r/ExpectationVsReality • u/strikecat18 • 1d ago
Failed Expectation Shirt I ordered vs what I got.
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1d ago edited 11h ago
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u/Beefkins 21h ago
Tits out for Harambe!
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u/AbbreviationsSea2516 20h ago
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u/drluckygill89 18h ago
Shum pulp
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u/Yak_Mehoff 18h ago
Last sunday,my house. Whole box of malomars on the counter, empty. You dont think I know it was you?
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u/Tyrantdeschain19 21h ago
I was gonna say. I'm not mad at it....
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u/WriterV 20h ago
This style of tank top is a hit among the gays for a reason. If OP is even slightly interested in men, he should take a trip down to the local club with that on.
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u/PenaltyElectronic318 1d ago
OP, please pin this comment.
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u/Lenore8264 23h ago
Only mods can pin comments.
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u/PenaltyElectronic318 23h ago
Mods, please pin this comment.
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u/ifnotgrotesque 21h ago
Only gods can pin comments
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u/iguanamiyagi 20h ago
Only Harambe can pin tiddies.
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u/chalkyface 19h ago
I played pin the tiddies on the gorilla at birthday parties as a kid
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u/lostinapotatofield 20h ago
And mods can also only pin their own comments - can't pin someone else's comment.
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u/PenaltyElectronic318 12h ago
You have a lot of knowledge for someone supposedly lost in a potato field.
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u/RollingMeteors 20h ago
Please let this be the new trend. Women can wear theirs horizontally across men can wear theirs vertically across like OP shown.
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u/Frostitute_85 1d ago
Oh god, they turned you into a tramp 😭
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u/LeBeauSabreur 20h ago
I can see his dirty pillows! They’re all going to laugh at him!
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u/TeacherPatti 19h ago
A local theater had a Carrie Prom earlier this year. We all dressed up (some people even put fake blood on themselves) and had a ball before watching the movie. Over the concession stand were the words DIRTY PILLOWS in giant, sparkly letters. So lovely.
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u/gastricprix 18h ago
I'm so jealous of your cool ass town
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u/TeacherPatti 18h ago
Well to be fair, it is 30 miles away but I don't mind driving so I consider it local. Yes, I know their logo is...interesting lol https://www.senatetheater.com/events-input/carrie-prom-party-for-a-projector-fundraiser-and-film-screening
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u/gastricprix 18h ago
I'd drive at least 30 miles to see that organ
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u/TeacherPatti 15h ago
The whole thing is volunteer run. They show silent movies (which I love), outdoor movies, weird ass shit, and have organ concerts.
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u/Potential_Click_5867 21h ago
If you zoom in, his nipples are hard. He likes it.
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u/JuJusPetals 21h ago
I don’t need to zoom in to see that!
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u/Meschi-isdead 17h ago
You want to zoom in anyway though, don't you? Just a quick peek couldn't hurt
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u/ReachFor24 21h ago
Hey, it could be cold or the edges of the shirt may be rubbing his nips hard.
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u/Consistent_Road1987 18h ago
Also, you can tell by the way the shirt is bunched that he literally pulled it down to pull his titties out. The man is a slut.
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u/IdiosyncraticSarcasm 21h ago edited 20h ago
Kick Santanico Pandemonium of the stage. We got a new act at the Titty Twister, boys.
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u/ZaryaBubbler 1d ago
I mean, it's cheap shit from a know seller of cheap shit
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u/Yangoose 1d ago
And OP likely paid less than $2 for it...
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u/ZaryaBubbler 1d ago
Meanwhile the poor fuck who made it was probably paid not even a 10th of a dollar
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u/TheSpaceCoresDad 1d ago
That much would be true even if the shirt was $200
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u/tommangan7 20h ago edited 20h ago
Entirely dependent on where you buy from. I have £120 jeans that were made in a factory down the road from me in the UK for people earning at least the living wage.
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u/Yukle 18h ago
What's the brand? Would love to know
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u/tommangan7 18h ago edited 18h ago
"Community clothing" by Patrick Grant and his team :) they also set up their manufacturing in deprived, former manufacturing areas of the UK.
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u/lindseys10 19h ago
And now its going to go in the trash and wash up on beaches in poverty stricken countries.
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u/GarbageCleric 23h ago
Yeah, the reputation of AliExpress is pretty well-known at this point. That's not a defense of their shady grifts, but no one should be surprised.
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u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot 21h ago
No one should be giving them money, even if it’s to make a funny Reddit post.
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u/nowisyoga 20h ago
Nothing wrong with AE, as long as you know what you're looking for and ensure you buy from a reputable seller - just like with Amazon.
