@VegaLyrae - eviltoast
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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • Unfortunately extremely high water usage to grow cotton, and a lot of it is grown in places that need that water for other things (RIP Aral Sea).

    Based on the article we should use flax aka linen, which I suppose makes sense. Linen was once a finery due to the excessive effort needed to produce it, but now we have machinery.


  • I agree with you wholeheartedly.

    I buy very few clothes, so I save up to spend more on ones I think will last longer.

    It’s very burdensome when something doesn’t last long enough to reach that price-equilibrium point compared to simply purchasing more, cheaper clothing.

    I am currently almost out of socks and panties because of this :(



  • It is a pretty good article but I have some nitpicks:

    They say both that you cannot decide in a vacuum and fast fashion uses synth materials to make disposable clothing. I think given these two ideas, the carbon usage for one garment of wool vs one garment of nylon should include all the “waste” garments produced as well. Since, when you buy from a company that practices this, the impact is from the whole process, as they are keen to point out. That includes the sweatshop to landfill garments.

    Personally I like not wearing a microplastics generator.

    I am also curious about hemp clothing.