Fucken millennials, man, I tell ya. Not enough soaring WHOOOAAAA-OHHHH-OHHH-OHHHHHS and autotuning for you, I suppose. When I was your age, etc.
― Smoothie Newton (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 December 2017 19:58 (six years ago) link
dude millennials love Björk
― flappy bird, Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
Björk is unlistenable
― flappy bird, Thursday, December 7, 2017 7:28 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
FB'd
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 7 December 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link
bjork is really good but agree w/ 'unlistenable'
― sleepingbag, Thursday, 7 December 2017 21:04 (six years ago) link
There are some moments where I love her but I'll admit that it's a struggle for me to get through a bjork album :(
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 7 December 2017 21:07 (six years ago) link
I want to listen to her but my ears stop working whenever she's on.
― Smoothie Newton (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 December 2017 21:08 (six years ago) link
I am willing to forgive police officers involved in fatal shootings of unarmed people if they admit their culpability, face reasonable consequences for their actions, don't attempt to blame the victims of their actions, and the victims' families forgive them.
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Thursday, 7 December 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
waistcoats are shit. they're twee formal gilets, the apotheosis of try-hard retrograde Gentleman's Fashion. they're basically steampunk.
― ogmor, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:35 (six years ago) link
Occasionally used to wear them when I was younger and didn't look like a twat. I think Dr. Feelgood pulled it off though.
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Friday, 8 December 2017 12:48 (six years ago) link
i made the error of buying one with a jacket a few years ago. if i think of it just as a jacket accessory it's tolerable but the idea of wearing it by itself is revolting
― ogmor, Friday, 8 December 2017 12:55 (six years ago) link
handy for snooker
― after "after cease to exist" (Noodle Vague), Friday, 8 December 2017 13:00 (six years ago) link
I think I still have some left over from a time when I worked in lots of different offices as a roving consultant. I didn't always know whether I was going into a formal business-wear situation, a casual creative one, or a mix of the two.
If I wore a suit (or nice separates) and tie, I'd be overdressed among graphic designers and IT nerds. But if I wore a polo and chinos I'd be underdressed among finance and BD/sales. Vest (with or without tie) could go either way.
Nowadays I wear the t-shirt I slept in and work over Skype, so my grownup clothes wait in a closet for the next funeral.
― didgeridon't (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 8 December 2017 13:26 (six years ago) link
just caught myself browsing "john virgo waistcoat" on GIS, imagined what someone wld think of me if they glanced at my phone, and decided to stage an intervention on myself
― ogmor, Friday, 8 December 2017 13:51 (six years ago) link
"john virgo waistcoat"
good lord why subject yourself to that
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 8 December 2017 14:08 (six years ago) link
inexplicably fond childhood memories of big break
― ogmor, Friday, 8 December 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTQzZGYyYzAtNmMxMC00MTg2LTg4Y2UtZmJmYWFlNGUwMDgwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTgxOTIzNzk@._V1_.jpg
I do too, Ogmor.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 8 December 2017 14:23 (six years ago) link
Did you guys know he has an app and is planning to open a vegan restaurant
― El Tomboto, Friday, 8 December 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
how does he not have his own line, he's missing a trick
― ogmor, Friday, 8 December 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
No! Did read somewhere both Virgo and Thorne lost tens of thousands in gambling. Thorne is ruined iirc. xp
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 8 December 2017 14:29 (six years ago) link
I'm going to be snookering you tonight
― Akdov Telmig (Ward Fowler), Friday, 8 December 2017 14:29 (six years ago) link
rowr
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 8 December 2017 14:36 (six years ago) link
Piscador's John Virgo collection appears to have been discontinued, but there are some reasonable deals on ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=john+virgo+piscador&_sacat=0
― soref, Friday, 8 December 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link
soref you have distinguished yourself yet again
― ogmor, Friday, 8 December 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
love this label
https://i.imgur.com/dLl3gqD.png
― soref, Friday, 8 December 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
oh a waistcoat is a vest? yeah, hard pass on that one
― flappy bird, Friday, 8 December 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
ControOp: men's clothing options are mostly dumb.
