Author Topic: Oh look, now Levi Strauss desires corporate ruin. (Read 2380 times)

Sindawe · « **on:** September 07, 2018, 11:32:09 AM »

Levi Strauss jean company has decided that its customers are in need of a nanny. I had been hanging to my old 501s & 505s as fitness goals. Maybe I'll just burn them now.

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #1 on:** September 07, 2018, 11:37:42 AM »

They're headquartered in San Francisco so it doesn't come as any real shock.

Brad

BobR · « **Reply #2 on:** September 07, 2018, 11:52:13 AM »

Nothing new to see here...Levi Strauss has been doing this type of stuff for years, In 2016 they flat out said they did not want people exercising their 2A rights in their stores so please leave your guns at home. This is just an escalation of existing corporate thinking toward gun control.

bob

Ben · « **Reply #3 on:** September 07, 2018, 12:23:00 PM »

Quote from: BobR on September 07, 2018, 11:52:13 AM

Nothing new to see here...Levi Strauss has been doing this type of stuff for years, In 2016 they flat out said they did not want people exercising their 2A rights in their stores so please leave your guns at home. This is just an escalation of existing corporate thinking toward gun control.

bob

Yup. This is one of the few companies that got me pissed enough to boycott them. That was when they first made this gun control push in I think the early 90s (maybe earlier). I think they were catering to the MTV crowd at that time. They were the first company that I ever boycotted.

Cliffh · « **Reply #4 on:** September 07, 2018, 01:25:59 PM »

I'd been planning to getting a new "jeans" jacket. Still will, just won't be one of theirs.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #5 on:** September 07, 2018, 01:41:35 PM »

If I remember correctly, there have been a number of articles written on how millennials base their shopping habits on the virtue-signalling of the manufacturer or vendor. Which would be marvelous, if more people understood what virtue means. In any case, we can only expect more of this. America's business climate has turned hard left. I guess they'll only straighten up when consumers force them to.

Ron · « **Reply #6 on:** September 07, 2018, 02:36:40 PM »

They took some anti gun stance years ago, over a decade ago.

I haven’t bought a pair since.

makattak · « **Reply #7 on:** September 07, 2018, 02:41:02 PM »

I can't boycott them any more than I already am, so I'm guessing they are just trying to weed out the last few stragglers of normal Americans that will still purchase their product.

Ben · « **Reply #8 on:** September 07, 2018, 03:31:50 PM »

Quote from: makattak on September 07, 2018, 02:41:02 PM

I can't boycott them any more than I already am, so I'm guessing they are just trying to weed out the last few stragglers of normal Americans that will still purchase their product.

Which is fine, because it makes it easier for the rest of us to identify the commie-pinkos. Just look for the little red tab.

MillCreek · « **Reply #9 on:** September 07, 2018, 04:41:11 PM »

Quote from: Ben on September 07, 2018, 03:31:50 PM

Which is fine, because it makes it easier for the rest of us to identify the commie-pinkos. Just look for the little red tab.

I would appreciate it if you stopped staring at my ass, majestic as it may be.

Ben · « **Reply #10 on:** September 07, 2018, 04:59:13 PM »

Quote from: MillCreek on September 07, 2018, 04:41:11 PM

I would appreciate it if you stopped staring at my ass, majestic as it may be.

It's humongous!

MillCreek · « **Reply #11 on:** September 07, 2018, 05:16:21 PM »

slingshot · « **Reply #12 on:** September 07, 2018, 09:43:27 PM »

Levi Strauss is doing a fair job of corporate ruin with their pricing on your basic jeans. The competition is almost as good and you can buy them for under $20 a pair.

freakazoid · « **Reply #13 on:** September 08, 2018, 12:14:31 AM »

Their "Go Forth" add campaign always gave a lefty vibe.

Sindawe · « **Reply #14 on:** September 08, 2018, 05:00:48 PM »

Quote from: MillCreek on September 07, 2018, 05:16:21 PM

Why is Grunchlk in a MadMax movie?

Levi Anti-2nd in the early 90s? That was before I got firearms rabies, so this was new to me.

