Linus Learns About Other Countries

[@Splomf]

Wait till Linus learns about residential zoning laws in North America compared to places like Denmark, Hungary, the Netherlands and France.

[@Jojje94]

Growing up in Sweden it was very surprising to learn that in America you can't just have shops on ground floor and residential apartments in the floors above.

[@SkeletonGuts]

@@Jojje94 That is a thing in America too, but I think it has to be specially zoned for it

[@Gromaul]

@@SkeletonGuts Thus the problem. Also changing the zoning is a tremendously painful process and very few places are zoned for that unless they are in like New York. Also generally new stores will have to deal with other regulations that are designed for big supermarkets, not a small scrappy building trying to sell to a local community.

[@alexandrep4913]

@@Gromaul It's not actually a "problem" though. If you live in a city or around a city, your stores are close. If you live out in the country, it's farther and less convenient. Yeah, we have to drive but it's not exactly some horrible fate. "Oh no, our houses are big and we have space all around us, some one help us" isn't exactly a motto of ours.

[@Maxoverpower]

​@@alexandrep4913Yes it is a horrible fate. Maybe not in your mind, but it is for whoever is administering the land or trying to make economically viable development.

[@ChristianStout]

The correct approach to zoning is "everything is permitted, except that which is forbidden." The North American approach is "everything is forbidden, except that which is permitted."

[@finchhawthorne1302]

It varies a bit more in the US than Canada, Huston being an extreme example. But yeah, that’s how history is the difference maker.

[@crackerloaf3677]

I'm an American immigrant in Germany and I had the same experience. I never thought about how mixed residential is awesome for the people that live directly above a supermarket. German walls are thick too, so it's not too much louder, and you basically have a snack warehouse under your house.

[@haozzy]

german windows are so sound proof its kinda crazy

[@DizzyBusy]

I used to live in Ruhrgebiet and I do miss those Kiosk on the ground floor. Ugh! And the owners are always so nice to the people living in the building

[@JMPERager]

The walls aren't thick, they're just structurally sound, because they're made from stable materials, that also provide good noise isolation ;)

[@rexsceleratorum1632]

We seem to apparently have a complete absence of zoning in India, but it is definitely an upside for everyone involved that you can have commercial outlets on the ground floor and apartments and hotels above it.

[@MrRenanHappy]

American zoning is atrocious

[@Jako1987]

North America is funny. "Only houses here no businesses."... because a shop near houses would be an offence 😅

[@ThisIsAitch]

Big auto got to make you drive 20 minutes to the closest convenience store (or corner shop here in Europe) lmao

[@SmilePLol]

@@Elatenl what is loud about grocery shop or bakery in the walking distance from a house?

[@anon-fq3ud]

​@@Elatenlmy neighbourhood is quiet and I have two supermarkets next to me, there's just not that many cars :p

[@saladspinner3200]

@@Elatenl It also leads to living in isolation. I don't get how the US is not seeing how miserable living in purely residential areas is.

[@Elatenl]

@@SmilePLol Cars? People? Trafic? Motorcycles? The more going on in a neigbourhood the louder it gets its not that deep lol? "walking distance" doesnt actually mean people walk my guy, people still use cars in the real world. Its not as calm as you make it out to be, alot of people complain where I live about noise. This is not some random anekdotal comment since I live in one of the places mentioned and its definetly a problem here.

[@hyperbandit]

I want to say that Linus is 100% correct in how most of his audience treats their cloths. Just like Luke, we all just throw everything in the wash together. It's one of the reasons why I continue to buy my cloths from LTT, they just get how they'll be used and account for it at the very start of the design phase.

[@mushroomcrepes]

cool ad

[@DesFTW_]

People love to hate on it, but their shirts are solid from my experience and haven't worn out anywhere near as fast as others. I did get a 4 pack on lime day for $10 a piece so they were actually a great value for what you get.

[@JHorkan]

I've had a quiksilver t-shirt that's been in regular use for about 20 years. It's made from some thick weighted cotton. High quality clothing lasts forever.

[@reikoshea]

100%, i can't fault their merch. I have a dozen element shirts in my closet because they were really good quality and affordable. I've never once looked at the care instructions on anything resembling "normal" clothes. Slacks, Jeans, T-Shirts, Polos, Button-ups, all go in the wash together, all washed on cold and dried on medium heat. I dunno if that's what the care instructions on any of them say, and I cant be bothered to look. If anything happened and destroyed the clothes, I'd just stop buying that brand in the future.

[@__-fi6xg]

sir, this is a video about linus learning about other countries, what are you talking about

[@johnthomas2970]

Linus entering his new urbanist phase and I’m here for it

[@FantasticOtto]

He's talking out of his ass though. I mean, why not read up on things before you have a rant about them? Fire code must be different for hotels because they're built for a different standard of fire suppression, firewalls and insulation, evac routes , fire drill execution etc.

[@croozerdog]

@@FantasticOtto ye you could just not have different regulations lmao, this is a bureaucratic issue

[@JollyGiant19]

@@FantasticOttoThe issue is not building codes but zoning. Building codes keep us safe, zoning is what makes homes expensive.

[@EAEAAAEAEE]

@@FantasticOtto Is it not possible to adhear to two different standards at once? or just follow the most stringent standard of the two? Plenty of places in the US with a shop on the bottom floor and a house on the top, doesnt seem to be an issue.

[@Oakwin_mb]

@@FantasticOttoCanada’s building fire regulations were made and maintained before we started using more fire retardant materials in building construction. It’s extra red tape a lot of the time but seen as « safety » despite us having very few building fires.

[@andcrafter4790]

life is too short to read washing instructions

[@D3M3NT3Dstrang3r]

I can only imagine trying to sort a load of clothes from the hamper all with matching instructions. Might as well just wash each piece individually.

[@wasw]

I read that as 'linus is too short to read washing instructions' lol

[@samwilde8311]

​@@D3M3NT3Dstrang3rwhites, normal wear, and super dirty work clothes are about my limit for how many different loads of laundry I can think about at a time

[@owenruff4796]

I pretty much just throw everything thing in on delicate and low temp drying so if there’s anything in there that needs it, it has it

[@Cainny]

Standard 30/30 (This is the UK, idk what its called in the US/CAN. 30 Degrees Celcius for 30 Minutes) wash does like 90% of clothing, and if it doesn't. Just buy clothing that does work this way, makes it so easy to wash. Dyes very rarely run at this temperature as well.

