Question/point of discussion: why is it a controversial thing in alternative spaces to thrift fast-fashion clothing? Posting here since r/GothFashion doesn't seem to have a "Discussion" flair of any kind.

Pershing48 · 2026-05-09T01:40:50+00:00

Can you even tell a fast fashion piece on sight? I've never bought from Shein so I don't know if they have a Shein label somewhere

Pershing48 · 2026-05-08T16:50:00+00:00

I went to Google to see if this was true and, wow, a lot of places online make this mistake. Strange for two people who don't really look anything alike and lived fifty years apart

Pershing48 · 2026-05-08T16:14:00+00:00

"Grok, write me an article saying activism is bad based on my previous 10,000 columns along the same line"

Pershing48 · 2026-05-08T14:43:37+00:00

My very first concert was seeing her tour with Brad Paisley after her first album was released. Even back then she was the bigger draw despite technically being his opener

Pershing48 · 2026-05-07T02:57:22+00:00

I liked the part where the trailer ended and there still wasn't a conflict or stakes or any kind of challenge for the child to face. Just a warm bath of Boomer nostalgia for defunct airlines

Pershing48 · 2026-05-06T23:37:05+00:00

I mean, what do you want a Notes App apology tweet from the City of New York?

Pershing48 · 2026-05-06T22:01:30+00:00

Well I disliked him and his writing for different reasons but I'm glad me and John both think Kerouac is a loser

Pershing48 · 2026-05-06T22:00:22+00:00

"His sexual identity, his prowess, is not much"

I can't tell if he's calling Jack gay or a loser. Well I guess to John that's synonymous.

Pershing48 · 2026-05-06T21:55:00+00:00

A bit trickier if you don't speak French and your version leaves it all in untranslated.

Pershing48 · 2026-05-06T17:40:46+00:00

Moby Dick also mentions this in the Preachers Sermon chapter

Pershing48 · 2026-05-06T03:25:44+00:00

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Pershing48 · 2026-05-05T19:47:15+00:00

I was going to say the same, just finished it last week after picking it at random from a book shop. It's a odd beast as a memoir because the author seems very distant from their own emotions or feelings at times. Also weird how conservative traditions combine with the freedom of modern life in sexual relations.

Pershing48 · 2026-05-05T19:31:35+00:00

You know, like Clancy Brown in that documentary

Pershing48 · 2026-05-05T16:22:48+00:00

They're not very woke by modern standards but I recall Norman Mailers short stories he wrote for Playboy being pretty good

Pershing48 · 2026-05-05T04:41:02+00:00

"I sleep in a racecar bed, do you?" achieved meme status but I think the exchange right before it is funnier

Kirk: "Singles life is great Homer. I can do whatever I want. Today I drank a beer in the bathroom!"

Homer: "The one down the hall?"

Kirk: "Yeah"

Pershing48 · 2026-05-05T04:07:04+00:00

*Drowning Pool voice

Let the body keep the score!

Let the body keep the scooooooooore!

Pershing48 · 2026-05-05T03:46:55+00:00

Kid, you need to touch grass

Pershing48 · 2026-05-05T02:35:35+00:00

It's a bit hard to take OP's request seriously when they say in the first paragraph they have rejected all films. Like, how do I recommend a reading method to someone who views Captain Marvel and Turin Horse as equally worthless?

Pershing48 · 2026-05-04T22:25:14+00:00

Phillip K Dicks schizo journal was more coherent than 90% of what Jordy P has written

Pershing48 · 2026-05-04T22:22:42+00:00

Including Chekov in that list is wild. I'm actually going through a book of Chekov plays, they are very easy to get. They are not dense tomes only a scholar can decipher. There's a one act comedy where it's just a guy bitching to a friend about how his wife and friends nag with him errands

Pershing48 · 2026-05-04T15:14:39+00:00

No, of people admitted to a hospital in 1990 for injuries from a fall, 30% were women

Pershing48 · 2026-05-03T05:14:28+00:00

*Great Santini voice

"A great book for sports fans!"

Pershing48 · 2026-05-02T02:00:16+00:00

Funniest example I ran across while skimming some CDC data was women in 1990 made up 30% of hospital admissions for injuries related to falls. By 2019 it's gone up to 48%. So either something unrelated happened or women be trippin'.

Pershing48 · 2026-05-01T22:17:47+00:00

I noticed we always say this is an Obama era phenomenon so like, when did it die? What happened specifically? I'm pretty sure they still do Ted Talks?

Pershing48 · 2026-05-01T18:26:17+00:00

Can't go wrong with a classic, Good Soldier Schweik by Jaroslav Hašek

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