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Seriously, buy some different clothes...

by sc0rb 14y ago

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lsc 14y ago
so... break it down for me. What social advantages do I gain by varying my clothing day-to-day? (I mean, I understand the advantages of fitting your clothing to the situation; that's not my question. My question is, if the situation calls for a suit, what's the problem with wearing the same style of suit every time the situation calls for a suit? the same style of T shirt when the situation calls for a T shirt, etc...) Or, maybe you are just telling me to fit my clothing to the situation. Which I'm not doing right now, mostly as a conservation of effort thing, which is to say, I'm too goddamn lazy to bother. But I understand why, at least.
- sc0rb 14y ago
  If I wore the same clothes everyday (steve jobs style), I'm pretty sure my girlfriend would start to complain and people would start to notice. I don't think it's a good reputation. You're that uninteresting guy from the office that always wears the same clothes.....
  - lsc 14y ago
    >You're that uninteresting guy from the office that always wears the same clothes..... But, uh, yeah. I mean, I'm still thinking that the opposite is more true. I mean, fictional characters often do exactly the same thing[1], really for similar reasons. And, as you point out, it's somewhat unusual, which is not boring, even if it might be offensive to some people. On being more interesting... heh. I should re-arrange my closet like the tvtropes photo below, and post photos. [1]http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LimitedWardrobe http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LimitedWardrobe
    - sc0rb 14y ago
      You seem to relying on wearing the same clothes in order to make yourself stand out and / or differentiate yourself from other people. Why not do that by being good at what you do and friendly to everyone instead? The whole same clothes thing you have going on is just odd. You don't need it and it just makes you strange rather than cool and interesting. You're not a fictional character.
      - lsc 14y ago
        >The whole same clothes thing you have going on is just odd. You don't need it and it just makes you strange rather than cool and interesting. Seriously? you think /that/ is what makes me strange? I'd be "Cool and interesting" if I just learned to dress a little nicer? Oh man. You Java folks really /are/ different. >You're not a fictional character. No... but the popularity of cosplaying[1] in our culture aside, stories and archetypes are how we understand humanity. Marketers try to build the public perception of their company into a sort of archetype that consumers can understand and relate to. It's a model for understanding and predicting behavior. (Personally, I don't know if it's a good model... but it is... poetic?) To the degree that I try to construct a public persona, I keep that in mind. (Not that I have done a very good job of staying within an archetype... I suspect doing so would require changing myself more than I like? But acting more consistently, really, is not a bad thing.) [1] Seriously, like half my friends go to those anime conventions. I think it's kinda weird. My buddy runs http://i360.com http://i360.com - a cosplay photography website. He assures me it's not pornographic... but personally, I think that makes it more weird, not less.

Seriously, buy some different clothes...

by sc0rb 14y ago

Seriously, buy some different clothes...

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lsc 14y ago

so... break it down for me. What social advantages do I gain by varying my clothing day-to-day? (I mean, I understand the advantages of fitting your clothing to the situation; that's not my question. My question is, if the situation calls for a suit, what's the problem with wearing the same style of suit every time the situation calls for a suit? the same style of T shirt when the situation calls for a T shirt, etc...) Or, maybe you are just telling me to fit my clothing to the situation. Which I'm not doing right now, mostly as a conservation of effort thing, which is to say, I'm too goddamn lazy to bother. But I understand why, at least.

sc0rb 14y ago
If I wore the same clothes everyday (steve jobs style), I'm pretty sure my girlfriend would start to complain and people would start to notice. I don't think it's a good reputation. You're that uninteresting guy from the office that always wears the same clothes.....
- lsc 14y ago
  >You're that uninteresting guy from the office that always wears the same clothes..... But, uh, yeah. I mean, I'm still thinking that the opposite is more true. I mean, fictional characters often do exactly the same thing[1], really for similar reasons. And, as you point out, it's somewhat unusual, which is not boring, even if it might be offensive to some people. On being more interesting... heh. I should re-arrange my closet like the tvtropes photo below, and post photos. [1]http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LimitedWardrobe http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LimitedWardrobe
  - sc0rb 14y ago
    You seem to relying on wearing the same clothes in order to make yourself stand out and / or differentiate yourself from other people. Why not do that by being good at what you do and friendly to everyone instead? The whole same clothes thing you have going on is just odd. You don't need it and it just makes you strange rather than cool and interesting. You're not a fictional character.
    - lsc 14y ago
      >The whole same clothes thing you have going on is just odd. You don't need it and it just makes you strange rather than cool and interesting. Seriously? you think /that/ is what makes me strange? I'd be "Cool and interesting" if I just learned to dress a little nicer? Oh man. You Java folks really /are/ different. >You're not a fictional character. No... but the popularity of cosplaying[1] in our culture aside, stories and archetypes are how we understand humanity. Marketers try to build the public perception of their company into a sort of archetype that consumers can understand and relate to. It's a model for understanding and predicting behavior. (Personally, I don't know if it's a good model... but it is... poetic?) To the degree that I try to construct a public persona, I keep that in mind. (Not that I have done a very good job of staying within an archetype... I suspect doing so would require changing myself more than I like? But acting more consistently, really, is not a bad thing.) [1] Seriously, like half my friends go to those anime conventions. I think it's kinda weird. My buddy runs http://i360.com http://i360.com - a cosplay photography website. He assures me it's not pornographic... but personally, I think that makes it more weird, not less.