Why do some people wear ties?

Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by valich, Dec 20, 2005.

  1. valich Registered Senior Member

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    So tight around the neck. Such a burden to put on. Looks dumb: just like a public display. Sure, it's a pattern of style dating back to the 17th century and was an indication of a membership to some sort of society or organization. By why still today? What's the purpose?
     
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  3. Light Registered Senior Member

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    I stopped the moment I retired. But the only reason I wore one up until that time was because it considered the "proper thing" for a professor to do.

    Look at it from the other perspective; would I have appeared as professional if I showed up to give a lecture while wearing ragged jeans and a baseball cap?
     
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  5. Hapsburg Hellenistic polytheist Valued Senior Member

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    I don't wear a tie. If I ever wore a tie, it'd be a bowtie. A white bowtie. Those look cool.
     
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  7. Neildo Gone Registered Senior Member

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    That's basically it. Until our old and outdated bosses finally croak and have new people in charge, it'll remain that way.

    Do people in Japan still wear suits? I remember awhile back hearing that for the Kyoto Protocol, they were going to keep their use their air conditioners a few degrees less, which uses less energy but makes it more hot, so they were going to quit wearing suits for it. Did that go through and is it still happening?

    Well nobody is saying ragged jeans and a baseball cap, heh. How about just some nice pants or dockers with a collared or polo shirt? Thankfully the casual wear of most offices are like that, not requiring a full on suit and tie.

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  8. valich Registered Senior Member

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    Hong Kong too was saying that they were going to lower the themostats and not require their employees to wear suits and ties (just short-sleeve shirts instead), but I have no idea if this worked yet. It's ironic that it's now even a tradition of seniority and respect in Asia even though Asians never even wore them before Westerners arrived. They just adopted the style to comform to international proper attire.

    I'm in the same position too. Sometimes you just have to wear a suit and tie or else you come across as a rag-tagged bum, but there are some break aways out there that do defy it. And then out here in the Southwest (Nevada-Arizona-Texas) they often wear those slide-chord-pendant bolo ties and they seem to be accepted as an alternative.
     
  9. phlogistician Banned Banned

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    I've had to wear a tie for work previously, but generally, as long as we are presentable, we don't have to wear one. I don't, therefore. Even if I wear a jacket, I usually opt for a roll neck.
     
  10. duendy Registered Senior Member

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    the tie--look at its shape--is a PHALLIC symbol. and thus is worn by thepatrirchal overlord elite in their shitty business dealings which are raping Planet Earth

    nuthin WRONGwith phallic symbol. it is when it is used as a power-OVER symbol--as is the ubequitous tie of WESTERN MALE
     
  11. jack54 Registered Senior Member

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    I think it was originally worn by people living in desert climates to wipe the sweat from their faces. Kind of a funny thing to adopt as formal attire!

    I can't substantiate this, it's just something an English teacher I had a few years ago told us.
     
  12. poliwog Registered Senior Member

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    I wear one to be cool. It sounds strange, I know, but in the world of middleschool when you wear something to set yourselfe apart from the croud it makes you THE COOLEST! The odd thing is that my principal tried to make me take the tie off. :bugeye: Said it wasn't in the uniform policy or something stupid like that. But it is okay because I happen to know that he is a closet pedophile.

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  13. Avatar smoking revolver Valued Senior Member

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    Ties are stupid, useless and serve no practical purpose.
    Unfortunately I'll have to wear one for all of my professional life

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    I've found out that a simple, red one on a white shirt looks at least moderately good.
     
  14. DouBTlessWonDer socially inferior to TV Registered Senior Member

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    I find that ties look so incredibly sexy, especially when they're casual. But I find it so disheartening that so many guys absolutely abhor wearing ties, is it really that bad?
     
  15. Avatar smoking revolver Valued Senior Member

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    It's not particulary comfortable, especially in summers.
     
  16. Neildo Gone Registered Senior Member

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    Yes, as we prefer not to wear phallic symbols as that's what all the eyes on our pants is for.

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  17. valich Registered Senior Member

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    Phallic symbol??? OH MY GOD! From now on I'm wearing a BIG one!
     
  18. Neildo Gone Registered Senior Member

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    Lol, I remember back in high school when you'd have to dress up for matches for various school sports, one of my water polo friends came to school wearing a penis tie. It was hilarious.

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  19. crazyfreespirit "Custom User Title" Registered Senior Member

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    At my high school all the baskletball players have to wear ties on game days. The game got canceled today for some reason or other around halfway through the day. Almost immeadiatly after the annoucment all the players in the room (like 3...) took of their ties without even thinking about it. Kinda funny it would happen today...and then I read this thread...*waves arms in creeepy voodoo way*

    ....lol at the penis tie.
     
  20. phlogistician Banned Banned

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    I dislike ties for a few reasons. One, first thing in the morning, I don't really appreciate the feeling of something constricting around my neck. I need to have time to let my breakfast get down before I put one on, or I can feel sick.

    Second, I need a big collar size, which is fine, because I have a fairly large chest, but I'm average height, which means I have a lot more shirt around the midriff than I need, unless I buy fitted shirts, even then, they tend to be a bit long. If I can wear a shirt without a tie, I can buy a smaller size, and while it will never close around my neck, bags less elsewhere.

    I'm a tecchie, so have to work with racks of computer equipment, sometimes in fairly confined spaces. I've caught my tie in the sliding rails a few times.

    I do enjoy wearing a tie under some circumstances though. My DJ (Tuxedo, to my US cousins), and a bow tie. Wearing a bow tie, wing collar, etc, means I'm going to a pretty good party, and the shirts I have for such occasions were quite expensive, and fit well, and the cummerbund helps.
     
  21. valich Registered Senior Member

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    Since you wear a collar, don't any of your student's ever bring in a leash?

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    Only joking. I have to wear one too, but not everyday: only with top brass meetings and such.

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  22. Avatar smoking revolver Valued Senior Member

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    I absolutely love girls who wear ties! :m: They look outstanding!
    I've grown up among military personnel, so my childhood and women officers probably has to do something with this preference.

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  23. ArtofWar Registered Senior Member

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    I know guys who ownover 300 ties, NO JOKE

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    , i myself own (i think) 20
    Woman in ties lol, that is caled a fetish. you watched to much "Mash" as a kid
     

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