[@Tivis7]

WHAT!?!? Mixed Zoning?!?! Actually good Public Transit?!?! Impossible!!! 😂 How are people supposed to waste money on gas????

[@nwerd7584]

Wasting Gas is what Biden specializes in. Using it to solve a problem isn't wasting it. Besides switching to a different tech isn't fixing the problem either. We just focus on needing more electricity despite oil being the basis of our whole economy

[@bullydungeon9631]

​@@nwerd7584 the Canadians are speaking

[@kubotite9168]

@@nwerd7584 when you buy big trucks are you really thinking about gas effeciency?

[@nwerd7584]

@@bullydungeon9631 and this zoning problem is a NA problem which each town becomes barren over time without gentrification and lobbying

[@croozerdog]

@@nwerd7584 its not about gas being bad, it's about the other tech being better, as in busses and trains that don't suck so much only people who really can't afford cars use em

[@guessundheit6494]

0:50 - Forget hotels, ask why suburb subdivisions are NOT allowed to have stores. You're forced to drive for an hour to shop for anything. You can't even build a convenience store which allow people to walk and pick up milk. 4:00 - Unless you can't get anywhere else (e.g. flavours of alcohol not sold in stores), what's the point? When I come back to Taiwan, sure, I'll load up on Cadbury at the airport because nobody sells it here.

[@aidantawney4776]

What sad town do you live where you have to drive a hour to shop for something?

[@DanDanDoe]

Corner stores and small smalls are so crucial to me. In the Netherlands every neighbourhood has a supermarket, and they’re probably small for American standards but generally have everything you need. Anything else you can get from either one of the larger supermarkets (which have more parking spaces too) or specialised shops downtown. There’s generally some apartments on top of the supermarket, and often the supermarket is one of a few shops built like a small mall. One near me has a candy store which also serves coffee, a fresh bakery with lunch offers, there’s a restaurant, a sushi shop, and a small playground. All on a small area but it’s pleasant to be there. There is a small parking lot, but it’s a little bit out of the way so when you’re sitting on the terrace of the restaurant you don’t really notice it. It’s like a village centre, a place where people get their groceries and meet each other spontaneously. It’s great.

[@shnitzilhazel9957]

Bro, nobody has to drive an hour for anything unless you live in a rural Kansas town with nothing around for 50 miles.

[@kmmal1komma635]

@@shnitzilhazel9957 i think as long as you still have to get into a car to get some stuff quickly validates his point enough ;)

[@shnitzilhazel9957]

@@kmmal1komma635 not really, just because the gov post for the roads doesn't mean it has to, I drive on privately built roads everyday on the way to work.

[@brianlink5379]

Leather craftsman here... There's definitely a substantial cost difference with different quality leathers which can easily double or triple the material cost for the same item, or maybe more. Depending on the size of the final product and the scale of operation, the difference on material cost per item would most likely be in the $10s but could easily exceed $100/item, especially if factoring in the other materials such as hardware (buckles, snaps, etc...) On the leather alone, these are the major factors: Hide source (cow, horse, pig, shark, reptile, ostrich, kangaroo, etc...), hide quality, tanning agent, tannage process, post-tanning treatments Hide quality: While Linus is correct that a cow is a cow, the conditions in which the cow lives can greatly effect the quality of the hide from the cow -- presence or absence of bug bites, scars from things like barbed wire, grain structure (loose vs tight), thickness, density. Tanning agents & tannage process: The process that transforms a hide into what we call leather instead of it becoming dry, brittle raw hide -- not all chrome-tanned leather is the same, and not all vegetable-tanned leather is the same. There are definitely quality concerns that come into play with regard to length of time a given hide has been in a tanning vat and what the tanning agents being used are (some bad actors have used agents containing or process which later produce chrome (VI) a potent toxin and carcinogen). Post-tanning treatments: Waxes, oils, and other substances are often worked into the tanned hides to produce leathers for various purposes -- most folks wouldn't want their purse being made from the same kind of leather as a pair of reins. Many finished leather hides are also split, resulting in a minimum of two *very* different grades of leather; full-grain leather and split-grain leather (so-called "genuine leather" and suede). Sometimes the full-grain leather is then sanded or otherwise treated so as to even out blemishes or remove them entirely at the cost of some strength and durability resulting in what is called top-grain leather. Finally there's the MDF/particle board of the leather world "bonded leather" which is made from all the off-cuts, sanded material, and such being glued together -- I wouldn't even consider this to be leather.

[@samuelgore202]

Does that mean the mark-up should jump from 5x to 5000x because the initial outlay (might) be 5x higher?

[@juhalampola1954]

@@samuelgore202 Lol, no. You're obviously misunderstanding on purpose. He simply meant, that it's okay to support an unethical industry, if you're in on it. You know, like it's totally okay to be a republican-voting U.S. citizen and support Russia's genocidal war in Ukraine, if you work in the defense industry. 🙃

[@brianlink5379]

​@@samuelgore202 In short, probably not in a mass production setting, but... It gets a little wonky when using relative mark-ups (i.e. x5 or x5000) as opposed to absolute/flat mark-ups (i.e.+$50 or +$500). For leathercraft specifically, material cost increased by 10s to 100s of dollars can reasonably increase the cost of a final product by several hundred and possibly thousands of dollars (again, depending on the product) in a way I'm doubtful would be true in most other crafts -- the crafts I can think of this would also apply to, but for different reasons, are blacksmithing, jewelry, and gemstone cutting. Granted, I'm speaking from a more bespoke vantage point than that of mass production. This is due to some of the unique complexities of dealing with leather as a natural/"living" material and how easy it is for most processes in leathercraft to be botched and result in a junk product I wouldn't be comfortable selling to somebody. Those complexities quickly compound the time requirements for making a single piece, especially if doing any amount of carving/tooling and/or staining (an example of my tooled work, a rifle sling I designed from scratch, instagram.com/p/BtmgSKkFkzU/?img_index=1 and a tooled belt instagram.com/p/BuU8nDSlGj1/) The risk of wasted materials on a potentially failed piece and the expertise/experience required to reliably design and produce a high-quality product with high-end materials justifies a significant mark-up, even before factoring in the actual labor put into a single item. Edit: Fixed the Instagram links to go to the correct images instead of the main page

[@Entertainment-]

@@juhalampola1954What is so unethical about leather production? The animals die regardless as most leather is a byproduct of the meat industry.

