This is a painfully bad situation. And what’s worse is that we shouldn’t even call it “fast fashion”, it’s really: “Shitty clothing that most people are stuck with because that’s all they can afford.”

Fast fashion makes it sound like bougie niche brands that 20 somethings put themselves into debt over to keep up with trends. But it’s also everyday people brands sold at Kohl’s, Walmart, Target, etc. I get the analogy intent (fast food, fast fashion) but it’s backfired in that everyone assumes the problem is uncontrolled selfish vapid people. The problem is all of us because we’re trapped without options.

(Bit of a terminology quibble)

The quality of the already shitty clothing is even worse now. Ex: a shirt I bought at Kohl’s in February had several small holes by the end of March - the dye hadn’t even started to fade yet. Same brand, same cut and style of shirt I’d purchased a year before (the bar was already low on quality), the likes of which I’d been purchasing year over year as replacements.

I have to shuffle my budget to find the money to buy higher quality – most people can’t.

I have to find a new retailer/brand with the style, material, and size options – online is fine for some things but most people aren’t like me, buying the same shirt on repeat, and frankly, I don’t enjoy buying clothing online as a non-man because no one uses a standardized measurement system for women’s clothing.

“Higher end” clothing is often garbage quality with a name that inflates the price – most people don’t want, nor should be expected, to become fabric and tailoring experts just to pick out their wardrobe pieces.

Don’t get me started on kids clothes.

Anyway, we can vow to shop used/secondhand all we want but this is a massive system problem that needs heavy regulation enacted quickly to force substantive change.

Someone needs a decaf.

Good point!

Ah okay, that makes sense. Thanks!

+1

I was just fine today until I read this. THANKS INTERNET PERSON

The exact setup my kids would seek out as toddlers for a good napping spot. Freaked me out as a parent trying to find them, but I get it. Cozy, secure, blocks out the world.

I want one.

Rest easy, Dave. And thank you. 💛

I’m surprised Bloomberg would publish something like this, considering it’s focus.

A fun read! And I really appreciate the effort they put in to replicate the messaging experience for each entry as you scrolled down the page (at least as it appeared on mobile browser).

Love this! The kind of thing technology is supposed to do.

This is the bureaucracy hoops people should be pissed off about. Ugh.

Need? No. But sometimes when I’m standing in a pool of people and despair and I can’t picture things getting better, I kind of just want a BFF little buddy like WALL-E or BD-1 who just gets me without judgement, and doesn’t require me to be its caregiver.

🤖

What a nightmare process. Where I’m at they can have someone lined up for a position but still have to post it, screen applicants, then pick the person they already wanted for the role, a big waste of time. But what you’re describing, good grief, that’s horrible for everyone, even the people outside of the hiring process.

“Tell me about a time when…” If I had the time, I would go to interviews just to shut this shit down. I don’t need the job, I just want to beat it into hiring managers’ heads that this is BS and needs to stop. If those questions aren’t given to the interviewee ahead of time to prepare, it’s off the table.

I’m with you 100% on this rant.

Damn this is scary. How are we so dependent on the distribution (control) of software, especially healthcare related, through two corporations: Alphabet and Apple. I am not so naive as to believe the open internet or freeware is free of nefarious actors, but the testing and checks and balances would play out far safer than this for-profit stranglehold.

I have no idea how people who aren’t tech-interested, but dependent on these systems, stay sane. What a miserable way to live life.

wander around living seaweed, while being bright yellow.

I could get behind this little critter.

They’re so sweet. The trusting part gets me. Too pure for this planet! 💛

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