Fruit of the Loom Men's 4-pack of pocket T-shirts

[anon68952647]

@Jared_Kaufman

Clothing is an example of items where there are more humane options available for a less-than-ridiculous cost difference.

Has it occurred to you that some of his savings pay for this very bandwidth you are using?

@Jared_Kaufman

Computers, not so much, but thanks for the lecture on how the fact that I’m posting from a device that may or may not have labor issues completely nullifies my point about t-shirts that are readily available from vendors who treat their employees like human beings…

You will save many from poverty with your exaggerations here today.

[Jared_Kaufman]

Seriously, you think that Mark saving $20 when he buys his shirts enables the continued existence of BB? Seriously?..

Hey Mark, when is the last time you paid the hosting bill out of your own personal checking account?

AcerPlantanoides, please give a specific example of an exaggeration in my post…

[anon68952647]

Here is one example

@Jared_Kaufman

you think that Mark saving $20 when he buys his shirts enables the continued existence of BB

In your shoes, I’d have just said I had found a great place to buy shirts that I felt were responsible, and left maybe a link. Speaking of shoes, are your shoes made in any way by underpaid labor? Have any links to them for us? How about these shirts he ought to have purchase?

Striking blows for the working poor on someone elses blog, using electronics made in conditons you claim to deplore, by shaming someone over their undershirt choice. You’re doing it wrong.

[Donald_Petersen]

@art_carnage

Except they’re about $25 a pop. That’s more expensive than the already over-priced Under Armour.

Right now they’re $19.50, and only $18 apiece if you buy four. Seriously, they’re very well-made. I’m wearing one right now, and generally do four days a week. I’ve worn them for years, and never actually worn any of them out.

For the lighter-weight shirts, however, I used to get mine at American Apparel. Anyone know if they’ve gotten their shit back together yet?

[Jared_Kaufman]

And again, the perfect is the enemy of the good. Clothing is low-hanging fruit.

U.S.-manufactured New Balance, BTW.

Mark is an adult. I can’t pick his clothes for him, and what works for me may not be his style/weight/fit. I am, however, pretty sure he knows how to use The Google…

[PhasmaFelis]

@AcerPlatanoides

Has it occurred to you that some of his savings pay for this very bandwidth you are using?

Trying to be not-snarky for a moment: you get really defensive whenever people criticize BoingBoing or its writers, in a way that you don’t do otherwise. I feel like, if Jared’s post had been in response to a random commenter recommending Fruit of the Loom, your reaction would have been much less aggressive.

[PhasmaFelis]

@Hector_Plasma

Wear tabi.

I’d love to, actually, but I’ve previously had trouble finding decent-looking, affordable models. They seem to fall into two categories: shoddy, ultracheap, and marketed to teenage martial arts wannabees, or designer-brand and $200+. If you have any suggestions I’d be happy to take a look!

Edit: Wait, do you mean “wear tabi socks with sandals”, or “wear tabi shoes instead of sandals”?

(I do have a pair of Vibram Fivefingers toe shoes*, which are lovely, but for me they’re even worse than sandals: they absolutely reek if I wear them sockless for more than a few weeks, and there’s the added problem that socks with toes are expensive compared to my usual discount Hanes 10-packs.)

*That distant wail you hear is the sound of the Internet Fashion Police switching on their sirens.

Edit again: LAST