[@settler8616]

@@samuelgore202 Yes

[@Thermalions]

Lol, Linus thinking jewelry's price is related to the commodity price of gold.

[@smalltime0]

It sort of is. Some countries have gold taxes on imports that don't apply to personal jewellery, so it is tax-advantageous to buy the gaudy jewellery for the gold content

[@pileofstuff]

He thinks it *should be*

[@adwaitgoku27]

It is in quite a lot of countries.

[@bilge677]

yup. Really telling he doesn't live in a third world shithole country which has unnecessary bullshit taxes.

[@heresie]

@@smalltime0 japan is a pretty good example very good money to traffic gold into the country

[@sorrynotsorry8224]

There's an apartment building in my local city in Australia that's both residential and commercial, and the ground floor is a proper restaurant. So not a hotel, but apartments for sale.

[@DanielBrotherston]

Awe, naive Linus...airports are a selected group of wealthy to extremely wealthy people. If you're in an airport and you're in an entry-level tech industry role, you've gone from being in the top 20% outside the airport to being in the bottom 20% of wealth inside. Jewellery, watches, etc. are on sale in the airport because it's the one place in the world where you have a concentration of people who would impulse buy a 50k Rolex. This is the thing most people don't realize about our society, just how in-equal it is, and how different the world is to the actual wealthy class.

[@MikeVideos327]

Yea, worked with multiple people who made several thousand dollar purchases at airports. Most of these items that were already on the persons radar, and being bored and stuck in the airport pushed them to purchase the 10k watch that is normally 13k

[@stephenkeen6044]

And here I was, thinking it was because they're in tax-free zones, so you can get the same item for less... What a silly banana I must be.

[@hrmmmmmm]

Luxury goods are also heavily taxed in some countries (like China), so there IS a duty free advantage

[@AlessandroRodriguez]

I don't know, it seems everyone around here understand that travel still a luxury with luxury commerce to sell an array of luxury items, that don't follow market rules, I don't get your point or your idea of "equal society" that will be much better?

[@kerolokerokerolo]

Nah, not really most people at an airport are poor/ mid class

[@WayStedYou]

Sheltered LOONUS "I thought blood diamond was just an expression" oh boy do I have a movie suggestion for you sir. "blood diamond"

[@swapnilmankame]

No, He means " Diamonds are just a form of expression of love" re-watch the video. or that section. and is disheartened when he is told blood diamonds are coveted by some people. you missed the context and also what he said. this is how mis-information spreads. and are you a child? what grown-up adult makes a stupid cartoony name while trying to be snarky?

[@gaemer3967]

​@@swapnilmankame oof no need to be so mean lol

[@SapioiT]

Someone should make a company called "Sweatshop", in which they literally make the factory workers sweat all the time they work there. Costs: Heating, hydration and nutrition (because every worker would need access to a source of water and workout-focused liquids which to be cold-enough for people to not start fainting or worse, break rooms where people can go to for 5 minutes every 30 minutes (so 25 minutes of work and 5 minutes breaks) in order to not get health issues, and a lot of wearable health devices to make people make sure people don't faint and don't go ill. A very high production price, a high worker salary willing employees, and the only company doing that.

[@Hovzlozki]

I work as a gemologist and in the diamond industry and at 13:35 I think Luke is confused between mined diamonds / blood diamonds / lab grown diamonds. Working in the industry I have met people that want “Blood diamonds” aka diamonds that have come from organised crime gangs in Africa and elsewhere. These diamonds make up approximately 3% of diamonds that are traded and are VERY RARELY found in mainstream markets.

[@domaxltv]

So, how many blood diamonds did they give you to tell this to us, cuz I want half

[@iseptimus]

Most people think they know due to either random bullshit on the internet or an old movie. Blood diamonds was a term created by De Beers to differentiate the diamonds taken from mines run by gang/warlords.

[@wasw]

@@iseptimus i wonder when we humans will start caring about the material itself (lab diamonds are the same shit for example) rather than the lore around it.. I think the answer is never but I still hold hope, maybe in a million years sth will change

[@Hovzlozki]

@@wasw there’s always a desire for the natural counterpart of a synthetic stone. Diamonds are far from the first gem material that has been synthesised in a lab. Quartz, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Aquamarine, Spinel, Morganite, Opal etc all have synthetic lab grown counterparts that are produced at large commercial quantities for use in jewellery and they are exactly the same in terms of chemical composition and physical and optical properties, however most still opt to choose the natural counterpart. Lab grown diamonds after they have their moment in the spotlight will go back to their intended purpose - industrial uses and to produce material that can’t be found naturally (think large slabs like the crystal in a watch or a phone screen).

[@wasw]

@@Hovzlozki Yeah diamond was just an example altho admittedly idk about others. I just mean we gotta stop caring about the lore so much some day and just focus on the material itself

[@kubenoz]

Man the copium from chat with zoning laws is kind of saddening. Feels like a modern disease of affluence.

[@LoganChristianson]

I'm not... able to make sense of what it is you're trying to say.

[@juhalampola1954]

@@LoganChristianson This is a clip from a live show with three different chats running. Most probably, there were many people commenting on how rigid building code and zoning laws are necessary for the functioning of a modern western society. This is a false argument known as a "straw man," so kubenoz was rightfully equating such behavior to one-eyed affluent thinking and deliberate perversion of facts in one's favor, also known as "copium."

[@JollyGiant19]

Thanks to zoning houses cost a median (average) of 850k! And that’s not just in the big cities, that’s about the normal in the suburbs and rural areas too. We need to fix zinging so we can build!

