"I was bullied by 'minorities' because they had the latest name brand BS clothes, Tommy Hillfiger jeans and Nike shoes and I had to wear cheap off-brand jeans and shoes from Payless."
And now you know why school uniforms are compulsory here in the UK. And if clothing from charity shops was as bad as you think it is, they wouldn't exist: as people would avoid them like the plague. I know that high street retailers donate their unsold/end of line clothing etc to charity shops (as doing so is tax deductible, and makes for good P.R.). So I've seen branded clothing in my local Dove House Hospice*, PDSA, British Heart Foundation, Oxfam, Christian Aid, Dr. Barnardos, etc. And discount stores such as Poundland have proliferated (especially during the ladt recession); they recently took over '99p Stores'. And the likes of Cash Converters & Computer Exchange - as buy & sell second-hand goods shops - have exploded. There is no shame in owning used items: I'm typing this right now on a Dell laptop from 2008 I bought from Cash Converters cheaply a couple of years ago. 1.86 GHz Core 2 Duo Dual Core CPU, and RAM & HD upgraded to 3 Gb & 2 Tb respectively makes it just as useful as the very latest Core i7, 8 Gb RAM & 1 Tb SSD laptop. Even most of the clothes I wear are from charity shops. I have a wardrobe full, but for less, the money does good.
...besides, for we penny-pinching Yorkshiremen, we have no concept of 'Shame', when it comes to finding a bargain.
But little sissies like you pretending you're tough on the inside are going to look back and realise you were bullied for a legitimate reason, and then you're going to kill yourselves in shame.
...or you can simply accept that certain things never affect you personally. But the law will bully you if you do. [/Kim Il-Davis]
*- This Hull-based charity - through it's shops - pioneered the selling of second-hand electrical items in charity shops. Thus high street shops also donate unsold electrical goods to charity shops too. Thus effectively new items for a cheaper price, and still does good.
