#and tbh? the stuff in the op shops was also likely made with slave labour. just because you didn't buy it doesn't mean it wasn't bought | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

david-watts · 1 year ago

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I feel kinda bad about those comments I made on that one post because I was being a bit of a dick, and it was because I was tired and misunderstanding exactly why people get so mad about ‘tiktok punks’ (please just call them posers. that word already exists and means what you mean) but like. I do stand by the fact that I don’t care if people end up buying from ethically awful places since it’s not easy or affordable to avoid, and quite frankly I understand if someone’s a bit lazy about it. but that one person accusing me of thinking ‘slavery is punk’ genuinely made me realise those posts about reading comprehension on this site being godawful aren’t hyperbole

#just been thinking about it again. mostly out of anxiety thinking people hate me for it #and yeah sure hate me for it. I'm not in charge of you.#my entire point had actually been in favour but that I could understand why someone would buy from sh**n #I mean I wasn't aware at the time the levels of laziness I thought the most was like. preripped tshirts and jeans with generic plain patches #already added. not like prepatched stuff with actual slogans like that's antithetical to the spirit #so like with that context you can see why I thought it was a bit harsh #now I'm even more 'yeah makes sense' about it #and yeahhh I shouldn't have doubled down like that but I was tired and mad because I'd remembered how fucking hard it is to find shit where #I live like. you have the usual 'if you're not skinny you're fucked' problem but the other problem is that there is a big reselling problem #where I live. it's been happening with furniture for a long time and as soon as nicer clothing started appearing it happened with clothes #and when I say 'nicer' I mean 'not totally dogshit'#and tbh? the stuff in the op shops was also likely made with slave labour. just because you didn't buy it doesn't mean it wasn't bought #and it doesn't stop the company from using slavery. so like.#oh and when I say 'I was tired and mad' that's not an excuse that's a reason why.#and that quote that led to the dogshit reading comprehension was about the fact 'it's nothing new that companies use subcultures #to make a quick buck' and that it's not entirely improbable that it'll eventually get considered part of the fashion #which yeah I actually understand that being awful in this circumstance because not that I've looked but it probably looks dogshit #yeah. I think my point about nuance stands most #on one hand; posers suck. companies trying to make a quick buck suck. slavery sucks. trying to op shop sucks.#but it's not like all of it can be avoided and if so like. maybe put some effort into it #genuinely don't understand people buying prepatched stuff. like actual slogan patches. that's incredibly boring #the point is that you customise it you fools #my problem really is that I automatically think the best of people. oh they can't be that bad. yes they are you dumbfuck.

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