[@kubenoz]

@@LoganChristianson To elaborate with some examples: I think zoning laws are a bit like what gout was in the old days. It brings only suffering to your life but is perceived as a hallmark of some kind of societal refinement so people are proud of it and try to defend it when confronted. I fear that people do it because to do otherwise would be to admit to living a life that is unnecessarily unhappy in some respects. Which is sad because in that way they reinforce their own suffering for the momentary relief of denying it. Well, maybe not suffering but discomfort, depends how you define the word. Still, I think it’s a bit dystopian that you can’t let your cat outside because it will be run over, or that your kids can’t just go out to town until they have a driver's licence.

[@LoganChristianson]

@@kubenoz How zoning laws work is dependent on the specific city or state/province.

[@MechaWalnut]

4:00 I used to work at an Apple-themed electronics-type store in an airport. People would just walk in and buy Macbooks, iPads, $500+ headphones. It was wild.

[@LinusBerglund]

I thought about something recently: politics in the US spends a lot of time talking about family values, but spends seemingly very little effort making starting a family easy. Looking at the happiness gap between before and after getting kids, parents in the US are friggin miserable.

[@definitelynotobama6851]

That’s a big feature of the Republican ticket this year.

[@Generik97]

The powers that be don't want you to have a family, if people in this country could raise families then that would mean there is less of a justification for immigration since a country with a healthy birth rate requires lower levels of immigration. Aristotle made the observation that tyrant prefer to have men of foreign extraction rather than citizens as guests at table and companions, feeling that citizens are hostile but strangers make no claim against him. It is also worth pointing out that mass immigration devalues the labor of natives, if supply of labor out paces demand for labor it results in wage stagnation since especially in low skill positions you can be easily replaced.

[@fabienso5889]

If anyone has doubt about that look up the infant mortality rate in America and compare it to any European country Kinda make any pro life american politician look like a dumbass

[@dsdgdsfegfeg]

​@@definitelynotobama6851Republicans dont care about families, they just pretend to. Just like Trump. Trump pretends to be harsh on China. In reality Trump is in with the CCP. They love each other.

[@Rabolisk]

@@Generik97 That ship has sailed in North America and too late. Immigration mostly from Europe between 1500 and 1900 was at such a large rate it replaced the native population.

[@SaintPlayGames]

0:11 Me laughs in german

[@cpu_1292]

HÆß

[@Neojhun]

Mecure Melbourne Doncaster is an odd case. It's a single building where a Hotel is the top half and the bottom half is a Bunnings Hardware Store. Yes that's a our version of Home Depot under a Hotel.

[@9684yami]

PC part manuals: hucked in the bin vehicle manuals: still wrapped in plastic inside the glove box washing labels: did not know know it even existed

[@combatwombat594]

3:40 Airports being essentially shopping malls inside is the way it used to be pre-9/11 actually. You could just walk into the airport like a mall, and go shopping while waiting on someone to get in on a flight. It doesn't make sense now with how people travel, but it did at one time. I went to the Pittsburgh airport in 2022, and couldn't help but constantly think that I wish I could have seen it before that fateful day... I wish I could have air traveled before 9/11, but I was 7 at the time lol

[@DanielHaug]

Is Luke's Shirt a representation of the word "ARTBLOCK" being blocked out by a robot, and that way it says "AI BLOCK"? Because if that's the meaning behind it, it's a genius message on AI and art.

[@jefez75]

nah, it's "ADBLOCK" with the thing blocking being a pirate ship

[@DanielHaug]

@@jefez75 close enough

[@johndextersantos9541]

Philippines also have buildings that have the mall, restaurants, offices, hotels and even condominium in the same building. the entire building complies with the what ever regulations cover commercial building/establishments. makes it more expensive for the residents living in the top half of the building.

[@Lo33y_]

London as well. Most recent example I can think of is Battersea power station. Massive retailer, bunch of restaurants, an office and housing all in the old power station. Plus more in the immediate surroundings area

[@WingMaster562]

Thanks for saying Philippines and not The Philippines, i appreciate that

[@marianovontrani418]

It should be a requirement for every zoning official to have played SIMTower extensively.

[@yuvrajkakade8038]

​@@WingMaster562what's the difference between them

[@johndextersantos9541]

@@WingMaster562 however I should have used "THE" at the beginning because it is a nation with many Islands. just like how you would refer to The Netherlands. Any country that is composed of many islands, kingdom or States needs to have "the" at the beginning.

[@IdealGrain]

What most don’t realize is that Dulce and gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga etc is that it’s all still fast fashion. Just like “lower end”supreme and Michael kors etc. Really rich people get bespoke stuff you will never hear of. These brands are just there to convince the middle class to turn over their life savings so they can feel/appear rich. Gucci didn’t become popular in hip-hop or become an adjective on its own. Gucci sponsored/paid/provided product to celebrities to make its brand *feel* rich. I just learned now that a bunch of these brands are housed under Kering, a corporate entity. There’s a lot of cost in manufacturing fine watches. There are legitimately watches that cost $100k to go from R&D to production because they’re making you know, 2 of them with very complicated and tiny machining. But also a $20000 AP Royal Oak is about as nice as as a $4000 grand Seiko in build quality, and the Seiko might even even have more engineering chops depending on model.

[@kael13]

Watches sure.. Clothes are a bit of a different story. Sure, some people might get all their shirts and suits tailor made but for things like jackets and coats, they'll buy $3000 designer stuff. Depends on who they are and where they're from, too.

[@OG_ALviK]

​@@kael13Designer stuff of which kind?

[@1337Jogi]

Like I would go out of my way to treat a certain piece of clothing differently than others. I will certainly not handwash any T-Shirt or start the washing mashine for only 3 Shirts that are too fragile to be thrown in with the rest. If it doenst survive my standard washing routine I do nt need it. When I was living alone I would wash 1 basket bright and 1 basket dark clothes per week and thats it.

[@squidcaps4308]

Same goes for construction. Low income housing is not that much cheaper to build, or rather: luxury housing does not cost that much more but it sells and rents at a much higher rates. it makes no business sense to build cheap housing when 10-15% higher construction costs are offset by 50% higher prices. It is all surface glitter, stainless steel panel instead of paint does not make the frame of the building any different. It just looks better but they are exactly the same buildings inside.

[@JollyGiant19]

Yep. With how zoning is most everywhere, cheap housing doesn’t make a profit and governments don’t step up to build it. We need to make zoning laws enable cheap homes and have governments build housing for low income people in the area.

