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Jeebus, don't buy underwear for life, that's like buying toilet paper for life. Some things in life are inherently consumables and you have to get used to that. Buy whatever underwear fits you and is comfortable and not overpriced, and replace it when you have to. Material preferences will depend on you, your habits, climate, etc.
That's true, although some brands will still be better than others for quality at a certain price point, or cost/wear
sorry, I poorly communicated. I noted this probably isn't the right comm, but I'm hoping for advice on what things to look out for to ensure something that will last. Although on the toilet paper note, I hear some zerowaste people have something similar. No point to that, just felt like mentioning it haha
also undershirts and shapewear are underwear, but i didn't have a better all encompassing title, and to americans underwear = underpants alternate words are welcome, so I can edit :)
Heyo, just wanted to clarify your post is absolutely appropriate for this community, as despite the name, it is not exclusive to only things that literally last forever, we also welcome things that just last longer than average :)
Also @hitmyspot@lemmy.world and @solrize@lemmy.world
thank you for the clarification :)
OK, well, anyway I don't think you should ask gender neutrally since the women's underthings universe is completely different from the one for dudes. Brassieres in particular are a nontrivial feat of structural engineering that have to make various technological and cost trade-offs to provide the best mix of comfort and support. I don't wear them myself, but my lady friends tell me that you really have to shop around til you find a model that you like, then buy multiple units, and that they will probably be expensive.
My gender has an easier time of it. I just get the 9-packs of cheap white cotton ones at Target most of the time. The sizes run small so take that into consideration. The usual failure mode is that the elastic band around the top gradually detaches from the fabric underneath. If you're frugal you can repair that with some stitches.[1] Later the fabric starts falling apart or getting holes. In principle you could patch it, but really, just throw the damn things away (compost bin should be fine as they are mostly cotton) and buy new ones. I probably somehow lose them more frequently than I wear them out.
[1] If you want to go full on toxic(?) masculinity about this, the reamer in your Swiss army knife has a little hole, whose purpose is to let you use the reamer as a sewing needle. Here is a video about how to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m92P6f8miBw
I kept the post pretty gender neutral because I wanted to contribute to making a kind of 'psuedo masterpost' on the topic, and am hoping to invite a large swathe of experiences (goodness knows lemmy needs some haha)
A problem for me is I've always been too stingy to experiment, as your friends have, though I'm hoping to change and develop from there, but am hoping for advice to help narrow things down
kinda wish i had a swiss army knife now. will a woodcutting axe suffice?
The axe is better for making your own furniture. The word "hacker" supposedly originally referred to people who made furniture that way.
Here I was thinking it came from typing fast.
Anyway, whenever someone says "hacker-proof", now imagine Thorbjörn the Cruel with his trusty battle axe.
truly? huh, TIL. Guess it isn't quite so versatile a tool tho :P