It's true

Jessica: so i found the perfect graduation dress, but there's a good chance it's made by chinese slaves

should I get it?

me: there aren't any chinese slaves

they're paid the "market" rate for chinese labor

which, incidentally, is on the rise as the population gets more educated.

Their working conditions are equivalent to the US's in the 19th century

that's why everyone's so appalled at china's working conditions

it makes us embarrassed of our past

so think of it as a vintage dress

Jessica: so arguably, by pouring money into the chinese economy, I'm contributing to its ability to fund education, and thus raising labor standards?

I like this argument

now I just feel bad for the silkworms

me: oh no, silkworms like it

otherwise their silk utters get all sore from a buildup of too much silk

Jessica: You are going to be such a good lawyer.