[@Riguy89]

11:40 I believe this phenomenon is real and another similar example is the issue where researchers notice that when an animal is declared endangered, poaching and black-market demand for it would increase significantly. I don't remember the specifics, but I remember the Asian Pangolin species being a good example of this.

[@richarddavis2605]

Cheap clothing is more likely to come from a sweat shop. How does your logic handle that?

[@GnosticAtheist]

The zoning laws in my town is if you own it, you can build there. Shop, house, nuclear missile silo, NASA space station, its all up to you. Not sure if you will be allowed to arm that silo though.

[@duxnihilo]

Not really nuclear missile silo, though... right?

[@usernamemaxleclerc3014]

To answer the question about shops in airports. Simply put. Airports need to spand large areas for planes to park at the terminal. That leaves lots of space inside the terminal that can be filled with retailers willing to pay rent to be "seen" as executive/exclusive/luxurious. Plus it gives people something to waste time on when their plane is delayed. TL;DR - Companies want a marketing boost to their Brand. Airport is happy to accept money in exchange for giving help space they weren't going to use.

[@tyson31415]

Overly strict zoning is a reaction to historically a complete lack of them. You had people dumping chemicals next to thousands of people's home (se: The Love Canal), oil refineries next to schools (they still do this in Texas), and airports in the center of cities. Flexibility in zoning would be great, but you still need it, otherwise the rich people put their dangerous money-making-machine next to your kid's bedroom.

[@SecondhandJedi]

The discussion on t-shirt material quality is great insight. I have friends that print their own t-shirts, but don't have the resources or expertise to perform material analysis to the degree that LTT can. It would be great if LTT could share some of the conclusions they've drawn for common t-shirt manufacturers (aside from the well-known hatred of Gildan). Especially in a non-video format for easy reference (labs?!).

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

There was a twitter spat where the ceo of Ambercrombie said to wash your jeans by wearing them in the shower every 5-10 times you wear them. To which the CEO of Wrangler had some welk crafted humerous response basically saying throw them in the laundry whenever you feel like it. And I have to agree with Linus and Wrangler here. A sign of a well thought out product is that it's easy to take care of. From a certain perspective, a Toyota is a better luxury car than a Mercedes.

[@zeekjones1]

My biggest issue with zoning is; here in the US you have to walk an hour to go from a house to the nearest corner store, because residential and commercial lots, outside special cases, can't be mixed.

[@mukulnag1578]

As someone who knows about leather and my hometown used to supply these international brands for best processed leather, some of the import rejected stuff in my hometown you can buy for like 50 dollars that if it wasn't rejected would cost 200 -400 dollars

[@mad_borden]

Worked in hospitality overseas. Most Western hotels are on thr Star System of amenities. The number of stars dictates what they might have more or less. Dinner, bar, gym, pool, business center, spa etc. Smaller hotel/hostel like properties are growing more popular and that's why hotels will have different brands within itself to define each market. We are used to and expect "full service hotels". And many hotels make their money off the amenities they provide. From the mini fridge to hosting conferences and everything in between.

[@jacksonburger2081]

Having luxury goods at an airport actually makes sense. People show up early to not miss their flights. People need something to do. They look at stores to fill time. Increased brand awareness.

[@Exilum]

Speaking of washing and prints. A big mystery to me is always how it can be so different between people who describe it basically the same way. I'll forever remember my favorite merch t-shirt being ruined at my grandmother's. I didn't do anything special on my side to preserve it (hot water and eyeballed liquid), yet the print was damaged more in one time than it has been in the 4 years since, it was like 90% gone.

[@SegmentW]

This was a long clip but also a very good one. I enjoyed Linus sharing his email story with his team. I also treat my clothes pretty harshly and the LTT shirts are holding up *great!*

[@Nick-tv5pu]

Flying into Sao Paulo for the first time is a trip. Right after customs, the walkway dumps you into the middle of a maze-like shopping mall where Brazilians are accosting you to try to get you to buy things. What a strange first experience in Brazil that must be for someone.

[@Igneusflama]

If you look like the typical American tourist, its just being honest about what you will be seeing the entire trip so... I just call that honesty!

[@Nick-tv5pu]

​@@Igneusflamahaha quite funny. It is a very unique experience. Though on average I'd say Brazil is much less commercialized than here in the US. That's one of the reasons I like it so much. GRU is just atrocious though

[@DarkBiCin]

19:17 - I mostly agree with luke. All my clothes basically get chucked in the washer/dryer and get put on default settings and ran. There are two exceptions: 1. My wife has me do her wash and so I put on it the settings she tells me too (normally just cold wash/ cold dry, 2 button presses east) 2. Baby clothes. These we always cold wash/dry because we learned the hard way that if you dont cold/cold they will certainly shrink and be unusable. Lost about 15-20 outfits that way the first 2 weeks little one was home and we were to tired and just threw everything in.

[@windex23]

Canadian Building engineer here: why won't we allow hotels in an office building is because the requirements are much more intense for hotel usage than for office usage. Fire protection, ventilation, water usage, fire escapes, sound insulation, etc, all those things have more requirements when people sleep in a building rather than when they work there. It costs MUCH more to build for a hotel than for an office building. Therefore, developers won't pay for hotel amenities if they only need office stuff. Example: fire alarm system requirements for hotels are 3 to 4 times more intense than for office occupancy. Retrofitting additional wiring for the added fire alarm requirements from the ground level all the way up to the hotel occupancy level oftentimes makes no sense money-wise.

[@MrDadyD]

Sounds like lazy engineering and excuses. We have a lot of buildings here that have a three way splitt: stores on the bottom, offices in the middle and hotels at the top.

[@MatteoComensoli]

you can add this stuff to a old office tho

[@windex23]

​@@MrDadyD it's not an engineering marvel to perform, quite simple actually. It's a budget limitation that blocks building owners, builders and developers to get this done 99% of the time. Easy to put the fault on the engineer when in fact we get shut down because ''it's too expensive, let's keep it simpler and the renters will deal with it''.

[@windex23]

@@MatteoComensoli Yes, we can. But retrofitting systems in a an occupied building is expansive, disruptive to the other tenants and most owners won't go that way unless they don't have the choice. Return on investment is oftentimes calculated in tens of years with this kind of project.

