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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 149 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

Where's the funny? Ragebait isn't funny.

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[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 109 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Just in case anyone is wondering how true this is, about 10 years ago, an Australian TV anchor decided to keep wearing the same suit and see how long it took people to notice.

After a year, no one had mentioned it.

That said, I agree with the man's statement that it would overwhelmingly be women who criticized other women for wearing the same clothes.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 40 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

an Australian TV anchor decided to keep wearing the same suit and see how long it took people to notice.

There's a running joke in sitcoms, particularly with B-list characters, where a kid breaks into their house and finds a closet full of the same identical outfit over and over again. I know the Simpsons did it with Principle Skinner. I'm pretty sure Save By The Bell did it with Principle Belding. There was some 80s pod-person movie that used the trope as well.

There's also a classic joke about groomsmen all dressing the same during a wedding, so if anything happens to the groom you just have the whole crew slide over to the right and keep on trucking.

I vaguely remember some Econ joke about guys being a fungible commodity.

None of these are intended to be complimentary.

it would overwhelmingly be women who criticized other women for wearing the same clothes

Definitely different standards. Although I've found this tends to take hold as women get older and start climbing the workforce ladder. You'll find plenty of college girls (particularly during exam time) who give absolutely zero shits about their appearance. Also, when women are unemployed.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 50 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

There's a running joke in sitcoms, particularly with B-list characters, where a kid breaks into their house and finds a closet full of the same identical outfit over and over again.

More true for cartoons than sitcoms. Rosanne actually fought with the producers on her show to have her characters reuse outfits. She hated how supposedly working class characters on TV somehow never wore the same outfit twice. She even had some pieces of clothing get handed down to the younger actors when the older ones outgrew them. It's a shame she became a right-wing loon, because she was one of the few people to make a realistic sitcom about working class people (only other one I can think of is Malcolm in the Middle).

[–] nomous@lemmy.world 34 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

It's really hard to overstate how different Rosanne was when it first aired. They had money problems, they'd yell at their kids sometimes, they weren't perfect. They were a "normal" family on TV that people could relate to.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 27 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Not only did they have money problems, but they absolutely affected the family. There wasn't the "money isn't really important" message at the end of the episodes so many shows go with. Money's extremely important - especially when you don't have it.

Being working-class was hard, and it had an impact in every aspect of their lives.

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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 weeks ago

At the same time a local TV personality (Christiane Charrette) has been dressing the same way since at least the 90s and no one cares... She found something that fits her well and adopted it.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 89 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

If my wife bought a cute dress and only wore it once, I'd be annoyed af.

"Fast fashion" is a plague of waste. Wear your shit until it falls apart.

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 28 points 4 weeks ago

Even better, repair it before it falls apart.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 62 points 4 weeks ago (46 children)

I wish it was socially acceptable for men to wear the colorful stuff women do on formal occasions. It's almost always black, white, grey or maybe dark blue.

I want things like paisley suits to be considered normal. Why not? It's just a pattern.

I'm not saying it because I want to do it, I'm saying it because I want to see it. Make congress a sea of color rather than a bit here and a bit there.

[–] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (7 children)

I honestly wish more stuff that is shown on runways would make it over to men. There’s a lot of fun that can be had. Plain suits are boring, even if you add color to them.

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[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 14 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (13 children)

I wish it were acceptable for men to wear bright dresses.

I said that to my wife a few months ago, so she said “why don’t you try on some of mine?”

So yeah, I now have few dresses I wear around the house. They’re great. Nice and floaty.

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[–] mynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.world 50 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Every time my wife worries about not wearing the same thing, I get her to list any outfit the others were wearing last time.

It's all in your head.

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[–] ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world 43 points 4 weeks ago

To quote the immortal Al Bundy: 'don't try to understand women, son. Women understand women, and they HATE them'.

[–] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 42 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

I wish women would wear more dresses either way. They look great. My wife used to, but we are 28 years together and she basically now wears the clothing equivalent of UGGs.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 61 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I think there are healthy ways to encourage it. Take her out to a nice dinner. Dress nicely yourself.

But also, find her attractive regardless of the clothes.

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 29 points 4 weeks ago

This, and compliments

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

But also, find her attractive regardless of the clothes.

I usually find women the most attractive without any.

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[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 22 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

"I'm wearing a shirt that makes a man want to buy me another shirt."

