ok, I admit it. every so often, when I can afford it, I buy something from patagonia. I currently own (let’s see…) 4 patagonia things, and would like to own 1 or 2 more. I figure that it’s better to buy a good thing once and wear it out over 4 years than 3 bad things in the same time. You pay less and get more that way. If you can actually afford it the first time.

That said, I recognize I’m paying a premium for the name. If I could buy the same product without the label for less money I would jump all over it, but I can’t. And I recognize that Patagonia is an upper-class trendy label. And it bugs me and I wish they wouldn’t make it so difficult to cut their labels off because of it. I realize patagonia-owner bashing is being introduced as an exhibition sport at the next winter olympics. I know all this. I expect to catch flack from my freinds for wearing Patagonia (except the lucky few that get pro-deal prices and can’t hassle me because they own some too).

What I didn’t expect was to come across Patagonia-bashing in a Slashdot thread.

Padaguchi you meant to say Padaguchi.

Ahhhh Yvon Chouinard, how I respected you for you clean climbing approach and great technical gear at Black Diamond. Ahhh Patagonia how I laugh at you latte sipping bitchs in Yukons with $600 coated fabric jackets.

for background, Yvon Chouinard was the mountain climber and blacksmith that founded patagonia.

for further background, I think he really meant to say Fratagonia.