― Smoothie Newton (Old Lunch), Friday, 8 December 2017 18:00 (six years ago) link
hard disagree on that one. more men should wear suits. more people should wear suits. or at least blazers & ties
― flappy bird, Friday, 8 December 2017 18:02 (six years ago) link
suits are nice-looking and feeling but way too fussy for daily use
― Simon H., Friday, 8 December 2017 18:04 (six years ago) link
and it should go without saying that it's silly to be prescriptive about outfits that are prohibitively expensive for many
― Simon H., Friday, 8 December 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
i agree but price is no object in blazers & ties you can get a good look going at any thrift store off a highway exit for less than fifty dollars. you don't need to get a tailored suit you just need to scour thrift stores that are very far away from art schools
― flappy bird, Friday, 8 December 2017 18:07 (six years ago) link
u ever hear someone pronounce it "wesket"
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Friday, 8 December 2017 18:08 (six years ago) link
If you conform well to standard proportions, maybe? idk what that's like
― Simon H., Friday, 8 December 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
all of my efforts to fashion together a suit from constituent parts in thrift stores have been abject failures for this reason, unless I pay extra to have the clothes altered and at that point I might as well fuckin buy new. so frustrating
― Simon H., Friday, 8 December 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
honestly the Gap is the only retail clothing store you need to go to for relatively affordable slacks & shirts & blazers. but better to just get slacks there, maybe shirts, and look for a nice blazer at thrift stores, Goodwills, and rural thrift stores
xp thrift stores have like every size imaginable ime. usually way too big 4 me. i get most of my shit in the women's section, especially for jackets
― flappy bird, Friday, 8 December 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
but prescriptive suits/dress codes = dud. you should only wear a suit if you feel comfortable in it, as in, you feel most like yourself.
but we can all agree sweatpants/shorts/SANDALS on airplanes = dud
― flappy bird, Friday, 8 December 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
yeah personally I like wearing formal shit to work once in a while just for the fuck of it and to make my boss nervous that maybe I'm taking interviews. gotta keep em on their toes
― Simon H., Friday, 8 December 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
sweatpants on airplanes/trains/buses = classic, the rest not so much
― Simon H., Friday, 8 December 2017 18:13 (six years ago) link
i vehemently disagree
― Mordy, Friday, 8 December 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
(White) America deserves Donald Trump.
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Friday, 8 December 2017 18:17 (six years ago) link
but we can all agree sweatpants/shorts/SANDALS on airplanes = dud― flappy bird, Friday, December 8, 2017 1:12 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― flappy bird, Friday, December 8, 2017 1:12 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Haven't flown in about a decade, but when I was flying more this was unassailably classic imo.
― how's life, Friday, 8 December 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
Sandals are gross at the airport, yes. I understand wanting to get through TSA quickly, but use boat shoes, Vans, or anything requiring socks. You really want your bare feet on that floor? Ugh.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 December 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
shorts? come on.
― fuiud, mac (rip van wanko), Friday, 8 December 2017 18:20 (six years ago) link
If you're taking away my grown-up sized toothpaste tube, I'm not going to dress like a grown-up.
― how's life, Friday, 8 December 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
I am an American person and I will say that I only heard "weskit" when doing Colonial-era cosplay as a fife & drum corps member at the age of maybe nine.
And yes we know that britishes have different words/meanings for vest, pants, braces, etc., all of which allows for less than a minute of mirth once every few years. Ah, so what you call a fanny/brace/testicle is what we call a lorry/constable/bum? Hardy har har, O my sides.
― didgeridon't (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 8 December 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
Here’s my controversial opinion re fashion: suit jackets and ties are mega-comfortable. With the cost amortized over the lifespan, they are actually among the most affordable pieces of clothing available. Also, men’s ties are overrated and mostly silly/flashy at exhorbitant prices. They are the most flagrant phallic stand-ins of any article or clothing, and there’s very little need to spend more than $25 on a good tie (bow- or neck-).
― rb (soda), Friday, 8 December 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
No-one says 'weskit' in the UK btw.
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Friday, 8 December 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
ties are the one part of a suit I will never spend more than ten bucks on
― Simon H., Friday, 8 December 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
soda = correct
If you find a suit uncomfortable you are wearing the wrong size.
― didgeridon't (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 8 December 2017 18:24 (six years ago) link
wearing shorts and/or sandals on an airplane is fuckin disgusting
xp yea you don't need expensive ties, just get a black tie on amazon or something or some wacky funky vintage Coca Cola tie for casual fridays (flairdays)
― flappy bird, Friday, 8 December 2017 18:25 (six years ago) link