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If you actually look at most serious bedding forums and discussions, down isn’t considered a very good pillow fill. Similarly it’s a bad mattress material. Feather beds are a thing too - but again they’re objectively not a good bedding material. It is mostly a relic of the past; down pillows are easier to make than more modern latex and/or wool combination pillows. It has also been something of a status symbol, since it’s soft and used to be costly to obtain long ago.

But again, if you like it, you do you.

I installed a “Home Master Artesian” system at my house which included reminerialization and PH balancing….. honestly quite affordable systems for the quality.

You can also source a cheaper RO setup and add remineralization to it. Just search remineralization filter and those will come up. “Waterdrop” makes a popular one.

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I would add a belt to it, to break the vertical line as well as add some shape to it. I will probably add loops to the cuffs for warmth and looking fancy.

That said, great catch, OP.

Concrete? You're strawmanning a pillow discussion. Steel is also a bad pillow material. Down is widely regarded as an excellent pillow fill. You don't like it. That's fine.

Quality sheets are, tops, 200-400 thread count. 1000 thread count sheets are marketing nonsense of poor quality cut staple multi-ply yarns.

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>A fold test is far more simple than you think.

This is pretty minimal. You have likely lost way more resilience than you think if that is your only metric. But whatever.

>Saying down is "simply not a good pillow material", when it's the top pillow material used in five-star hotels and by luxury bedding companies, is your opinion.

It is an opinion based on the mechanical properties of the material. Concrete isn't a good bedding material and while that's my opinion, it is informed by the mechanical properties of concrete. Down will lose more resilience than latex (and it has much less to begin with), is less thermo regulating than kapok or wool, and is more or less impossible to replace easily (or adjust). If you like it that is fine, but mechanically it is inferior for what most consider the goals of a pillow. Whether "luxury" bedding companies use it doesn't mean much. Luxury bedding has always been sub-par pillows and mattresses, dressed up with marketing to make it seem exclusive and fancy. Might as well say luxury companies use 1000 threat count sheets, too.

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Saw plenty of them in new york, on dudes.

A fold test is far more simple than you think. Fold the pillow in half. If it returns to flat by itself, then it's still fine. If it doesn't, then you can launder to revive, or at worst case after a decade, add some ounces of loft. Cotton mite proof pillow protectors aid in maintenance and add years of use.

You said that down gives you no support and sleeps hot. It's the opposite for us. Our high FP goosedown regulates temperature very well, wicks humidity, and are very supportive. I think we're into personal preference and that's fine, we don't need to agree as comfort is subjective. Saying down is "simply not a good pillow material", when it's the top pillow material used in five-star hotels and by luxury bedding companies, is your opinion. You have every right to it, but mine is different.

Regarding cotton, I noted the temperatures for laundering out chemicals and pesticides. I guess I wasn't clear that if you wash over those target temps, with extended soak and double rinse, the majority of finishing agents, fire retardants, and pesticides are removed. Almost all the textiles that come into our home are are cleaned with that method at 175f prior to being used, to remove the maximum amount of finish product. Everything from shower curtains to dish towels and undies gets a hot wash hello, only protein fibers are excluded from the process.

I do understand how ubiquitous it is, it's impossible to avoid completely, but I also perceive it to be a danger and minimize exposure wherever possible.

This would be cooler as a video or motion gif. I bet a lot of people have never seen one of these switch time.

Great coat

My dad has one. It’s about 1cm of rubber under the canvas. It is very very heavy.

Hahah just jokes, it fits you well, wear it in good health!

I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you and say I don't know what that is

Are you a Wes Anderson character?

Or pencils 😇

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It was the first really big school shooting in America, back in the late 90s.

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Gonna be honest with you here, I have no clue who the columbine people are

The Columbine people started the stigma of trench coats especially black ones