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To: CodeToad
The idea that clothes are a status symbol is something I am glad has diminished.

That's a straw man argument.

You can shop at Neiman Marcus and still dress like a slob. You can shop at Walmart and dress with dignity.

How much of a status symbol is wearing hard shoes as opposed to flip flops? How much of a status symbol is wearing long pants instead of shorts? When did tucking in your shirt become a status symbol? And guys, those silly baseball caps make you look like Goober Pyle.

The problem is not one of status symbols; the problem is 54-year-old men who dress no differently than they did when they were 4 years old.

159 posted on 10/06/2013 9:01:30 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Let your 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and your 'No' mean 'No.' Matthew 5:37)
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To: Jeff Chandler

“That’s a straw man argument.”

You must not know what a “strawman argument” is to say that and explain yourself as you did.

The fact is people do try to use clothing as status symbols. That is a fact, and it has nothing to do with slobbery.


163 posted on 10/06/2013 9:13:31 AM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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To: Jeff Chandler

“the problem is 54-year-old men who dress no differently than they did when they were 4 years old. “

I’ve known all kinds of extremely wealthy people with great class that do not wear suits to a baseball game. Funny how in life people become suit oriented in their 30’s but by the time they retire they throw away the monkey clothes. Just what possesses people to wear neckties in the first place? Sure, I know the history of neckties, but why wear them now? Dumbest clothing item people wear without question. Sheeple.


164 posted on 10/06/2013 9:16:00 AM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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