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martlet1 t1_j0uue4h wrote

Levis suck now. The material isn’t the same as the 1980s jeans that lasted forever.

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Proper-Emu1558 t1_j0vtxc9 wrote

I have some all-cotton denim jeans from Levi’s. Those are good but the kind that are heavy on the spandex/elastic material just don’t last that long.

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rich1051414 t1_j0w4nt4 wrote

I personally would rather have the stretchy jeans for comfort though. I switched over a few years ago, now regular denim feels like my legs are binded together. They absolutely don't last as long though.

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the_hell_you_say t1_j0vfjmw wrote

Probably because they still cost as much as they did in the 80s

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TeamGodzilla t1_j14pon2 wrote

There custom line is amazing, I don't wear jeans but I always buy them for my husband. Each year he's goes a Levi's store for a fitting, and then I order 5 pairs for him. He says they are the most comfortable pair of jeans he's ever had.

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Jacuul t1_j0vui8n wrote

I can't find a source for this, but I recall hearing that jeans used to have an asbestos or asbestos derivative woven into them as well, which made them a lot stronger, but, you know, asbestos

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RedditorManIsHere t1_j0w1m9a wrote

you are correct because it increases fireproof

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Nafeels t1_j0w4fwl wrote

Considering spontaneous combustion of jeans were a thing back in early 20th century I get why asbestos liners were used.

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DexterBotwin t1_j0w6x6u wrote

I’d say it’s been over the last 20 years. Expensive, but the pair would last years. Now they’re more expensive, thinner materials, zipper sucks, inconsistent sizing.

I buy Amazon brand now. Not because they’re better quality, but I’m paying a price that’s more commiserate with the quality.

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papaHans t1_j0wkf71 wrote

Because you are buying preshrunk jeans. Buy the original 501's button fly. They will last for years.

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sicpsw t1_j0wso16 wrote

Yeah the LVC lines are suuuper expensive, but great

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Victorian_Rebel t1_j1pjgpk wrote

I have a pair in black from a thrift store and it's amazing how well they hold up.

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Thialase t1_j0w1x5u wrote

and this once again just shows that companies will say whatever they think will yield the most money. Their support for any cause is hollow.

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WesternOne9990 t1_j0wlyin wrote

Just look at pride month to see this in action

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kmn493 t1_j0x3og0 wrote

Yeah they're usually just doing it for money, but that means that the population that will think higher of a company with pride logos outweighs the group that will avoid pride. Even if they're not really doing it for moral reasons, companies are okay with turning away homophobes. And that makes me happy.

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WesternOne9990 t1_j0x83yh wrote

Yeah that makes me happy as well, thanks for putting a positive spin on it :)

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Thialase t1_j0w7bve wrote

Yes.

For example these shallow companies gladly show the pride flag on their US twitter accounts, but their russian/middle eastern accounts never do.

Piss easy to "do the right thing" when doing the right thing is profitable and widely accepted in the society. Oh how noble of them. Such courage!

Maybe you love it, but I detest it. It's hollow and disingenuous. All they do is follow the money. And if hating on a minority group/LGBTQ was profitable they'd do it in a heartbeat.

Companies are not peoples friends.

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foodfighter t1_j0weovt wrote

Where I live in Vancouver, Canada there's a fairly large sugar processing plant owned by the Rogers family - it's been around for over a century.

We had a similar level of anti-Chinese sentiment here in the early 20th Century, and at the time they had a slogan for their factory:

"Like our sugar itself, the only hands which touch it are white".

Good times...

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Procean t1_j0wwg8g wrote

The line from Tombstone rings true to history.

"And I'm the president of the non-partisan Anti-Chinese league!"

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Nytloc t1_j0xenxm wrote

Had it been the early 1800s that slogan might have been quite progressive, no?

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KindAwareness3073 t1_j0wmsqm wrote

Long before Starbucks there was a chain of coffee shop/lunch places called "Chock Full o' Nuts". To allay white racist anxieties because they had black employees, their motto was "Where human hands never touch the food you eat".

Edit: spelling

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WilcoHistBuff t1_j0x1g4l wrote

It should be pointed out that Chock Full o’ Nuts not only was dedicated to equal opportunity employment, it also hired Jackie Robinson as a VP of HR, had no problem with him being a civil rights activists while in their employ, and donated funds to the NAACP. You can call William Black’s efforts bubbling, but for the time the company’s hiring practices were ahead of the curve.

Also not sure that the main driver on the food never touched by human hand was a race issue. They used tongs to cook and assemble meals and advertised that fact.

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KindAwareness3073 t1_j0x7nhy wrote

Not the avowed meaning, but it was pretty clear to patrons at the time. But certainly true they were "ahead of the curve". In the era few blacks were "front of the house" in any restaurants.

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Nekaz t1_j0xs7nz wrote

Too bad hehe cheap goods go brrrrrrrr

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_ssio t1_j0w62wu wrote

Ah like the Black Owned we have today :)

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Zhuul t1_j0umu9k wrote

TIL people wore denim jeans in the 1800s

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BigBobby2016 t1_j0un6s7 wrote

I take it you’re not from the US?

We’re taught about this all of the time here. Levi went west to sell supplies to the gold miners. He tried to sell canvas for tents and a customer said that he’d buy pants made out of the material if they existed. Boom…Levi’s are born.

Heck…I’ve heard the tale brought up at jobs before even

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Zhuul t1_j0uvl31 wrote

I’m lucky enough to live in a part of the US where our regional culture doesn’t revolve around blue jeans, alcoholism and spousal abuse, sorry my bad

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ahtoxa1183 t1_j0ux8mw wrote

Hey, any reason would do to let your hate and stereotypes out, right?

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BigBobby2016 t1_j0uxbld wrote

Sheesh…I live in Massachusetts and our regional culture doesn’t revolve around those things either.

Lol…we do revolve around education though, as well as not being douches that would write “sorry my bad” without realizing that made them look like douches

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Viscaelcule t1_j0uy4ne wrote

I have a feeling the troll enjoys any kinda of reaction. Good or bad

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BoxingSoup t1_j0wj0dw wrote

Bro you post in r/Philadelphia. The fuck do you mean your culture doesn't revolve around alcoholism and violence?

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schleppylundo t1_j0vuesp wrote

I’m sorry where the fuck did that come from? I learned it in California where it happened, and it was framed as the story of how the Californian Gold Rush and ensuing immigration led to innovation by those immigrants in creating brands we recognize and value today, like Ghirardelli chocolate and Boudin Sourdough Bread. It’s an immigrant success story and emblematic of the best case scenario of what America has to offer. I’m sorry you don’t think that’s important just because some of the people who wear these pants are shitty, but those people probably aren’t teaching that they were invented by a Jewish immigrant either.

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OneBlueHopeUTFT t1_j0w78ah wrote

You sure? Because you sure are judging people blindly just like someone who liked all those things would.

Or did your tiny little ego get hurt because you learned something you didn’t already know?

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