the only thing i like less than people doing shitty things, is people doing shitty things and pretending that they aren't

two of the products we tested — Huel's Black Edition meal replacement powder and Naked Nutrition's vegan mass gainer — had enough lead that our experts caution against using them at all

a single serving of these protein powders contained between 1,200 and 1,600% of CR’s level of concern for lead

the results of this investigation surprised me. since CR last tested protein supplements in 2010, protein mania has swept the nation. protein isolates (the key ingredient in supplements) are in everything these days, from pasta to starbucks cold foam

but as the industry has grown, so have the risks

For the clenched fist symbol being maybe «friendly», my mind jumps back to a line that goes something like, “you can’t shake hands with a closed fist.”

… which I’m pretty sure I remembered from a kids’ show a good while back.

But yeah, most of the associations seem close enough to fit.

Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.

That does make the differences more stark, but he's also done threads on why famous athletes in major sports industries should listen to tailors and not just demand "muscle-fit" skinny tailoring in their suits and whatnot. The guys there should look fine, but their style is also badly butchered.

Further to the ironing point: it's not hard to learn, you can iron tricky parts like upper sleeves with a twisted up bath towel, and my older sister in her 20s has taught me as much about ironing as my dear mother did. She even got us a new ironing board a couple years back.

Honestly? Skill issue.

Eh, a lot of linen clothing in this bit of a linen revival we've had these days is designed to still look great when it's all rumpled, which isn't tricky for summer. You've gotta think outside of your own boxes, rather than hide behind lazy yeah-buts.

Also, I can easily use an iron in my 20s.

I'm liking some wide straight-leg jeans I got from Uniqlo earlier this year—grabbed them one size up to make sure I had thigh room, though it means I always need a belt. They're not the most hard-wearing design of jeans, but for what I wanted they work a charm. MUJI also does some neat things.

I mean, I would say fast fashion could only have arisen in late-stage capitalism, so I think that's a big factor. Some of it is also people being drowned in Internet-noise that keeps them from seeing or caring about how they can dress to look a little better *without* falling for a microtrend.

Eh, as I've said in another reply, some of these mid-century families ironed everything—including t-shirts. You can grab roomy high-rise jeans, a white singlet, and a sheer linen camp collar shirt w/ Converse or Feiyue shoes and still look the part. Crumpled linen is often a very good look.

One way you can get a quick indication of the rise is by the general height of the belt / waistband relative to the elbow [if it's near the body]. There's some leeway, but if the elbow could kinda rest on the belt then the rise is fairly high. If the belt's much lower, you'll notice it, too.

As someone in my mid-20s, I do get that there's a cultural image of the funny granddad who wears his pants too high, prefers a tie even if it chokes him, and would rather wear anything other than sneakers / running shoes. But there's a million other ways to wear high-rise, if you know where to look.

High rise has been the standard in leg-wear for centuries, if not millennia. It's about fitting to the natural waist, that space roughly in line with the navel, which is where the body bends best. Maybe look for "non-grandpa" high-rise inspiration—Bruce Lee, James Dean, hell even the film Sinners.