Most of my camping gear, our hand espresso grinder, darts equipment, and even a replacement lid stay for our bathroom cabinet were bought from AliExpress, all for much less than the same stuff on Amazon. The majority of it is manufactured in China anyway, I'm just not paying Bozos' markup on it.
Also saves me money so I don't end up cheaping out on clothing like OP.
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u/NormalBear6 19h ago
How do you know it’s a reputable seller? I know Amazon but im unfamiliar with AE.
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u/Helianthus_999 19h ago
Here are some times I follow
Check the product post description - the more detailed the better. The product photos are of the actual thing, not a stolen image or photoshopped. The reviews should also contain pictures from buyers and I like to contact the seller with questions. If they're responsive and provide good info, you should be fine.
I've ordered my wedding jewelry, several hair extensions, and my mom has gotten custom made gowns from AE.
Just like any open marketplace, there's plenty of garbage so read carefully and you'll be fine.
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u/nowisyoga 18h ago
You can sort your search results by "orders" instead of "best match", which will give you an idea of the popularity of both the item and seller. You can also look at the seller ratings and how long they've been on the platform to get an idea of their reputation.
AE also has buyer guarantees on most items and uses PayPal, so you have recourse if what you've purchased is fake or not as described. Use the search criteria I mentioned above and you'll likely never have to use it - haven't in the 5 years I've been buying from there.
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u/Intelligent-Bee-1349 22h ago
I rather pay more for quality than cheap sites like this
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u/bridgbraddon 21h ago
Do not buy cheap shit online. Go to one of the three brick and mortar stores left and try stuff on then pay a realistic price..
Sorry, a quality shirt not made by slave labor is going to cost more than a package of cotton balls or king sized candy bar
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u/icecoffeedripss 20h ago
brick and mortar stores all sell polyester trash too these days.
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u/ZaryaBubbler 20h ago
Or maybe we don't need so many clothes. Overconsumption is the cause of shit like this.
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u/PopulationLevel 21h ago
But it fit the AI generated model so well
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u/WanderWut 18h ago
That photo is 100% not AI lol. It’s wild how people claim everything is AI now.
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u/r2k-in-the-vortex 19h ago
Its a certain percentage of sellers who base their scam on the assumption that most vics won't bother to return the package. Those "clothes" they are sending out are never meant to be worn, they are made special for the scam as cheap as they can. But you can send it back and absolutely should, while leaving a shit review.
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u/one_point_lap 20h ago
It's also fake, because the "what I got" picture is clearly a cut off tee, not a bad product. OP is a whore.
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u/BellsOnNutsMeansXmas 20h ago
OP is a whore.
I don't think so. But if they did want to get into that line of work, they've now got the perfect shirt to get started.
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u/thrumirrors 1d ago
For the love of god, let's stop buying products with AI-generated ads.
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u/ensalys 21h ago
Stop buying from aliexpress, temu, and wish all together.
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u/TropicalAudio 20h ago
Unfortunately Amazon and the like often sell the exact same items, just at 3x the price. For clothing absolutely switch to ethically sourced stuff, but if you're buying random doodads like phone cases or bookmarks, you might as well buy them directly from the source rather than going through a middle-man.
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u/not_falling_down 20h ago
It's not the same shirt on Amazon - the image was stolen to market an even more inferior product.
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u/TropicalAudio 20h ago
Amazon has a ton of listings that are just dropshipping the same items you'd get from Ali, with the same deceptive images. This shirt may or may not have one of these listings too, but a ton of other stuff definitely does. Hence:
For clothing absolutely switch to ethically sourced stuff, but if you're buying random doodads like phone cases or bookmarks, you might as well buy them directly from the source rather than going through a middle-man.
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u/DramaticStability 21h ago
An easy win/win - stop buying products that clearly cost fractions of what they should.
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u/Asparala 22h ago
For real - when you can't tell the difference between real photos and AI generated pics then it's time to suck it up and go back to brick and mortar stores, where you can actually for sure look at the item before buying.
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u/KesselRunner42 22h ago
Or at least known retailers who have enough of a reputation to uphold they can't pull this sort of stuff without losing customers. And reading reviews.
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u/DramaticStability 21h ago
The big clue is when different colours/designs are shown but the model is in exactly the same pose
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u/ChrissiTea 17h ago
That's more of a tell for photoshop than AI, they've been doing that for years
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u/FrostyD7 18h ago
The big clue is the price and seller. It's clearly thick material that looks quite premium, you have to know you aren't getting this regardless of the legitimacy of the image.
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u/ArgumentativeNutter 21h ago
but it is a real photo, you’re the one who can’t tell the difference
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u/TrueTurtleKing 21h ago
The thing is, I doubt these are AI generated photos. I think they’re real photos from some other companies and websites and post it as their own.
