backpacks are so fucking ugly

Yeah. It could be worse.

now that the weather has turned and i'm not wearing a topcoat/trench, i need to get rid of the backpack asap

really not in a position to drop a few hundos on a leather messenger/brief-- any tips?

i think minimal backpacks look actively cool

xp yeah i had to go backpack w/suit jacket yesterday and did not feel cool but i'm super strapped right now

strapped like a backpack?

i think minimal backpacks look actively cool

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 30, 2013 9:43 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agree

went for it

http://indigoandcotton.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/465x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/t/o/topo-designs-klettersack-navy-leather-8.jpg.pagespeed.ce.4emP3Naa6v.jpg

ive had a herscehl for like 18 months now, taken it on trips, no complaints abt quality

xpost: tlg not sure if u saw upthread but i have the same model/color (except w/o the leather patches)

i totally love it, i just look like a doof when wearing a suit with it

the top compartment makes for a great secret man purse #protip

Lucky for me i work in jeans

http://i.imgur.com/EUqgcsy.jpg

really not in a position to drop a few hundos on a leather messenger/brief-- any tips?

stop carrying a fucking bag around with you everywhere

any further questions, i refer you to the title of this thread

felt like this had to be recorded somewhere. from the mean streets of downtown boston, in the year of our lord 2013:

http://i.imgur.com/YX0MQs9.jpg

4 LYFE

bloody hipsters

gr80, maybe look into army surplus retailers online for a suitable carryall? i don't know if you could find something sleek / professional looking enough to work with a suit but there are countless affordable options.

tracer will you come be my personal valet as i commute from home to two different offices on public transportation

"ive had a herscehl for like 18 months now, taken it on trips, no complaints abt quality

― max, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:40 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink"

This is good to know.

This is the one I want: http://www.madewell.com/madewell_category/BAGS/backpacks/PRDOVR~56938/56938.jsp

oh i am v v taken by this herschel backpack: http://shop.herschelsupply.com/survey-backpack.html

(i use a tin tac record bag - because i have to carry my work laptop around with me most of the time, which apparently some of us are too good to do - but it is well heavy)

what do you carry in there gr80?? seriously? homework? sweet unguents? the official rules of major league baseball???

if it is your work laptop then it should be at work, surely

water bottles, camera

feel like this 'men should be MEN and not carry ANYTHING' bullshit can gtfo already

I carry so much shit around I need two bags most days. It's a problem.

but where will i put my sweet unguents

pls imagine here a link to that piece about how the "minimal lifestyle" is in many ways a demonstration of how wealthy you are, that you don't need to hold on to stuff because you can buy whatever you need at any given time.

men don't carry bags, that's why they invented cargo pants and cellphone holsters

sweet unguents?

lol i do actually usually have a small tube of neosporin and a bottle of aspirin in my backpack-- hilarious, i'm sure

my current employment has me alternating between two offices in two separate buildings. even on weeks when i'm scheduled to be at one office two days in row, there's a chance that could change overnight, so i take my laptop and external drive home with me every night, along with some essential paper files and notes/notebook

additionally, being adverse to waste and having an affinity for coffee and water, i usually have a steel water bottle and a travel mug with me, and occasionally a small tupperware container with lunch inside

as dayo speculated, i usually have one or two cameras with me (usually just a compact point-and-shoot, but occasionally an SLR with a bulky lens).

depending on the weather, i may need to stuff a small umbrella or a scarf inside too

also, an ipad for reading material on the train as well as a small pouch with my earbuds inside

once or twice a month i might have a change of clothes with me, depending on plans

i'm way jealous of your ~everything's in the cloud, maaaan~ lyfestyle but i like having things with me i guess; kanye shrug

It's crazy to me to think that anybody without a car, or as I sometimes wistfully think of them "rolling storage lockers," could leave their home for 8-10 hours every day and not have some sort of bag, particularly if that person's job requires carrying any sort of material around. Even if women's clothing came standard with practical pockets and I was traveling light that day, I'd still have to take a purse with me to hold something to read on the train.

Plus to gr80's point re: not wanting to be wasteful, even if you didn't give a shit about generating a lot of trash, not carrying a water bottle/your own coffee/lunch gets insanely expensive if you aren't lucky enough to work somewhere fancy that provides coffee and water.

or what c sharp major said!

make yr lunch at home every morning and upload it to the cloud; download it on yr smartphone when u get hungry

whoa people. i was not talking about men only!! i'm talking about everybody!

gr8080 i want to be your personal feng shui decluttering guru. let me take your points in turn.

- having your "own" computer for work is already sooooooo last decade. sit down at any desk, login, there is everything you've been working on. your profile is synced. if your office IT system can't do this now i'd be surprised but it'll happen soon if not

- water. use the faucet/water cooler at work, or wherever

- coffee. my answer to this is that i have an aeropress of my own at work, and a mug at work, and a bag of ground beans at work.

- cameras, i can't help you there. it's true, specialized equipment needs protection. if you're a shutterbug i guess you can't just have it freeballin. hmm. maybe a camera case?

- scarf. wear it.

- umbrella. hold this. if small enough stick in back pocket.

- ipad. gtfo

- change of clothes. you scamp.

.. honestly the only real dealbreakers here that require some sort of bag are the ipad and the cameras, and possibly the umbrella. part of my argument is that you do not need the cameras on your commute, and you do not need your ipad on your commute either. (i use my phone for reading material). YOU CAN DO THIS.

i bring my lunch to work in a paper bag that i carry in my hand.

o_o

whoa people. i was not talking about men only!! i'm talking about everybody!

lol sure

...? idgi

i don't get what's so great about not carrying things around

buy more stuff and get a separate coffee brew set-up for each office location

declutter your life

Your umbrella solution assumes the existence of back pockets, for one. Women's clothes do not come with usable pockets, as a rule. xp

lol elmo

- having your "own" computer for work is already sooooooo last decade. sit down at any desk, login, there is everything you've been working on. your profile is synced. if your office IT system can't do this now i'd be surprised but it'll happen soon if not

Also this assumes that anywhere you would be working will have a computer there ready and waiting for you.

tracer i'm not going to get in to the details of how my job works but trust me that i need to have my own laptop, do not have space for/access to a drinking fountain or coffee maker

also full disclosure today my umbrella is technically strapped to the exterior of my backpack and not tucked inside

also are you that clueless as to how a scarf works in relation to changes in temperature throughout the day?

i fully admit that if i commuted with a car to a single office then yes, i could buck up and live a glorious backpack-free lyfestyle

This conversation is infuriating because it exemplifies one of my biggest irritations: when one person (that's you, Tracer) assumes that what works for him MUST work for everybody else.

I don't carry a bag because when I do I wind up filling it with shit I don't actually need to be carrying around. 95% of days the most I actually need is food, one book, and maybe one or two documents from work, all of which can fit in a plastic or paper shopping bag, which may not be the greatest style move but at least it prevents me from taking more than I need.

but yeah I have an office, no need for a laptop, etc.

if i need a scarf in the morning for work i generally need it when i'm going home..?

buy more stuff and get a separate coffee brew set-up for each office location

declutter your life

haha ok, you got me here. still though. i looove never buying cups of coffee or carrying a thermos or w/e

xpost need i remind you what board this thread is on, get one tote bag

when one person (that's you, Tracer) assumes that what works for him MUST work for everybody else

i think we're going to have to agree to, well, not necessarily disagree, but that i am completely right and that everyone else is completely wrong