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What are you supposed to do with old clothes?
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#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
All primates groom themselves to have straight, clean looking, glossy hair. Humans are not going to voluntarily wear clothing that shouts “I’m one of poor or autistic.” People who are much, much poorer than the average OECD inhabitant care greatly about their appearance.
Yes, but lots of primate species also conduct a lot of rape and bullying. The best distinction I have between humans and other primates is that humans can change what they have believed to was their nature. Until somewhat recently, on this planet, all primates lived in a jungle. I'm not saying it'd be easy.
Yeah, I'm not sure we're doing a great job of getting humans to voluntarily stop raping and bullying either.
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#163> There is simply no easy, universal guidance for the most Earth-friendly or hassle-free or socially good way for you to dispose of your old clothes But there is. In fact, the answer is right in the setup of the article. > For much of American history [...] most of the population considered the endless accumulation of material goods unseemly, Basically, don't buy so many clothes to begin with. And then you don't have…
100% agree on reducing! Still, are you suggesting that clothes should be kept forever? Because whether you're talking about someone who discards entire wardrobes at the end of every season, or someone who rotates the same very-few items until they no longer fit, at some point people still need to do something with old clothes.
> the same very-few items until they no longer fit
Why would they stop fitting?
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#164Earlier quoted context omitted.
Merino wool is great for this.
I think a lot of people find Merino wool not to have the same itchy discomfort of traditional wool, I am sadly not one of those people.
Putting wool in the freezer helps with the itchyness, you could try that (assuming you own a garment that you currently don't wear because of it).
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#165Earlier quoted context omitted.
100% agree on reducing! Still, are you suggesting that clothes should be kept forever? Because whether you're talking about someone who discards entire wardrobes at the end of every season, or someone who rotates the same very-few items until they no longer fit, at some point people still need to do something with old clothes.
> the same very-few items until they no longer fit Why would they stop fitting?
Have you looked around lately? First people grow taller and then grow wider.
Also elasticity wears out. Poorly fit shirts that are worn out look pretty sloppy. And I say this as someone who wears poorly fit clothing that is worn out.
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#166Earlier quoted context omitted.
100% agree on reducing! Still, are you suggesting that clothes should be kept forever? Because whether you're talking about someone who discards entire wardrobes at the end of every season, or someone who rotates the same very-few items until they no longer fit, at some point people still need to do something with old clothes.
> the same very-few items until they no longer fit Why would they stop fitting?
I've lost 80 pounds since the start of the pandemic. My old clothes do not fit.
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#167Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unfortunately I'm not allowed to walk around naked, so I am forced to purchase clothes at some point. And at some later point, I have to dispose of them. Your comment doesn't seem to address that, and it's pretty fundamental to the question, I think.
> And at some later point, I have to dispose of them. I somewhat disagree. You do have to get your clothes, but what is about the disposing of perfectly fine clothes that's necessary? It's only because we have too many of them. Wear the clothes until they're worn. Use the rags.
This used to work with my parents' generation:
* A nice new sweater to wear around town becomes
* a nice sweater to wear around the house in the winter to save heating which becomes
* an old but still warm sweater to wear for yard work which becomes
* a ratty old sweater to wear to repair your bike or car without a care for oil stains.
I'm only one generation away and live in a town with good public transport, central heating which I can't adjust (and is always turned up too high) and will probably not be able to afford a house with a yard in the next 20 years.
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#168All the countries I've lived in during my life (4) have had various types of "boxes" on the street where you can dump clothes, which subsequently gets donated to various organizations that handles giving clothes to people in need. Since I've found this in every country I've lived, I thought this was ubiquitous in the modern world. Am I maybe blinded by my experience here?
I have to question those large "boxes" and their true motives. Homeless People have literally DIED trying to get things out of the bins. If the goal is to get the clothing to those who need it, why build the bins in such a way that removal is impossible? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/cambridge-... "At least seven Canadians have died after getting stuck in clothing donation bins, and the latest fat…
Wouldn't the goal of the bin be to stop someone from selling the items in the bin?
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#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, but lots of primate species also conduct a lot of rape and bullying. The best distinction I have between humans and other primates is that humans can change what they have believed to was their nature. Until somewhat recently, on this planet, all primates lived in a jungle. I'm not saying it'd be easy.
Yeah, I'm not sure we're doing a great job of getting humans to voluntarily stop raping and bullying either.
Proportionally, we're doing almost incomparably better.
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#170Earlier quoted context omitted.
in the heat, I wouldn't want thick merino wool on. and in my experience, any thin thread 100 ones don't last that long even when babied. I do like thicker ones for the winter as base layers though
How long do they last for you, (and what brands) since i'm currently hunting for something solution.
I have a load of very old ones from howies.co.uk