Kingmaker2 Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Certainly not. This isn't the 1920's Hey don't knock the tie, they're great things to wear. Sure, not really for casualware, but when the occassion suits. I can't see why some people get so hung up(no pun intended) on something like a piece of attire! Perhaps because you see the tie as a symbol of conformity and some souls are far too rebellious to adapt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewchase Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Hey don't knock the tie, they're great things to wear. Sure, not really for casualware but when the occassion suits. I can't see why some people get so hung up(no pun intended) on something like a piece of attire! Perhaps because you see the tie as a symbol of conformity and some souls are far too rebellious to adapt. I don't find them as a symbol of conformity, I find them a symbol of mediocrity. The socialists wear them as a a pretend symbol of authority, the incompetent wear them as a pretend symbol of competance, men and women getting on do not in my experience feel the need to wear a rag around their neck. Obviously there are exceptions, funerals it it is respectful to wear a black tie, but in business, not in 2007. Only my view, everyone is entitled to their views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 One good thing about ties - it's much easier to strangle people who wear them, although I'm frequently disappointed to find that it's a clip-on and comes off in my hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dungbeetle Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I have finally realised the base level that many of the forum posters choose for their existences. It just does not seem believable to me that men can not wear ties. Who, apart from guttersnipes, do not wear ties every day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liltedz Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 One good thing about ties - it's much easier to strangle people who wear them, although I'm frequently disappointed to find that it's a clip-on and comes off in my hand. lol lol :R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koenigsinger Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I wear a tie for work, and if I attend a wedding/funeral etc.... other than that I feel no great need to wear one at any other time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagardriley Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Poxy things. I haven't worn one in the last thirty years and I will never under any circumstances ever wear one again. Same goes for wearing a suit as far I am concerned. It's all a load of bull s**t, all designed to con people into believing that because you dress so-called smartly you are better at what you do than you really are. Which, in my book, doesn't make you any better than the bloke who is trying con American tourists (idiots) into buying the London Eye. Take people for their professional abilities, competance and ethics and you won't go far wrong. My Financial Adviser never wears a suit or tie but I can vouch for the fact that he is most certainly s**t hot when it comes to the business of making money for me, and all without the pathetic need to hide his shirt buttons behind a piece of rag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rat Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I don't wear ties at all if I can help it. If I got a job where I HAD to wear one, then I would hate it but would wear it under sufferance. What about under your chin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rat Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Poxy things. I haven't worn one in the last thirty years and I will never under any circumstances ever wear one again. Same goes for wearing a suit as far I am concerned. It's all a load of bull s**t, all designed to con people into believing that because you dress so-called smartly you are better at what you do than you really are. Which, in my book, doesn't make you any better than the bloke who is trying con American tourists (idiots) into buying the London Eye. Take people for their professional abilities, competance and ethics and you won't go far wrong. My Financial Adviser never wears a suit or tie but I can vouch for the fact that he is most certainly s**t hot when it comes to the business of making money for me, and all without the pathetic need to hide his shirt buttons behind a piece of rag. I disagree.... I would be most interested to hear and see how you would find a legal brief representing you in court dressed in jeans and a t-shirt and even more so if the judge wore a shell suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingmaker2 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I don't find them as a symbol of conformity, I find them a symbol of mediocrity. The socialists wear them as a a pretend symbol of authority, the incompetent wear them as a pretend symbol of competance, I'm not a socialist but wear a tie for work, and feel comfortable doing so. So does that make me incompetent then? My very point has been made by your last post and some others. Some of us simply see a tie as smart attire that suits certain occassions. But some like yourself, resent the tie for the percieved symbol that you think it represents. Like you say this is 2007 and I would have thought we'd have moved on by now. Live and let live I say, and that includes tie wearers! this isn't 1920 you know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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