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The Picard Maneuver lemmy.world The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
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irish_link lemmy.world irish_link@lemmy.world
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Every store I go to now doesn’t have a chair. They all had chairs near the changing room, now not a single store has one.

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Brave Little Hitachi Wand feddit.uk yakko@feddit.uk
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Every store I go to now doesn’t have a chair. They all had chairs near the changing room, now not a single store has one.

Shop till you drop, baybee

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k0e3 lemmy.ca k0e3@lemmy.ca
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#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

I hate these jokes. It's like the boomer, "god wives are the worst amirite guys?!" jokes. It's really not that hard to enjoy shopping with your lady.

Edit: I just look for clothes for her with her. Sorry guys.

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Ricky Rigatoni piefed.zip RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip
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I hate these jokes. It's like the boomer, "god wives are the worst amirite guys?!" jokes. It's really not that hard to enjoy shopping with your lady. Edit: I just look for clothes for her with her. Sorry guys.

No dorkus this is a joke about how clothing stores are 99% women's clothes and have maybe a tiny corner for men.

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Akasazh lemmy.world Akasazh@lemmy.world
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Every store I go to now doesn’t have a chair. They all had chairs near the changing room, now not a single store has one.

I call them 'men benches' and that's where I'll happily peruse some Lemmy when the missus is shopping

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schmorp slrpnk.net schmorpel@slrpnk.net
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I hate these jokes. It's like the boomer, "god wives are the worst amirite guys?!" jokes. It's really not that hard to enjoy shopping with your lady. Edit: I just look for clothes for her with her. Sorry guys.

It's dreadful. A few years ago the "The wife did [insert silly thing tech-averse or shopping-obsessed person does] so I did [insert I-am-very-smart-action]" jokes were dying out, or so I thought. But hey, they are back en masse, and worse, re-done by a younger generation who fancies themselves emancipated and modern. Yuck. If you find living and/or spending time with your chosen person of the opposite sex so horrible please just don't?

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sp3ctr4l lemmy.dbzer0.com sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#8 · Quote Reply

I mean I unironically love posting up in a back alley and having a chat with some random smokers/vapers, and I love camping.

Now, I love going shopping with a lady as well, but only if they're honest with themselves and actually give a shit about your fashion sense, as applied to them.

If they're genuinely looking for advice, ideas?

Hell yes, fuck I'd call that a fun date, or at least a part of one.

If they mostly just want you to be there as an affirmation machine?

Byeeeeee~!

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Ferrous lemmy.ml Ferrous@lemmy.ml
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jtrek startrek.website jtrek@startrek.website
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No dorkus this is a joke about how clothing stores are 99% women's clothes and have maybe a tiny corner for men.

Now that you pointed it out, I see the single shirt hanging in the last two panels. My first read of the comic was also "lol women love shopping" trash humor.

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funkless_eck sh.itjust.works funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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I hate these jokes. It's like the boomer, "god wives are the worst amirite guys?!" jokes. It's really not that hard to enjoy shopping with your lady. Edit: I just look for clothes for her with her. Sorry guys.

I ID with it. Women's thrifting is 90% of the store. Men's thrifting is the 4 things that will fit me that someone's uncle died in.

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Dyskolos lemmy.zip Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-10-01
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I hate these jokes. It's like the boomer, "god wives are the worst amirite guys?!" jokes. It's really not that hard to enjoy shopping with your lady. Edit: I just look for clothes for her with her. Sorry guys.

I'd say it wasn't about "women shopping bad" but the amount of men clothing's in stores is borderline boring in comparison.

Women get 58382992 items in 2838473 colorful combinations, we got 3 pair of pants in black or lighter black. Slightly exaggerated maybe.

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cenotaph piefed.zip cenotaph@piefed.zip
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I mean I unironically love posting up in a back alley and having a chat with some random smokers/vapers, and I love camping. Now, I love going shopping with a lady as well, but only if they're honest with themselves and actually give a shit about your fashion sense, as applied to them. If they're genuinely looking for advice, ideas? Hell yes, fuck I'd call that a fun date, or at least a part of...

