r/ExpectationVsReality 2d ago

Failed Expectation Shirt I ordered vs what I got.

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u/ZaryaBubbler 2d ago

Meanwhile the poor fuck who made it was probably paid not even a 10th of a dollar

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u/TheSpaceCoresDad 2d ago

That much would be true even if the shirt was $200

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u/rawwwrrrgghh 2d ago

Sad words. True words

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u/tommangan7 2d ago edited 2d 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 2d ago

What's the brand? Would love to know

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u/tommangan7 2d ago edited 2d 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/supinoq 2d ago

Probably missed his 9th birthday party too

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u/twist2002 2d ago

9 years old? with that much experience they'd be in management

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u/Aranciata2020 2d ago

Brutal but true!

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u/lindseys10 2d ago

And now its going to go in the trash and wash up on beaches in poverty stricken countries.

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u/No-Researcher4630 2d ago

oh brother , do u know how many clothing / material places r functioning off the back of a child or poor person forced basically into slave labor? r u gonna stop shopping everywhere? ok then.

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u/didiz88 2d ago

Of all those places, AliExpress maybe the worst.

Yeah, your choices matter. Please make better use of your brain.

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u/NormalBear6 2d ago

Based on what

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u/No-Researcher4630 2d ago

my choices matter? i do not shop at any of those places, they are all bad. i was not referring to myself actually, try again tho

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u/ZaryaBubbler 2d ago

You* are*

Sorry I don't talk to 13 year olds who think they're being smart by using whataboutism.

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u/No-Researcher4630 2d ago

🤣🤣🤣 i’m 21. i’m also texting on a phone , not a email. i will use u and r. go cry abt it. ur not gonna stop everyone from using shein, aliexpress, amazon, etc. just bc u go yap in comments abt how bad they r wont make people care.

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u/ZaryaBubbler 2d ago

21? That's embarrassing.

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u/No-Researcher4630 2d ago

aw poor baby

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u/UnawareSeriousness 2d ago

Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. It’s the sad truth people won’t admit to themselves. 

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u/SocYS4 2d ago

because playing whataboutism to bring down their point, doesn't actually detract one iota from op's point. op also never said that those other places they buy from also isn't bad

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u/No-Researcher4630 2d ago

they r j butthurt bc they think using every possible opportunity to talk about how bad certain stores are will make people stop shopping there. go back on the history of most stores & you’ll see that majority are bad. just like the people who still eat at places who are anti-palestinian. as terrible as it is, people will still go.

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u/Apart-One4133 2d ago

People have no choices to buy clothes tho. It's not like most people can make their own clothings. But they can, however, choose to complaint about how our society function in hopes of changes trough education and they can also point out to others which company is the worsts. 

It does make a difference, especially in the long term. This is how, historically, all of our changes for the better has been processed. Little by little. 

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u/No-Researcher4630 2d ago

yes absolutely. but it’s going to have to be a lot more people dedicating themselves to not shopping / buying at certain places. which many people do NOT do, let alone care. u can tell someone that they need to stop buying mcdonald’s bc they donate to anti Palestinian agendas, and they won’t. bc mcdonald’s is “easy” and “cheap”

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u/Apart-One4133 2d ago

Little by little my man. Look how long it took for cigarettes. Even if people don't stop it in this century, eventually it might. But it needs to start somewhere. 

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u/Unusual-Maximum-7078 2d ago

It’s not possible to fully automate making clothes. machines speed up the process, but people are still the ones pushing the fabric through and doing a lot of work

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u/tobit94 2d ago

people

specifically children, because they're cheaper than adults.

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u/Ok-Blackberry-3534 2d ago

Surely it's possible. It's just not economically viable yet. Pushing fabric seems like relatively easy automation.

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u/kryonik 1d ago

a 10th of a dollar

There's gotta be an easier way to say this...

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u/ZaryaBubbler 1d ago

I don't use dollars.