The What Are You Wearing Today (WAYWT) Discussion Thread, Part II

[nahneun]

It’s always easy to find some sort of justification to use an ad blocker. And I pretty much started my previous message saying that many (most?) ad-funded websites are to blame as they got greedy. They mostly brought this upon themselves.

However I do think that using ad blockers is not ethical, as simple as that. If you like a site and keep visiting it, you should support it. You don’t like it without an ad blocker? The honest option is to stop visiting it. I know it’s a controversial opinion.

When you visit Styleforum with an ad blocker, it’s not just that they’re not getting anything from you via ad impressions, you’re costing them money in infra costs (CDN bandwidth, hardware, etc.). To be frank in a forum it’s slightly different because we’re also (unpaid) content creators so potentially the forum might still get something from you if you create content that others enjoy, but obviously if everyone used an ad blocker (not even everyone, just above a certain %), it all falls apart and it’s not a viable business. SF no more.

Again, when in a few years virtually everything is paywalled behind a monthly subscription (at least everything that can survive on a paid subscription model, SF is not one of those) I’m sure the SF crowd will be fine spending a few extra bucks a month. But as I said, I worry that many people without the same resources will lose access to information (news, learning material much of which is in sites like YouTube, etc) and the gap will widen. Ads suck but they’re more democratic, for the lack of a better word.

BTW I don’t want to keep derailing this thread, this would be more fitting in the random thoughts one anyway.

this is literally one of the worst takes i've ever had the displeasure of reading. calling ads democratic lol jfc

 

[Nyarlathotep]

Yeah, there's a kind of Stockholm syndrome ring to the whole post.

 

[Indole]

if ads were democratic they would have a like button with emoji reacts

 

[AlexanderTG]

can you show more pictures of the harnden bag

It’s quite nice and well worth the ¥ 😊

 

[kevenmee]

In light of this discussion, anybody else find themselves oddly missing foo's fit pics?

 

[nahneun]

In light of this discussion, anybody else find themselves oddly missing foo's fit pics?

can you do a foo cosplay for us

 

[Indole]

retiring this shirt for the season soon but it's been fun experimenting with it under oversized and structured jackets.

Spoiler

blazer is cheap and creases badly but it's what I got for now

 

[zippyh]

can you do a foo cosplay for us

Did you say foo or moo?

 

[nahneun]

retiring this shirt for the season soon but it's been fun experimenting with it under oversized and structured jackets. View attachment 2261905

Spoiler

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blazer is cheap and creases badly but it's what I got for now

this isnt really an oversized blazer its just a blazer that's a few sizes too large but i like the look

 

[jtorres94]

can you do a foo cosplay for us

Here you go.

My strings don’t hang as low as foo’s sadly but hey, we all can’t measure up to the goat

 

[Indole]

this isnt really an oversized blazer its just a blazer that's a few sizes too large but i like the look

thanks! came without a size tag so I wasn't sure but that makes sense. one day ill find something in 36 that covers my long ass arms

 

[hpreston]

In light of this discussion, anybody else find themselves oddly missing foo's fit pics?

No

 

[Keyser_Söze]

It's important to keep in mind that no matter what story you tell yourself about dressing or style or fashion or whatever, it's still just a hobby. Particularly a consumption-based hobby.

Some people stick with a hobby for a long time, some people lessen their interest and choose not to participate in the community but enjoy it on their own, and some people just find a groove and move on to something else.

Folks who stuck around still care about the hobby. Other folks moved onto different platforms or hobbies.

Youths don't use forums.

To be honest I look at some of the every single day posters here and think they have no other social outlets in their life.

 

[nahneun]

Here you go.

My strings don’t hang as low as foo’s sadly but hey, we all can’t measure up to the goat
View attachment 2261935

you didn't tuck in your tee B-

but damn homie you yoked

 

[zissou]

Did you say foo or moo?

The awfulness of that fit has not diminished with time.