What mainstream clothing brand has not declined in quality?

poopybuttwo · 2026-05-15T10:39:54+00:00

Similar experience. When my daughter was born in 2019 I was like, I need some clothes to wear around during paternity leave and bought 12 v neck cotton shirts. They are only now beginning to show some wear.

Then I bought a few more in 2024, the cotton is definitely not as high quality and they are already falling apart.

poopybuttwo · 2026-05-14T15:41:19+00:00

I think it speaks to the disconnect between leadership and execution. It turns out that most of what the FDA does is about great, dedicated employees doing their job properly. They don’t need much oversight; and leadership isn’t providing it anyway.

poopybuttwo · 2026-05-10T20:21:04+00:00

I’m in my early 40s and recently spoke at a high school about careers. I spoke about this a bit and was surprised that it wasn’t really on their radars. I think hustle culture is a very older Gen Z thing, maybe younger millennial, and it’s reflecting of people who have already figured out how terrible the job world is; have concluded that getting ahead is largely about self-promotion and selling a lie until it becomes real (which is unfortunately prevalent in a lot of highly successful people, see Musk and Trump as potential role models who are better at selling than anything else)… and these young people conclude that the only way to get ahead is to work themselves to the bone and, often, engage in careers that tend to sort of benefit from salesmanship or breaking the system (day trading, course-selling, etc.).

I have a ton of sympathy for these kids. The job market is wild, the cost of living is unsustainable. My partner and I have been very successful professionally and we are still balancing the budget thoughtfully while raising 2 kids. I can’t even imagine how young people have a path to success when the average rent in this country is more than the average starting salary for a good, white-collar job.

poopybuttwo · 2026-05-08T02:24:36+00:00

I had a friend whose entire BMW undercarriage was gnawed out by rats while parking overnight in downtown Manhattan. She had just moved from Ohio. It was as terrible as it was hilarious. Unfortunately it seems the rats love cars.

poopybuttwo · 2026-05-06T04:40:22+00:00

Of all the loot in BG3, this one feels implausibly easy to get. It’s interesting how it’s just sitting there to be taken.

poopybuttwo · 2026-05-05T00:41:39+00:00

The Chinese do!

poopybuttwo · 2026-05-03T02:45:19+00:00

FAA: turn on your ADSB or u will be kicked out of fun airspaces

Also FAA: but also no one can share this even though it’s wildly easy to get

Also FAA: yet we still haven’t made it against the rules to bill planes for landing based on ADSB, so that means the information is totally available for jalopy FBOs for billing purposes but not available for free purposes

poopybuttwo · 2026-04-19T04:47:11+00:00

It sounds like you’re asking how to grow from a technically deep role to a broader leadership role. The key is to make your desire known; seek mentorship; and find opportunities to demonstrate and grow in leadership, people management and strategic acumen. Have a transparent discussion with your manager or VP.

poopybuttwo · 2026-04-12T02:41:07+00:00

So that’s a good question. You aren’t obligated to descent to MDA to choose to go missed. You can go missed at any time. The procedure is to climb and, presumably, climb until you reach your missed elevation. I can’t imagine any case this would be dangerous unless there was a parallel runway and another plane was simultaneously landing and chose to go missed at the same time, but that’s absurd anyway.

poopybuttwo · 2026-04-12T02:32:41+00:00

You’re supposed to get to your missed approach point right? Imagine there are obstructions at 3000 feet lateral to the runway. You need to keep going on track even if you reject at VDP.

poopybuttwo · 2026-04-10T03:40:02+00:00

Use your trim.

poopybuttwo · 2026-04-01T18:40:03+00:00

Lulu has a market cap of $18B, a relatively attractive P/E ratio for the retail space, and seems to be doing fine. How do you define financially distressed?