Affirmation machine/packhorse

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Derpenheim lemmy.zip Derpenheim@lemmy.zip
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#14 · Quote Reply

If your partner is interested in your feedback/fashion sense, then Im game. Im not gonna just stand there and go "looks great" on every item for 2 hours.

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rbos lemmy.ca rbos@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-08
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I ID with it. Women's thrifting is 90% of the store. Men's thrifting is the 4 things that will fit me that someone's uncle died in.

In fairness I tend to use stuff until the thrift store would reject it anyway....

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MeatPilot sh.itjust.works MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works
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I ID with it. Women's thrifting is 90% of the store. Men's thrifting is the 4 things that will fit me that someone's uncle died in.

Gotta branch out. I'm fairly certain a few thrift store shirts I have were left in the mens section by accident because the buttons are on the wrong side.

Fuck if I care, I like floral patterns - fight me bro.

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purplemonkeymad programming.dev purplemonkeymad@programming.dev
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#17 · Quote Reply

I'd say it wasn't about "women shopping bad" but the amount of men clothing's in stores is borderline boring in comparison. Women get 58382992 items in 2838473 colorful combinations, we got 3 pair of pants in black or lighter black. Slightly exaggerated maybe.

Men get navy as well! (Slightly blue black.)

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RampantParanoia2365 lemmy.world RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-02
#18 · Quote Reply

Oh, I thought it would be a huge store full of purple and other colors, and then half of one rack in the corner filled with grey, with a sign next to it that says "Fuck You."

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The Picard Maneuver lemmy.world The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#19 · (edited) Quote Reply

Oh, I thought it would be a huge store full of purple and other colors, and then half of one rack in the corner filled with grey, with a sign next to it that says "Fuck You."

No sign, but there is a plain gray/white t-shirt there in the men's section.

(edit: Oh, and a sock and underwear. This place has everything!)

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RampantParanoia2365 lemmy.world RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-02
#20 · Quote Reply

I hate these jokes. It's like the boomer, "god wives are the worst amirite guys?!" jokes. It's really not that hard to enjoy shopping with your lady. Edit: I just look for clothes for her with her. Sorry guys.

Well it kind of is when they get the whole store and we get 3 shelves because apparently men don't wear clothing ever.

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Dyskolos lemmy.zip Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-10-01
#21 · Quote Reply

Men get navy as well! (Slightly blue black.)

I don't know in what fantasyland you live, but there's no such thing as blue...tsk...poser!

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RampantParanoia2365 lemmy.world RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-02
#22 · Quote Reply

I'd say it wasn't about "women shopping bad" but the amount of men clothing's in stores is borderline boring in comparison. Women get 58382992 items in 2838473 colorful combinations, we got 3 pair of pants in black or lighter black. Slightly exaggerated maybe.

Well, it should be, but the dude just sits down at the fire. I don't see him looking at that shirt, looking around at the women's options and throwing his hands up asking where the rest of the men's section is, and if they have these pants in under size 40 like I would be.

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digitalFatteh lemmy.ca digitalFatteh@lemmy.ca
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#23 · Quote Reply

I'd say it wasn't about "women shopping bad" but the amount of men clothing's in stores is borderline boring in comparison. Women get 58382992 items in 2838473 colorful combinations, we got 3 pair of pants in black or lighter black. Slightly exaggerated maybe.

Men’s clothing section, in most retail stores, looks more like a walking marketing billboard with the companies logos plastered all over the front and back.

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RampantParanoia2365 lemmy.world RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-02
#24 · Quote Reply

No sign, but there is a plain gray/white t-shirt there in the men's section. (edit: Oh, and a sock and underwear. This place has everything!)

Yeah I noticed it after, but he still looks completely uninterested.

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Viceversa lemmy.world Viceversa@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-29
#25 · Quote Reply

I hate these jokes. It's like the boomer, "god wives are the worst amirite guys?!" jokes. It's really not that hard to enjoy shopping with your lady. Edit: I just look for clothes for her with her. Sorry guys.

