• HubertManne@piefed.social
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      5 months ago

      the only good thing about wearing a tie was the glorious fealing of pulling it down as you walked out the door at the end of the work day and unbuttoning that top collar button or two.

      • ickplant@lemmy.worldOP
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        so THAT’s the equivalent of me taking off my bra at the end of the day! Someone was asking this on Lemmy earlier.

        • Gonzako@lemmy.world
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          To me oftentimes is the belt on formal days I do tie it a bit tighter than normal and it bites into my dad bod.

        • HubertManne@piefed.social
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          lol. as I was writing the response I kinda wondered if women did that walking out the door. Was just asking my wife and she mentioned liking having the ones that open in front so she could free them up a bit when she got in the car. I have not had to wear ties in a long time and it has been awhile since she has worn real ones as she went jog to camesals now.

          • ickplant@lemmy.worldOP
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            I usually wait until I get home, but I have undone it in the car before. And the bras that fasten in the front are superior in every way.

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                I realize now my comment could have come off as judgy. It wasn’t; just meant to be informative! I wouldn’t even call that an often-used word, so I thought it reasonable that you’d just never seen it written before!

                • Logi@lemmy.world
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                  It actually helped me understand what the other poster was talking about, so yeah, informative.

      • Sunschein@piefed.social
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        5 months ago

        At weddings, I’ll have it nice and orderly for the ceremony, then loosen it up a bit and undo that first button for the reception. Really letting loose, lol

  • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    Decorative nooses have always been a weird thing IMO. Like “gee, id like a dangling piece of fabric that, if it gets caught on something, chokes me and may pull me face first into heavy machinery”

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      I never understood why anyone would want to wear a tie. It’s a capitalist noose and at the same time also so unnecessarily dangerous.

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        Because I never truly need to wear one and I like the patterns and style of the ties I own? What kind of question is this?

        People just like to accessorize. Not everything is that deep lol

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          I get your point, I use pocket squares to accessorize but to each their own. My mental association of ties revolves around IBM staff (and similar) being forced to wear ties for no reason other than “management decision”. For me the only thing I can think of when I see a tie is the leash of the wealthy class.

        • socsa@piefed.social
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          5 months ago

          Then you are upholding this system of capitalist oppression through participation.

      • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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        Back in the day, people generally had fewer shirts and they were typically the same color, usually white. A tie was developed as a way to have a bit of varying color for a suit without needing as much fabric.

    • Dozzi92@lemmy.world
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      Well, you don’t wear them around heavy machinery. Unless court and similar settings are heavy machinery in the figurative sense.

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      Feels like you could say the same about any clothing/jewellery other than the bare essentials, but maybe Lemmy is the wrong audience for fashion (fuck being forced to wear ties, obviously)

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    If you don’t cinch it up too tightly, it’s no more constricting than buttoning the top button on the shirt. Not that wearing one makes any sense, but it’s not trying to kill you, either.

    • Dozzi92@lemmy.world
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      Yeah, I rarely do the top button and rarely keep my tie tight. I’ve got it down to a science to where it looks right, but still loose, because I cannot stand stuff around my neck.

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      Oh great so it’s only utterly pointless and uncomfortable.

      This is my privileged white guy battle that I will fight to my final day. Yes it is low stakes, but it is a battle someone needs to fight. I will never wear a tie, and I will view anyone who does as choosing to uphold one of the biggest systems of oppression I regularly deal with.

  • hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    Makes sense. Can’t have blood flowing to the brain. That might result in independent thought, maybe even questioning management.

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    Having grown up Mormon; this was obvious. I could always feel my brain being choked off but would get in trouble if the tie looked loose.

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    Just keep the last top button unbuttoned, and hide it with the knot.

    I never want to wear a tie, but it’s not hard to keep it just loose enough where it’s not outright uncomfortable.

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    And now let’s take a look at everyone at Wallstreet, it’s all ties and red faces. Probably way more than 7,5% lol

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    Growing up in the Mormon Church, I remember a time some asshole just unilaterally decided to redo my tie in a harsh knot that was too tight. Didn’t ask if it was okay, just went right ahead and decided my own safe, loose knot wasn’t good enough or something.

    Just having a complete flashback to that because of this article. Obsession over minute details is just laughably silly when it leads to health problems.

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      I hope now that you’re grown up you have no need of hysterical frauds like religion?

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    Remember all those bankers, lawyers, and managers wearing ties each and every day? Now you know why they act like they do.

    BTW, the tie not only reduces the oxygen supply to the brain, it also increases the risk of strokes by about 10%.