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Re: Wearing flashy/status clothes makes people less likely to cooperate with you

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Post by blueflow » Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 2:27 PM UTC

bowsamic wrote: post #76

blueflow wrote: post #72

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Finding distaste in other peoples sayings is not malice. EDIT: I would agree with the post you were referring to, if someone were to judge me based on my boasting I'd rather not work with them because I'd have to put much effort into working around them misjudging me. Please don't judge me on my absence of boasting.

Who said it was? I would be interested in how you parsed that from my comment EDIT: Oh you added a bunch of extra stuff now, please don't ninja edit like that

I added a marker to match your style of editing.

Re: Wearing flashy/status clothes makes people less likely to cooperate with you

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Post by MrBuddyCasino » Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 2:27 PM UTC

emptyfile wrote: post #66

brookside wrote: post #14

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I would buy clothes with no distinctive marks if I could find them. Uniqlo

Love their clothes but their american style boxy fit is horrible. And no tall options.

Nobody wants to sell clothes to lanklets, except maybe the scandis. Infuriating.

Re: Wearing flashy/status clothes makes people less likely to cooperate with you

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Post by mmmpop » Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 2:27 PM UTC

What or who defines "status clothes"?

Is it the little Lacoste alligator that sets people off? "How dare they spend $100 on a shirt just to piss me off!"

I don't care much for your plain t-shirt with a fuck all Patagonia logo on the chest, but if I decided to not cooperate with that person, I'd have been out of a job by now.

Re: Wearing flashy/status clothes makes people less likely to cooperate with you

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Post by sneak » Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 2:28 PM UTC

IfOnlyYouKnew wrote: post #31

r12343a_19 wrote: post #10

I was having this talk the other day: I hate "high end" logo clothes and don't want to compete with people that showcase their logo clothes. The average clothing store is decent enough for me. I would buy clothes with no distinctive marks if I could find them. Just plain material and colors.

Except for sneakers, I can't think of a single category of clothing where it is common to have visible logos?

Designer hoodies.

Re: Wearing flashy/status clothes makes people less likely to cooperate with you

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Post by jcranberry » Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 2:28 PM UTC

The first two studies don't seem like they lead to this conclusion at all. Someone choosing luxury branded clothes on a virtual avatar is completely different from actually wearing luxury branded clothes.

The third study regarding social media would be interesting if I had access to it. But I'm still wondering if this translates to in person communication.

Re: Wearing flashy/status clothes makes people less likely to cooperate with you

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Post by synu » Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 2:28 PM UTC

0xbadcafebee wrote: post #34

OnlyMortal wrote: post #22

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I’d offer that those wearing advertising logos on their clothing don’t have much understanding of fashion. Frankly, it’s vulgar.

A significant portion of fashion is wearing fashion logos.

As you get into the really expensive design stuff from brands, logos disappear. And of course, the people who buy the expensive stuff consider the cheaper stuff to be barbarian.

Re: Wearing flashy/status clothes makes people less likely to cooperate with you

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Post by Brajeshwar » Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 2:28 PM UTC

This reminds me of US Polo and GAP. Their logo keeps getting bigger and bigger on the clothes. I like the Japanese Brand, Muji[1], which has no logo, nor markings at all on their products.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muji

Re: Wearing flashy/status clothes makes people less likely to cooperate with you

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Post by aaaaaaaaata » Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 2:28 PM UTC

wazoox wrote: post #49

I constantly wear clothes with logos such as : O'Reilly, Slackware, Debian, FSF, Postgresql... do you think it makes people less likely to cooperate? :)

Flip a coin, with that list.

Re: Wearing flashy/status clothes makes people less likely to cooperate with you

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Post by k__ » Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 2:29 PM UTC

ftio wrote: post #38

brookside wrote: post #14

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I would buy clothes with no distinctive marks if I could find them. Uniqlo

Came here to make this comment. More than 80% of my wardrobe is from Uniqlo, including 10 dry pique polos, 20 supima cotton tees, and 10 flannel button ups, all black. Makes getting dressed in the morning stress-free because I know I'm going to like how I look every day. The blacks do not fade — I have 5-year-old shirts that look practically as good as 6-month-old ones. Their jeans, especially their selvedge jeans, a…

Uniqlo is too normcore for my taste.

Re: Wearing flashy/status clothes makes people less likely to cooperate with you

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Post by LBJsPNS » Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 2:29 PM UTC

chongli wrote: post #40

IfOnlyYouKnew wrote: post #31

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Except for sneakers, I can't think of a single category of clothing where it is common to have visible logos?

T-shirts with logos all over them are extremely common. The t-shirt as a form of advertising is essentially ubiquitous.

I wear one to advertise my Pro Wrestling promotion. Because it's my promotion. Why I would want to wear someone else's ads I have no clue.