I hope that if the Fashion Act passes they create a dedicated enforcement agency for it and call it the Fashion Police.
@RyuuOujiXS7 ай бұрын
The Fashion Police of Gotham City with Police Chief Gim Jordon and anti-hero Wruce Bayne
@d.w.stratton40787 ай бұрын
They would still be bastards.
@danielthompson39287 ай бұрын
😂
@faxmine7 ай бұрын
I'll be honest I do not think it will pass. Like at all. It's too good of a policy and I would not be surprised if there were lobbying efforts to retract or fuck up the bill.
@aronseptianto81427 ай бұрын
@@faxmine expect the worst but hope for the best. we won't know until it happens and if the default answer to something that's truly good is apathy not constant pressure, then it all will be a self fulfilling prophecy
@RayCharound7 ай бұрын
"i dont normally like puns". Dude, if they asked me to draw someone who i would expect to like puns, it would be a caricature of you
@ClimateTown7 ай бұрын
No puns in climate town.
@hackercow2112 ай бұрын
@@ClimateTown Sure man
@quixomega7 ай бұрын
What drives me crazy is that it's nearly impossible to buy good quality clothes. More money normally just buys more pretentious logos on the same cheap clothes.
@jessebrook16887 ай бұрын
(Not very) Supreme. More-ripped Levis for twice the price. Designer labels on incredibly thin and delicate clothes not made for repeated wearing or washing or tumble drying or anything but static display. These are a few of my least favourite things. That and the mall dumpsters, plus obligatory destruction photos. Tell me again how capital is lifting all the boats. It's a tide of garbage, isn't it?
@annsh.64877 ай бұрын
Seriously!! Like where do you even get a fitting breathable casual shirt these days. I scour second hand stores every few weeks because I've given up on big stores, and even there it's so difficult to find good fabric
@lucasd889997 ай бұрын
I find that shirts made in Nicaragua are like the best quality to comfort ratio
@coke80777 ай бұрын
Hard to find clothes even made of 100% natural materials anymore. Most of the time I go to second hand shores instead because I can find better quality there for 1/4 the price. Thankfully I have pretty common sizes so its not too difficult for me.
@iamnobody27 ай бұрын
i find ralph lauren polo is pretty nice stuff in general. i won't say it's worth the retail price or anything, but they make some super comfy nice shirts
@essendossev3627 ай бұрын
A local festival event used to do screen printing on top of a shirt that you'd bring. They'd still pay the ppl for the design, and for the labour of doing the printing, and bring home some extra cash, and memorialize the event on a shirt of our own choosing. Win-win all around!
@wanda_walker7 ай бұрын
I love this idea!
@noelparker7416 ай бұрын
I wish events would do this more. Especially since I tend to cut up and customize my tshirts anyway. I would have way more of an attachment to a shirt if it was printed in front of my eyes!
@zenith58446 ай бұрын
I love that so much
@zc13126 ай бұрын
That’s so dope!!
@finnishline6 ай бұрын
I'd love that. I wear medium tall and no merch is ever in my size.
@sasparillasassafras79264 ай бұрын
The joke about getting AI to generate your art for the shirt reminded me: AI models are actually also seriously bad for the environment, with the amount of water they consume for cooling their computers, which incidentally also consume a ton of electricity and take up very large amounts of space in the form of data centers! Would love to see a video on that from you guys.
@banbaji7 ай бұрын
Microplastics are stored in the balls
@pllpsy6657 ай бұрын
They did surgery on a grape. To remove the microplastics from it's balls.
@Sampoochy6 ай бұрын
Thought this was simply a reworked meme… but then I heard
@PlaySA6 ай бұрын
That's what I've heard
@ironytrooper6 ай бұрын
which is bad, because that's where the pee is supposed to be stored!
@End_Orca_Captivity5 ай бұрын
And breastmilk.
@Chris.Pontius7 ай бұрын
Jokes on you. I'm not wearing any plastic. I always watch these videos completely naked.
@AndrewDasilvaPLT7 ай бұрын
Are you the real Chris Pontius?
@prosandcons-fl2cc7 ай бұрын
and its not entirely because of the planet...
@spiguy7 ай бұрын
Unfortunately we're past the point that humans wear plastic; now the plastic wears you.
@fdagpigj7 ай бұрын
I'm also not wearing any plastic. Most of my clothes are cotton, as are all that I'm currently wearing. Some of my summer clothes are linen or bamboo, but only rarely do I buy clothes made from non-plant materials such as wool or plastic.
@MrJimheeren7 ай бұрын
Sadly there is microplastics in our balls. So we are all fucked
@danielfarbowitz6717 ай бұрын
How did you miss the opportunity to use the term "trashion"?
@peanutbutter77217 ай бұрын
Should we place bets on him saying "trashion" in the video?
@Kogot127 ай бұрын
Yes
@ClimateTown7 ай бұрын
@@peanutbutter7721 I’d like to get a million dollars against please
@ExterminatorElite7 ай бұрын
We didn't get trashion, but we did get brandfill and boy I hate it.
@tiyenin7 ай бұрын
@@ClimateTownI'm in, too. #insiderinfo
@marginis7 ай бұрын
I used to work at a printing company here in the U.S. - on the side of the process where we don't use slave labor. We were the ones that put the graphics on the shirts we shipped in from china. Within the three years I worked there, the entire customer service department was fired for fraud/sleeping with each other (their positions were left unfilled to save costs), a coworker was murdered at work by another coworker, and I can only start to explain the corrupt behavior of the owner and the racism toward our out-of-country contractors who were paid a fraction of our own low wages. All of the companies in the region that say they make shirts - those shirts were really made by us. All of those t-shirt companies were really just middle men. And this was the second printing company I worked for. The first one paid even less for even more work, and this was before they laid off most of the company when Trump put tariffs on chinese imports, because the business relied so heavily on junk that cost pennies to get. The whole industry is disgusting and they do a lot to obfuscate it. If you order a t-shirt with a custom graphic on it for yourself or a business, it goes through at least five middle men that has way more human cost than anyone should feel comfortable with.
@marginis7 ай бұрын
We were literally required to remove any branding from all communications for our customers, so our customers could just forward our communications to their customers, to forward onto THEIR customers, and pass the communications off as their own. There were points at which I just contacted our customer's customer's customer directly to figure out what they wanted us to make. The amount of wasted money and time and effort is disgusting by itself, not even counting the other stuff.
@Ab3ndcgi6 ай бұрын
I can confirm the printing industry sucks, and not only when it comes to clothing. Don't even get me started on the rampant fraud and exploitation of climate and public policy in the paper and packaging printing industry... . And the standart in developed countries beign still 24/7 rotations, poor or unsafe environments, long distances, low wages, plant workers beign treated as second class employees... the list goes on.
@yargnad5 ай бұрын
You're both describing unbridled Capitalism. It's what everyone thinks is the best part about America. It's only going to get much worse.
@nicksurfs14 ай бұрын
I know the printing industry is unionized. Does this help at all or simply shift human cost elsewhere?