[@trondhemaus]

Then do it so it complies, or not retrofit the hotel there then. It's the requirement that is the limiting factor, if there are stricter requirements for a hotel, then just have that, no need to limit it at the zoning level. It's "solving a problem at the wrong place".

[@mjc-12]

Best store I saw so far in an airport was a LAN center in the main Dallas airport you could rent gaming time at. Wish that were more common.

[@InternetKilledTV21]

There's an hourly hotel in the secure area of the Mumbai airport that did it for me. 14-hour layover during the time that most shops/restaurants have closed---absolutely I'll grab a few hours in a locked room with a bed and a shower.

[@marcoaurelio4903]

10:56 expect wool. Cashmere is really expensive, try to order one from an local tailor and search for the material...

[@SteveBrownRacing]

I also use a darwinian approach to laundry. It either handles my normal machine/ dryer treatment, or it goes in the trash a bit early.

[@katycatjulius]

in the netherlands most stuff is tax free however those stores are after going through customs meaning that you if buy things and go over a certain amount in total when you go through customs again when you get home (including anything you buy at your holiday destination) it's paying taxes so yes it is tax free when you buy it but may not be when you return

[@KnowArt]

I always just huck things into the washer. If it can't stand it, I don't want it

[@brosefmalkovitch3121]

50% of the audience? I'd hazard damn near 99% of people just chuck their clothes into the wash on default settings and let jesus take the wheel.

[@GeoStreber]

I bet he also didn't know that in Europe, we call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese "Royale with Cheese"

[@vsnfudge]

Let me guess, because of the metric system?

[@guysimone1]

Thats just not true depends on the country but the royale cheese is not the same, netherlands has royale cheese and quarter pounder on the menu

[@betterlugi1706]

Royale with Cheese. What'd they call a Big Mac?

[@Rzetyagi]

I understand this reference.

[@roryhitchon5602]

@@betterlugi1706 big macs a big mac, but they call it le-big mac

[@wolfgangBuonarotti]

in the US there are apartments in the same buildings as hotels. And businesses like restaurants lease spaces on the ground floors. but better mixed zoning is better

[@SomeAdam]

very glad linus has learned about mixed-use zoning

[@seraph741]

I appreciate that pre-shrinking is so important to you. It's not even just a problem of improper care. My tshirts shrink even though I wash cold and air dry. And it's a problem because brand new medium tshirts fit perfectly, but as soon as they shrink even a little, they are too small. Large is too large even after shrinking.

[@Handinmapocket]

11:50 Immediately reminds me of a quote I heard before: "The cruelty is the point"

[@roccociccone597]

0:52 I had a similar experience in Taiwan. There were two hotels spread across 8 floors of one building. I was a little confused too :D

[@TheGrYlix]

4:20 I‘ll be going to any airport if I can get a Rolex at retail-price 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@montystar]

Nope. It will be xx% more than waiting in official Rolex waitinglist.

[@maxwellday5096]

13:20 I work in the Jewellery trade here in the UK, and I take slight issue with what Luke said about blood diamonds. Most diamond dealers, atleast here in the UK, and I've heard the US is similar, Canada idk, adhere to the Kimberly Process, a stringent set of rules which ensure Diamonds are ethically sourced. To say any natural diamond, as in not a "manufactured" one, is automatically a blood diamond is slightly misleading. This is however a fairly recent norm, so maybe just a slight misconception about the industry.

[@JamesRantell]

On fire codes, in UK mixed zoning - we have 60 minutes built separation between the commercial and residential floor spaces as well as (business dependant) a linked fire system, usually separate entrances and we must update our fire risk assessment at least every 2 years

[@charliesthetic]

i'm glad linus made the team pre-shrink the materials for their merch cuz i don't have the space to lay all those boxers and shirts flat in my small apartment. In the dryer it goes and they always survived. I would advise against drying the sweatpants and jackets tho.. the plastic seams around the zippers will definitely get loose..

[@SegmentW]

I also like that the T-shirts do not shrink. Your merch team is top-notch

[@JLneonhug]

To ltt team, I completely agree on linus's attitude to design. There are few and far between companies nowadays with this attitude. (I'm in electronics design) One to mention is Numatic (Henry Vacuums), they design things based on - 'Our gorilla assembly line staff (nice as they are) will stick a square peg in a round hole on Friday afternoons, we need to design it in such a way that this cannot happen.'. Obviously their assembly team is amazing but the philosophy behind the design is such that it is designed to be used and abused. ❤

[@yvs6663]

i heard a company basically just took some budget brand shoes, stuck a fancy sounding name on it and opened a fancy looking shop to sell them. they got people to essentially pay 10x the money they would be paying otherwise and be happy about it. its all in the marketing.

[@the_undead]

2:00 Wouldn't that just not be a problem for The hotel because in the case of whoever's building out that building they would figure out what the maximum occupancy is. Put in enough stairwells for that and I let businesses deal with their floor layout as needed for their specific maximum occupancy which on a hotel is quite low generally speaking

[@vadym8713]

I have an observation about US airport, I'm European and I use to European Airports. All large airports in Europe are also duty free hubs, like Heathrow, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Vienna, you could but a lot there, they all have coffees, restaurants and bars where you can just be for ages, you can but closes, food, electronics and just drink beer in bar while you waiting for your flight. Even in small airport of Gothenburg there was a small bar with local beer. So with all that knowledge when I first visited US, I was in Atlanta airport and this is one of the largest airports of USA, sure things they have a lot of places to chill inside I thought and oh boy was I wrong! There was literally NOTHING THERE compared to other airports of that size!

[@franklima]

13:00 The Fear by Lily Allen has a line in it that captures the idea that people value Diamonds in part because of the blood. "I want loads of clothes and fuckloads of diamonds I heard people die while they're trying to find them"

[@sxndwich3395]

He is spot on about shrinkage and laundry. I do not have the time to separate out flip inside out and micro manage my clothes. If I have a particular large amount to wash, i may separate out towels, undergarmets, and outergarmets etc. I have stacking locking baskets, So I just stack 3 up in a corner, once the 3rd is full i slap them on a cart, and wheel them to the laundromat!

