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I feel like Etsy has confusing marketing that keeps cool people from using it, but Iām here to set the record straight ā I get all my shit from Etsy! In the past year I have purchased an 80ās laminate kitchen table, a taxidermied praying mantis, vintage 501ās, custom wooden storage boxes, a rock with actual moss on it, 60ās drink coasters, a scorpion sculpture made out of silverware, a Bugs Bunny comic from the 60ās, a David Hockney exhibition poster from the early 90ās, a hanging pendant light, the coveted Nirvana āIncesticideā t-shirt, and a glass blown pipe with a frog jumping on it. One time I had leftover Balenciaga sneakers from a shoot and tried to sell them on Grailed ā some anon messaged me calling them fakes and typed word-for-word āPeople like you should go to hell!ā Thankfully for us, this amount of testosterone is actually illegal on Etsy, so we can all continue to bliss out and browse easy :-)
Jan 10, 2023
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half of my jeans are from etsy and i have no regrets.
Feb 23, 2025
From the thrill of discovery, making bids, the buzz of a score or anguish of a could-have-been, a random box showing up that has been packed by some dude in Minnesotaā¦ I love it. The best way to shop is either setting a hyper-specific alert for something and finding it five years from now or by typing in all the potential typos it could have, or either searching for a vague combinations of names and details and seeing what comes up. Embellished pearl sweaters? Art deco servewear? Plastic organizers? Thereās probably also something good about reuse and sustainability here too. The only thing I donāt love is that my saved searches and watchlist are full so I have to keep deleting and replacing, but never change, eBay.
Jan 26, 2024
Like I said before about eBay, it's the best. My favorite search terms these days are "antique oddity lot junk drawer," "vintage courrĆØges," "vintage cacharel," "vintage ungaro," "vintage louis feraud," "antique medical bedpan urinal enamel," and "vintage enamel vase." Also fun to mis-spell things that should be very expensive and see if anyone has discovered them, e.g. "Gugci purse." (You can check out some of my recent eBay purchases here: https://ottessathisottessathat.substack.com/p/my-stuff)
Jan 28, 2025
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I tell my wife I love her like 5 times a day. It feels so good to say! And every time my friends say they love me, I feel so honored, Iām like ādamnā¦ me???ā You can really make someoneās day when you say it. Showing love often gets spun in the opposite way, but letās be real for a second ā HIDING the love is some wussy shit. And lifeās too short for that!
Jan 10, 2023
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If youāre anything like me, your body feels completely separate from your mind, which feels completely separate from your heart, and most of your internal dialogue is you getting mad at yourself for doing some shit that another part of you disapproves of. Every part of us matters, but if weāre often neglecting one of these guys itās definitely the vessel that houses this mess to begin with. Your body needs sleep bro! Youād be surprised at how many of these voices start to quiet when you actually let your body do its thing once in a while and decide when it wants to wake up. And you canāt feel an ounce of guilt for not setting an alarm, otherwise this whole experiment is negated. If you really wanna wake up early, then go to bed early (Iām leaving this piece of advice in writing so I can finally learn it myself).
Jan 10, 2023
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Most of the time, when Iām mad about something, Iāll think back on it months later and be like āwait why did I even care about that?ā We should collectively all try that with Winter. The air smells so fucking good. Like where is that mystery campfire coming from?? I feel like every time I step outside and take a breath, I level up. I get that you think you donāt like the cold. It took me a while to understand that āacquired tasteā means a taste that I can STILL acquire. Now when I donāt like food, I just eat it until I do. This January, when your unadjustable New York apartment heat is cranked so high that you can smell the lead paint melting off the walls, take a step outside onto your stoop for a breath of that crispy ass chimney-scented air, and remember DBG sent you there.
Jan 10, 2023