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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I've never owned a branded piece of clothing in my life aside from a Roots sweatshirt when I was a teenager, when that was a Big Deal, and I don't understand why an adult would.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are there people who do this???

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Presumably so, otherwise there wouldn't be advertising.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Pro tip: Most company logos go off easily with precise sanding tools you can get in hardware stores. Coming from someone who's had to buy the perfect pair of shoes (which were also the cheapest) which for some reason had one fugly logo on the back ruining it all. Sadly you can't really return them after, so you can only really do it if you're sure you will keep it, but sometimes that's enough.

EDIT: To clarify - I totally agree with the comic. This isn't an endorsement to buy brand clothing. I'm saying that sometimes you have no other choice, and this is the way to give the company the middle finger while still getting the quality you desire.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So now we're buying the article of clothing, the branding on said clothing and precision tools to remove the branding from the article of clothing.

Not throwing shade at you specifically. That's a clever solution, I just kinda hate that this problem demands even more shit in order to get around.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Totally. It's why I specified "for a perfect pair of shoes which were also the cheapest", implying the flipside would be to spend more money for less quality, and often times also with a logo on it 😑 99.99% of my purchases specifically go for brand-less clothing, but I guess some people got the wrong impression.

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