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I work an office job, and the dress code is "Business Casual." I like to put a tie on, maybe a sport coat, some nice slacks, dressy shoes, etc. It does a couple of things for me:
1. Wearing a tie makes me feel like I'm actually at a place where I should be presenting myself well, and in a workplace scenario, it makes me feel like I'm working.
2. It's countercultural. I am 25 years old, so business casual has been de rigueur since before I was born. Dressing up that 10% more is, at this point, a countercultural choice. Be a little rebel in your cute little outfit.
3. I look and feel good as hell.
Obviously this won't work for everyone. If you work with your hands, a tie has never been a practical choice. Additionally, if you have to wear a uniform, I'm very sorry for this horrible dehumanization.
Apr 19, 2024
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that shit gives me the confidence and charisma of don draper (but in heels)
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people will like, and respect, you more if you wear a tie. the funkier the tie the greater the reward.
Feb 6, 2024
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just for the pleasure of loosening it on the subway home
player tip: bind & release yourself
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just get clothes for yourself damn, stop driving the goodwill prices up
Apr 19, 2024
With the recent passing of David Lynch, I felt it necessary to explore his works in totality in tribute to the loss of a brilliant artist. This is a journey that I have not yet completed, but it has been a tremendous self-actualizing experience.
I am not alone in this journey. Last week, I watched Blue Velvet for the first time. Not long after I finished the film, analysis videos appeared on my Tiktok feed. It was a fine video and a sound analysis of the film, but not long after I felt as though I had been mentally visited by David Lynch's ghost; shaking his head in disappointment at me. For many years I had been happy to listen to reviews, video essays, other people's analyses, etc., sometimes even before coming to my own conclusions about them. I think the point of David Lynch's works — and indeed art, media, etc., broadly — is to keep asking questions about them. The second you come to a conclusion at all, you stop thinking about the work, and that magic of exploration is lost.
David Lynch believed that within every human being is a vast ocean of consciousness, a creative force within us all or — in a word — magic. When you sit, think, ask questions, and catch your own unique ideas, this is a scrap of magic from that creative ocean within you. It's what makes you human.
So please, put down your phone and log off of your computer a while. Go to a museum and stare at a painting that catches your fancy for a long, long time. Watch a weird artsy film and then take a walk in a park and argue with yourself. And never stop doing that. You are beautiful and capable of making ideas that no one else has had before. And that is magical and should be celebrated.
Thank you for reading this kind of rambling post. I hope you have a nice evening. RIP David Lynch.
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