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Publicly wearing company-branded clothing signals to others that you're associated with said company. I'm not sure if it's ever a good idea to do so unless you'

Publicly wearing company-branded clothing signals to others that you're associated with said company. I'm not sure if it's ever a good idea to do so unless you're deliberately representing that company (i.e. when you're at work). If you must hide your nakedness with logos, then it may be better to stick with ones that can be construed as relatively politically neutral fashion statements (e.g. sports teams).

mc32 6y ago
Yeah schwag had a place when you were building brand awareness before digital media. Then at some point it became a signal of pride or group membership (although for the habitually frugal it was a way to not buy clothes). I never like advertising for someone else for free. I also don’t need strangers to know whom I work for. Like, why?
rhn_mk1 6y ago
> politically neutral fashion statements (e.g. sports teams) I am disappointed to note that sports teams association will lump people into certain political groups in some places. Turns out separating fashion and politics is hard.
tzs 6y ago
> If you must hide your nakedness with logos, then it may be better to stick with ones that can be construed as relatively politically neutral fashion statements (e.g. sports teams). You can actually get some idea of politics from what sports a person likes. I realized this might be the case when I turned on the TV a month ago and found that the program I had wanted to watch had been preempted for the 2020 MLS Cup final game. I watched that for a while. The game was played in Columbus, Ohio, in front of a live reduce capacity audience. There were 1500 fans allowed in the stadium, and the coverage included quite a few crowd shots. I didn't see anybody without a mask. That led me to wonder if I was looking at a left-leaning crowd, since left-leaning crowds seem much better at wearing masks than right-learning crowds. A bit of Googling then turned up this interesting article: "Which Sport Has Most Politically Liberal Fans?" [1]. According to it, MLS fans do skew significantly left. Farthest left is WNBA, which is way left. Next is NBA, Women's tennis, European soccer, pro wrestling, then at about the same place MLS, extreme sports, and Men's tennis. Farthest right, about as far right as Women's tennis is left, is PGA, then college football and NASCAR, then LPGA, NHL, drag racing, then pro rodeo. Near the center includes college basketball, MLB, NFL, horse racing, monster trucks, and the Olympics. Some of those I found surprising. I would have guessed pro wrestling to be on the right, not the left, and monster trucks to be right, not center. [1] https://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201303/how-politics-correlate-sports-interests https://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201303/how-politics-co...

mc32 6y ago

Yeah schwag had a place when you were building brand awareness before digital media. Then at some point it became a signal of pride or group membership (although for the habitually frugal it was a way to not buy clothes). I never like advertising for someone else for free. I also don’t need strangers to know whom I work for. Like, why?

rhn_mk1 6y ago

> politically neutral fashion statements (e.g. sports teams) I am disappointed to note that sports teams association will lump people into certain political groups in some places. Turns out separating fashion and politics is hard.

tzs 6y ago

> If you must hide your nakedness with logos, then it may be better to stick with ones that can be construed as relatively politically neutral fashion statements (e.g. sports teams). You can actually get some idea of politics from what sports a person likes. I realized this might be the case when I turned on the TV a month ago and found that the program I had wanted to watch had been preempted for the 2020 MLS Cup final game. I watched that for a while. The game was played in Columbus, Ohio, in front of a live reduce capacity audience. There were 1500 fans allowed in the stadium, and the coverage included quite a few crowd shots. I didn't see anybody without a mask. That led me to wonder if I was looking at a left-leaning crowd, since left-leaning crowds seem much better at wearing masks than right-learning crowds. A bit of Googling then turned up this interesting article: "Which Sport Has Most Politically Liberal Fans?" [1]. According to it, MLS fans do skew significantly left. Farthest left is WNBA, which is way left. Next is NBA, Women's tennis, European soccer, pro wrestling, then at about the same place MLS, extreme sports, and Men's tennis. Farthest right, about as far right as Women's tennis is left, is PGA, then college football and NASCAR, then LPGA, NHL, drag racing, then pro rodeo. Near the center includes college basketball, MLB, NFL, horse racing, monster trucks, and the Olympics. Some of those I found surprising. I would have guessed pro wrestling to be on the right, not the left, and monster trucks to be right, not center. [1] https://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201303/how-politics-correlate-sports-interests https://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201303/how-politics-co...