Ben · « **Reply #15 on:** September 08, 2018, 05:08:03 PM »

Quote from: Sindawe on September 08, 2018, 05:00:48 PM

Levi Anti-2nd in the early 90s? That was before I got firearms rabies, so this was new to me.

Yup. I can't remember everything behind it, but I seem to recall at the time they were one of the first "big companies" to take such an "in your face" anti-gun stance, and that's what got us all riled up at the time.

There were of course, then just as now, plenty of companies that were anti-gun behind the scenes, but I'm recalling Levis - and this was pre-internet - was pretty much running a, "we hate gun owners" campaign.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #16 on:** October 24, 2018, 03:03:52 PM »

Quote from: Ben on September 07, 2018, 03:31:50 PM

Which is fine, because it makes it easier for the rest of us to identify the commie-pinkos. Just look for the little red tab.

I'm a commie-pinko today. I found some Levi's carpenter pants at a thrift store for ~$10. I like them pretty well, except that they have only one belt loop between 3 and 9 o'clock. What is that about?

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #17 on:** October 24, 2018, 04:22:03 PM »

Quote from: fistful on October 24, 2018, 03:03:52 PM

I'm a commie-pinko today. I found some Levi's carpenter pants at a thrift store for ~$10. I like them pretty well, except that they have only one belt loop between 3 and 9 o'clock. What is that about?

Made for use with clip-on suspenders, the kind that use real clasps and not those girly little things you see on hippie suspenders from LL Bean.

Brad

Scout26 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 24, 2018, 04:22:09 PM »

Quote from: fistful on October 24, 2018, 03:03:52 PM

I'm a commie-pinko today. I found some Levi's carpenter pants at a thrift store for ~$10. I like them pretty well, except that they have only one belt loop between 3 and 9 o'clock. What is that about?

I would guess that would be about 6 o'clock....

Viking · « **Reply #19 on:** October 24, 2018, 05:09:22 PM »

Quote from: slingshot on September 07, 2018, 09:43:27 PM

Levi Strauss is doing a fair job of corporate ruin with their pricing on your basic jeans. The competition is almost as good and you can buy them for under $20 a pair.

I've lost count on the number of Levi jeans I've worn out completely. Prefer to buy Dickies jeans. Holding up good so far, no sign of ruined crotches yet.

Regolith · « **Reply #20 on:** October 24, 2018, 08:05:21 PM »

Quote from: fistful on October 24, 2018, 03:03:52 PM

I'm a commie-pinko today. I found some Levi's carpenter pants at a thrift store for ~$10. I like them pretty well, except that they have only one belt loop between 3 and 9 o'clock. What is that about?

They don't make money on second-hand sales, so I don't see a problem.

Kind of like buying a used S&W back when they were bending over for Clinton and Co...

Hawkmoon · « **Reply #21 on:** October 24, 2018, 10:27:14 PM »

Quote

Tom Knighton, an admitted lifelong Levi's jeans wearer, maintained he'd no longer support the company.

"And just like that, I'll never own another stitch of Levi Strauss clothing again in my life," Knighton stated.

Works for me. Walmart's house brand jeans fit me better than Levi's, last longer, and cost around 10 bucks a pair. Why would I ever go back to Levi's?

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #22 on:** October 24, 2018, 10:54:16 PM »

Since I reluctantly transitioned to a larger phone, I find the leg pockets on some brands will no longer work for me. Levi's and Dickie's are two brands that still work.

Calumus · « **Reply #23 on:** October 25, 2018, 01:14:50 AM »

Quote from: fistful on October 24, 2018, 03:03:52 PM

I'm a commie-pinko today. I found some Levi's carpenter pants at a thrift store for ~$10. I like them pretty well, except that they have only one belt loop between 3 and 9 o'clock. What is that about?

Maybe they're ladies' jeans?... Do they have really shallow pockets?

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #24 on:** October 25, 2018, 01:32:22 AM »

Quote from: Calumus on October 25, 2018, 01:14:50 AM

Maybe they're ladies' jeans?... Do they have really shallow pockets?

Like this?
https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/mom-jeans/3505924

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Author Topic: Oh look, now Levi Strauss desires corporate ruin. (Read 2380 times)