“I’ve never heard about it, so clearly it’s not a problem”.

Just because you’re ignorant doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous. People like you are exactly why we have laws like this - you’re not bright enough to understand why it’s a bad idea, so we have laws to protect the rest of us from your stupidity.

Ahhh yes, the magical PPE that never fails.

Oh do go get fucked.

Well, it depends on how you look at the price. Take the corduroy suit, for example. It took 4 meters of material. If I recall correctly, it was about €20/meter, plus the lining for another €40, so €120 in total. Then buttons, thread, and what not, MAYBE €20. I already own all the sewing equipment, so that’s not really a factor after multiple years, but let’s call that €60. Let’s say €200 all in. Then it takes about 12 hours for measuring, cutting, and sewing.

A similar “fast fashion” suit is around €250-300, then it needs to be tailored, so let’s say €350-400. I know what I’m about, so the quality of the handmade suit is better, with more precise and actually finished stitching, properly sewn on buttons, and much higher quality materials. It’ll last for years with proper care, while fast fashion clothing tends to fall apart quite quickly.

So it’s a bit cheaper in materials, a huge investment in time, but it fits perfectly and lasts much longer. Also no sweat shops.

If you go to a United States prison, all of the electronics are clear!

You can make your own clothes like me (early 50s, married cishet male), then have people question your sexuality and try to hook you up with their guy friends.

I just like dressing the way I want to dress and sometimes I want a burgundy corduroy dress suit or neon trews.

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You’re much kinder than I.

If you’re anywhere north of 10 years old, you still have a lot of growing up to do. Thanks for showing me exactly what kind of person you are and I hope you have a day that is just as wonderful as you are.

Hold on here. Was it that you knew it wouldn’t translate well in text or was it that we’d need to use our brains but didn’t? Because you seem to change your story so that you can blame everyone else for misunderstanding because you were vague.

It’s funny you call us Redditors: I’m engaging with you (and increasingly regretting it) instead of just downvoting and moving on, while you’re blaming others instead of owning up to your actions. Which exactly is classic Reddit behavior?

You made a comment you knew wouldn’t translate well to text and didn’t try to make sure others would understand your intent. Someone took it seriously, so your response is “knew someone would get all hurt by it though” instead of owning up to it.

I have this wild suggestion for it. Don’t write ambiguous messages. If you do and it confuses or offends someone, explain or apologize instead of being a wanker and pretending the other people are the problem. You’re the problem here, mate.

This is a perfectly acceptable question in a science course. Just because you don’t have the experience, knowledge, or, barring those two, even just the imagination to understand how a question might apply doesn’t make it strange or dumb. It does speak volumes about you, though.

That just makes me wank harder.

Ackshualllly, it’s ephebophilia because these are young women above the age of…

/s

Just kidding, it’s CP

That’s fine but, if you don’t read the article, don’t comment on it like you did. I’m not suggesting that’s what you did, but that’s clearly what many people here did.

P.s. use 12ft.io and archive.ph to get around pay walls.

If there’s a pay wall and you don’t use something like 12ft.io or archive.ph to get around it, just don’t comment. There’s no requirement to comment and those that do so without knowing what the article is actually about are providing commentary on their imaginations.

“Free speech absolutist”. I wish he’d trip in the bathroom and make the world a better place.

The biggest failure here is the number of people who obviously didn’t read the article. Why comment if you don’t know what you’re actually commenting about? Is this the writing equivalent to loving the sound of your own voice?

Edit: I can’t believe my latest most controversial take is “maybe don’t discuss what an article says unless you read it first”. Just can’t make this shit up.

That’s about right for flyingsquid. Seems like a nice bloke but has repeatedly shown he doesn’t have the impartiality required to be a moderator.

I would absolutely remove the “Don’t” from his vehicle