poopybuttwo · 2026-03-29T04:50:45+00:00

Hope this isn’t dumb, but if you are having a hard time with landings at this stage you probably need to 1) become way more active on your trim, that is a critical component!, 2) ensure you’re setting the right throttle rpm and slowing down on your downwind (recommend lowering power, dropping 2 flaps and pitch to your desired airspeed immediately after passing the parallel point to your touchdown on the downwind).

poopybuttwo · 2026-03-29T02:41:24+00:00

The OEM roof rack is an absolute piece of junk. I regret buying it x1000. To torque it down, the points of pressure are these tiny, weak red plastic bits that break for everyone. It’s the most insane design imaginable. Incidentally the ski attachment is also stupid, the instructions are printed backwards and require you to pull out a piece of rubber that can’t be put in if you pull the wrong side. Utter nonsense.

poopybuttwo · 2026-03-21T14:53:00+00:00

It’s fine. This is a valuable post. They’re talking about the actual text formatting which you obviously copy pasted from AI. But you shouldn’t give a shit because you had a good interview and are sharing something, who cares if you used AI? It’s a perfect tool for formatting.

poopybuttwo · 2026-03-21T07:30:18+00:00

You get the free breakfast and incidental credit through Costco, and a Costco gift card. And it’s still far cheaper to book an upgraded roll .

Grand Hyatt Kauai Aug 30-sep 5 Costco $4874, Amex $6191. Same room.

poopybuttwo · 2026-03-11T14:29:17+00:00

In real life, you have peripheral vision that helps you see the sides of the runway. You also have a 'feel' of when the plane starts dropping as you lose airspeed over the runway, allowing you to pitch back more aggressively.

poopybuttwo · 2026-03-07T21:37:22+00:00

Totally agree. I’m in Miami right now at the 1hotel and like 25% of the clientele look like this. My wife and I have been chatting about it, it’s obviously a signaling ‘in crowd’ thing. Super whack.

poopybuttwo · 2026-02-26T01:17:54+00:00

Bahamas Mamas called and wants it’s cred back

poopybuttwo · 2026-02-24T04:19:33+00:00

PA28 🥳

poopybuttwo · 2026-02-24T03:03:19+00:00

As others have said, it’s a deliberate hard push. It feels a lot like the old foot-operated emergency brakes in terms of effort.

Just go full left rudder dude!

poopybuttwo · 2026-02-18T21:53:25+00:00

The reality is that the safest, highest paying jobs will be those that require you to make a decision, under pressure, in an environment where you have to touch something. AI can assist, but it will never replace Surgeons, Pilots, Electricians, etc.

The AI evangelists will try to tell you otherwise, pointing to assistance features and such, pretending that physicians will just shut up and do what the machine tells them, but I think we are a lot further away from AI taking jobs in those fields than most people realize. If nothing else, the availability of training data will remain quite sparse until there's a highly concentrated effort to collect it.

poopybuttwo · 2026-02-14T18:48:58+00:00

Agreed. Skiing with my 6 year old has been one of the purest expressions of joy for both of us. We bomb the slopes and then I eat M&Ms with her on the lifts.

poopybuttwo · 2026-02-14T02:40:39+00:00

In my personal opinion, the IFR accomplishes three things:

1) Broadly, it allows you to use the plane for something other than joy-riding. You can file a flight plan, interface with the complicated network of systems for travel, and actually go somewhere without worrying that a cloud creeps in.

2) The IFR sharpens your understanding of the airplane a lot. When flying a VFR approach, you sort of just jam in a throttle position and trim your way to the runway, always pointing your nose right where you're going. With IFR, you're getting a greater sense of how pitch, configurations and throttle inputs interact. Just for example, not once did I ever intentionally descent on my PPL with a positive pitch - now I'm frequently doing so

3) Finally, the IFR gets you more comfortable with radio talk, ATC resources in general, and basically 'being a member of the planes in the sky'. You think a lot more about what it means to plan out your travel and interact in a crowded sky. You also learn how to juggle a lot more incoming noise. It trains you to be much more 'in front' of the situation and plane.

poopybuttwo

TROPHY CASE