It's really not that hard to enjoy shopping with your lady.

It is if shopping is not your cup of tea. It's exhaustingly boring.

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Viceversa lemmy.world Viceversa@lemmy.world
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#26 · Quote Reply

Now that you pointed it out, I see the single shirt hanging in the last two panels. My first read of the comic was also "lol women love shopping" trash humor.

lol women love shopping

But they do?

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Viceversa lemmy.world Viceversa@lemmy.world
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#27 · (edited) Quote Reply

It's dreadful. A few years ago the "The wife did [insert silly thing tech-averse or shopping-obsessed person does] so I did [insert I-am-very-smart-action]" jokes were dying out, or so I thought. But hey, they are back en masse, and worse, re-done by a younger generation who fancies themselves emancipated and modern. Yuck. If you find living and/or spending time with your chosen person of the o...

If you find living and/or spending time with your chosen person of the opposite sex so horrible please just don't?

I'm sure there're some lezzies / gays which are not fond of shopping with their partner as well.

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WhyIHateTheInternet lemmy.world WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world
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#28 · Quote Reply

Well it kind of is when they get the whole store and we get 3 shelves because apparently men don't wear clothing ever.

You gotta go to "*Victor's Secret. That's where you're messing up.

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Captain Aggravated sh.itjust.works captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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#29 · Quote Reply

You gotta go to "*Victor's Secret. That's where you're messing up.

You mean the bank?

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October lemmy.world edgemaster72@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
#30 · Quote Reply

It's really not that hard to enjoy shopping with your lady. It is if shopping is not your cup of tea. It's exhaustingly boring.

Seriously, I hate shopping for myself, and that's a fully engaging activity. Shopping with someone else where I'm just waiting to be prompted for my input, if at all? Fucking pass.

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jtrek startrek.website jtrek@startrek.website
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#31 · Quote Reply

lol women love shopping But they do?

Few statements predicated on "All women" are true. The same goes for many other subcategories of people.

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ParlimentOfDoom piefed.zip ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip
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#32 · Quote Reply

Few statements predicated on "All women" are true. The same goes for many other subcategories of people.

Not a single person used the word "all" in this thread

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Madison420 lemmy.world Madison420@lemmy.world
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#33 · Quote Reply

Every store I go to now doesn’t have a chair. They all had chairs near the changing room, now not a single store has one.

Gotta get a folding chair in a sheath you can bust out like fuckin blade.

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jtrek startrek.website jtrek@startrek.website
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#34 · Quote Reply

Not a single person used the word "all" in this thread

Are you not a native speaker?

lol women love shopping

But they do?

What do you think that meant? Did you somehow not read it as a generalization?

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ParlimentOfDoom piefed.zip ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip
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#35 · (edited) Quote Reply

Are you not a native speaker? lol women love shopping But they do? What do you think that meant? Did you somehow not read it as a generalization?

I am. Are you ?

When people say GroupName, they are not saying "every single member to a person". Generalizations refer to a majority, not the totality.

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jtrek startrek.website jtrek@startrek.website
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#36 · Quote Reply

I am. Are you ? When people say GroupName, they are not saying "every single member to a person". Generalizations refer to a majority, not the totality.

Clearly a world class nit picker and champion of missing the point.

Go on. What's your point here? That saying "women like shopping" isn't an old sexist trope because some women do? Would you then say that {outgroup} are lazy because some are?

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Dyskolos lemmy.zip Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
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#37 · Quote Reply

Men’s clothing section, in most retail stores, looks more like a walking marketing billboard with the companies logos plastered all over the front and back.

lol. yes. The worst. Never understood that stupidity to run around like that.
Only poor people pay good prices for shitty things with logos, still made with slave-labour. But they try to NOT look poor and achieve the opposite :-)
The real good stuff has no labels. You know where you bought it, you know who made it.

