Sweatpants Forever: How the Fashion Industry Collapsed

Post by ivalm » Mon, Aug 10, 2020, 3:18 AM UTC

heavenlyblue wrote: post #194

user_501238901 wrote: post #75

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There basically wasn't a proper "modern day" pandemic before this. The previous one was the spanish flu in 1918 which was very quickly forgotten due to a much larger pointless massacre (world wars) Air travel increase is a big factor why it got so bad so quickly, even in the past two decades basically everything has changed. We have hundreds millions of people basically teleporting between continents every day.

>> pointless massacre You’re implying as if wars happen because people are all angry and if they just happened to be kinder then all of that would be resolved immediately. It’s discounting a bunch of pragmatic reasons a lot of which have nothing to do with philosophy or human condition.

Post by p1necone » Mon, Aug 10, 2020, 3:24 AM UTC

wolco wrote: post #165

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That's unfair. "We don't know when the next pandemic will come, but it will come, and we should be prepared for it" is a perfectly reasonable statement. Any pandemic is likely going to require PPE, PCR testing reagents, BSL labs, etc. Same thing for recessions; predicting the specific timing of one is difficult. Advocating preparations for one - economic, fiscal, social policies etc. to mitigate, for example - is not…

Think of all of the things we are not preparing for. Isn't California due for the big one. Should we be spending now to get everyone out before it hits.

Post by site-packages1 » Mon, Aug 10, 2020, 3:24 AM UTC

dstick wrote: post #97

My preference is to buy full black jeans and shirts, 10 at a time. They look good and don’t go out of style. No insecurity when going outdoors and tons of cognitive load freed up for other stuff every morning. Instead of having to choose an outfit every morning... It’s too exhausting to keep up with trends ;)

Post by p1necone » Mon, Aug 10, 2020, 3:29 AM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #30

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> Now a global pandemic had hit. He couldn’t foresee that. No one did. Some people did. Taiwan prepared after SARS. Of course nobody forsaw all possible consequences but it would be better to say that not everyone has the capacity to account for all possible tail risks.

Do you believe that Taiwan somehow knew ahead of time that there was going to be a pandemic this year? How do you believe they knew that?

Post by taurath » Mon, Aug 10, 2020, 3:35 AM UTC

whatshisface wrote: post #176

0xdeadb00f wrote: post #159

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> This thinking is why the men’s section is 1/4 as large as the women’s in most stores. This is so true, and it annoys me for reasons I'll mention later. > Contrast this with the women’s section. Women have an expectation to express themselves and their personality. I'm a young man, but I also like to express myself by dressing a certain way, which is why I'm especially disappointed when literally three whole floors…

As someone who doesn't want to pour resources into a fruitless arms race, I'm glad that a supergovernmental system has unilaterally enacted arms control. ;)