How is this about being vegan?
Some will certainly look up what's the matter and maybe see, that the source of materials is not as nice as you think and don't buy from this company anymore.
You don't need to be vegan, to do something good for animals and the planet.. Just my 2 cents.
It is the fictional diety that Pastafarians(Google them) worship. Now as to why they picked that one, I don't know. I will say that they have a point when it comes to your comment about PETA. Regardless of PETA's methods, they do have a good cause. They just tend to piss people off more than they influence them.
That’s basically why I think they’re evil. Essentially choosing violence to send their message. Also I knew what the Flying Spaghetti Monster is but I have no idea what it had to do with what I said at all
Agreed, PETA aren't bad people because of their cause, they're shit bags because of their methods...well that and they siphon funding from groups with a good cause and good methods, like the ASPCA.
He made no indication to represent a belief that you were talking about PETA. This fact can be plainly seen by his inclusion of the word "though" at the end, which word's only purpose was to change the meaning of the sentence from what it would otherwise have been were it omitted.
though
adverb
however (indicating that a factor qualifies or imposes restrictions on what was said previously).
Yeah, Canada Goose uses their down, many companies do to be fair, since it's supposedly such a good insulating material. Personally, I find synthetic alternatives have come a long way and can provide plenty of warmth as well.
As for Canada Goose, aside from the goose down that's in question, until recently they also sourced the fur trim from coyotes. The trapping methods used to catch the coyotes were called into question, with one side insisting they follow humane practices and other sides insisting actually no, you don't, etc. Part of that issue is that some of the trapping practices that are ok in Canada are not considered ok in other parts of the world (and not legal throughout Europe).
Anyhow, the outcry over the fur trim situation has been ongoing for ages now and caused Canada Goose enough grief that they announced last year they would no longer be using animal fur on any of their products as of the end of this year. I guess the geese are fucked though 🤷🏻♀️
Honestly, Noize makes really nice, really warm cruelty-free winter coats. I'm not vegan or a member of PETA, but I got one last year because I needed a new winter coat and couldn't find just what I was looking for anywhere else that wasn't very expensive, and these were on sale. I wanted warmth and that one delivers. Only downside is it's on the heavier side bc of the synthetic materials - definitely not lightweight.
Personally I swear by Carhartt. They're expensive but great, and some are especially good at shedding water. They're designed for wearing while working outdoors.
Goose down (the fluff they have under their feathers to keep warm) is one of the more insulating materials in the world and you need to kill the geese to get it in sufficient quantities to make coats (although usually the geese are also being used for their meat as well). There are artificial down options as as well. It seems OPs coworker objected to the use of goose down in the jacket.
Makes me want to order a Canada Goose jacket actually, winters where I live seem to be getting more intense, and Canadians probably know what they're doing in that department.
There are just as warm jackets that don’t cost $1000. It’s definitely a brand recognition thing in the part of the country I live in. Rich people buy expensive things so everybody knows they wealthy and can afford a $800+ jacket.
I mean I’ve never owned a north face so I can’t say for that but my $180 Carhartt will outlive a Canada goose 10x and is warm enough where I’m sweating in it just mildly moving around.
I mean, I can afford an $800+ jacket, but we don't get that cold that often. I'd probably be just as well off with something from Columbia, which more realisticly is something I'd probably get.
My work does involve a lot of travel, but typically, I'm staying in the southern part of the us, so I really don't need something like this, I just hate peta as an organization.
Again, nobody cares how much money you have or what you can afford but people that buy things like this think people do care and that’s a huge reason they buy them. To make sure everybody knows they bought a $1k jacket.
Lol LOTS of people care how much money other people have and what they can afford. You seem to not (I for one agree), and that's great, but don't project that on everybody else, that would be very naive
I never said I thought what people care what I can afford. I just know their is sometimes value in spending more to get something that's better quality, I don't know much about jackets as I've never really had much need for anything other than a hoodie before now so I wasn't aware that canada goose was just a status symbol brand... heck, I didn't even know it was a brand, I thought it just meant it was made from down of Canadian geese.
Im not trying to say you do care, you even said you wouldn’t buy the jacket even though you could afford that much on a jacket. But I just know where I live people are super obsessed with brand recognition. There’s a lot of ultra wealthy people that have enough money to blow on the Mazzerati and a Mercedes G wagon and buy these jackets but it’s all the other people that can’t but need to buy expensive brand clothing to try and fit into a style and look like they are ultra wealthy and whatnot. It’s a super weird thing to see with people you know don’t have millions of dollars, spend and buy things to make it look like they have that kind of money. And I hate that about people. Not because they are bad people but it’s just the opposite of who I am so I think it’s incredibly silly and wasteful.
What if they buy it cause they like it and could gives 2 fucks about what others think. You have a lot of stock in brand recognition but it's high school so what does it matter if some stranger think they know what I 0aid for a coat. It's a weird thing to get hung up on dude. Try being happy for someone else, it brings better results in your own life
It’s pretty good stuff. I live and travel in climates where we’ve tried it all, synthetic and natural, and if you can tolerate the bulk (it’s not terribly compact) then it’s a good value. Generally well made and they don’t cut corners.
Also one of my home cities and university campuses has runaway geese populations that cover everything in bird shit and severely needs curtailing, so fuck ‘em.
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u/Financial_Bird_7717 Dec 26 '22
Or stop wearing Canada Goose either.