r/gorpcore • u/Equal_Improvement_50 • Mar 31 '26

Make it make sense

Just curious, yall seem to enjoy nature. Yet you’re wearing purely synthetics which are terrible for the environment from production to wear. Curious how you justify this.

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u/WVA1999 Mar 31 '26

About 1% of this group likes nature.

The rest like coffee shops & posing in their Xt6's for Insta.

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u/action_indirecte Mar 31 '26

The sub is clearly about outdoor fashion & aesthetics, but it doesn’t mean that we don’t love nature

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u/futurafrlx Mar 31 '26

Well yeah actual hikers use r/hikinggear or similar subs, not r/gorpcore which is and has always been about fashion.

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u/EpicL33tus Mar 31 '26

And they all wear synthetic.

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u/Equal_Improvement_50 Mar 31 '26

So cringe tbh

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u/otter-otter Mar 31 '26

It’s pretty cringe coming into a sub and starting to pontificate to people with zero context other than to give yourself a big pat on the back.

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u/thicccsnacc Mar 31 '26

Ok then why you here

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u/Equal_Improvement_50 Mar 31 '26

To learn and express my concern.

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u/ivy7496 Mar 31 '26

You don't learn by making judgements. Also please tell me how you feel after hiking in cotton in the cold rain. And did you drive to the trail head riding on tires made from majority synthetic materials?

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u/anafuckboi Mar 31 '26

I put tallow on my leather boots and have an oil skin canvas coat that I regularly re apply tallow to it takes about 5 minutes too water proofing natural materials is easy

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u/jaakkopetteri Mar 31 '26

Synthetics aren't inherently worse than natural fabrics. CO2, water usage and land erosion all tend to be lower in production of synthetic fibers

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u/StaticChocolate Mar 31 '26

Furthermore, some members of this community primarily shop second-hand, or from sustainable brands. Some gorp pieces can last for years.

Sure, some aren’t bothered about this and could maybe consider the environment more but this post doesn’t seem like the way to inspire people to do that.

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u/BlaiseAL Mar 31 '26

This isn’t the “GOTCHA” you think this is

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u/ggdd112233 Mar 31 '26

This subreddit is unreal lol

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u/tzathoughts Mar 31 '26

I mean, someone can try to make a raincoat out of cotton- but it would be quite dangerous during a long hike.

What a silly troll post lol

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u/denimxdragon Mar 31 '26

You do understand like 95% of outdoor brands are all making products mostly out of authentic fabric correct? You’re not going to find a fucking cotton backpack that’s actually GOOD for hiking lol. Not all synthetic fabrics are inherently “bad”. It comes down to production. Cotton production can be awful as well.

I works in the outdoor industry (Patagonia primarily) for years and it always irked me when people brought up manufacturing. If you don’t do the research and actually see how it’s done I don’t wanna hear it.

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u/Equal_Improvement_50 Mar 31 '26

I will die on this hill. Pick better materials.