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Yeah seems very slow on my end as well. Not sure why.

I think one of the biggest challenges facing niche communities like ours is the dwindling attention span of the overall populace. Especially when something like a pair of jeans can take months on end of commitment to get any sort of real "accomplishment" from. Instant gratification and dopamine hits from short form media are things that are already having a big impact on society and I'm personally concerned it'll only get worse. I just saw another headline recently that said reading for enjoyment is down 40% compared to ~20 years ago. I'm not sure if this is necessarily directly applicable to your point, but it's been on my mind lately. I recently saw a clip from NPR from a few years back talking about screen time for children and the difference between good and bad screen time. Essentially breaking down why we've never seen this sort of societal disconnect that some of the younger generations are exhibiting. And the psychologist talking said a big part of it has to do with the instant dopamine hits that kids get out of short form content, they're trained at a young age to continuously consume and seek those short term fixes. He went on to say that "good" screen time is watching something together (either with family or friends) that has a clearly defined time limit and story or meaning where you learn details about the characters and plot (even if they're menial). I've been trying to find the clip to share but no luck so far.

I vaguely remember the '96 Olympics since I was growing up in the Atlanta area at the time. I do fondly remember my parents some of the Izzy mascot pins, wonder if they still have those somewhere.

I've been wearing my LB40s again the last few days, forgot how nice they are. A lot of the seams have a similar three dimensionality that the Slash have. I just wish they were a little less tapered and the selvedge ID was a little more narrow. I've just been wearing them uncuffed to avoid looking at it. Hoping that Ono gets back to making his own line of jeans again, I really like his stuff.

That does look like the LF44 denim, nice pickup! I still haven't gotten around to washing my SO02 pair yet, been trying to practice some delayed gratification. I'll wash them once it cools off maybe.

Yeah that's a good point too, the jeans would probably look fine if they were on someone with a different frame or sized differently.

Psssh, those are rookie numbers.

I'm all for anti-fit / wide leg jeans but I think these look...just awful. One step removed from JNCOs, just missing the laptop sized pockets.

I haven’t been selling anything on Grailed lately due to the increased processing fees. Not in the EU, but it’s equally as bad here in the US.

Like Maynard is alluding to, the problem I have with the whole thing isn't where the boots are actually made. It's the lack of transparency and outright deceit of their customers. It would be one thing if they didn't actively market and lean on the fact that their products are MiUSA, but for years it's a selling point and what they've always pushed about what makes their product "better". Oakstreet has posted a response and it's a longwinded nothing burger, which to me just further confirms that something is going on: reddit link And just to really drive it home, on 8/6 Oakstreet filed a claim with the USPTO to cancel Viberg's patent of the service boot: USPTO link I'm no lawyer and I know nothing about patent / trademark law, but the timing of the filing really makes you think.

S&S preorder page is up with some additional photos: link

Been wondering the same thing myself.

I might be careless with my money at times, but I'm not that stupid.

Totally agree, just be transparent with where your stuff is sourced.

I remember this popping up, crazy that he embezzled $30 million and received a 70 month sentence. Hell, he might be free already.