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moog
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#4450544 - 07/25/05 01:15 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Here's something that's always amused me. Society has deemed certain styles of dress more "appropriate" than others for certain occasions. We have to "dress up" for work or for funerals and weddings and other special occasions. Who exactly made these rules, and why do we continue to follow them aside from tradition?
The big one that makes me laugh is the idea of "professionalism." We must wear "professional" attire to work. But a plumber's professional attire is very different from the stock broker's professional attire. Why is a buttoned-shirt and tie the norm for office jobs? If one wears jeans and a t-shirt to an office job they're deemed "unprofessional," as if their attire somehow affects their ability to carry out their work. Who decided that "dress" clothing looks better than "casual" clothing anyway? Who the hell cares what we wear at any one time? This has to be the most ridiculous ego game I've ever seen.
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Doom
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Re: clothing [Re: moog]
#4450557 - 07/25/05 01:19 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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*"unprofessional," as if their attire somehow affects their ability to carry out their work*
well. actually, it often does. Relaxed clothing makes for a relaxed attitude, while restrictive clothing puts oneself in a more controlled state-of-mind.
ego-game? so you think a soldier in sweat pants would be as effective as a soldier in uniform>?
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Re: clothing [Re: Doom]
#4450567 - 07/25/05 01:22 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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the oohs and awe's count for something
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i used to think about why people dressed so formally for church when Jesus supposedly wore rags
i doubt he cares what you're wearing.
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Re: clothing [Re: moog]
#4450825 - 07/25/05 02:17 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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moog said: Here's something that's always amused me. Society has deemed certain styles of dress more "appropriate" than others for certain occasions. We have to "dress up" for work or for funerals and weddings and other special occasions. Who exactly made these rules, and why do we continue to follow them aside from tradition?
The big one that makes me laugh is the idea of "professionalism." We must wear "professional" attire to work. But a plumber's professional attire is very different from the stock broker's professional attire. Why is a buttoned-shirt and tie the norm for office jobs? If one wears jeans and a t-shirt to an office job they're deemed "unprofessional," as if their attire somehow affects their ability to carry out their work. Who decided that "dress" clothing looks better than "casual" clothing anyway? Who the hell cares what we wear at any one time? This has to be the most ridiculous ego game I've ever seen.
it is a form of communication..
from the times when you were a child you learn when you say "hello" that it sends positive messages, and when you say "fuck you" it sends negative messages, same is with clothing
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WeAreAllOne said: i used to think about why people dressed so formally for church when Jesus supposedly wore rags
i doubt he cares what you're wearing.
I wish I could dress like those people in those days. It's so simple and practical.
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Re: clothing [Re: moog]
#4450897 - 07/25/05 02:31 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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The suite is the imposition of the European way of life on America.
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moog
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Re: clothing [Re: Doom]
#4451088 - 07/25/05 03:06 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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"so you think a soldier in sweat pants would be as effective as a soldier in uniform>?"
well I did forget one thing.. some jobs require a certain type of clothing. Soldiers need protective clothing. Athletes need flexible clothing. But what I'm talking about is the form-over-function aspect of dress.
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alsey
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Re: clothing [Re: moog]
#4451299 - 07/25/05 03:46 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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its tradition, nothing more.
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Re: clothing [Re: Doom]
#4451308 - 07/25/05 03:48 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Doom said: Relaxed clothing makes for a relaxed attitude, while restrictive clothing puts oneself in a more controlled state-of-mind.
you can be relaxed and controlled at the same time.
-------------------- "Gently return to the simple physical sensation of the breath. Then do it again, and again, and again. Somewhere in this process, you will come face-to-face with the sudden and shocking realization that you are completely crazy. Your mind is a shrieking, gibbering madhouse on wheels." - ven. henepola gunaratana
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Re: clothing [Re: alsey]
#4453650 - 07/26/05 12:34 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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*ehem* status symbols.
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Re: clothing [Re: moog]
#4453702 - 07/26/05 12:43 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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moog said: Here's something that's always amused me. Society has deemed certain styles of dress more "appropriate" than others for certain occasions. We have to "dress up" for work or for funerals and weddings and other special occasions. Who exactly made these rules, and why do we continue to follow them aside from tradition?
The big one that makes me laugh is the idea of "professionalism." We must wear "professional" attire to work. But a plumber's professional attire is very different from the stock broker's professional attire. Why is a buttoned-shirt and tie the norm for office jobs? If one wears jeans and a t-shirt to an office job they're deemed "unprofessional," as if their attire somehow affects their ability to carry out their work. Who decided that "dress" clothing looks better than "casual" clothing anyway? Who the hell cares what we wear at any one time? This has to be the most ridiculous ego game I've ever seen.
Let me tell you one thing, man. I'd like to go back in time and torture the man who invented the business suit with red hot pokers. That thing is the most uncomfortable, uneccesary, utterly useless peice of shit outfit I've ever had the extreme displeasure to wear. Whoever decided that in order to have a decent paying job you have to wear one of those is a sadistic fuck and I sincerely hope thaat a special torture chamber is reserved for him in Hell.
but seriously, I really do hope that my generation does away with the whole tradition of wearing suits. Its just fucking pointless. I think dockers and a polo shirt look just as 'professional' and they're about a million times more comfortable.
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Re: clothing [Re: DoctorJ]
#4454394 - 07/26/05 05:22 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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I wish it were more acceptible to wear a blazer everywhere -you get pockets for eveything, and people question your passage less. blazers feel better than sweaters and sweathirts and serve a simmilar function.
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visual symbols are interesting.
ive been playing basketball lately and notice i can walk around anywheres and not draw any 'suspiscion' to myself. people see an adolescent male on the street and "what's he up to?" might be in the back of their minds... but if you got a basketball then your a good ol' american boy, a straight-shooter.
i like wearing nice bright clothes as well, clothes that make people and co-workers around me feel comfortable. and then it feels much better on those rainy days when i dont care and just want to dress like crap.
you can immerse yourself into the river of mores and find less resistence. worrying about "selling out" or "conforming" is just a reflection of your own insecurity.
if the clothes are physically restricting and not necessary to the function, they should be abandoned immediately.
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yeah man, blazers rock.
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