/S (because you really seem like you might need it.)

Were the actual bigots and racists so mean to you that you can’t bring yourself to face them, and so now you’re just gonna go around digging up week-old posts to make up things to get offended about so you can pretend you’re actually standing up for something?

Go find something worth actually getting offended over.

And, like it or not, heavy accents can really get in the way of that, and I think that’s an accessibility issue. It makes it difficult for people to access services they need to use.

Not everyone has great hearing, some people have cognitive issues, some people are just not used to hearing different accents. I’ve had to make calls to customer service for my mom because she just could not understand the reps she was getting to be able to resolve the issues she was having.

Most accents don’t cause an issue for most people, but for some accents with some people they really do, and it’s incredibly frustrating to be in the position where you can’t understand the person who’s supposed to be helping you to fix your issue because companies don’t want to spend the money to hire customer service reps who can speak clearly for positions where that’s really the only qualification that’s needed.

And it’s not just foreign accents, I honestly have more trouble with certain American accents, I’ve gotten a few people that I’d swear were trying to do a Boomhauer impression.

and one with no heavy accent

What a repulsive thing to say.

and one with no heavy accent

K

So, you’ve fallen into a trap of your own making.

hum?

First, you didn’t wait for OP to respond.

Yes, because i can predict the future! And the OP will answer all the questions that aren’t asked.

Second, you’re sitting here arguing for consumption vs repair and reuse.

I’m not arguing anything. I made a question because unfortunately most of the times repair and reuse is not economically viable. And if it’s not worth it, most people won’t go down that route. Secondly the stupid question was not from the post OP. Just someone trying to beat me in his purity test.

Good leather will last SO much longer if you take care of it. Had leather shoes I wore everyday until the sole wore through. It was initially super thick and I’d still be wearing them if it was a resolable shoe. Now that’s all I get and they’ll probably outlive me.

And failing that it’s usually other hardware like zippers

The only pair I really remember having an issue with the leather was a pair of steel toed work boots, and they developed some holes on the toes because I tended to use them to kick things around. Not too many materials hold up too well to being banged around between steel and a rock on whatever, so I don’t exactly blame the leather there.

First, you didn’t wait for OP to respond. Had you waited, you’d see that 8 minutes ago they explained that it was in fact cheaper to have them repaired instead of replaced.

Second, you’re sitting here arguing for consumption vs repair and reuse. I can’t think of a more morally defunct argument than this, and I will gladly explain to you why.

Recrafting cost $280 (and I suspect it could have been even cheaper if I went to a local cobbler,) so assuming I get at least 3 years out of them, still cheaper than buying a new pair of the cheaper boots, and definitely cheaper than buying a new pair of these3

Thankfully enshitification is encouraging repair even if replacement costs less because the replacement is cheap trash.