[@kazsmaz]

My friend used to live ontop of a mall, it was sick. Like they turned the roof into a private street with gardens and houses

[@richardalfaro4529]

As an American a hotel has to have a standard though .. it needs to be big enough to fit two beds even for just a king, a hallway, air conditioner/heater, with a large desk, some sitting couches and seat a large bathroom with shower and tub are just the standard

[@xander9460]

Mixed zoning OP

[@youkofoxy]

A lot of issues can be solved with smart thinking and planing, there no need for buildings to be so monolithic in usage. Bonus points: reduced traffic, emissions, better social life (you actually get to have common places and make friends) and less housing problems. Mixed usage is a win, win, win.

[@TheRileyg98]

Luxury watches and jewellery is entirely for duty free. Big purchases like luxury watches have significant duty on them - 10% on a 30k watch is 3k in tax alone.

[@DarthJarJar10]

My parents grew up in a British protectorate and we live as immigrants now in a former colony (though I'm no longer speaking with much of my family). At one point, at least the way my father framed things, travelling internationally was expensive. This is coming from a millenial in their mid-30s and so he would have insisted this in the 90s. He would buy random things from the "duty-free" stores at the airport terminals... It was like a tradition. Before the mid 2000s, I could agree that there was some point to this as there was a tax advantage and novelty in some cases. Once, somewhere in 2018 or, he phoned me before a flight and refused to listen when he decided he wants to buy two walkie-talkie radios and a weird "international" MiFi router... I tried to tell him not to but he's a stubborn guy.

[@johnf419]

What convinced me to buy from their store is in one video Linus said something like that they have being trying to make a sock but if it wouldn’t be comparable to Darn Tough they wouldn’t sell it

[@bentencho]

A luxury watch (or any luxury item) can be way cheaper at a duty-free. No duty and no taxes on a Rolex or Omega... it could be hundreds or even thousands of dollars in savings.

[@Lianpe98]

😮

[@FeFeronkaMetallica]

In theory, but I have never seen that actually. Its a scam

[@ThisIsAitch]

Have you ever actually, directly compared prices at Duty-free? I don't know about 'luxury' items, but most items (e.g. perfumes/colognes) just have their base price boosted so they are essentially the same price as on the high street. Again, I don't know if this is true for things like watches, but I'd definitely say you should do a price comparison there and then to the standard high street/online price.

[@bentencho]

@ThisIsAitch it all depends on which location and which products. When I was Kuala Lumpur, a Sony headphones (one of the top-of-the-line ones) were being sold for like $500, way more than just retail in Japan. My wife was able to buy a Bally hat for like $100-150, which was half of what was for retail. I also found some Montblanc wallets that were a bit cheaper than in store. Mind you, it was only like 10% or 50 bucks cheaper, but you are really in the know and are shopping super pricey item, that 10% savings (no need to pay local taxes), could be significant savings. You just have to really do your research, figure out the price of items locally, calculate the exchange rates, etc.

[@Entertainment-]

The ADs at Duty-free have higher prices than outside. And generally when you have a relationship with the AD you could get a 15% discount no matter where it's located.

[@naaarch]

As an architect in the States, it all has to do with building and fire codes along with local zoning codes. Trust me, we wonder the same thing about multi use buildings along with our developer clients. And you brought back memories, I was a Junior Architect on Tsawwassen Mills, Vaughan Mills, and Crossiron Mills in Calgary…

[@BanhChui1968swe]

Difference between firecodes for a hotel and an office building is mainly "Are people going to sleep in the building or is the building going to be fully vacant during certain hours."

[@sha_663]

Emirates had full shopping announcements. Stewards would run through the iles showing watches with the cart full of garbage and every movie had at least 3 ads with one being for the on board shop. And somehow people still talk about it as a premium airline

[@aScaredGrunt]

There is a building in Toronto that is offices from floors 1-12 and 12-20 is a hotel

[@Anonymous-sb9rr]

I wash all my laundry at 40°C, so I don't have to check if items can handle hot temperatures. I also don't have a dryer, because whenever I've used a dryer, one of my clothes schrank. You can put a dryer at a colder setting, but then the clothes are still wet when you take them out.

[@anatolyFct]

The last third of the video is the best ad for LTT store clothing that there could ever be

[@yodxxx1]

When i was in school it was always very amusing to see everybody come late to class because it was moist outside, and people didnt want to touch the ground outside when switching buildings Note: i live in germany, and rain here is rather common

[@capability-snob]

If you want to understand the fire code thing, physical pentester Deviant Ollam recently did a super entertaining video on the topic.

[@talltale9760]

People in specific fields rarely relate to the average consumer. Product designers tend to be extremely passionate about their field (hence why they got the job in the first place) and in turn will think it’s completely normal to jump through the extra hoops involved with product care and maintenance.

[@mathisbodin2292]

He is right but linus mocking someone else footwear is pretty ironic

[@OrionKaelinClips]

His sandals don't cost hundreds or thousands

[@winterthemuteson]

12:48 Linus starts quoting a perfect circle.

[@Rflexion]

The fire code for hotels is stricter than offices, because in hotels you have people sleeping and you are prone to find elders and babies. But, if should be fine, all you have to do, is apply the stricter rules.

[@Zack_Wester]

the problem is not Zonings law the problem is that the US got 3 Zoning laws. Industrial(anything from a micro brewery to you know smog factory) , Residential (single home to skyskrapers). Commercial (anything from offices to shops and recreations), and then a bylaw that you can put like Tiny Commercial zone (large enouth for a few shops) next to residential no. Meanwhile EU have mixed use zoning and its alot easier to put different zone type near each other. Yes the Smog Factory is still told to move the fudge away from any kind of Residential/Commercial zone. and yes you can put a Micro Brewery next to residential (sound and pollution requires do get harder). 12:10 the answer is they dont know, they do not want to know and they dont care. and I think there been test done where a company or something (long ago) mixed upper to "high end" brands. and a set of T-shirts they made correction they took one of there stock item split it into two stacks one stack had a sign saying this T-shirt was made whit slave labor in X (laber was changed to ntoe made in X) the other said made by well paid workers in Y (label said made in Y) the T-shirt was made in Z (the only reason why the gov legal for the label thing was no on there ass was because they had preplaned and pre organized it... still got shit for it. The price was the same still super high like 150 usd T-shirt kind of deal(not sure exact sum) end result the buyer did not care like they only looked at the brand and the price and took what they needed.

