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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (18 children)

Socks is a weird one to start with considering people absolutely used to mend, if not knit their own, socks. Everything was expensive when everything was built to last. No 10-pack of socks from Walmart. You might have only had one pair.

They do still "make them like they used to" but they're priced accordingly. And with more things we "need" nowadays, there's not enough money to buy high quality everything. Not to mention the overabundance of trash which necessitates researching good products..

[–] smh@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

My aunt knit me a pair of socks 30 years ago. They're still kicking. I've darned them and I love them. They're the color of clown barf because I was in middle school at the time.

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