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[-] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 55 points 5 months ago

Yes and that’s obviously lies, as anyone who has grown up with limited income in a cold area can tell them. Cheap, warm clothing is not bought online (in the US) from Russia, and never from Etsy. In the US it’s bought — if you’re buying new at all! — from Target or Kohl’s or some other big chain. You get layers, you get things used when you can, and the cheapest way to dress warmly is the most normie, uninteresting clothes that are mass produced and sold in low end department stores.

Nothing they describe is practical or cheap. It’s cosplay Kinder, Küche, Kirche, and the journalist repeated it verbatim because she’s a chump.

[-] mpk@awful.systems 20 points 5 months ago

Kinder, Küche, Kosplay?

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

But a tie is so cheap and keeps you warm!1!!.

They reek evil impersonators who'll try to rip people off. Rip vulnerable off.

And I don't even know who they are.

[-] dashdsrdash@awful.systems 11 points 5 months ago

Grew up in fairly rural upstate New York, where you can expect lots of snow and you can unironically envy neighbors who have working Franklin stoves when the power goes out.

I can confirm all of the above, plus: if you are lucky enough to have an Army-Navy surplus store around, one of your handmedowns is likely to be an N3B parka. Definitely not Russian or German or stylish. But it will keep everything above your thighs warm, except your hands. The pockets are uninsulated.

[-] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 15 points 5 months ago

Oh man, I once bought the most glorious winter coat at an army-navy store. Lightweight, cheap, and so warm.

Once I had money I discovered the glory of high-quality thermals, but if you don't have money and live in a cold house, you try to keep at least one room warm with a lot of closed doors, plastic on the windows and draft stopper door snakes if the house is drafty, warm socks, layers. Nobody without money is buying pregnancy corsets from Etsy to stay warm, what the shit is that.

[-] PJ_Evans@mastodon.social 7 points 5 months ago

@gnomicutterance @Architeuthis
When I wanted to know about cold-weather clothing, I asked someone from ND via Minnesota.

[-] Phosphenes@glasgow.social 2 points 5 months ago

@gnomicutterance @Architeuthis

Sorry, what is the context of this comment?

Mastodon separated it from whatever it was you are replying to and your words caught my curiosity.

[-] Architeuthis@awful.systems 6 points 5 months ago

lemmy thread here: https://awful.systems/post/1596726 which spun off from here: https://awful.systems/post/1587716

[-] Phosphenes@glasgow.social 6 points 5 months ago

@Architeuthis

Thanks!

The context thread has now magically appeared above the post, so I don't know what the heck is happening in the pipes. Maybe just a really long delay loading, but I ain't no expert.

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 5 months ago

yeah, delay-loads in fedi are a thing occasionally

[-] gerikson@mastodon.social 2 points 5 months ago

@Phosphenes @gnomicutterance @Architeuthis I had no problem finding the context by clicking on the post. Mastodon web interface. What client are you using?

[-] AthanSpod@techhub.social 2 points 5 months ago

@gerikson @Phosphenes @gnomicutterance @Architeuthis I too can't see the context. Mastodon default UI on techhub.social.

If I copy the post link and open in a new tab I see this is hosted on a very different looking UI, with a 'show context ->' link which does what it says on the tin.

[-] AthanSpod@techhub.social 3 points 5 months ago

@gerikson @Phosphenes @gnomicutterance @Architeuthis Oh and *now* if I look at what *was* the top-level toot I could see here I can see the actual context.

Just Mastodon/fediverse being itself I guess ?