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> Today is so hoodified you have office workers in sneakers. I'm not sure if that was intended as a dog whistle but you might want to consider that it's coming across as one.
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You're wrong. Style is subjective and it's abhorrent to suggest that fashion associated with certain races is inherently less tasteful than others. You should be ashamed of yourself.
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>As far as I remember, Mulder's suit was meant to look like the cheap and ill-fitting suit that a low-level, young government employee would buy for a dress code and because he didn't want to think about clothing. 1000% times better than what people are wearing today. Today is so hoodified you have office workers in sneakers. The white shirt, suit and trench looks so good. ALSO people where not as obese. This has of…
His uniform was pretty much the federal worker equivalent of the off-the-rack oxford shirt and chinos for a corporate cubical drone like in Office Space. Yes, the tech world brought "casual everyday" to the office. But, ironically, the SF tech scene is full of designer t-shirts and jeans, so the obscenely rich and/or sartorial types can still signal their elite status among casual wear... The Mulder equivalent today…
An off the rack OCBD and suit with a herring or trench over is so so so so so SO much more stylish than "designer t-shirts and jeans" or "clearance rack hoodie from the megamart"!!!
Or do you honestly set a = between them? Are they equal?
We are truly lost, my god.
Explains why I have to fight to get a decent OCBD and Slacks. I have found it and never leaving.
Hoodies are for kids and african americans when in public and I am neither.
I do not mean runway style if you think that. I mean business and/or business casual. YES give me the 90s slacks, OCBD and blazer anyday I am trying trying so so so hard.
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That wouldn't work. The X-Files revolves around a government conspiracy because governments are genuinely scary. They have near infinite resources, can break any law they want at will, are frequently motivated by convoluted social engineering schemes, don't investigate themselves (so it requires a plucky outsider hero character) and so on. If you try and make capitalism the enemy you just end up with Erin Brockovich.
I don't know. Obviously a certain personality type considers government to be an all-encompassing evil (which is the Cold-War era fear the conspiracy theories of the X-Files drew from) but in the modern day corporations (particularly tech companies) seem to be far more competent and dangerous. And I think it makes sense that if there were defense contractors and companies secretly reverse engineering alien technology…
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You live in a fantastic world with instant access to everything in recorded history and yet you choose to rot in front of YouTube. YouTube is full of excellent content. I regularly watch several highly skilled YouTubers the same way that I would watch Norm Abrams and Roy Underhill on PBS as a child. As a child, I could have watched grifting religious folks or Public Access conspiracy peddlers on TV, too.
Another response that (deliberately?) misses the point. I’m going to stop responding after this one. Again, deliberate exaggeration. When I say “rotting in front of YouTube” the key to understand my point is the word “rotting”, not “YouTube”. Good work is done in every medium and on every platform.
First, when many people "miss the point", perhaps you should review your communication.
Second, perhaps you are missing the point that garbage has always been available and, generally, preferred by the masses.
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You're wrong. Style is subjective and it's abhorrent to suggest that fashion associated with certain races is inherently less tasteful than others. You should be ashamed of yourself.
I would be baffled if someone actually preferred the hypebeast style over 90s office blazer/suits of XFiles, but you do you king!
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I would be baffled if someone actually preferred the hypebeast style over 90s office blazer/suits of XFiles, but you do you king!
I don't think it matters what you wear, you will still be a disgusting, frightened little racist hiding behind your anonymity.
You can be a hoodrat in public with your sweatpants and hoodie, your mom thinks you look great! :) And your fellow hoodrats too!
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His uniform was pretty much the federal worker equivalent of the off-the-rack oxford shirt and chinos for a corporate cubical drone like in Office Space. Yes, the tech world brought "casual everyday" to the office. But, ironically, the SF tech scene is full of designer t-shirts and jeans, so the obscenely rich and/or sartorial types can still signal their elite status among casual wear... The Mulder equivalent today…
You make the point for me. An off the rack OCBD and suit with a herring or trench over is so so so so so SO much more stylish than "designer t-shirts and jeans" or "clearance rack hoodie from the megamart"!!! Or do you honestly set a = between them? Are they equal? We are truly lost, my god. Explains why I have to fight to get a decent OCBD and Slacks. I have found it and never leaving. Hoodies are for kids and afric…
My real message here is, perhaps, old fashioned. I believe art's meaning is in the intention of the artist or author, in this case the show producers and costumers who did their work in the 90s. You can understand it by considering the context of their intended 90s audience. If there are records of their production decision process, that would be even better.
It is through this lens that my original post found mild amusement in this young person's misunderstanding of the show's costumes. In the originating context, nobody should consider the federal drone as fashionable. Rather, it signals the least effort the character could get away with. It expressed a "phoning it in" vibe. This person has other priorities and just wants to bypass the cultural gatekeeping of the time.
By comparison, I'd say Scully's clothing started off expressing the straight-laced, eager college graduate of the time who is trying to manage her appearance, on a budget. Something like "adulting" for later generations? I'm not passing judgment on that either. It's just the contrast that was there to establish characters.
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> * Employment was 10x better than today, and not by today's way of counting (which don't count group x y and z) I'm pretty sure we count unemployment the same way. Those groups are just larger now because of age, education and economic malaise.
There were a lot of millennials at the time. Still are, it's just that they're pushing 40 instead of 14.
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Here’s a list of albums just from 1998. Mezzanine from Massive Attack, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Big Pun’s Capital Punishment, You’ve Come a Long Way Baby from Fatboy Slim, and Hello Nasty from the Beastie Boys. The K&D Sessions from Kruder and Dorfmeister. Stunt by Barenaked Ladies. Then there’s one of my personal favorites, Mermaid Avenue from Billy Bragg and Wilco. You mentioned rock. How about Hellbilly De…
All those albums are hilariously overrated and not representative of the truly good music coming out at the time.