• DespairSquid@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    This is why I’ve never really understood branded clothing. I won’t wear it, because it’s just an advertisement. Genuinely don’t understand how society fell so hard for that one. I get luxury brand show off for shallow reasons, but shit- and mid-tier brands?

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      i think shit tier is cheap because it also poses as advertisement?

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      3 days ago

      So what do you wear? I want to reduce the amount of ads I wear, but plain tshirts don’t look so good with my extra belly weight. I need something on the shirt. But what? And I commonly just wear shorts, so it can’t look remotely formal.

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          I have one that says “world’s best sixpack abs” and then there’s a picture of a sixpack of beer cans.

          It’s size 5XL and I once wore it to a doctor’s appointment 😁

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        Layers, patterns, gradients, and screen printed art, mostly.

        Lots of screen printed art. I’m a big fan of mashup designs where two or more IPs are mixed, like star wars and star trek mixed and represented as chibbi cartoons, basically just someone’s fan art on a t-shirt or sweatshirt, such that you aren’t really advertising any of them as its not immediately clear what’s even on it. Also just art I like. Tons of places to get stuff like that. I also have a lot of shirts with jokes and phrases and the like.

        Layers are good if you live somewhere that isnt too ridiculously hot, plain or gradient base t (or one of the more basic screen printed shirts) under a contrasting over-shirt is good. Really opens up the options because basically anything button or zip works, patterns or solid colors, and the extra fabric layer hides a lot of imperfections.

        I do a lot of thrifting, especially when I travel, because the variety tends to span different styles and eras and people buy stuff online that ends up there, but it takes a while to really build up the wardrobe that way.

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          Layers are out because I spend half my day wishing I wasn’t wearing a shirt at all. Constantly warm. I call in manopause, lol. Screen printed art sounds good, but where can you get it on quality shirts. It always seems to be on low quality materials when I see it.

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    3 days ago

    Hahahaha no You receive a visit from my system -arr. I receive your content on my jellyfin server

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    Join the pirates and sail the great seas. Download Torrent digger and libre torrent from F-Droid and on Linux get qbittorent and look up how to install all pirate sites into its own search engine in the app. Pirate away comrades, it saves lives. Don’t forget a good VPN like iVPN.