@marginis4 ай бұрын
@@nicksurfs1 I have not encountered a union or unionization effort at any of the printing companies I've worked for or any companies I worked with while in the industry.
@off_mah_lawn20747 ай бұрын
I live in a wealthy area and routinely browse the selection at Goodwill, there are routinely brand new jeans, north-face jackets, suits all there for like $10
@BloodBoughtMinistries5 ай бұрын
Here in south Africa that is unheard of
@off_mah_lawn20745 ай бұрын
@@BloodBoughtMinistries crazy. Good will is slept on out here.
@off_mah_lawn20744 ай бұрын
@@LizzieMagz In LA. Go to the beach towns they have super nice stuff there
@Phoenix.Sparkles3 ай бұрын
I heard bad things about Goodwill.
@off_mah_lawn20743 ай бұрын
@@Phoenix.Sparkles idk I’ve only had good experiences there, except when they close off their donations area lol
@EricaRuth19747 ай бұрын
I'm surprised you didn't mention the sports team championship merch waste. When a team wins the Superbowl (or some other important game) thousands of hats and t-shirts appear with the winner's logos on it while the confetti still rains down on the crowd. Which means they printed winning merch for BOTH TEAMS and the losing team's merch goes straight to the landfill. Thousands of units, with the sole purpose of becoming garbage. Unreal.
@closethockeyfan52847 ай бұрын
They've been 'donated' to impoverished people in Africa--negligibly better!
@julietardos50447 ай бұрын
@@closethockeyfan5284 Meanwhile, all those impoverished people in Africa are impoverished because they lost their jobs making clothing because that "donated" crap is undercutting their prices.
@johnchedsey13067 ай бұрын
There is an alternate land in Africa where folks proudly wear the shirts of 4 time super bowl champs: The Buffalo Bills.
@fukkenPavlo7 ай бұрын
Maybe they'll use it next time when the team wins 🤔
@cyan_oxy67347 ай бұрын
@@julietardos5044 Are really that many people making clothes in underdeveloped countries. I get it with agriculture products as many people work on farms in poorer societies and our subsidised farm products absolutely wreck the local farmers but clothes?
@robofurr7 ай бұрын
wearing a shirt 7 times and throwing it away is WILD
@Techguyericd6 ай бұрын
I have shirts that are 7 years old
@krose64516 ай бұрын
Unfortunately alot of the clothes made now are essentially designed to self destruct within that time. Either the fabric will develop holes and tear or they purposely pick a bad thread which wont hold up. You get more life out of them by not using a drier and a few other things but yeah. Meanwhile clothes from some years back can only now be falling apart but my grandmother has things from when I was born or older (as well as her old clothes and my moms that are mine now) that pretty much look the same as when they were bought and held up fantastically. Its another benifit from thrifting or buying second hand. Much of the older stuff you find is going to be of better quaulity then what you would buy new.
@xcvx166 ай бұрын
If I can get a t-shirt to last through more than 7 washings it’s an outlier.
@winterwatson64376 ай бұрын
@xcvx16 where are you buying your clothes and why do you keep giving them monies?
@pemex236 ай бұрын
@@xcvx16 Maybe try air drying your t-shirts? Maybe the dryer is what's ruining them so by avoiding that they could last longer
@ederlindorfe657 ай бұрын
Climate town is the only organization that actually makes watching a 25 min ad for their product enjoyable.
@tristanbinsted66746 ай бұрын
25mins is pretty long, but I'd like to say that Erik from Internet Comment Etiquette also does incredible ads.
@andvid...7 ай бұрын
I feel like one of the best ways to make merch have a longer lifespan is having it not super explicitly branded. Like just a vaguely themed design that passes as just a cool tee shirt. That way even if the owner doesn’t watch the KZbinr anymore it’s still a cool tee. And then if it ends up in a thrift store someone who doesn’t know it’s merch will just think it looks nice and wear it unknowingly
@MannIchFindKeinName6 ай бұрын
i used to run around in weird US-Merch. Look at poorer countries, noone actually cares about the branding, it just needs to do its job properly :D (which new clothing just does not)
@andvid...6 ай бұрын
@@MannIchFindKeinName yeah that’s a good point! I guess quality is the most important part
@Ab3ndcgi6 ай бұрын
One of the best ways to have merch have a longer life span and sell well is to actually hire or collaborate with a designer for the job. You know, someone that actually knows what they are doing and is able to make a unique product that vibes with a certain audience. I swear I cannot figure why there are so many people struggling to sell their ugly logo T-Shirts to their massive following, while there are so many good designers struggling to attract buyers to their print on demand and design comission pages...
@MalakaiDerg6 ай бұрын
@@MannIchFindKeinNameQuite the opposite, less developed countries are the ones making and wearing bootleg clothes because "status". Branding is everything sadly
@mariusvanc5 ай бұрын
Yes, whenever I even remotely consider buying merch, it's just a cool design that I'd want anyways. If it's only your ugly logo or name, pass.
@AndrewsCookin7 ай бұрын
Love the detail of you standing next to the "Brown Building" where Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire took place. While talking about terrible working conditions of merch manufacturing. Keep up the great work you're doing!
@beskamir59777 ай бұрын
One of the worst things about clothes being garbage is that finding quality clothes is becoming increasingly difficult and expensive as they're increasingly rare and limited compared to the volume of junk. It's equally frustrating when quality clothes have plastics mixed into them so it's impossible to even find clothes made of pure wool, cotton, silk, etc. Of course I still try, and thrift stores are among the best for cheap and quality clothes made of natural fibers, but it's still really difficult to get good quality clothing.
@SavannahBurris7 ай бұрын
Yes! Even $100+ “wool” coats that look promising will sometimes only contain 3% wool in them. I’m broke but I don’t want to buy crap clothing or furniture. It feels impossible, so I just started repairing what I currently own. My flannels get stitched up, and my leather jacket went into a leather repair shop for patches to repair the giant tear my cat made in it in favor of buying a new one. If I’m lucky I’ll get another decade out of it.
@Kikkerv115 ай бұрын
Uniqlo, Jack & Jones, Regatta, Marco Polo, Ben Sherman and Matinique have shirts that are 100% cotton and will last 10 years. The latter three are more expensive than the first three, but the quality is about the same. Try to avoid prints because they are plastic and will wear off quickly.
@beskamir59775 ай бұрын
@@Kikkerv11 100% cotton tshirts are really easy to find. Getting pants and long sleeve shirts that are 100% natural fibers is becoming nearly impossible without it being extremely expensive. Especially when considering wool or silk fibers. Since those are arguably my favorites for how they deal with extremely cold or warm temps. Cotton just kinda sucks for dealing with both cold and hot weather. I've also never seen anything made out of pure hemp or linen, but then I haven't really seen that many clothes that contained any amount of those materials. Though recently I found a pretty dope pant manufacturer (named seedpants google it the link doesn't seem to be allowed) that's local to where I live. They use 55% hemp and 41% cotton to make their pants, but the remaining 4% is spandex. Otherwise they seem pretty cool and the sort of company this community would be interested in supporting... though at 243 dollars is very high for a pair of pants.
