GaiusM
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Looks like all those years spent poring over Pindar and Statius will finally pay off."overtly classicist"
Gravitas et dignitas for a sport coat and tie, what a bargain
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Looks like all those years spent poring over Pindar and Statius will finally pay off."overtly classicist"
being “better”, doesn’t require an apology.
The comments are dumb, but the tone of the article is mincing and judgemental, so it's not hard to see from where they come. If the author had presented himself differently, been less prescriptive, and maybe titled his story "Why I enjoy dressing up for flights" then he might have gotten a different reception.I draw your attention to this recent Washington Post op-ed by David Coggins in which he makes the case for wearing tailored clothing on airplanes:
It's worth scrolling (trolling?) through the hundreds of comments, most of them oozing bile, to wit:
"You look like a complete moron sitting there in your sport coat."
"Pure snobbery."
"Reeks of elitism."
"What a bizarre and elitist little twit."
Many comments were variations of “nobody cares what you wear”—a common self-justifying trope that is objectively false, since strangers have only a few ways of judging you (and they do), one of them being your attire.[1]
One unwitting reader accused the author of being “overtly classicist,” although Coggins does not identify himself as a scholar of the Parthenon marbles.
I was not surprised by the pushback to wearing tailored clothing on an airplane (or anywhere else these days; I got eyes). What amazed me was the deep vein of anger this rather innocuous column opened. Apparently anyone who wears a sport coat and corduroy trousers is now a soul-crushing elitist conniver bent on world domination, despite that the true elites--corporate CEOs (oligarchs?) whose companies pay essentially no taxes--wear hoodies.
Well. We have entered the end times of...something?
[1] By the same token most people will claim they are “not influenced” by advertising, an assertion which if true would render the global $700 billion advertising industry a colossal waste of corporate resources.
To be honest I just thought it would be something SFers would enjoy reading. If I'm ever in the need of solace I'll go have an espresso (corrected with grappa) at my tailor's.I wonder if maxalex posted this in our fine forum in hopes of finding some degree of solace in the wake of that enlightening media article.
What does he find? A community which celebrates the enjoyment of classic mens clothing by calling such "snobbery" and affectation. If this is what one finds in this forum, then there is no wonder as to the opinions of the wholly unappreciative.
Dressing on airplanes can be uncomfortable for a single reason. In steerage particularly, the minimal width of the seats does not permit adequate movement and space for ventilation between the body parts of even an average-sized male.
Also, flying is not bad because of trendy and misplaced mores regarding climate impacts. It is bad because from the moment you arrive at the airport you are subjected to a series of humiliating, dehumanizing protocols and policies which regard you more as cattle and criminals than customers. It is for this reason I refuse to fly commercial airlines.
But if that doesn’t sway you, then remember this: An article a few years ago revealed that one airline told their gate agents that they could upgrade people who were dressed attractively.
I have news for you: you aren't "better." That's the whole problem with this way of thinking. You are welcome to wear what you like –I don't actually have anything against wearing a sportcoat and tie–, but as soon as you try to justify it with some retrograde classism, then that is where you become a snob.