conservative business dress WAYWRN: An Experiment

[SpooPoker]

Real quick - We are talking about looking at pictures of headless men to a bunch of (mostly) straight guys on the internet. No "Internets, Serious (conservative) Business (dress)" meme, but just think about that for a second. Pour all of yourselves a shot of Jack, close your laptops, walk away from the thread. Do not discuss with your wife/GF/SO "You wont BELIEVE what happened on the internet today!". Watch a game of your favorite sport, scratch your balls, kiss your kids, think about calling your moms and grandmas, then come back here and lets really think about it once more. Thats all.

 

[Mr. Moo]

Originally Posted by SpooPoker

scratch your balls, kiss your kids

Hopefully not in this order.

 

[Digmenow]

Originally Posted by SpooPoker

...scratch your balls ... .

Originally Posted by Mr. Moo

Hopefully not in this order.

That oughta make your putter stand up!

 

[cronicmole]

Originally Posted by Manton

It's a frivilous book, though I am proud of it, it's not going to be part of any canon. And if my job went away tomorrow, the economy would go on and no one would notice.

Can you clarify for me what you consider an important job or an achievement?

 

[voxsartoria]

..

 

[srivats]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Didn't you crash your car into a tree while cell-posting something on SF?

- B

At least it wasn't a Ferrari !

 

[Eustace]

I just caught up on this thread and it was like reading Atlas Shrugged all over again, in an even whinier tone, but, markedly better prose.

 

[HenryFlower]

Originally Posted by Eustace

I just caught up on this thread and it was like reading Atlas Shrugged all over again, in an even whinier tone, but, markedly better prose.

This comment makes up for some of the meltdown. Well done.

 

[either/or]

Originally Posted by emptym

You've mentioned that you and others learned about clothing, etc. from your fathers and fathers' fathers. You've/we've also learned manners, what it means to be a gentleman, how to push the bounds with playful, often insulting banter. Many of the young guys nowadays don't grow up with fathers who teach them these things, if they have fathers at all. In a lot of ways, we are raising them on the internet, for better and worse. And yes, I am laying this too at your feet, but not only at your feet. I'm ready to bear the burden too, as are other mods. But what imo makes a forum a good forum isn't good moderation, so much as good discussion.
FWIW you just made it to my SF-top-three. BTW, it's not always a father's job to discuss.

Originally Posted by Manton

It's a frivilous book, though I am proud of it, it's not going to be part of any canon. And if my job went away tomorrow, the economy would go on and no one would notice.

Originally Posted by cronicmole

Can you clarify for me what you consider an important job or an achievement?
-making a difference?

Originally Posted by SpooPoker

Real quick

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Didn't you crash your car into a tree while cell-posting something on SF?

-speaking from experience can hardly be called a bad thing.

 

[ColdEyedPugilist]

Originally Posted by SpooPoker

Real quick -

We are talking about looking at pictures of headless men to a bunch of (mostly) straight guys on the internet. No "Internets, Serious (conservative) Business (dress)" meme, but just think about that for a second.

Pour all of yourselves a shot of Jack, close your laptops, walk away from the thread. Do not discuss with your wife/GF/SO "You wont BELIEVE what happened on the internet today!". Watch a game of your favorite sport, scratch your balls, kiss your kids, think about calling your moms and grandmas, then come back here and lets really think about it once more.

Thats all.

Ayup.

 

[joneog]

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[JohnnyCrockett]

Originally Posted by TC (Houston)

I get what you are saying, but I am probably one of the few who don't think that Manton is overreacting. If I were him I'd be pissed too. He started this thread for a specific purpose, and he dictated what he wanted to see and discuss here. Nevertheless, he has graciously welcomed posters who consistently miss the mark but seem genuinely interested in the subject matter of the thread. He shouldn't have to tolerate people coming in and ******** the thread up to make some sort of statement. We already have the free-for-all WAYWRN thread to admire all the different ranges of business dress, and to ignore the styles we find offputting. A lot of us were excited when Manton started this thread, it's a shame that he's dropping it because some people can't stand to be out of the spotlight, even if they clearly don't belong here.
If Manton wants to start a blog, he can. What you describe above is why people have blogs. That's what they're for. This is a thread on a public Internet forum. No matter how big Manton's ego, he does not own the thread. For a while, this was the "WAYWRN for people who actually know how to dress" thread. It has devolved, and that I find a shame. Too bad. Nevertheless, I think the rage Manton is showing here is quite....silly. EDIT: Frankly, if conservative business dress does actually have a definition (other than being shorthand for whether or not Manton likes your outfit), it is incumbent on Manton, the inventor of the term, to define it in an articulate fashion. There are enough exclusive-to-StyleForum terms of art, slang words, and memes which all the regular posters on this forum understand completely that if folks don't completely "understand" conservative business dress, it's not their fault but rather Manton's inarticulateness.

 

[UrbanComposition]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

I couldn't care less about forum intrigue and politics. I just want to talk about clothes.

 

[Nelton]

Originally Posted by SpooPoker

Real quick -

We are talking about looking at pictures of headless men to a bunch of (mostly) straight guys on the internet. No "Internets, Serious (conservative) Business (dress)" meme, but just think about that for a second.

Pour all of yourselves a shot of Jack, close your laptops, walk away from the thread. Do not discuss with your wife/GF/SO "You wont BELIEVE what happened on the internet today!". Watch a game of your favorite sport, scratch your balls, kiss your kids, think about calling your moms and grandmas, then come back here and lets really think about it once more.

Thats all.

+1

 

[Oleg]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

I couldn't care less about forum intrigue and politics. I just want to talk about clothes.
Amen. Enough of the Lord of the Flies ****. Didn't there used to be pictures of clothes on this thread?