Post by @afewbugs@social.coop

2026-07-30 11:25 UTC

@quixoticgeek@social.v.st @unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz @JoBlakely@mastodon.social I mean the sensible solution would be to stop making so many clothes we're dumping the ones that don't sell in the Atacama desert, but that would involve not structuring our entire civilization around the idea that everyone has to keep buying more of everything than they did before forever otherwise the whole system falls over. And apparently that's idealistic and impossible

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@quixoticgeek@social.v.st 2026-07-30 11:30

@afewbugs@social.coop @unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz @JoBlakely@mastodon.social Well yes, the whole idea of fast fashion needs to be consigned to the history books. Clothes should be built to last, and should be worn, passed down to others, etc... But that's gonna require us to completely get rid of capitalism. Which is necessary for a sustainable future. But it's going to be hard.

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@dalias@hachyderm.io 2026-07-30 13:34

@afewbugs@social.coop @quixoticgeek@social.v.st @unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz @JoBlakely@mastodon.social So much this. Also, some fabrics (e.g. polyester) are in theory completely recyclable to new fabric, even purely mechanically plus heat (i.e. no need for chemical breakdown), if they're not blended with other things that ruin that property. We could have an environmentally responsible and energy efficient flow for that, given the will.

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