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You can own one belt if it is brown/black reversible.

Brown belt goes with earth tones and brown shoes:

Blue jacket, tan pants
Green tweed jacket, tan pants
Blue-grey tweed jacket, blue pants
Brown jacket, olive pants
Blue jacket, olive pants
Tan jacket, brown pants

Black belt goes with neutral tones and black shoes:

Blue jacket, grey pants
Grey jacket, black pants
Black jacket, grey pants
Black jacket, blue pants

I once knew 4 seasons shorts guy and he was a hero to me. And I don't mean bought at a fancy hotel

but I also get that clothes are not so fun for everyone - can't really make a controversial opinion out of this. I guess I think clothes *could* be more fun for more people, but are somehow presented as intimidating or insidery or something? and lots of people who talk about clothes seem to like insulting people.

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clothes are fun i just like casual clothes more

Feeling NV on this one. I'd go everywhere swaddled in a blanket if the world were run by cool people.

All this 'just get seven pairs of 1000 thread count slacks, three gold leaf vests, twelve and a half pairs of bespoke koala skin loafers, and fourteen faux silk Columbian neckties and you're set' nonsense is exhausting to just read. I have enough presentable shirts to get me through a week of work. Done.

Black jacket, blue pants

ehhhhhhh

This is a super interesting article re: style. I suppose it is broadly a challop, but it is deep in pointing to snobberies is the wealthy/urban

buy whatever clothes you like and look however you want (my controp there)

however i do believe in dressing for the occasion

Most of my garments are at least threadbare or frayed or full-on holey or have like a bleach spot or two and I'm like who caaaaares. Yes, I have a 'blazer' and a 'suit jacket' and nice-ish 'black dress shoes' and they sit in my closet collecting dust until a funeral or a fancy birthday party rolls around.

I came of age during the grunge era, whaddaya want from me.

so you only wear them in life or death situations

controversial opinion:

i actually enjoy Diners, Drive Ins and Dives more than any Anthony Bourdain show

I mean also if you don't like wearing a suit then you're never going to look good in a suit... but if you're guy fieri you're going to *own* those shorts and that bowling shirt

chinavision otm; I regard all these "shoulds" as an opportunity for fun and variation and self-expression and, basically, joy. I feel good when I'm dressed appropriately for a situation. But I don't like it when ppl use it as a cudgel to put others down; that's not about fun and joy.

When I am in a situation where I get/need to dress up, I regard each day's choice of tie (or whatever) as a pleasing romp, an opportunity to inject some color and life into the day.

If someone regards clothes as a prison and dressing up as a horrid cliff of discomfort and risk and socioeconomic/class anxiety, I empathize with them. I wish it could be a place of fun for them too.

i may buy this, dont' outbid me
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1949-King-Features-Mens-Neck-Tie-Cartoon-Snuffy-Smith-Buy-It-Now/112604748687

it's a "buy it now" dude

never mind, bought it.

ymp otm

dunno if i'll ever wear it but i imagine it will be great for my funeral

ILX has a shorts all year dude!!1!

Just saw one of these specimens at the grocery store. He was waiting a hail storm out near the door to get back out there... Shorts all year people scare me and make me irrationally angry.

does the anger subside in direct proportion to the length of the shorts or are there peaks and valleys?

i actually enjoy Diners, Drive Ins and Dives more than any Anthony Bourdain show

Co-sign, actually

That Snuffy Smith tie is amazing!

xps let me add here that i am usually wearing shorts as part of gym clothes because i am going to or coming from some kind of exercise. and i am a college student and can get away with dressing that casually.

does the anger subside in direct proportion to the length of the shorts or are there peaks and valleys?

― Philip Nunez, Friday, December 8, 2017 7:46 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Peaks and valleys man. It's a minefield.

white dreads are actually okay

too far

Going to the gym is unnecessary, just walk more and smoke cigarettes you'll be fine

The handful of OK white dreads people I know are exceptions to a very, very good rule.

going to the gym is fun. so is walking.

Going to the gym is unnecessary, just walk more and smoke cigarettes you'll be fine

I can tell you categorically that this is a losing strategy.

i am more okay with white guys with dreads than i am with white guys with cornrows if we're grading on a curve here

My personal white dreads acceptability flow chart goes: Are you Ari Up of the Slits, circa 1979? Yes/No.

Going to the gym is unnecessary, just walk more and smoke cigarettes you'll be fine

I can tell you categorically that this is a losing strategy.

― Simon H., Friday, December 8, 2017 2:58 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hey it works for me. if it shaves off 5-10 years of my life all the better

What's wrong with them?

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/43/a0/a8/43a0a806ebeadb2cbdfb07190274e64d.jpg

bumbleclot!

Smoking is a v good way to curb one's appetite. you don't need to go crazy, 3 - 5 cigarettes a day. plus second hand smoke in the world has been virtually eliminated + it's dramatically reduced the risk of cancer i feel

Some extremely disturbing shit in this thread today.

I know. Shorts are really becoming a problem

Shirts that fit you everywhere except around the collar exist

The shruggle is reel

concerts shouldn't have more than two acts

that's a reasonable opinion

I agree except for punk and extreme metal shows where the sets average 20 minutes. In any case the show should be over by 11, max, if it's a weekday

Probably the opposite of a controversial opinion in these parts of course

only about 15% of musical artists should do concerts that last longer than 90 minutes and about 40% should aim for 70 minutes or less

bands should be rated at the end of their sets and blacklisted if they get below a specific score for 2 years

only 1 band should be allowed to do 90+ minute concerts, and that band is U2, and they should be forced to do a concert that never ends and can't be recorded or distributed, somewhere far away, until they die

it just goes on and on my friend