@beskamir59775 ай бұрын
@@Kikkerv11 100% cotton tshirts are really easy to find. Getting pants and long sleeve shirts that are 100% natural fibers is becoming nearly impossible without it being extremely expensive. Especially when considering wool or silk fibers. Since those are arguably my favorites for how they deal with extremely cold or warm temps. Cotton just kinda sucks for dealing with both cold and hot weather. I've also never seen anything made out of pure hemp or linen, but then I haven't really seen that many clothes that contained any amount of those materials. Though recently I found a pretty dope pant manufacturer (named seedpants google it the link doesn't seem to be allowed) that's local to where I live. They use 55% hemp and 41% cotton to make their pants, but the remaining 4% is spandex. Otherwise they seem pretty cool and the sort of company this community would be interested in supporting... though 243 bucks is a lot for a pair of pants. Posting this comment like 3 times since it seems auto deleted every other time. I hate automated filters.
@beskamir59775 ай бұрын
@@Kikkerv11100% cotton tshirts are really easy to find. Getting pants and long sleeve shirts that are 100% natural fibers is becoming nearly impossible without it being extremely costly. Especially when considering wool or silk fibers. Since those are arguably my favorites for how they deal with extremely cold or warm temps. Cotton just kinda sucks for dealing with both cold and hot weather. I've also never seen anything made out of pure hemp or linen, but then I haven't really seen that many clothes that contained any amount of those materials. Though recently I found a pretty awesome pant manufacturer (named seedpants google it the link doesn't seem to be allowed) that's local to where I live. They use 55% hemp and 41% cotton to make their pants, but the remaining 4% is spandex. Otherwise they seem pretty cool and the sort of company worth supporting... but 243 bucks is a lot for a pair of pants. Posting this comment like 4 times since it seems auto removed every other time. I hate automated filters.
@piccalillipit92117 ай бұрын
*A MESSAGE FROM A BESPOKE TAILOR* please buy second hand...!!! All my clients buy second hand, they buy vintage, they have garments made bespoke - and they have them altered to FIT, thats the key to looking good - GET YOUR CLOTHES ALTERED TO FIT Buy second hand, uses the money saved to have them altered to fit and KEEP THEM UNTILL THEY WEAR THROUGH
@sydgriffin75917 ай бұрын
That is great advice. Thank you!
@stereo-soulsoundsystem50707 ай бұрын
idk what bespoke means i see people use it all the time
@piccalillipit92117 ай бұрын
@@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070 Oh OK - First of all, total credit for admitting you don't know and asking - that is a skill that will help you a lot in life...!! Bespoke means its made totally custom for you...! So If you came to me for a suit, I would take every measurement of your body, look at how you stand, how you walk, any unevenness in your body. Then we would discuss what you want, I actually make historical suits 1890 to 1940, but within that range, you can choose anything you want, we will choose the fabric and it will be made by hand, mostly hand-stitched, then there will be a fitting to make sure I have got it right and then I will finish it. It will be the only one in the world and it will be what you want down to the colour of the buttons. I will also tell yo what NOT to buy, things that will go out of fashion, fabrics that wont lost a long time, etc etc If you put on weight there is additional fabric hidden inside so you can have it altered to make it bigger up to about 4 inches 100mm It takes me about 150 to 250 hours and will cost you about €5,000 on the other hand it will last you 25 to 50 years of regular wear
@piccalillipit92117 ай бұрын
@@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070 I replied but it seems to have been deleted - it means totally custom just for you.
@kirksatterwhite24737 ай бұрын
Rollie’s suit looks like it’s been altered to fit very snuggly in all the right places. If I was watching this on anything bigger than my phone I’m pretty sure I’d be able to say whether he’s cut or uncut. Not complaining.
@MikeWMiller7 ай бұрын
Talking about poor working conditions, standing in front of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Subtle...
@ToiletBrew-IPA7 ай бұрын
It’s as subtle as the clothing filled landfill
@ashelfishisttortle7 ай бұрын
This is why I started Midnight Scout. I’m still broke and have a longgg way to go. But eventually I want to not only have factories in the U.S to produce the fabric, create the shirts AND print the designs. But I also want to promote unions under me. As of right now I’m one person with close friends helping me out for free. But I plan to grow to a massive scale
@stereo-soulsoundsystem50707 ай бұрын
Keep us posted champion
@deus_ex_machina_7 ай бұрын
He mentioned the tragedy in his previous video “Fast Fashion is Hot Garbage”.
@kookoo98006 ай бұрын
@@ashelfishisttortleif this is real, good luck bro rooting for you 🤙
@Guzwar7 ай бұрын
Many years ago, a friend got married and requested the guests to donate their old band shirts, which she sewed into a massive train on her gown. Practical AND unique AND it saved a lot of shirts from the landfill.
@korbendallas53184 ай бұрын
So the train is still in regular use?
@peterzeller57366 ай бұрын
The sound editing at 12:46 was *chefs kiss
@ClimateTown6 ай бұрын
Honestly, thank you so much. When that came together I genuinely thought to myself, "man, I HOPE someone notices this." Thank you for clocking it.
@Phate82637 ай бұрын
Only worn 7 times? Any clothes I have that have only been worn 7 times would be considered my "good" going out clothes. I'm in my 40s and still have some threadbare t-shirts from high school.
@steemlenn87977 ай бұрын
Same here. Last week I had to throw one T-Shirt and realized I still had one from school times.
@popdogfool7 ай бұрын
I can't imagine that. I wear everything till it has holes before I get anything new.
@caocaoholdingaplushie60226 ай бұрын
@@popdogfool and those with holes can be used as rags
@popdogfool6 ай бұрын
@@caocaoholdingaplushie6022 they tend to be bad rags, don't soak up water as well. Great for cleaning up oil if you do diy bike maintenance though.
@luketfer6 ай бұрын
@@caocaoholdingaplushie6022 Yup they're moved into the what I like to call 'painting pile' aka if I'm doing painting or anything like that I'll wear those clothes and after that they get moved to the 'rag' pile.
@SoundBubble7 ай бұрын
Fast fashion will always remain a mystery to me. Even if it wasn't so detrimental for the environment and the people forced into modern slavery, why would I willingly want to go shopping every few weeks just to buy things I don't even want to wear? Just screams brainless consumerism. To clarify, my problem is less with the cheap price of clothing but rather the disposability some people treat them with. Even the cheapest T-Shirt should last you at least a year or two before it's worn out, letalone things like jeans or jackets.
@yohann27687 ай бұрын
For some, buying clothes is an act of compulsion, like smoking a cigarette. Something you do mindlessly because it makes you feel better.
@eleonarcrimson8587 ай бұрын
and another reason is fomo. If your social status is connected to how much you can keep up with the latest trends, then you feel like you have to buy those things to not go down the ladder. There is always an understandable reason for it.
@nefariousyawn7 ай бұрын
I think there is an element of planned obsolescence baked into the fashion industry.
