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dandynat t1_ivjynau wrote

Reply to comment by mikeTastic23 in Recommendations for casual jeans and pants by msaluta86

Totally agree however it is important to remember that most of the people on that sub treat denim as a full hobby and you don’t need to go down the rabbit hole of counting the number of days between washes for maximum fades in order to just get a good pair of jeans that will fit well for years.

Edit: wow my first award!! Thank you!! :)

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hogua t1_ivkdbw3 wrote

Yes! But surprisingly in the last few days, there was a thread in r/rawdenim about Wrangler 13MWZ, which sell for under $30. That thread was (not sure if it still is) devoid of the typically denim-head rabbit-hole type comments (re #of washes, etc). Although, there was some complaining about the amount of branding on those jeans, so there were some denim-head perspectives shared in the thread.

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dandynat t1_ivkfddf wrote

Hey I appreciate it!! Honestly I didn’t find the sub as obnoxious as others have made it out to be. Lot of nice helpful people over there. After a while of lurking I felt I had gathered enough information to make a few thoughtful denim purchases that’ll last me a decade, & then the sub didn’t have much utility for me because I don’t currently need to expand my wardrobe with more denim & I’m not a collector type anyway. But it’s cool to see the trend continuing in the direction of less gatekeeping :)

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blastfromtheblue t1_ivl8uoi wrote

i hope nobody meant to imply they’re obnoxious, because they’re not. but it is a hobby sub, so they might have different priorities than what OP is looking for.

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hogua t1_ivm34j6 wrote

I sure didn’t mean to imply that at all. They are a passionate group, and their passion runs deep. If someone visits the sub for the first time, they could easily find themselves going down several rabbit holes that come about due to that passion.

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