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Re:Sweatpants Forever: How the Fashion Industry Collapsed by dbsmith83 on Sunday August 09, 2020 @11:59PM (#24105383)
> Fast fashion and the fashion industry as a whole seems incredibly wasteful to me. Buying new clothing because of yearly trends is way to damaging to the enviroment for what it's worth.

I don't disagree per se, but I think you could say this about just about any hobby/habit/interest. Is it really necessary? Probably not, but it makes some people happy for whatever reason.

How do you draw the line?

Some people complain that travel is too hard on the environment..but I love travel and will continue to do so (post-covid)

Re:Sweatpants Forever: How the Fashion Industry Collapsed by adrianN on Monday August 10, 2020 @02:10AM (#24106099)
Does it make people inherently happy, or does it simply satisfy needs that first had to be awoken by a constant onslaught of ads?
Re:Sweatpants Forever: How the Fashion Industry Collapsed by morsch on Monday August 10, 2020 @02:47AM (#24106322)
> How do you draw the line?

By representing the environmental externalities of fashion, travel, etc through CO2 taxation.