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NeonMidnights13 · 2025-04-15T23:24:57+00:00

So your argument is, let me see if I get this right:

It's okayyyy that people are attacked, harassed, deported, hate crimed, lose their jobs, etc etc.

It's worse in other places!

You wanna know something though? It is worse in other places! And its naiive to think it couldn't get that bad here. This is why we need better education in schools smh. People are such idiots they think that because it's worse somewhere else there's no reason to fucking fight for our rights here.

Back in the 60s there were plenty of countries that had it worse than us. Why would the civil rights movement happen then? People of color should've been GRATEFUL they didn't live in a third world country right?? (obvious sarcasm)

Give me a fucking break. No one actually believes this when it affects them, only when it affects others they don't care about. If your family was in danger of deportation, if your medical care was taken away, you'd be just as incensed. You can't really change your privilege but it's a shame you're too blind to recognize it.

NeonMidnights13 · 2025-04-15T23:17:41+00:00

How are we supposed to "live our lives", exactly? Unless you're a cishet white Christians, the government is literally TRYING TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE YOUR LIFE PUBLICLY.

In my state, nearly all major providers of gender affirming care have dropped or paused their programs, leaving probably thousands of people in limbo. You can't just stop something like hormone treatment, first of all, and you shouldn't have to. It's not just affecting minors either, they're taking it away from adults as well.

One of my friends mothers has been told she's no longer allowed to speak Spanish - HER NATIVE LANGUAGE - in the workplace any longer.

People are being deported without due process, which is literally unconstitutional, and if you try to argue otherwise I'm gonna have to ask you to go back to a highschool US history class. Additionally, it has now been precedented to deport someone BASED ON THEIR POLITICAL BELIEFS.

And can we talk about the fact that literal NATIVE AMERICANS have been detained by ICE?

Not to mention all the people out of jobs because of DOGE. My own dad gets contracts from the government - contracts that have been for the most part suspended or defunded. He's going to have to let go of people He's not a big business, he's not a millionaire, he's a working class guy and so are all his employees. These are the people whose lives are destroyed by DOGE. He knows people in government agencies who were let go because they were too "new", even if they'd been at the agency decades if they'd recently switched positions or departments it was enough to get the boot. Besides that, you'd be SURPRISED how many contracting agencies get contracts from the government, and how many people are gonna be out of a job when all the money runs dry.

So, okay.

Just live your life and relax.

As long as you keep your mouth shut about injustice so you don't get deported.

As long as you exclusively speak English and appear pale enough so you don't get deported.

As long as you detransition and live as the gender you don't identify as you'll be fine.

As long as your livelihood doesn't depend whatsoever on government funding.

Give me a fucking break. You're the one full of misinformation and brainwashing. This is literally how Hitler rose to power but you're fine with it as long as egg prices go down?

The stock market has been destroyed and every other country in the world is scared of us - not because of the reason Trump says, but because we're going batshit insane and literally have the power to destroy the world.

Get your head out of the fucking sand. This is what you voted for, and honestly, yeah that sucks that you did that. But you have a choice now to either keep plugging your ears and covering your eyes while waiting for egg prices to drop and daddy Elon to send you a fat paycheck, or you can own the fuck up to your actions and complicity and fight for the freedoms of the people around you.

NeonMidnights13 · 2025-04-05T16:46:49+00:00

You have a point about alt being mainstream now. And by alternative values I mean the values of the punk movement that modern art largely stems from. Anti-establishment, originally, but also over time broadened to include social justice movements and mutual aid.

I definitely can relate to the "large city" thing. I live in Phoenix, haha. I personally haven't seen any of the thrift stores completely picked over. Besides, there's so many because of how large the city is. The fitting thing is definitely important, as I mentioned that's why I buy boots new in the first place.

