fuck is buying multiple pieces of clothing every week? I don’t know anyone that does that. I feel like buys-ridiculous-amounts-of-clothing George is an outlier and shouldn’t be counted.

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      8 months ago

      Do individual socks count? If so, buying a 10 pack of socks and a 6 pack of undies gets you through half a year by this metric.

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        8 months ago

        Man, I don’t even do that every year. Maybe every 3-5 years. I do not buy clothes very often at all.

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        8 months ago

        It really is the entitled version of the boots theory. I wear my clothes literally hundreds of times before they get worn out and this article is suggesting that 10 wears of “cheap” ($50) clothes and it’s trash time. This article is way out if touch to the average non-fashion obsessed buyer imo.