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Anyone who is bothered by that is not someone you should care about
'noticing something' is neutral. 'bothered' is indeed not the way.
It looks like he wore about 64 unique items in a year. Excluding two pairs of shoes. That seems like a lot?
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I live in the following: - 2 pairs of jeans, on rotate - About 20 t-shirts - 20-ish sets of underwear + socks - About 3-4 sweaters/jumpers/hoodies - 1 pair of boots - 1 pair of worn out trainers That's basically it. Some of my t-shirts are over 15 years old, in fact 99% of what I wear is over 3 years old. Spending over $500 in a year on clothing is totally alien to me! Einstein had it right: "Albert Einstein reported…
> Spending over $500 in a year on clothing is totally alien to me! If you care about ethical production it's difficult to spend less. > "Albert Einstein reportedly bought several variations of the same grey suit so that he wouldn't have to waste time deciding what to wear each morning." This sounds incredibly joyless -- the aesthetic equivalent of eating huel for every meal.
Is it a requirement of ethical production that clothes don't last and must be regularly replaced??
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> Spending over $500 in a year on clothing is totally alien to me! If you care about ethical production it's difficult to spend less. > "Albert Einstein reportedly bought several variations of the same grey suit so that he wouldn't have to waste time deciding what to wear each morning." This sounds incredibly joyless -- the aesthetic equivalent of eating huel for every meal.
> If you care about ethical production it's difficult to spend less. Is it a requirement of ethical production that clothes don't last and must be regularly replaced??
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> Spending over $500 in a year on clothing is totally alien to me! If you care about ethical production it's difficult to spend less. > "Albert Einstein reportedly bought several variations of the same grey suit so that he wouldn't have to waste time deciding what to wear each morning." This sounds incredibly joyless -- the aesthetic equivalent of eating huel for every meal.
I prefer to find my joy in things that are not food or clothes.
Personally I don't think it's zero sum, enjoying your meals won't make your immaterial pursuits less worthy, for example.
> Current Wardrobe Value: $3,907.65 I don't have any friends (and I'm happy with this), so I have no reference: do people normally really spend this much on clothing!? My entire wardrobe is worth around $150, and that's 70% socks.
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> If you care about ethical production it's difficult to spend less. Is it a requirement of ethical production that clothes don't last and must be regularly replaced??
Clearly not, that's such an uncharitable read of what I'm saying that it doesn't feel worth responding to.
> Current Wardrobe Value: $3,907.65 I don't have any friends (and I'm happy with this), so I have no reference: do people normally really spend this much on clothing!? My entire wardrobe is worth around $150, and that's 70% socks.