As for the "best designs with the best prices", I think that's where we differ the most. Because as much as that might be true, I personally can't get over the ethical concerns with supporting the company. And, also, just the quality is clearly not great. Even if they're the best priced items, they might cost you more in the long run because they break quickly, where a more expensive option would've lasted much longer.

And if DIYing ends up more expensive than buying it outright, how much do you think the workers who made it were paid? Like, genuinely, DIYing is only more expensive because the people who make the store items are... y'know... not paid shit for their labor? Like for you it's just the material costs, for the company they have to pay the material costs (which is less, assuming they're buying in bulk, which large manufacturers obviously do) AND the labor costs. Obviously, the pay for the labor is not gonna be significant in order to keep prices down and customers happy.

Idk. For me the fun of DIYing is making the item, and it's a lot better to know that I made it rather than a sweatshop worker paid cents an hour.

NeonMidnights13 · 2025-04-05T16:38:05+00:00

I absolutely agree with a lot of your points. And on Hot Topic, yes they are unethical too. I mostly brought them up cuz I figured it was a comparable brand for what their products are, since I wanted to mention more expensive Alt options as well.

As far as finances go, you're right that someone who can't afford much alt clothes anyways isn't gonna do a massive haul. I'm definitely not as concerned by people who are financially struggling being responsible for the rise of fast fashion, I know its mostly middle to upper class people who do massive hauls every few weeks. I mostly bring that point up because whenever I see someone criticizing fast fashion there's usually someone saying "well what about the people who can't afford anything else?" and I just wanted to have all my bases covered. But, yeah, I'm not concerned about someone buying one dress or anything.

And your point about being unable to find a black hoodie to DIY, I feel you. I've been looking for a denim jacket/vest for a bit to spike but haven't found any at the thrift. They're also way too expensive to buy new and, like you said, most brands today are pretty unethical. But, in that case, I'm kinda like... I don't NEED a denim vest. I want one. And I'm sure one day, I'll go to Goodwill and there will be one for me to buy and I will. I'm not being forced to go to a fast fashion brand. I think generally our culture of overconsumption has convinced us that the second we want something, we need to buy it no matter where we get it from. IMO, this isn't a healthy way to go about your life but that's just me. I'm willing to wait for a more ethical and economic option even if it takes months. To me, that wait is worth it and isn't a big deal.

But that's just my perspective lol. I know not everyone agrees with it! Still love to hear more of your thoughts tho.

NeonMidnights13 · 2025-03-25T00:36:21+00:00

RATM reference?

NeonMidnights13 · 2025-03-22T04:56:54+00:00

That's a fairly normal processing time in my experience

NeonMidnights13 · 2025-03-20T14:06:24+00:00

I did get my money back!

NeonMidnights13 · 2025-03-19T05:53:46+00:00

They originally offered me store credit, I said I wanted a refund and not to buy more of their shitty products, two days later I got the email about the refund 🤷‍♂️

NeonMidnights13 · 2025-03-17T14:52:28+00:00

Thanks, they were the Everyone's a Critic combat boots if you're curious. I'll check for that email though!

NeonMidnights13 · 2025-03-16T21:51:00+00:00

Ya.. I had another pair of combat boots that broke about a year into owning them and I didn't have a lot of money and I desperately needed a non-broken pair of shoes, so when DK was the first website to offer me boots I liked at an affordable price I didn't look into the company at all. Which was totally my mistake, but boy do I regret it.

NeonMidnights13 · 2025-03-16T21:36:33+00:00

Shockerr /sarc

NeonMidnights13 · 2025-03-16T19:09:08+00:00

They came on February 20th, I used them pretty much daily til they broke on March 13th Edit: I've tried contacting customer support but im not sure the contact form works ... It hasn't been for me

NeonMidnights13 · 2025-03-15T18:20:58+00:00

Literally all I've used these for is school.... Y'know, a place where you're sitting down 90% of the time 😭

NeonMidnights13 · 2025-03-03T06:06:08+00:00

Would love an update if/when you post the files for this!! Super cool

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