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    HonestTeaHamilton Nolan
    9/11/14 10:11am

    I resent the tone of this article. Most millenials are not like that idiot in the story. I get most of my clothes from the Gap. I do so because they're right down the street from my place and I am a lazy man. It helps that I like the overall plain style of clothing. I'll occasionally shop elsewhere if I can save some money.

    Anyway, I am roughly 96% resistant to advertising. The only thing I've ever bought as a direct result of advertising was a swiffer, and I'm glad I did.

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      the johnHonestTea
      9/11/14 10:48am

      A person who simultaneously describes himself as lazy, unique, and resentful. Sorry, buddy: YOU ARE A MILLENNIAL.

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      CthuEveryoneHonestTea
      9/11/14 10:51am

      So you're "roughly 96% resistant to advertising," eh, kid

      Both you, and the specificity of that stat, are ADORABLE! :-)

      P.S.: In fact, careful measurement shows that more than 96% of the entire public is resistant to advertising." Want proof? Why, just ask them—they'll tell you so!

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    FridayFridayHamilton Nolan
    9/11/14 9:40am

    My trick is mixing normcore staples with neon colored socks and gothic accessories. I'm one in a million.

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      CheeseSandwichFridayFriday
      9/11/14 10:01am

      I wear nothing but traditional garb of the people of Bhutan but with punk patches on it.

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      FridayFridayCheeseSandwich
      9/11/14 10:01am

      Let's get a drink sometime.

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    benjaminalloverHamilton Nolan
    9/11/14 10:02am

    The kids have not changed at all over generations. What has changed is the marketing of cool. They have to find new ways to make a positional good seem attainable to everyone, which is of course absurd. If I could talk to my high school self I would tell her that she couldn't possibly be any cooler, or any less cool, so quit trying on clothes and do something useful.

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      FlapMouthedGingerbenjaminallover
      9/11/14 10:50am

      Absolutely. It's the marketing that's changed, the sheer volume of ads thrown fed to kids/teens today. There's been nothing like it before, it's no wonder they're brain washed.

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      benjaminalloverFlapMouthedGinger
      9/11/14 10:54am

      They are inundated but they are also savvier, so corporations have to try harder. It's a self-reinforcing cycle.

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    TrueBull69Hamilton Nolan
    9/11/14 9:38am

    Wait a second, this whole time...people have bought the exact outfits that the mannequins have on / what the people in ads wear? This is a thing?

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      FridayFridayTrueBull69
      9/11/14 9:53am

      I have done this thing on occasion. But only if the mannequin is from Eddie Bauer. It's totally normcore. How else would I know how a 40-something accountant/soccer mom would wear this particular cardigan?

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      geritolcompleteFridayFriday
      2/20/15 5:01pm

      Wearing clothes from a chain store is the only option in some localities. This makes me sad. Also patronizing chain stores ironically is still patronizing chain stores.

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    toothpetardHamilton Nolan
    9/11/14 9:44am

    I've heard that in order to be unique one must think outside of the box.

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      mnstrzero00toothpetard
      9/11/14 9:54am

      Wanting to be unique is how you think outside the box

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      cheesyblastertoothpetard
      9/11/14 9:57am

      And shop in another box.

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    ErsoHamilton Nolan
    9/11/14 10:03am

    They are the anti-Garanimals generation. "Fuck you, alligator. I will wear your pants with a hippo t-shirt if I want to."

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