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[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 minutes ago

There's another aspect of this. Y'all are assuming cycling out your wardrobe regularly is "normal" and men are "abnormal" because they don't. But the reason women cycle out their wardrobe regularly is not because of some universal law that men ignore, it's because women go through weight fluctuations that render their old clothes unwearable. You'll hear a woman talk about losing 30 pounds and having to buy new clothes because of that... the fact that women's fashion includes a lot of form-fitting items (whereas men's fashion is often looser or more forgiving) certainly contributes to this as well.

I have some items I've had for over 20 years I could still wear, because I haven't had any significant changes in figure in that time... because I'm a guy.

[–] lemmyng@piefed.ca 1 points 11 minutes ago

The good men's clothes you find at thrift stores are there because the owner passed away and their next of kin donated them.

[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 hours ago

Yeah I do this. I never buy clothes myself. Usually kinda just acquire stuff over time. It goes good -> everyday -> work -> rags

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 72 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (4 children)

Literally what everyone should be doing now for the environment. Clothes waste is a huge problem. The fact that people throw away stuff that can still be sold at thrift stores is appalling. Understandable if your body shape has changed or something, but "getting bored" of clothes is indefensible. This extends to people "getting bored" of phones and cars too, which is terrible.

Also: I'm in this picture and my wife hates me for it. I have something from 25 years ago thats still wearable.

OP's post has also missed the category of "sleep clothes".

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I have a sweater that my grandma got me when I was 7. It's purple with a handful of printed comic panels featuring Harry, a snow dog. It goes "Harry is a snow dog. Harry is a good dog." and you can see Harry doing snowboard and stuff.

I am 35 today. It's worn out a bit but still my dearest, most beloved pajama. It still fits, somehow

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

30y/o.

I have bought a grand total of 3 brand new pieces of clothing in my whole life(not including underwear/socks). Every single other piece was either given to me for xmas/birthday/random gifts or bought from thrift stores. Anything I can't wear anymore has either been donated back to thrift or cut into rags myself.

I've also directly worked in a thirft store, where anything unsellable get tossed into 'rag out' where it's donated to a company that turns it into cheap bags of shop rags: so even stuff that's falling apart is still worth donating.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

In England they tell us not to donate anything that we wouldn't consider worthy of gifting to someone. They have to use volunteer time to soft/sort (and I guess clean) all items. If it's not something anyone will buy then best to take it directly to clothes recycling drop offs rather than charity shops.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 hours ago

(and I guess clean)

May be a difference between regions, but thrift doesn't clean clothes around me. You're expected to donate clean clothes; But if it's visually in such rough shape that it needs to be washed first, it's 'rag out', otherwise it goes on the sales floor. Laundry is a huge expense for a nonprofit; instead, they expect you to wash it yourself before wearing it.

I'm not aware of any seprate clothes recycling facilities around me, and can't find one with a quick search. Just the typical thrifts.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

If your body shape has changed, donate your old clothes! My wife lost a bunch of weight because medical reasons, and she recently went through her entire wardrobe; I dropped five 30-gallon bags of perfectly serviceable clothes off at a nonprofit thrift shop.

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago

My friends and I have been doing clothing swaps with the local femme community and honestly its been a huge game changer for closet refreshing! We had like 260 people come through last time and anything left after the swap is done is donated to local youth/addiction/women's centres :)

I've gotten some of my favourite outfits from the swap!! And it's completely free!

[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 34 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

There's no point to discard something that is still useful.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Clutter.

[–] user_name@lemmy.world 33 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Clutter is a slur invented by big minimalism to sell more less.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Yeah that works until you have a stack of 20 pizza boxes you're saving "just in case."

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 minutes ago* (last edited 13 minutes ago) (1 children)

Used pizza boxes attract ants. They are net-negative usefulness.

[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 minutes ago (1 children)

They're useful for putting down before an oil change. But that's like, one every six months or so. Not 20.

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 minutes ago

Could just use any old cardboard for that. Pop open your recycle bin and just grab whatever box you broke down recently.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 minute ago* (last edited 54 seconds ago)

You can make great papier mâché out of cardboard

[–] Carrot@lemmy.today 3 points 1 hour ago

Pizza boxes are a bad example, they are compostable

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I love you

[–] socsa@piefed.social 1 points 25 minutes ago

Welcome to Costco

[–] user_name@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

<3

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Well, how else am I supposed to maintain my anxiety and anger?

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Better solution for that is not to get new shit when you don't need any

[–] socsa@piefed.social 2 points 20 minutes ago

Yeah, when I turned 18 I just went out and bought everything I'd need for the next 60 years or so. Doesn't everyone do this?

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

What is "the entrance"?

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Well, I usually, not intentionally, have a pile of rags by my garage door that kinda sit there for grease, oil, etc. till they get washed separately, so I’d assume probably something along those lines for the guy who made this.

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 hours ago

The final use of a piece of clothing is as a wick for a Molotov cocktail.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

If it wasn't for grease stains I'd barely every buy a new shirt and tend to only buy new ones ob the summer when it's too hot to have a layer over top

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 16 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I just went to the thrift store last month for clothes. And this is absolutely correct. The entire store was huge, and then there's two racks for men lol.

Something interesting I noticed is most of the men's clothes are nice shirts. Button downs, dress shirts, polos, all sorts of different fabrics, there was even a wedding shirt in there. Not a lot of tshirts, unless they're made of something different.

My theory is the men's clothes that ends up in thrift stores are the nice clothes given to them as gifts, or the wife found it and added it to her bag of clothes to donate.

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Or stuff someone had to buy for some occasion

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 3 points 1 hour ago

Buy for an occasion, change body shape, donate, repeat…

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I swear some of my underwear is 50:50 underwear to holes ratio.

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 7 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Well there's the leg holes, hole I use to put it on and ofc the peepe hole and poopoo hole.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 30 minutes ago

The …poopoo hole?

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 hours ago

And the big trunk home too. Actually more holes than I remember.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago

Guilty.

[–] Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago

Space! Of course!

I knew I forgot to look somewhere for that shirt... er, rag...?

Whatever I can still fix it!

Maybe...?

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The best part of this approach is that I don't buy clothes very often, saving money!

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 hours ago

Yeah I did a big clothes shopping trip 3 years ago for a new job, so going by the record I should be good for another 7 years.

[–] Klox@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

"Home clothes", "repair clothes"? Nah. There's just clothes, and clothes my SO gets mad at if I get paint on them.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 hours ago

I could buy a New Outfit every day, but do exactly this. Well, minus the into-space-part 😁 Wifey has more bags in a specific color than I have clothes altogether... As long as it's somehow clean and doesn't reek, it's still fine.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Depending on your style, the third tier work clothes can become outside clothes again. I've got paint stains on this old T-shirt that matches the paint stains on these 25 year old jeans that have a hole in the knee. Badge of honor, really!