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Chocolate, food, tea, all have been mentioned so I'm going to say clothing.
I don't judge other people or what they wear, we all are living our own lives, but when I'm combing the racks at a thrift store there is a drastic range of quality available. I will turn my nose up derisively at the millionth thin poly/cotton blend long t-shirt that calls itself a dress. An otherwise nice looking jacket that cheats on lining and has barely a strip of serged facing to complete a seam is disappointing. Completely unfinished hems on pants or straight up raw edges on bras is shameful. I see weird, inappropriate material choices, bad patterning, cheap construction, and that's not even going into the potential issues with the labor and environmental practices that originally created the item.
I've been making an effort to no longer buy plastic clothing and it's EVERYWHERE. Anything that is acrylic, polyester, microfiber, acetate, nylon, spandex, elastane, lycra etc, is made of plastic or with plastic. There are a lot of materials used for textiles and they all have their own strengths and weaknesses, and there are plenty that don't shed microplastics everywhere. I've become a lot more snobby about what materials I have against my body and in what contexts.
Natural fibers are so important to me, and I wish companies these days would make them more. Polyester doesn't breathe at all in the summer heat. And while I can mend my clothes, I want a good five years out of them first. Some clothes just aren't worth repairing if they're going to fall apart in under a year.
I'm also snobbish about boots. Thursday Boot Company is a diamond in the rough for selling Goodyear welt resoleable boots for women, when a lot of companies see it as a men-only or unisex thing. More of that, please!