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Re:Ask HN: Can we have a conversation on startup swag waste? by Fatnino on Friday March 18, 2022 @06:55PM (#30728674)
You mean the shirts made abroad, printed with Random Co. logo, shipped to the US, then shipped right back when no one wanted them? Those shirts?

How does it ruin the local textile economy for a foreign company to pay the local mill to give out free shirts?

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Re:Ask HN: Can we have a conversation on startup swag waste? by Symbiote on Friday March 18, 2022 @08:20PM (#30729446)
Last time I was in an African country there were people wearing shirts like "Atlanta Winners 2019" when it was some other baseball team that won in 2019. So similar to what you describe.

Those shirts were probably made in Asia, but ruin the African clothing industry.

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