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What is a yard of linen? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 4 hours ago by borschtisgarbo@lemmygrad.ml to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 3 points 47 minutes ago

5% of a coat

[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

A miserable pile of secrets

[–] Nacarbac@hexbear.net 6 points 2 hours ago

A breathable weave of flax.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 6 points 2 hours ago

you take a bolt of linen, measure a yard and cut it

[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Well linen is a cloth made from the fibers of the flax plant and I guess a yard of it would be 3 square feet

Makes me wonder what the total surface area of all my clothes is

[–] Kolibri@hexbear.net 9 points 3 hours ago

1/20th of a coat

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 10 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

It is the crystallisation of all the hours of abstract human labour power contained within it, duh.