@Blackadder757 ай бұрын
@@eleonarcrimson858 but I have the feeling it's always a 2nd rate social status... the real elite doesn't bother with that nonsense, sure they will sometimes (or often) wear expensive clothes, but they don't care if it's 7 seasons old because they focus on timeless classic styles much more. This goes so far that when I see somebody in expensive brand clothing I now automatically assume they are low class people
@GabrielPettier7 ай бұрын
Fast? As far as i'm concerned, the fashion has not changed one bit in 30 years! 😆 I'm iiiinnnn.... (my tshirts tend to become unwearable after a few years though, at least i let go of my habit of aliexpress designs, they are cool, but many don't last long at all…)
@peanutbutter77217 ай бұрын
This is the longest merch ad I've ever seen
@silverXnoise7 ай бұрын
You haven’t seen any of the Marvel movies?
@GabrielPettier7 ай бұрын
And probably the most honest one! 😆
@suides48107 ай бұрын
Still sh t
@TheCredibleHulk7 ай бұрын
This is a cleverly disguised 26 minute Ad. Well played, sir, well played.
@vigilantcosmicpenguin87215 ай бұрын
Taking the classic move of saying "here's what our company does for sustainability 🙂🙂🌼🌞" and turning it into something with substance!
@jetillian7 ай бұрын
The section of "DO YOUR JOBS, PLEASE" over congress made me keel over. Amazing editing as always!
@kirkanderson66407 ай бұрын
Suggestion for climate friendly merch from a diy musician: me and my friends often design our own blockprints/screen prints and then print on clothes donated or from the goodwill bins. Takes a bit of work but the material cost is next to nothing and ppl who like ur music have the opportunity to get a totally unique piece of merch that they are more likely to wear because it isnt just a stock t shirt. Obviously this wont work for everyone and is hard to scale but i wish i saw more ppl doing it. Ive also seen musicians selling cigarettes with the band name printed on them, jewelry and accessories that they designed and made themselves, pins, collages. Lots of climate friendly pptions
@stereo-soulsoundsystem50707 ай бұрын
What printing equipment/programs do you use?
@annaleeknies6 ай бұрын
us too :)
@kirkanderson66406 ай бұрын
@@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070 lino or woodblock and ink. you could use a potato. takes some skill but no need for fancy equipment
@kirkanderson66406 ай бұрын
@@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070 you could also make your own screens
@MannIchFindKeinName6 ай бұрын
@@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070 in an alternative living project in my city we have screen printing events like 2 times a year, there are always some small bands or projects making their own merch, and you can get your hands on the equipment also outside of those times :D
@Broadsacified7 ай бұрын
"Back to you Rollie" ....................... "Thanks Rollie"
@BeefIngot7 ай бұрын
"Thanks Steve"
@subparnaturedocumentary7 ай бұрын
it's top tier Scott Cramer style youtubing
@joshyoung14407 ай бұрын
Yep, it's... it's a joke that's existed about as long as newscasters have... glad you liked it bud
@joshyoung14407 ай бұрын
@@subparnaturedocumentary that name rings a bell, but all I know is, that joke is an oldie but a goodie
@ValentineC1377 ай бұрын
@@BeefIngot Now that's a crossover episode
@mboatrightED3007 ай бұрын
Every time I learn about overproduction, I am reminded that when economists say capitalism is “efficient,” they define “efficiency” as “producing the most profit,” not, like, actual absence of waste.
@smalltime02 ай бұрын
See: Superfest
@houndofculann1793Ай бұрын
It's actually amazing how mind-numbingly wasteful the most profitable practises are for some god-forsaken reason. Well of course I know the reason is capitalism, but still, way too many people actually believe that idealistic crap they put out or think "eh, doesn't hurt me"... Food industry has loads of examples too. One of them is the laws about weight ranges (if you're selling a package that says 100g the contents need to be in a specific range close to that weight to be legal), in principle they're preventing the producers from cheating the customers with their labelling. In practise they do accomplish that but the producers will also very often just throw away any packages that failed to make the weight range because it's cheaper than selling them as another kind of product, packaging them again in the right weight, or it's impossible to repackage. I also know of a particular brand salted licorice candy crush which is made by crushing said candy and then sieving out the undesired sizes. Not surprising, until you find out that the company has decided that the right size of crush is only 30% of the total and the rest goes straight to garbage.
@the.abhiram.r7 ай бұрын
i remember when i went back to Chennai (capital of Tamilnadu) and there's a nearby village where they make most of the t-shirts in the world and there are stores in Chennai that sell "defective" designer tshirts from the sweatshop for like ₹1000 (which is like $20), when they retail for $800, usually in like the basement of silk sari stores lol
@Dr.Gehrig7 ай бұрын
The "divest vs invest" paradigm was the biggest underrated gem of this video.
@pokemon42jodeldodel977 ай бұрын
You should combine "Climate Town" to one word on your t-shirts. I would say "CliT" is a good way to go. Thanks for your Videos!
@Yorick2577 ай бұрын
Wasn't that a eco-t-word group that released some monkeys and then blamed Jay and Bob? Jay even said how much he loves CliT
@gmkgoat7 ай бұрын
He could even advertise himself as the CliT Commander
@seitanbeatsyourmeat6667 ай бұрын
No guy will bother to find them 😂
@thatotherted35557 ай бұрын
Then no one would be able to find them!
@ChefBrandon7 ай бұрын
The worst part of it all is, even if it isn't fast fashion, you still are going to get something that falls apart quickly.
@TheNinjapancake147 ай бұрын
Hmmm, If it’s not fast fashion doesn’t that mean it well made?
@TheDanielscarroll7 ай бұрын
There are definitely some solid built clothing though the specific combination of good ethics, environmental responsibility, sturdy construction, and quality control is very tough to find in one neat package.
@volternoomi7 ай бұрын
That's why you should buy secondhand. Clothes used to be made to last.
@juniperjabber7 ай бұрын
@@volternoomi just make sure your secondhand clothing is actually from that long ago, and not a bunch of shein and zara garbage from recent times :[
@xxwookey7 ай бұрын
@@volternoomi It has to be pretty old to be reliably 'made to last'. The 'cheap clothes' trend is a good solid 30 years old.
@MegaKiri117 ай бұрын
"Shirts are designed to be worn 7 times" > Me in my t-shirt I bought in 2011 at Target for $9: "okay... really?!"
@klisterklister23677 ай бұрын
Are we the statistical outliers or are the people who use a shirt only once the outliers
@peggedyourdad95607 ай бұрын
@@klisterklister2367@ klisterklister2367 It's an average, but most people actually would wear a shirt more times than that. Average is just the number in the middle, not necessarily the number of times most people would wear a shirt before discarding. It's the people throwing out their shirts after wearing it only a few times that are bringing down the average.
@emmaeilefsen72147 ай бұрын
i think the cheap, awful company swag shirts probably pull the average down. i know im probably never again wearing the shirt of the company that laid me off despite saying i was doing good...
@GabrielPettier7 ай бұрын
@@peggedyourdad9560 yeah, it makes sense that people throwing away fast, use a lot more of them, and thus bring the average down a lot, would be interesting to have the average number of times a tshirt is worn by person (so yes, it's an average per person, then average of the values over all the persons, probably a lot harder to collect the data).
