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I've always thought we got screwed in that western culture seems obsessed with belts...ties...and just about anything else that keeps you tied tight and uncomfortable while half the world essentially walks around in what look like pajamas to me.

Personally, I'd like to see the trend spread as wide as possible.


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I personally feel just the opposite, and regret the dressing down of our society, and the general lack of concerns for our customs and norms. But I have always been a traditionalist.

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but wtf is wrong with being comfy while flying? i think it's ridiculous when i see people dressed up at the airport.

Two words: free upgrade.

You'll never get a free upgrade to business/first class wearing jeans and a t-shirt. That's a sure tip-off to all the people who PAID for business class. But show up in a suit and the check-in Barbie knows she can slip you into the good seats without causing any suspicion.


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I would be all for this pajama phenomenon if it strictly forbade the wearing of bras.


i would be all for men to wear sweatpants or track pants if it strictly forbade the wearing of boxers/undergarments. then us women can gauge the package size. ;)

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I would be all for this pajama phenomenon if it strictly forbade the wearing of bras.


i would be all for men to wear sweatpants or track pants if it strictly forbade the wearing of boxers/undergarments. then us women can gauge the package size. ;)


Please Dri, for the love of God, don't ENCOURAGE men to wear sweatpants. Lordy. I prefer the aluminum foil wrapped zucchini in jeans look myself.


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LOL, dana, i was being sarcastic. i actually prefer tight jeans on guys.... go figure, i like that scrawny boy look.

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but wtf is wrong with being comfy while flying? i think it's ridiculous when i see people dressed up at the airport.

Two words: free upgrade.

You'll never get a free upgrade to business/first class wearing jeans and a t-shirt. That's a sure tip-off to all the people who PAID for business class. But show up in a suit and the check-in Barbie knows she can slip you into the good seats without causing any suspicion.


These days, my above described attire actually works better for me getting upgrades than the full suit, which I think they think makes you either weird, or trying to hard. Striking a tone of casual elegance (which, really, we should ALL strive for) is the best way to get an upgrade.

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It's just setting a bad example early on in life. The reason people dress up is to be viewed with a certain amount of respect.


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I don't give a shit about getting respect from anyone who's gonna give it to me just because I wrap a piece of cloth around me neck and pull it tight.


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There is no rational reason to say bless you when when people sneeze either, but it's still the polite thing to do.

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I don't give a shit about getting respect from anyone who's gonna give it to me just because I wrap a piece of cloth around me neck and pull it tight.
you are poor.


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i friggin hate dressing up. good thing i live in portland.

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Senator <> LooGAR Wrote:
Striking a tone of casual elegance is the best way to get an upgrade.

I totally agree with that - and Loogs, you gotta take into account that you're 7' 8" and that'd be a WHOLE LOTTA PIN-STRIPES to surreptitiously sneak into first class. ;)


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i friggin hate dressing up. good thing i live in portland.


Good luck being a lawyer, all the ones I know wear sweats to court and jock straps/wifebeaters/one black sock to depositions.

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I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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Senator <> LooGAR Wrote:
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i friggin hate dressing up. good thing i live in portland.


Good luck being a lawyer, all the ones I know wear sweats to court and jock straps/wifebeaters/one black sock to depositions.


:lol:
true... one of my guy friends is a lawyer downtown and is the complete metrosexual. Gets lots of attention from women too.


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Senator <> LooGAR Wrote:
Striking a tone of casual elegance is the best way to get an upgrade.

I totally agree with that - and Loogs, you gotta take into account that you're 7' 8" and that'd be a WHOLE LOTTA PIN-STRIPES to surreptitiously sneak into first class. ;)


But that helps a lot, actually. Mostly through pity. They will pity a well dressed giant much more so than a sweat pant clad clod.

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harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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i know, that's the problem I face. i may not even practice law, though, so who knows.

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I don't give a shit about getting respect from anyone who's gonna give it to me just because I wrap a piece of cloth around me neck and pull it tight.
you are poor.


And will never be sticking my nose up someone's ass in an attempt to change that.


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I don't give a shit about getting respect from anyone who's gonna give it to me just because I wrap a piece of cloth around me neck and pull it tight.
you are poor.


And will never be sticking my nose up someone's ass in an attempt to change that.
you are in high school.


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Dude, the velour track suits...YELCH.


nah man, I've seen some ladies around here who pull this look off nicely...not saying everyone can do it, but when it works, mmmmm


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I don't give a shit about getting respect from anyone who's gonna give it to me just because I wrap a piece of cloth around me neck and pull it tight.
you are poor.


And will never be sticking my nose up someone's ass in an attempt to change that.
you are in high school.


Guess again...not everyone turns into a corporate ass-kisser when they get old.

Fisrt concert...Blue Oyster Cult...that should give you some age-range guestimate. I'd place bets on my being older than a guy going by Joey Crack.


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Senator <> LooGAR Wrote:
yr. getting ona plane, put on a fucking sport coat at least.


I don't think the sport coat look would work for me.
I usually just wear jeans and a nice tee or sweater. And tennis shoes that are easy to take off and put back on at the security checkpoint. I laugh at all the women I see in leather pants and stilettos or skirts and panty hose... Like hell I'm going to get trampled in a raging inferno while my hose melt to my skin because I couldn't run in my heels to the emergency exit!

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like ew.

but wtf is wrong with being comfy while flying? i think it's ridiculous when i see people dressed up at the airport. although i wouldn't be caught dead in my pj's at the airport....

Actually, if you're "dressed up" you have better opportunity for upgrading your ticket to First or Business Class. Otherwise, you get to be stuck in Coach with the rest of the schmucks like me.

Incontestable proof that Aural has me killfiled.


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Aural Fixation Wrote:
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like ew.

but wtf is wrong with being comfy while flying? i think it's ridiculous when i see people dressed up at the airport. although i wouldn't be caught dead in my pj's at the airport....

Actually, if you're "dressed up" you have better opportunity for upgrading your ticket to First or Business Class. Otherwise, you get to be stuck in Coach with the rest of the schmucks like me.


Not always. when i was flying back from Helsinki, Finland, they upgraded me to first class [thank god, 9 hr flight], and i'd been travelling from Estonia, up for 2 days.....roughin' it. :D


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