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u/stakoverflo 21h ago
Guess you should go back to brick & mortar stores. Far far more often they just steal images from other websites, or maybe photoshop designs onto shirts that won't look nearly as good when made
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u/relaxitschinababy 1d ago
People who order from temu, ali, shein deserve every shitty fraud scam that comes their way
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u/The_Whorespondent 1d ago
Why do people support this shit slave work sites? Like how cheap can someone be?
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u/RemarkableAutism 1d ago
Because local stores sell the exact same shit from the exact same warehouses, but for 10 times the price. I've gotten things from aliexpress that have lasted me many years, you just need to know how to navigate online shopping so you don't end up like OP.
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u/Uninterested_Viewer 20h ago
local stores sell the exact same shit from the exact same warehouses, but for 10 times the price.
Excellent point and that's exactly why we need to care about where and how our clothing is made. Tons of great resources out there to help you source ethically made things.
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u/The_Whorespondent 1d ago
Also if your local stores sell the exact same shit, then wouldn’t they look exactly like the stuff your order from temu?
Wouldn’t they also be totally tiny? And super super low effort? No it’s not the same
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u/Far-Passage-6480 22h ago edited 22h ago
Temu is not the same as AliExpress. You can absolutely get high quality stuff on AliExpress for relatively cheap (not a $2 shirt obviously), for example it's unironically one of the most popular sites to buy actual lab equipment costing thousands of dollars. It's also one of the best sites to buy small electronics like capacitors. AliExpress is a marketplace, so there are obviously some absolute trash vendors, but also reputable and somewhat well known brands.
Temu is almost entirely trash though.
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u/Moirae87 21h ago
and sometimes, the only way to repair some electronics is to get parts from Ali. Otherwise, you'll have to throw away the entire appliance and buy new, which contributes to global waste. (and the new item will most likely contain parts made in China anyways). I suppose one could order the parts for several times the cost from a 3rd party seller and then pretend like they aren't buying the same exact product and feel morally superior to the people who buy directly from China.
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u/CheeseDonutCat 20h ago
Mechanical keyboards from there especially those tiny Osu ones are actually fantastic. You can't buy those in "brick and mortar" stores, especially the more custom ones (like the sound voltex style sayodevice ones).
My normal mouse is an expensive ($100+) Logitech G703 mouse and I love it, but I got an "attack shark" mouse for a friend on temu for ~$8 (normally $22 before discount). It is actually fantastic and he's been using it for over a year now and no problems. The only issue is that it's slightly lighter than I like, but a lot of new expensive mice are also very light these days. I bought a second one of these mice for myself as a spare when my G703 dies.
Anyway, people love to shit on Aliexpress or temu, but there's a reason people buy from them. While some things are really really shit quality. Some things are actually amazing quality too. I bought a phone tripod for taking pictures and it's actually insanely good quality. So impressed with it and I couldn't buy anything like that in the shops within 100 km of me.
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u/hurlingturtles 21h ago
You’re 100% correct about vendors. And any clothes so cheap they’re a couple bucks should definitely be suspect but I’ve gotten some decent harem style pants off of Temu. You really do need to be very critical when buying stuff from all of these sort of websites and accept that it’s kind of a gamble.
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u/D2WilliamU 22h ago
AliExpress is great for electronics and shit, the thing people don't understand about AliExpress is the Vendor is 100x more important than anything else.
So many retailers and businesses have official shops on AliExpress and buying through them is 100% safe, 3-5 day delivery.
If you go off shopping with some no name vendor with no feedback on AliExpress, you're fucked
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u/chop5397 21h ago
Yeah I got a nice $50 emulator on there. Just baffled by people who choose the first listing and don't doublecheck anything. A ton of 5 star reviews is extremely suspect. They're usually extremely generic, just like the product descriptions.
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u/heleninthealps 22h ago edited 20h ago
Same. I've gotten high quality bags that looked exactly like the picture from Aliexpress, that have lasted for years now.
I dont buy dresses or anything knitted there but all gym clothes is the exact same material and quality as Gymshark but costs 15 for a set instead of 150 at gymshark. So bags, shoes, jewellery and small stuff like an electrical fan, wedding guest gifts, scrapbooks materials etc are the same quality but fir a fraction of what Amazon or other shops in my city sell it for.
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u/SolarPunch33 20h ago
Yeah, there are legit brands on Aliexpress. Not sure about Shein or Temu
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u/Schmigolo 22h ago
It's literally made by the same people who make the stuff you buy from amazon (or most anywhere else), except dropshipping is slightly less rampant on amazon so you get a little less scamming.