@closethockeyfan52847 ай бұрын
My purportedly very environmentalist wife divorced me in no small part because I want to make my clothing last. She said I should update my wardrobe every year. 😐😐😐
@NaylaIsidoro6 ай бұрын
I hope this channel blows up more, it feels like I'm a kid watching a fun PBS show.
@dshin1987 ай бұрын
This video was one of the most authentic commercial for a couple t-shirts.
@dshin1987 ай бұрын
Then I went and bought Solid State Clothing shirts. Wow.
@_yonas7 ай бұрын
I am always amazed to see so many people in my city wearing completely new styles of clothing every few months. The amount of resources we waste on fast fashion must be insane.
@Clickworker1017 ай бұрын
It depends 20 kg co2 for a shirt or shoes. Challenge should be under 4000kg all included as society
@frankcooke16927 ай бұрын
People like me still judge them for wearing cheap clothes, so who are they even trying to impress?
@scoobydoobers237 ай бұрын
Just be like me and be completely unaware of fashion
@_yonas7 ай бұрын
@@scoobydoobers23 Oh, I am. :D A few years ago I decided that I just want to wear what makes me feel comfortable and cosy, since then I always walk around in hiking pants/shorts and hoodies/tshirts, because that combination is comfortable and incredibly durable.
@waffles36297 ай бұрын
Same, I didn't even recognize most of the brands listed in this video.
@johnchedsey13067 ай бұрын
I actually used to be a merch guy for a touring band. The one thing about a small band with a dedicated following is that those fans do wear those shirts....till they're falling apart. So they would come back to buy a replacement shirt on a future tour. I only buy shirts when I see a live show or visit a national park. And they do get worn. Still have a few from the early 00s as well, though they're getting a tad ragged.
@hollysmith78287 ай бұрын
Would love to see a video on fast decor - furniture doesn’t last any more
@Sekir807 ай бұрын
It's like some companies figured out how to get rid of their trash pressed and laminated, disguised as furniture, eh?
@LordVarkson7 ай бұрын
@@Sekir80 Modern furniture is recycled? Based!
@Emiliapocalypse7 ай бұрын
My mom is just now having damage to a sofa we bought when I was in high school and I was horrified to realize the couch is now 24 years old. But surprised it lasted so long with so much use. Then I realized the sofa we were replacing back then is one I still have…and has no damage yet! The furniture I’ve bought in the last 15 years has already fallen apart.
@juulian13067 ай бұрын
@@Emiliapocalypse Whenever I think some piece of furniture lasted quite long, I remember that my grandparents have some furniture that's well over 150 years old and still in good shape. 🥲
@Emiliapocalypse7 ай бұрын
@@juulian1306 yep! My mom has real antiques also. It’s incredible how beautiful and resilient the old pieces of furniture can be. The craftsmanship of days gone by really is a work of art
@bropoke67995 ай бұрын
My stepdad works for waste management. He collects trash for commercial stores and he constantly picks up perfectly good products from stores. He once had to take over 100 brand new wheelbarrows from home depot straight to the landfill, its happened with video games, flower bulbs, anything you can think of. He loves his job but hes told me it makes him really angry sometimes. And legally hes not allowed to take anything even tho its going to the landfill
@End_Orca_Captivity5 ай бұрын
I remember buying clothes from charity shops in my late teens, one piece in particular, a men's navy pinstripe blazer, cost me around £0.50. The days of those prices have gone for good.
@jmandab01437 ай бұрын
"Not you! Too tall." Made me giggle.
@emilyhunting35047 ай бұрын
That comment was about trying to buy sustainable clothing from the links in the description
@etherzz7 ай бұрын
"The Price is 'Wrong'" soundbites will forever get a chuckle
@goodboiadvsp32977 ай бұрын
Holy shit, i just got an ad for Nordstrom rack imnediately after you mentioned how you can get a 100 dollar shirt from someone who makes less than a living wage lol
@tristanridley16017 ай бұрын
And the same quality as the cheap stuff! Amazing, eh?
@narvuntien7 ай бұрын
I got a UNIGLO ad then, Rollie was standing in front of a store
@MichaelSheaAudio5 ай бұрын
It was your video on fast fashion that made me want to stop buying fast fashion. Since then, I've prioritized responsible manufacturers and used clothing. I've had to replace a lot of my clothes because of weight loss and my clothes just being old and not representative of me anymore, and the new stuff I have is mainly from the local thrift store, with my new pairs of shorts from Poshmark, and a few shirts from a company in Toronto. I'm also a musician, not in a position to make merch at the moment, but I had also decided that I didn't want to make merch because I didn't want to contribute to the problem. Should the day ever come where there's a demand, I now have an option to consider thanks to this video. Thanks for everything you do!
@plantsb4pants9787 ай бұрын
As someone who lives in and has grown up in NC, i feel proud of the company you mentioned! I had never heard of them Before but im glad to know about them now!
@madisonjones34107 ай бұрын
In college at 19, I read a book in a class Intro to Political Economy called “Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy” by Pietra Rivoli and it led to a personal revelation. Now at 27, I have bought/swapped all my clothes 2nd hand ever since. So glad y’all got the merch without compromising any morals, Congrats! 🎉
@Tetragrammaton227 ай бұрын
What school did you go to that still teaches "Political Economy"?
@madisonjones34107 ай бұрын
@@Tetragrammaton22 only the key most bastion of political thought in the western hemisphere: WWU
@Tetragrammaton227 ай бұрын
@@madisonjones3410 What is that? I'm not an American and I have no idea what all the post-secondary acronyms are.
@Zeithri7 ай бұрын
I wear my clothes til they break apart pretty much. Also, Solution: Make your own clothing! It's time to start wearing cloaks and tunics again people!
@jamesgrover20057 ай бұрын
Aaaaand lederhosen... Oh wait!🤔
@Sampsonoff7 ай бұрын
Or normalize nudism 🤷♂️
@QuesoCookies7 ай бұрын
I have shirts I just threw away this year that I bought in 2004. What finally made me do it is looking at myself in the mirror and realizing I could see my nipple hair. Yikes. Probably should have ditched them a couple years earlier. Sorry, everyone.
@prosandcons-fl2cc7 ай бұрын
another thing you can do, is recycle the textiles. I have a bunch of torn up clothes that i cant donate, that im going to try and recycle!
@mojrimibnharb45847 ай бұрын
I'm here for the return of cloaks.
@janedoe30437 ай бұрын
Free merch from 30 years ago was better than expensive stuff today. I have gotten free t shirts at events in 1998 that I still wear today that are perfectly fine. I bought premium shirts from Threadless in the 2005 range and they have a few small flaw today and are still worn. Anything I have bought in the last decade has completely fallen apart on me within a year. Often not surviving a couple of months despite costing way more.
@tristanridley16017 ай бұрын
Quality still exists, but other than never being the cheapest stuff it has no correlation to price.