[@MaxwellWilliams42]

Hearing how linux treats his clothes makes me actually want to buy LTT shirts for the first time haha, I'm not going to the effort to baby my clothes. They need to be able to survive what is (to me) basic cleaning.

[@amolapr]

thats a similar mindset to japanese and european cars. both cars are built very well but toyotas are built knowing that the general user will not always take care of the car the way it should so they are basically built to keep on going even without regular maintenance while the european cars will also last decades as long as you take care of it as instructed by the manufacturers. basically one is built to be a everyday beater while the other is something to actively enjoy and take care of

[@TheLikeys]

I would welcome more of that “the product has to withstand the wrong handling” attitude in European cars. But I guess, unfortunately it’s a cultural thing. At least here in Germany the everyday Germans care way too much about their cars. Most engage with their car in almost a personal relationship. On Sundays you can see lots of car owners manually deep cleaning their cars at the car wash. They will uphold each and every maintenance interval, put on seat protectors, floor mats.. though that leads to this over the top attachment to cars and that’s why it’s so difficult to reduce car volumes in Germany and why cars have a special role in society and no one dares to radically change that..

[@heyjakeay]

Both Japan and Europe require vehicle inspections every 2 years though - so 'regular' maintenance is required to keep driving it. In the UK it's even stricter to every 12 months.

[@Entertainment-]

@@heyjakeay Japanese and European cars exist outside of those two regions and you bet people in places like Jordan, Phillipines or Nigeria don't get a regular vehicle inspection done every 2 years or if they really require it, bribery is an option.

[@JJFlores197]

@@Entertainment- Like here in California, we're the most regulated and taxed state and we have the strictest emissions standards in the USA, but no one cares about vehicle safety inspections. Its quite ironic.

[@Numbnuts007]

As someone who is in the apparel/promotional products industry, I completely agree with Linus about t-shirts not actually costing as much as people think. Realistically the only thing that would cause A screen printed shirt to cost more is the complexity of the print and alignment, and how many colors it's going to be. I have a shirt that I bought for $30 from a wiz khalifa and Snoop Dogg concert that has a five color screen print. That shirt was aligned really well and looks awesome. Totally worth the 30 bucks. Paying anything more for stuff like that especially since my girlfriend now has a heat press And cricut vinyl cutter, it's just stupid.

[@wilhelmZ2000]

The difference in residential and commercial in north America for the most part is metal structure for commercial space and wood for 98% of residential spaces. Also north America is just getting used to combining residential and commercial together. Fire sprinklers where not a thing in residential when it was in commercial. But we eventually got there. It just takes a abserd amount of time to adapt. Why do I have the feeling that Linus doesn't separate darks and lights?

[@mlekozmaslem8647]

Some shops make sense, wanna buy a gift that you forgot? We got you. Wanna buy pants because you forgot or luggage got lost? We got you. Anyways NA thinking about space and how to do things (like just driving everywhere instead of walking for 5 minutes) is crazy.

[@montystar]

4:15 I don't know what luxury watches airports are selling, but I know how some luxury watches are sold. There is a waitlists. E.g. if you want to buy Rolex stainless steel Daytona (“Panda”), the waiting time is 2-8 years. So, if you are on airport in 2026, your position on waitinglist says that you will get this watch in 2029, but you notice that the shop in the airport is selling this watch and it is a real peace. Would you wait 3 years or just buy that watch and pay some extra to get it faster? Some watch makers have waitinglists where you can't buy your place on top to get it faster. In here the Rolex was just an random example of luxury watches that I picked. I dont know how their waitinglist works.

[@montystar]

Some addition here. Some watches on those airport shops are sample pieces and some watches you can buy. Some watches are sold so that you will have to wait in the waitlist and some watches you will get immediadly. Usually they will deliver it for you and in some cases you can leave with new watch. Some watches are sold only for private customers and airport shops but not for retailers. Usually, if you buy this kind of luxury watch, you can sell it only after the manufacturing has ended. If you sell your watch before manufacturing has ended you might be violating the terms of transaction and end up on the black list of every luxury watch makers. They are sharing these informations with each other. Now... if there is a waitlist for luxury watches and these are not sold for the retailers, how does airport shops have these? Because 1. They are first in the line to buy these. 2. Watch makers and airport shops have a deal. 3. Airport shops are advertisements for luxury watch makers. And what are the odds that someone will rob the jewelry in the airport? There are so many logical reasons why airports have these shops.

[@DoubleMonoLR]

*No sales tax* is a big deal on luxury items that may not be likely to ever have a significant discount otherwise. Here that would equate to 15% off straight away, and presumably more in some other countries.

[@R3AL-AIM]

2:45 Orlando International has tech stores, jewelry, bars and everything in it. Can buy a MacBook, Rolex and get $80 steak in a single strip at the airport lol

[@ziemniaczek320]

There is another way of washing clothes then just putting it in the washing machine and then drying it in the dryer or on the rack?

[@iLoveTheseRemoras]

Drying on a rack = no wear and tear, tumble drying = lots of wear and tear, I think that's what they meant

[@XIIchiron78]

Part of the reason they don't generally put hotels in office buildings is the plumbing. A lot of office buildings don't have the runs or slope to even install plumbing across the floor, because facilities are just placed in the building core and provided as part of the space - not built by tenants. Which is also why they don't retrofit office buildings for residential unless it's very profitable, since fixing this is expensive. But yes, mixed use zoning (and more standardized codes) should absolutely become the norm.

[@PotatoVariety]

Went to an anime convention in my smol city 11 years ago. That 5$ shirt I bought that day was used for 9 years and it still looks good. 30$ for a shirt is insanity for me.

[@Nyckxd]

Yo. Thanks for talking about your shirts and flat out stating you care about quality and not profits. Buying some now.

[@abba2566]

Yeah... I have a washer dryer, it all goes in on a wash and dry cycle. My wife got me as far as doing light and dark loads, but I did it for years without having any issues.