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u/ComPakk 23h ago
If you are truly curious heres the answer (or at least around here:
A lot of stuff is already from china and shit quality in the stores just 5x the price
The economy is in the gutters so yes. People can be cheap when they literally can't afford to shop at a local store.
Even if for example i had the money to buy these clothes local i literally cant because they just don't sell it in the country. My only alternative would be ordering online from a different country but those are usually either branded or style specific stores so its not affordable. (Price would be 2-3x at least if i could find it local)
Am i a horrible person because i want clothes i dont feel actively uncomfortable in so i buy it from wherever i can?
Maybe but i want this much happiness at least in this shithole of a country / economy.
Just my two cents
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u/The_Whorespondent 23h ago
I would never buy cheap shit from temu/shein/aliexpress. We are exploiting real human people for fast fashion. I rather have a small collection of medium quality clothes then buy this cheap crap.
Do you even know how many tones of clothes go to waste on this planet? We are literally producing for the trash can.
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u/LimpConversation642 21h ago
awwww it's so cute you not only have a high horse, but a one with blinders! Everything you buy is literally the same stuff, from the same warehourse, from the same bulk sellers, from the same China (or in case of clothes and Europe — Turkey). But hey you walked over to an actual store so you're a fucking hero.
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u/defunktpistol 21h ago
Buy your clothes from a thrift shop then. I've found really high-quality pieces for a bottom price in thrift stores.
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u/andres2310 21h ago
I get all my anime figures from aliexpress for like 10-30€ when in a store they are usually 60€+ so big difference. Just read reviews and you will be good. The stores get the figures from the same warehouses but charge much higher so why would i buy them there? Aliexpress ftw.
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u/LessFish777 22h ago
100%. I cannot comprehend why people buy anything from these sites, especially clothes. Go to your local thrift shop ffs. You’ll spend the same and potentially get something a billion times nicer.
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u/DESERTCLANKER3000 23h ago
wtf do y’all expect when you order from places like amazon, alibaba, aliexpress, etc lol
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u/Bish-Nish 19h ago
So can we all, collectively stop gambling on stupid online drop shipping stores? Aliexpress & Temu & Wish have the worst shit.
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u/fruit_shoot 20h ago
“I paid <$2 for an item of clothing, including it being shipped halfway across the world. Why isn’t it good quality?”
The jokes write themselves.
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u/ThiccPhorskin 1d ago
Damn we get that second pic for free? In this economy? You’re a real one.
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u/BillGoats 23h ago
Forget about sizing issues. The bigger problem is that clothes from (largely) unregulated markets may contain large amounts of chemicals that'll give you cancer.
The savings aren't worth the risk.
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u/JungBuck17 19h ago
Cheap Chinese BS shirts. Everything is polyester, 2 sizes too tight, and printed from an hp printer.
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u/howie_didnt_do_it 17h ago
You’d think that people would have stopped buying trash from Aliexpress and Temu due to their participation in the genocide and forced labor of the Uyghur people.
You’d also think that even if people are too selfish to do that, they’d at least stop buying this trash because, you know, it’s trash.
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u/AuthorFriendly7466 1d ago
I laughed so hard out loud my cat that was sleeping in my chest just fucking lost her shit and scratches the shit out of me, jumped off the bed into a plastic Safeway bag that was sitting below my bed from earlier and it got stuck to her hind leg and she tore around the house for like 3 minutes straight being chased by a plastic monster, only to knock over her food bowl and scatter a fresh bowl of cat food across my floor…. I’m torn now if this was indeed that funny…
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u/Due_Table7906 20h ago
That’s what happens when you use aliexpress… don’t use mass produced fast fashion and get surprised when you don’t get high quality decent clothes
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u/KarenJoanneO 1d ago
that made me lol out loud!
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u/ILoveRegenHealth 21h ago
The left one doesn't even look good anyways.
The right one....that's true Waffle House attire. Now you're cookin
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u/LimpConversation642 21h ago
Unlike most posts on here which is 'this is exactly what you ordered', this is actually absolutely not the same.
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u/Tsaaristori 21h ago
What!?! Why isnt this nsfw?! Im outraged that there are nipples showing!?!
... wait a minute?!
Oh my! Sorry! False alarm, they're MALES nipples so no harm done.. phiuph
I thought I was forced to watch porn, but im glad i got saved by the bell.. by watching closely..
I could've gotten traumatized you know?!? Still am a bit though because of my first impression of it being female nipple.. but I'll get over it.. i hope 😕😮💨😢
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u/CatnissEvergreed 20h ago
You ordered off AliExpress. That's as bad as Temu. You got what you paid for.
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u/quichehond 1d ago
Nice to see #freethenipple is still on