@xxwookey7 ай бұрын
That's a reasonable approximation, but my experimental set of 72 event-branded T-shirts all worn at least 100 times is of highly variable quality, and it's not very well age-correlated. I have a few T-shirts from the early 90's that were clearly pretty crappy, and some from the last decade that seem quite good (I can be more accurate about the newer ones in another decade :-)
@ericburns4697 ай бұрын
I have hoodies and tees that have outlasted friendships. Maybe it’s the punk aesthetic, but I’ve been happy with the same fit for decades haha
@RossGoneRogue7 ай бұрын
I've had brand new Hanes t shirts shred in the washing machine the first time they were ever washed. Hanes 10 years ago made the comfort soft line and I've worn all of those shirts hundreds of times now and they still hold up even when they get super thin from being washed dozens of times.
@supme75587 ай бұрын
P.u.
@melissaharper50437 ай бұрын
Got one for my daughter and myself! She used your videos for her middle school research project (she was blown away by how many liters of water go into a pair of jeans). Love the podcast, love the videos!
@jessicateresi66936 ай бұрын
Love the fact that you took the time to tell us exactly how the merch is made !!
@filososabke7 ай бұрын
Two years ago I saved up for 6 months in order to buy one sweater. It was 100% wool and every step of production was done in Ireland. From the sheep herding to sowing on the tags and shipping it over. The quality is superb, it cost a lot of money so it took some effort to be able to afford it. But it is still my favorite sweater! The whole story of this sweater makes it meaningful to me. And luckily it still looks like it's brand new, because I take good care of it. My main regret is that it is very hard to find clothes like that... but you are right, it is worth the effort to invest in the companies that are doing things right or are solidly heading in the right direction.
@aryahammon36307 ай бұрын
Wow, what company is that? I've been looking for a nice, ethical irish sweater 😊
@farrahupson7 ай бұрын
It's not just clothing, unfortunately. I am a reseller and spend large amounts of time at thrift stores, including the "last chance, last stop before the landfill" variety of thrift stores. The sheer amount of unused products, stuff still in packaging, with tags, is truly astounding. Even worse is the huge quantity of made-to-be-garbage stuff, usually seasonal or trendy home decor items and crappy toys. It is depressing.
@DrBernon7 ай бұрын
Some are borderline a scam. I got a pair of shirts some months ago, and I swear I only wore each like 4 times, and one got some holes on the neck from rubbing, and the other started making those annoying yarn ball things from washing. They were cheap, but that is unacceptable. If you can't do them any better at that price, just don't make them.
@Ithirahad7 ай бұрын
@@DrBernon At the end of the day, if people will buy them they will make them, and people do buy them.
@DrBernon7 ай бұрын
@@Ithirahad Totally. I just hope people stop buying such crap. I, for one, will never buy anything of that brand ever again.
@derpoblizist90767 ай бұрын
Resellers are scum
@TSB01017 ай бұрын
Several years ago I worked at a thrift store, I will never forget the day someone came through with an entire minivan full of the cheapest, shittiest, thinnest plastic "toys" I've ever seen. They were relatively large dollhouses and similar toys, but the plastic was seemingly under a millimeter thick and they would shatter into pieces if you looked at them wrong. Manufactured to be thrown away.
@lmzaadi7 ай бұрын
future aliens standing on our scorched planet: “this one tried”
@eleonarcrimson8587 ай бұрын
+2
@ahmedyusuf10007 ай бұрын
triedn't
@pappi83387 ай бұрын
@@ahmedyusuf1000untriedn't
@RyuuOujiXS7 ай бұрын
"that last one fell kind of funny"
@mrharvest7 ай бұрын
Tried what? Speed running how to destroy itself? I'm convinced the great cosmological filter is just intelligent civilisations making their planet inhabitable before they develop interstellar capabilities. Heck the dark forest, we are plenty capable of destroying ourselves, thank you. But yes, please let's do our best. We still have a chance
@Frantastic787 ай бұрын
Must be still half asleep this morning but the turning the wrong way to the camera jump had me rolling. So simple and dumb but you got me.
@bramvermaat14538 күн бұрын
Rollie, I just absolutely love you and what you stand for. I knew you from Rollie Williams the pool channel, but my thoughts on climate issues also totally align. Keep doing what you do!
@CalamityJay-ez2mq7 ай бұрын
I think one of the biggest problems we have now is that wages have fallen so far relative to the cost of living that many people really cant afford to pay a fair price for things anymore
@ssgg237 ай бұрын
Very true, though I also think we are currently unnaturally used to getting a ton of very cheap stuff, which was only cheap because of this borderline slave labor, and with inflation that is less and less the case because other domestic products, education, and housing are becoming way more expensive even though the cost of a t shirt is still low.
@far2ez7 ай бұрын
What else did you expect globalization to do? Poor people on the other side of the globe who can live off of 3 cents a day are just as capable of basic manual labor as we are.
@CalamityJay-ez2mq7 ай бұрын
@@far2ez considering I wasn't even born when globalization started, I didn't really think it would do anything, I've only ever lived with it's consequences
@franimal867 ай бұрын
@far2ez I figured globalization would cause the American worker to be paid less because poor people would be getting paid more, but it turns out 99% of all people are just getting paid less, and 1% benefit. That’s not what I thought would happen and it sucks for most everyone.
@alphadream9536 ай бұрын
no everything is literally so cheap look at some charts, the only thing that got way way more expensive is housing
@calvinth21177 ай бұрын
Subtitles for Deaf/HoH climate fans would be nice ! Love your work, as a small artist and sewing enthusiast I have a pile of branded new shirts that I got dumpster diving (I find so much clothes) and I think I will sew patterned fabric on top of the branding.
@Coccinelf7 ай бұрын
About 10 years ago I decided I would only buy used clothes from now on. But when I needed new shoes and new underwear, I was like okay I’ll only buy them if they are from an ethical company. I don’t want forced labour or child labour or sweat shops. I was feeling overwhelmed trying to find ways to know how a company operate so I was like ok I’ll only buy stuff made in the US or Canada. Imagine my surprise when I learned that even if something is stamped with a “Made in USA” mark, it still can be slave labour! I didn’t know about prison labour at all. I ended up buying Patagonia boots :( I’m trying to knit my own clothes but it’s going really slowly. So far I have one tank top, one cardigan and a few pairs of socks.
@heyizz7 ай бұрын
For shirts and underwear Bombas. They are not the best at sustainability but they are definitely higher quality and longer lasting. Plus they donate the equivalent item you buy from them to homeless shelters where they're desperately needed. I don't know much about shoes but I know Vapor95 has them and they're made to order which is the antithesis to fast fashion. I can also attest Vapor95 is 100% ethical and pays their workers a fair wage. Good luck on your search. I am seriously considering starting a men's sustainable fashion company.
@joloco727 ай бұрын
Same here, but don't feel too bad about not getting it right all the time -- it can be difficult to research, especially as even the slave drivers have pages shouting about their amazing ethics. But at least you're trying! And that "Good On You" website/app that is linked to in the description is just superb.
@Coccinelf7 ай бұрын
@@joloco72 Oh thanks, I'll check that out!
@ghostratsarah7 ай бұрын
But then you have to worry about sourcing materials
@kate56ful6 ай бұрын
there are apps that show you sustainable clothing brands like Beaker & GoodOnYou
@BhaalooWildscapes6 ай бұрын
Perfect timing! I’ve been struggling to find a non-shit merch supplier and was about to give up. Thank you for spotlighting TS Designs.
