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Comment on Denim heads - What raw denim are you currently wearing? What would you recommend? in ~life.style
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Comment on Costco clothing is cheap. But is it good value? in ~life.style
wyz LinkIt often isn't. What you find at Costco is actually clothing made specifically for Costco. What happens when a retailer sells clothing is, they say they want to buy these pants and they want the...It often isn't. What you find at Costco is actually clothing made specifically for Costco. What happens when a retailer sells clothing is, they say they want to buy these pants and they want the pay this much for each pair. The company then makes this order according to these parameters. Often this means they reduce the quality or use lesser materials.
That's why there's a wild difference in quality in the same brands. The Levi's you buy from Costco is not the same as the Levi's you can buy from the Levi's retail store.
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Comment on I’m a microbiologist and here is what (and where) I never eat in ~food
wyz LinkThis is a pretty awful list. This is appealing to peoples' anxieties and isn't really any better than some media scare crap. The author is definitely one of those high-anxiety types. Just that...This is a pretty awful list. This is appealing to peoples' anxieties and isn't really any better than some media scare crap. The author is definitely one of those high-anxiety types. Just that alone rules out so much food that tastes amazing despite not being the most perfectly safe food to eat.
She has a bias being a microbiologist. It's a shame because I've seen this article linked in a few other places. I can easily see this negatively affecting restaurants, all because of some overly anxious microbiologist's crappy opinion article.
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Comment on You can tell how bad Google Searches are now when you try to search for "Baldur's Gate 3 Wiki" and it pushes you a single outdated wiki and a bunch of posts telling you to use bg3.wiki in ~tech
wyz LinkYou really prefer to use bg3.wiki? I don't like it at all. I don't find it useful. Fextralife is far superior aside from the fact that he's too busy playing the game to update many of the entries....You really prefer to use bg3.wiki? I don't like it at all. I don't find it useful. Fextralife is far superior aside from the fact that he's too busy playing the game to update many of the entries. The comments section on Fextralife is extremely useful.
bg3.wiki for the most part provides all exactly the same info that the game itself provides to you. I don't need a website to tell me all the stuff that is already right in front of me in the game. If I'm looking up an item, I want to know where the item is dropped or what to do with it what it interacts with or what else I can do with it. Which is why the comments section or just the entry page of Fextralife is for. Almost any game that has a Fextralife wiki is the far, far superior version of any other wiki out there.
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Comment on Bethesda release three Starfield anime-style promotional videos in ~games
wyz Link ParentYeah. Their games just aren't for me. The best Fallout game was New Vegas. I think that statement alone tells you a lot about me. I'm not trying to convince anyone. I just can't stand the combat...Yeah. Their games just aren't for me.
The best Fallout game was New Vegas. I think that statement alone tells you a lot about me.
I'm not trying to convince anyone. I just can't stand the combat in any of their games--it's some of the most awful combat of any kind in any game I have played. Play a game like Dark Souls or any other game that has a gun that you can aim at people. Bethesda just doesn't know how to do anything right except creatively construct worlds.
Maybe an interesting exercise is, think about a game that you really like that some other developer made. Now imagine if Bethesda had been given the blueprint for it and had instructions for making that game. What do you think the result would have been? Remember: they're putting that world, those mechanics, into the Gamebryo engine with their knowledge of that engine.
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Comment on Bethesda release three Starfield anime-style promotional videos in ~games
wyz LinkI still don’t understand the hype for Bethesda games. Fans have been let down in numerous ways for so little innovation or real change in their games. The negatives far outweigh the positives with...I still don’t understand the hype for Bethesda games. Fans have been let down in numerous ways for so little innovation or real change in their games. The negatives far outweigh the positives with any Bethesda-developed game. Difficulty and challenge are still tied to bullet-sponge health modifiers. The AI is abysmal. Bethesda has always created games like this. I really don’t understand how people are still so hyped for anything Bethesda.
If you already like Unbranded, there's little that can go wrong if you 'upgrade' to Naked and Famous. Unbranded is owned by Naked and Famous, so the construction will likely be about the same. Unbranded is all made in Macau which isn't a bad place for them to be made in compared to China's wildly varying levels of quality. I would personally hate to have spent $200 on a pair of jeans that I ended up not liking and being unable to return them.
There's a lot to look out for in the space unfortunately. The other day I saw a pair of Tellason jeans for $120, and they weren't even selvedge. If you want a low-risk option, Naked and Famous would be a good choice. But an even better choice is to not bother with anything else and just buy what has already made you very happy.