I don't dress for your approval. I dress for my personal comforts and for the possibility that I may need to change a tire.
Yeah but I'm sure you're not planning to change a tire wearing jammies and crocs
Pre 1950s, even t-shirts were only used as underwear. As in only to be worn under a dress shirt, or in case of the blue collar worker, a fucking blue collar work shirt. Also, people were told they weren't fully dressed without a hat all the way through the 60s.
There's gotta be a happy medium with this though. All that shit looked so damn uncomfortable. People would wear that stuff to Disneyland in 90 degree heat.
Up through the 90s, women still wore pantyhose and not bare legs if they were wearing a skirt or dress. You used to find pantyhose sold in convenience stores and at the grocery, because a run in your hose could happen anytime and women didn't want to be without.
oh well, i guess you cant be based all the time
Fuck I hate crocs with a passion.
crocs are a superior piece of foot wear. you have toe protection from drops, the best cushion, its rainproof. crocs are the modern slipper shoe. i like the 'off-road trekker' version but they call if something different now.
Ah, the Wal-Mart shoppers uniform.
i fucking loathe the walmart people.
If the world ever truly required genocide, it is for them.
changed a tire in my dress whites on my way to my frocking, didnt get a smudge on me, thats how popeye rolls.
Lol. Found the slob.
Imagine how they dressed in the 50s and still managed to still be able to change a tire and not look like a teenager playing with his friends.
Talk to someone who actually remembers that era. They weren't walking around in PJs but, other than Sunday church, the average man was not walking around in starched shirts.
Mad Men is not a realistic portrayal, FYI.
I'm old enough to remember that era. The average person did walk around in collared shirts and at minimum, khaki pants. The average women wore loose fitting clothes in morning and afternoon to clean the home and go shopping, and then bathed and changed into a dress for the evening.
Mad Men, other than being a bit too overly polished, hit the nail on the head for advertising execs of the era. My father was an ad-man and trust me, clothes and presentation were of utmost importance. My very elderly mom still has designer dresses in her closet from that 60's.
Madmen is not a realistic portrayal of damn near anything - it was just anti-white, ret-conning spew by some hateful people.
no one is mentioning how much it costs to dress impeccably. try to find a quality leather belt (not made in china) for under $100.
let's not get started on shoes.
OK, then go back even earlier. My point stands.
They probably had a woman pressing shirts their whole lives.
As you should. My mother did the same for my father.
Tires were much smaller then
No, my 1955 Chevy had 15 inch wheels. by 1975, nany cars had 13 inch wheels
Nice clothes indicate social awareness. They indicate a willingness to interact and engage on the social level. They are an acknowledgement that the opinions of others matter to the person wearing the nice clothes. They show an intention to make a good impression, which is an expression of respect for others. Usually, when we wear clothes, we are wearing them for other people, not for outselves. If your clothes are dirty, worn out, torn, poorly fitted, old, or inappropriate for the setting, it just shows that you don't care about others. This is not really a positive thing. In society, showing some consideration of the feelings of others is necessary for peak functioning.
maybe. in my experience the only thing nice clothes do is mask the lack of cognition and the inverted natures of the wearer. who bothers to peacock these days? you got the sportsball wearing faggot, when hes not wearing his mancrushes number, youve got the capeshit enjoyer when hes looking for an overly masculine female to prey upon, and then theres the pride faggots, when theyve put away the regalia of their particular mental illness, and try to pass for a normal. im sure theres a few people who try and dress like their in a noir film, for whatever reason, but ive never seen it.
I think OP was focused more on the point that it’s obvious from their attire that people are wearing clothes they haven’t washed or ironed in days.
You don’t need to wear dress clothes to look good, but it helps. A general rule is that clothes looks nicer when they’re fresh.
It sounds more like he's referencing being well dressed and reminiscing back to the days when everyone wore a suit, for example.
Fact is most people will not benefit at all from this. Back then how you dressed would greatly impact your reputation and your career. Today, thanks to mass immigration from the left, the vast majority of people are going to make the same whether you dress nicely or dress like a slob.
Actually some of the most well-dressed people I see in day to day life are either complete dorks or materialistic AF. And the cancer of materialism has it's roots in the early to mid 1900s that OP is likely reminiscing about, so that's not very surprising.
Mindless consumerism isn't something to aspire to. Going back to the root of our dysfunction and the root of corporate America really isn't going to help the situation. It was a tool to control the masses and replace our culture and religions with products and services. Obsession with appearance created the shallow worldview that most Americans to this day still have. The most down to earth people today are the ones with worn out boots and torn up jeans (one of three pairs they actually own).
I get what you mean, and I can totally relate to your point on most of those people being small-minded and materialistic.
Still, it is nice to reminisce about the days where people had pride in what they wore. As you said, multiculturalism has fucked that for us, because it’s apparently racist to expect muds not to look like shit, lmao.
VERY WELL SAID!!! I agree completely!
the vast majority of people are going to (treat you) the same whether you dress nicely or dress like a slob
As it should be. The only reason to treat someone differently based on their clothes is if you mistake wealth for class, honor, or morals.
You can tell yourself that all you want and still won't be true. Clothes make the man (and woman). It has nothing to do with imagining "materialism" is the cause. It's social respect and is rewarded.
Many of the most mindless consumers wear nothing but old t-shirts and torn jeans. "Corporate America" as you put it, has their best consumers brainwashed into believing life lived in a hog trough and sty are respectable. Instead of clean homes, healthy families and tidy clothes, consumers wallow in piles of useless tech toys, volumes of digital nothingness and acquire "virtue" via an electric car filled with trash. They're not "down to earth" they're depressed and suicidal
I haven't ironed in decades. If you pull your clothes out of the dryer while they are still hot and get them hung up, you will very rarely need to iron.
Get them before they are completely dry too.
Same here, the only time I iron is when my shirt pocket flap gets out of line, or my collar decides to go rogue. Otherwise hanging clothes works. Also in a pinch, such as a hotel that has no iron, you can hang them by the shower and turn the shower on really hot for a while and the steam will help remove the wrinkles.
>I haven't ironed in decades. If you pull your clothes out of the dryer while they are still hot and get them hung up, you will very rarely need to iron.
I haven't ironed in like ever. If you pull your clothes off the floor and put them on, you will never need to wash again!
The clothes today are wash-and-wear. Back then, clothes were untreated wool or cotton and looked rough unless cared for. The introduction of nylon and rayon and orlon changed the absolute need for ironing. Orlon? https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/06/13/so-long-orlon/b3eee7f2-a132-44d6-9063-2929305af711/
...until you actually press a shirt or pants and look at it next to an un-pressed one, even hot out of the dryer.
You haven't seen one of your articles of clothing pressed in decades, so you probably don't remember.
That's what hoodies are for.
I like to dress nice daily (jeans and button-down shirt), but I keep a hoodie in my car in case I need to move some lumber or for something unexpected. Just throw it over you before you lift/move stuff and you're good. Also keep some leather mechanics gloves in your car for tire changes.
Can confirm, changed all 4 of my tires, new boot assembly and bearings for the offroader. Knocked out an oil change while Ivwas at it.ALL IN MY CROCS AND DOG PAJAMAS PANTS.
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