@AlphaGeekgirl7 ай бұрын
I own over a hundred merch shirts and not one of them is less than 14 years old. The oldest I got at a concert in the 80's. I wear them daily.
@tiffanymarie97507 ай бұрын
Clothing became a problem basically as soon as it stopped being a very local cottage industry. The triangle shirtwaist fire happened when clothing was made domestically.
@imicca7 ай бұрын
I have a shirt made in my country (Armenia), sewing company called Melante. It is one of the best shirts I have had, wore it 14 years and still looks like new
@haphazard13427 ай бұрын
Good luck finding fabric that can hold up like that, let alone the construction of the garment.
@jessebrook16887 ай бұрын
My Mom made my Dad some shirts when they got married, because most of his closet was T-shirts, and he was working a government job. She made him retire the last one of those as a rag 3 years ago. 40 years isn't bad for a shirt.
@masterblaster3677 ай бұрын
Climate Town DOESN'T MISS
@subparnaturedocumentary7 ай бұрын
GOATED COMMENT!
@danielchick17 ай бұрын
GOATED REPLY!
@theConcernedWyvern6 ай бұрын
If you buy from a screen printing shop, the prints last wayyyy longer and theyre often small local businesses! I actually did a researched presentation on fast fashion and its impact on the climate for my ecology course so I was super excited to see a video about it! Something else I do to get more use out of my clothes is that I don't buy pajamas. Instead, I take shorts and shirts which are comfy and I love, but have gotten holes or the prints have faded too much to look decent and use those as pjs. Its a great way to get more use out of clothes you love instead of pitching them. I also live in the country so its good to have backup clothes for going out on rainy days or sloshing around in the creek. Another thing you can do, if you're crafty like my mom is, is turn old clothes into blankets, bags and quilts! I'm super happy to see that there are some actually sustainable clothing brands out there, since I'd like to eventually make a few t-shirt designs, but would rather not sell on sites which pay artists poorly, mistreat workers and dump a bunch of unnecessary fossil fuels into the environment.
@EcomCarl6 ай бұрын
As consumers, shifting our support to companies that prioritize ethics and sustainability can drive meaningful change in the industry. 👕
@MrC0MPUT3R7 ай бұрын
I'm currently wearing a 10+ year old shirt that's outlasted every single one of the print on demand merch shirts I've been gifted or purchased over the past 5 years.
@4-kathryn7 ай бұрын
Thank you for offering a white colored shirt option. Been doing more yardwork lately and I admire white fabric when I'm gardening and in the sun. The price is steep but I really have admired your channel over the years and I love it's made in America. Brilliant work.
@jonadams88417 ай бұрын
I have t-shirts that are worn regularly and are over 25 years old. Bands that no one remembers. And when a shirt gets too roadworn, it becomes a cleaning rag.
@MrGadgt6 ай бұрын
You’re one of my absolute favorite KZbinrs. Keep up the awesome work good sir!!!
@jessebrook16887 ай бұрын
Going into a local thrift store was super depressing. All of the shirts that weren't T-shirts were 100% spandex-polyester. It was a small peek into this greater nightmare.
@megansullivan30057 ай бұрын
I'm watching this while cutting up old tees to sew into a t-shirt rug. I read the stat about clothes only being worn an average of seven times and it made a huge impact on me, so now when I'm shopping (usually second hand), I always ask myself if I'd really wear something more than seven times. If no, it goes back on the rack. I would not wear a Climate Town shirt that often, so I'm passing on the merch, but I really appreciate the work you and these companies put into ethics!
@far2ez7 ай бұрын
It's wild to me that you even have to ask that question. I bought like 6 plain black T-shirts like 6 years ago or so and that's practically all I have worn since. I will replace them when they are no longer presentable and I will likely do so with another order of plain black T-shirts which will hopefully last another decade before I need to do so again. I can't imagine even considering a purchase that I expected to wear less than 50 times. I purchase everything I own with the optimism that it will last me my entire life, but the pragmatism that it may let me down and need to be replaced. I would absolutely not purchase something that I knew upfront I would not want for my entire life.
@Stumblingthroughlife5 ай бұрын
@@far2ez try being female and not having the luxury of being able to wear basically the same thing daily without people noticing
@Camman1001007 ай бұрын
It’s crazy that a $5 shirt costs $50 when you pay people right. I bought it! If you drop more I’ll buy!
@semioldguy7 ай бұрын
I took off my shirt mid-video to investigate its backstory. Tag-less, 100% cotton shirt; though it was made in Honduras (which is not where I live, though closer than 90% of countries and even closer than some parts of my own country). I have also worn it well over seven times just since the beginning of this year and have owned it for about three years.
@OskarHenrikssonx7 ай бұрын
Just love how much effort you put into finding a sustainable t-shirt without giving up! I'm struggling each time I have to buy new, almost always buy seccond hand instead. But you really want to aid the ones that actually try to produce in a slow fashion way. Too bad I'm located in Sweden, would otherwise buy a shirt!
@haydenr47376 ай бұрын
As someone in multiple bands, I've been thinking about this for a while. A solution for bands too is to print on used clothes, there are tons of blank t shirts in thrift stores that are decent templates for logos and art. Usually a there are DIY screen printers in most music scenes so one could get in contact with them or just print it themselves.
@mjwu7867 ай бұрын
Love this topic. I hate cheap merch/swag. Stop making trash. A quote I heard long time ago: The original meaning of materialism means a love of things, meaning people treasure the things they own they try to maintain it, repair it, keep it as long as possible. Now, the meaning of materialism means consume consume consume.
@CairnOfDunnCroftPermaculture7 ай бұрын
KZbin just showed me a Shein advert on this video. Just think how many views of that advert were utterly wasted on people watching this video. Superb work.
@ysf-psfx7 ай бұрын
Why do you still watch ads on KZbin? Combo of Adblock, Adblock plus, and Ghostery and you never will.
@steemlenn87977 ай бұрын
Business idea: Make a channel that only has videos about brands - like in "repeat the brand name in generic sentences". Invite everyone who hates that brand and fast fashion and so on stuff to let the video run in the background. Laugh about all the ad money that those companies are losing.
@__-fm5qv7 ай бұрын
Its cool to see companies like tsdesigns try and do clothing sustainably. Here in the UK there's a similar company Rapanui, thats doing a similar thing with circular clothing made from 100% cotton. Granted not quite as sustainable as cotton doesn't really grow here. But its the next best thing at least, that I've been able to find locally.
@fnanfne6 ай бұрын
I've been very sad when I finished binging all your videos a few months ago so was ecstatic when I saw this new one in my feed, great video!
@compost_material7 ай бұрын
Low key...best commercial ever. Excellent work Rollie and team ✊
@michaelgrey13517 ай бұрын
I'm obsessed by Rollie's bouncy walk at the beginning of this video.
@AndrewDasilvaPLT7 ай бұрын
I am proud to say I have never purchased a t-shirt, but I sure have gotten a lot from bike races and marathons.
