a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment by oyster
oyster  ·  2951 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Grappling with hipster-hate

So how long did you spend just lying in the floor staring at the ceiling thinking this through ?

I feel as though this works for many things. Unless expensive jeans are actually made with quality stitches that last longer than the cheap pairs there is no reason they should cost 100 but many do. Alcohol, coffee, furniture, clothing, and the list goes on.





zebra2  ·  2951 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I got some jeans in a thrift-store for $20. They go for $300 at Nordstroms new. They're good jeans. I don't think I'd buy them new. I'd buy them again from a thrift store though.

oyster  ·  2951 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Damn that's a successful shopping day. I don't mind spending the money if I'll get a good solid pair but I've had a few bad purchases. One that stands out was actually a friend who bought a nice pricey pair of jeans that, no matter how many times they were washed, dyed her legs blue everytime she wore them.

kleinbl00  ·  2951 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not that the list of male advantages is short or anything, but I hit the outlet mall with a "sky's the limit, I need five new pairs of jeans" mentality and walked out having spent less than $60.

I had a pair of Eddie Bauers that fit me just fine, looked, well, good enough (I mean, not really a point of perfection for me) and survived laying over at speed on a motorcycle twice. Think they were $23. used to be I'd spend double that on a pair of 501s from Miller's Outpost or whatever. Yay China?

oyster  ·  2951 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh wow that's my dream ! I normally go in a store with jeans covering the walls just to find 1 in my size (never cheap). I'm size 0... The media said I would have it so easy ! I was lied to dammit.

I never thought of Eddie Bauer for jeans however I should look because I've found nice outerwear there. Lucky has been good to me and typically when they start to wear out I can stretch their life by using them as work pants. Finding size 0 pants for landscaping just doesn't happen.

kleinbl00  ·  2951 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not so much lying on the floor, but the drive back, then half an hour this morning when we looked up the machine, then about an hour's worth as we went walking with the kid.

I've seen expensive jeans. The argument there is less pure because the cut can be refined to fit a person better or worse; my wife fit in Lucky just fine prior to pregnancy but now she's got to spend more to get jeans that fit her hips and waist. Furniture? Definitely. Those fuckin' Wassily chairs are wretched to sit in but I've got a buddy that's debated blowing $2k on one. But coffee is one ingredient, and that ingredient is a commodity.

I think it's the purest form of the argument you can make, and that's why this guy's a meme.

oyster  ·  2951 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's the thing with jeans, some are expensive because they're quality and some are for no real reason. Well other than brand. Also WOW, I just looked up that chair and I can't fathom spending that kind of money on basically a fancy lawn chair.

kleinbl00  ·  2951 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There's cool furniture in the world. I own an Aeron, with leather arms, that I bought factory 2nd for $600. And I can sit in it all day for weeks on end with nary a complaint. I could see my way to a knock-off Noguchi table. At $400, why not? A legit Noguchi at like $1800? get a grip.