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ParlimentOfDoom piefed.zip ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip
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#38 · (edited) Quote Reply

Clearly a world class nit picker and champion of missing the point. Go on. What's your point here? That saying "women like shopping" isn't an old sexist trope because some women do? Would you then say that {outgroup} are lazy because some are?

I was nit picking your own pointless (and wrong) nit pick. Don't dish if you can't take

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cheers_queers lemmy.zip cheers_queers@lemmy.zip
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#39 · Quote Reply

me and my partner are lesbians but we would give anything to make a nathan sandwich lol (sandwiched between us i mean) damn he is fine for no reason

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angband lemmy.world angband@lemmy.world
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#40 · Quote Reply

But, I don't want to hangout with those guys. I want to hang out with the chic.

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drunkpostdisaster lemmy.world drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world
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#41 · Quote Reply

I hate these jokes. It's like the boomer, "god wives are the worst amirite guys?!" jokes. It's really not that hard to enjoy shopping with your lady. Edit: I just look for clothes for her with her. Sorry guys.

Npt everything is an attack on women.

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drunkpostdisaster lemmy.world drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world
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#42 · Quote Reply

There are two clothing stores near me and I still have to go halfway across town to buy any clothing for myself.

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CancerMancer sh.itjust.works CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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#43 · (edited) Quote Reply

Clearly a world class nit picker and champion of missing the point. Go on. What's your point here? That saying "women like shopping" isn't an old sexist trope because some women do? Would you then say that {outgroup} are lazy because some are?

Depending on which study you're reading, women control between 70-85% of consumer spending in any household. I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility that a majority of women (as in >50%) or even the supermajority actually enjoy shopping.

Also worth considering: very nearly all stores in most malls are geared towards women as clients, and malls themselves report stats indicating the majority of shoppers are women. My local mall reports 79% female clientele for example.

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Hasherm0n lemmy.world Hasherm0n@lemmy.world
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#44 · (edited) Quote Reply

Every store I go to now doesn’t have a chair. They all had chairs near the changing room, now not a single store has one.

There used to be a large hobby store near me that had a section in a corner near the entrance with a TV, a couple of couches and eat chairs, a pretty good selection of movies, Legos, and a couple of video game consoles. Great place.

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Robust Mirror aussie.zone Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone
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#45 · Quote Reply

Gotta get a folding chair in a sheath you can bust out like fuckin blade.

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Jankatarch lemmy.world Jankatarch@lemmy.world
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#46 · (edited) Quote Reply

Every store I go to now doesn’t have a chair. They all had chairs near the changing room, now not a single store has one.

I blame anti-homeless architecture.
It un-normalized sitting.

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Phantaloons piefed.zip Phantaloons@piefed.zip
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#47 · (edited) Quote Reply

"We have a men's dept."

bath and body works

sigh

...yeah, technically, I guess 🙄

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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#48 · Quote Reply

Every store I go to now doesn’t have a chair. They all had chairs near the changing room, now not a single store has one.

They all had chairs near the changing room, now not a single store has one.

you know what? i'm a disabled person who needs to sit. i'm going to start making ADA requests for sitting areas.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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#49 · Quote Reply

Gotta get a folding chair in a sheath you can bust out like fuckin blade.

i need a back rest though. not a butt rest.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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#50 · Quote Reply

No dorkus this is a joke about how clothing stores are 99% women's clothes and have maybe a tiny corner for men.

seriously. i have two stores i enjoy shopping in because the tenth of the store devoted to men (i mean my body does not look feminine) at least has interesting stuff to look at. cool fabrics and shit.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#51 · Quote Reply

I'd say it wasn't about "women shopping bad" but the amount of men clothing's in stores is borderline boring in comparison. Women get 58382992 items in 2838473 colorful combinations, we got 3 pair of pants in black or lighter black. Slightly exaggerated maybe.

thrift stores, discount racks, and nordstrom's discount store is where i find interesting fabrics that no one else is buying.

Pros: you find interesting fabrics
Cons: you might end up dressing like me

make of that what you will

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