@Sampsonoff7 ай бұрын
10/10 humble brag
@AndrewDasilvaPLT7 ай бұрын
100% brag 🥰@@Sampsonoff
@JoshuaTootell7 ай бұрын
I'm routinely wearing 10 year old triathlon shirts. That's basically all I wear.
@thewoodsarecalling83827 ай бұрын
I try to buy ALL (minus socks & underwear) my clothes second hand. Oh and Temupoo was my advertisement. Thanks google. And thank you climate town for keeping it f**king real.
@goetzvideo-filmmaker6 ай бұрын
Great video! As a fanboy of many bands and a sustainable fashion enthusiast, this really answered some questions. Thanks a lot!
@Why_o_Why7 ай бұрын
Thank you so so much for making these videos. I'm usually aware of many of the issues that you cover, but I am so grateful that you cover these topics in depth and always follow-up with what we can do about it. It's hard to bring up these issues in my friend groups or at work because people don't like knowing how bad the world really is, sadly. I hope your amazingly funny videos reach a lot of people. Such good quality in research and flow in the comedic delivery. THANK YOU.
@sarat64887 ай бұрын
forget about memorializing that mustache - those beautiful brows are a national treasure
@rhombusx7 ай бұрын
I'm always surprised by how much clothing people buy. I easily buy less than 5 articles of clothing per year, many years none at all, and I still feel I already have too many clothes.
@OrdinProds7 ай бұрын
I've been enjoying your stuff ever since you were just starting out with your old pool channel, Rollie. Really brilliant work on growing this channel to what it is now, I really admire what you're doing.
@technotion_7 ай бұрын
For a moment I thought there was a Rollie pool cleaner arc or something with videos on how much chlorine to put in your pool but then I realized you meant like billiards pool
@DM-kv9kj7 ай бұрын
@@technotion_ 😂I remember his billiards vids too, they were great.
@rangognochi7 ай бұрын
I recently got into billiards and was dumbfounded when I saw him
@sarahshaw-sehgal11466 ай бұрын
Absolutely incredible work as always. I've been hearing complaints from creators about how difficult it is to find even semi ethical suppliers for merch. Thanks again for this excellent video 👏👏👏👏
@hartican867 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@lshwadchuck56437 ай бұрын
Patagonia was the first brand I was introduced to polyester fleece, back in 1986. They called it Synchilla. Ever since then nobody wants to wear wool to stay warm.
@davidpachecogarcia7 ай бұрын
Patagonias goal was to reduce the plastic waste so that less of it goes into landfills. So they figured out how to make clothing fibers out of used plastic products. However, in the hands of other companies, plastic is cheap and more readily available than cotton or wool “so why not start making all clothes out of that to save money so we can make all the profits!!!!”
@robertstuckey64077 ай бұрын
Im low key obsessed with wool for warm and mid weight clothing but *so much* is a poly blend 😡
@lshwadchuck56437 ай бұрын
@@robertstuckey6407 Yup. I spin, knit and weave wool. I keep my (Ontario) house around 62F in winter.
@asmodiusjones95637 ай бұрын
I remember when polyester fleece first became common in the late 90s (for me, I was introduced to it via the nascent ultralight community). It seemed like magic, having the wicking properties of wool at a third of the weight and cost, plus it could be in contact with your skin without causing a rash. Fast-forward more than 20 years and I’ve been going back to wool for its durability and versatility.
@niceguy1917 ай бұрын
@@davidpachecogarciaToo bad it still creates tons of micro plastics... It might actually be better in the landfill than recycled into clothing at this rate
@chakerian7 ай бұрын
We call this haute pinstriped suit "Moire-chic".
@iainamurray7 ай бұрын
Can Brandfill be a pun and a portmanteau? Maybe. I’m from the land of Brexit and that’s a portmanteau and a terrible joke.
@Slugbunny7 ай бұрын
My condolences, and correct you are: it is a combination, not a play on words per se.
@far2ez7 ай бұрын
It's a pun of a compound word. Landfill is not a portmanteau, because it isn't two words combined. Rather, it's two words compounded - a compound word - like doghouse or firetruck. Compare words like doghouse, firetruck, and landfill (where those 3 could be broken apart into 6 smaller words) against a word like "disapressed" pulling "dis" from "disappointed" and "pressed" from "depressed" (or 'brunch' or whatever else you may prefer). So in the end, I think you could reasonably argue it's either (1) its own new compound word ("brand" + "fill"), where you could argue that the path towards similarity with "landfill" was some kind of convergent evolution, or (2) it's a pun of "landfill." Since the originators are obviously making a reference to landfills, as opposed to coincidentally stumbling upon a similar word in parallel, I'm inclined to say #2.
@crypticmedicine7 ай бұрын
Surprised that nobody's offered the word "punmanteau," defined as "a joke exploiting the different meanings of a word or similar-sounding words, by creatign a new word that blends the sounds and meanings of the two together."
@johnmarkhatfield2 ай бұрын
the comedic editing is friggin top notch.
@toothpastehombre7 ай бұрын
Did he just compare the explosion of crappy t-shirts to toxic algae bloom? Clever, put it on a shirt
@potpu7 ай бұрын
I started slowly buying higher quality and more timeless pieces made with natural fibers and thifting more/donating to friends. This is easier for guys, but should be doable for everyone.
@elonmusksellssnakeoil17447 ай бұрын
I'm 40 and I still have the same belt I bought in high school. Why do people throw their money away if their clothes are still good?
@julesmasseffectmusic7 ай бұрын
The first belt I bought with my own earning broke recently I was 50. I bought 2 and gave one away to a kid using a rope for a belt. 8 was at the urinal at a pub and this 5 year old boy couldn't tie a knot properly, so I took off my belt gave it to him, when upstairs to the room I was staying in got the other black leather belt, yes I bought 2. The parents tried to return it and I said no, I already got my spare. Kid thought it I was awesome. Man those parents were poor.
@ysf-psfx7 ай бұрын
Because nothing is made well anymore. You probably paid a reasonable price for the belt you bought in high school. That's not possible for an actually good belt anymore.
@far2ez7 ай бұрын
@@ysf-psfx Nah that's nonsense. Everything I buy lasts years. I buy cheap chinese crap off of amazon. I'm not shilling out big bucks for quality. It doesn't just dissolve on you. Treat your shit with respect.
@valasdarkholme62557 ай бұрын
@@ysf-psfxMy *leather* belts kept wearing out in 6 months. Back in 2016 I found a pattern to make one out of paracord using a simple jig. Spent an evening or so on it, finished the belt, and I've worn it not days since 2016. Its in almost perfect condition still. I'll be wearing it for many more years. Yes, its plastic. You could make it from a cotton rope too though.
@PostmanApocalypse6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for doing the leg work to find a company like TS Designs!
@halleylow36156 ай бұрын
what i find amazing is that you have never done a video on the ecological impact of war, which given the current state of world affairs is more than timely. i hope you will consider doing such. thanks for listening. and great work.
@JoshTheWhale7 ай бұрын
Came here for the algorithm, stayed for the community ❤