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[–] burgersc12@mander.xyz 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

What are you wearing that makes her feel like she should dress up? I'd bet you put as much effort into your outfits as the "UGG equivalent" as well.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

This is completely true. I started dressing nicer, just because I wanted to look better, and my wife started dressing nicer shortly afterwards. We never even talked about it until much later, it just happened organically

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 18 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Didn't work for me. My wife just apologizes for looking homeless when we leave the house.

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I wish women would wear more of what the individual woman wants to wear, as I do with my attire.

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[–] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 38 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

As a guy, I definitely don’t give two shits about anyone wearing the same outfit. Heck, I dress like a cartoon character: I buy seven identical shirts, seven identical pants and just wear that until things need replacing.

To an outside observer, it would look like I literally have one outfit that I wear for two months straight. I very rarely switch up a shirt when it’s either too hot or cold, but other than that, I like to keep it really simple.

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[–] ConsistentAlgae@reddthat.com 37 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

I think most people are missing the point.

For work I wear the same free t-shirt to support “brand awareness” once a week.

It doesn’t matter if it’s man or woman making the statement this is what matters: what sad fucking life are you living to notice what I wear every day?

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 36 points 4 weeks ago

A co-worker from years ago once said "if you're noticing that I'm wearing the same shirt repeatedly, it's more your problem than mine."

[–] V4sh3r@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago

I had a co-worker, in a different office than me, who had two of the same shirt. She decided to wear only those two shirts to work until somebody said something. A little more than 3 weeks later and someone finally commented on it.

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[–] anticurrent@sh.itjust.works 36 points 4 weeks ago (9 children)

This is a misery of their own making, men have no hand in that!

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[–] dogsoahC@lemm.ee 30 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

We don't even get multiple outfit options. We get

  • a suit
  • an innoticably different suit
[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

You can make your own clothes like me (early 50s, married cishet male), then have people question your sexuality and try to hook you up with their guy friends.

I just like dressing the way I want to dress and sometimes I want a burgundy corduroy dress suit or neon trews.

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 25 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Tonight on channel 13 we have the hit game show: Toxic Cesspool or Surprisingly Reasonable? Today we'll be looking at the comments on this Lemmy thread. Tune in for the exciting conclusion!

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[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 weeks ago

reddit post (derogatory)

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

As a woman, my female friends are more likely to tell me that they like that dress after seeing it a few times

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 weeks ago

I honestly don't think most people care regardless of sex... maybe this is just rich people problems.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Bullshit - women don't buy new outfits every day, they own a number of clothes they wear repeatedly and they get along fine. It's time for this silly complaint to die.

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[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That doesn't change anything. The reality is the issue at hand. Is there is a double Standard? Is it very prevalent through out our culture? should it be changed? These are the issues.

Far too often people take any form of feminism to be all encompassing of the most extreme views they've heard, or even that others have claimed without reason. Feminism isn't oppositional to men, it's not even blaming men, just like toxic masculinity isn't about ''men bad'' because it includes problem like ''men are conditioned to repress their emotions which is harmful to men'' and ''men being drafted and not women perpetuates a view that men are disposable, this is a really negative view that's deeply harmful to men''

It's not about who's to blame, who is the enforcer, where did it begin. And not every privilege is a insult to the group that has it. Women do have privileges as well, they are less likely to be suspected of child sexual abuse in professions with children, They receive far less prison time for convictions, they get favored in family court rulings. This doesn't negate all Feminism, nor does it disparage women, these are very borad social realities, that are difficult to change. There are Feminists who have advocates to include women in the draft, there are women who have tried to put forth changes in child rearing to reduce the chance a boy will grow up to be emotionally repressed. It's not about who is to blame, it's about seeing a double standard and working on it.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago (9 children)

I agree with most of what you said. However, this poster seems to be framing this particular issue as an example of men enforcing a double standard on women. If that's not what they intended to convey then they should choose a different way to express their idea that better communicates the intended message.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

girls cant wear the same dress twice

$5 says she's typing this out in yoga pants.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 11 points 4 weeks ago

I still don't really care

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think I've ever noticed anyone wearing the same outfit multiple times. I couldn't tell you what any of my coworkers are wearing today, because it's been over 10 minutes since I looked away from my screen. I'm assuming people do reuse their clothes though. I know I don't throw them away after wearing them exactly once.

My old boss is an exception - she had a different outfit for every day, and every single one of them looked like it'd taken more consideration to put together than I've ever put into clothing. So when she wore the same thing again sometime later, it was noticeable only because you were already conditioned to expect something new every day. Never heard anyone make a comment about repetition though - only compliments about the styles.

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