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1. WelkinFolk · 1790835201 · focus · HN ↗

   Well-tailored suits also make you look sharp af. The day I got the most compliments for my clothes was when I was wearing a suit for my college farewell and smoking (no, it's not a cool habit, I'm just an addict) at a tea stall.

   1. watinthedeutsch · 1790835265 · focus · HN ↗

      This is just a cultural effect.

      1. WelkinFolk · 1790835416 · focus · HN ↗

         I'm in India, suit wearing is not really a big cultural thing anymore (and I doubt it ever was for most people). At least if you're not a bureaucrat.

         1. watinthedeutsch · 1790837035 · focus · HN ↗

            No, what I mean is people finding other people in suits attractive is a cultural thing across the world. I am also from India.

            1. WelkinFolk · 1790843384 · focus · HN ↗

               Fair enough. Though there must be some sort of universality in what people find attractive in men. Some lingering evolutionary behaviour (not necessarily suits), no?
         2. zelphirkalt · 1790837366 · focus · HN ↗

            In many places being a bureaucrat is exactly the impression you will make, wearing a suit. Depends on the individual, whether they want that. As an engineer I wouldn't want that.

            1. red-iron-pine · 1790866821 · focus · HN ↗

               yeah its almost a meme -- the real engineers rock up in sweatpants
   2. Muromec · 1790835843 · focus · HN ↗

      I don't ever get compliments if I'm not wearing a suit. Not a single one.

      1. t-3 · 1790892280 · focus · HN ↗

         Do you ever "dress up" in anything but a suit? Color coordination and properly matching all the pieces of clothing, shoes, and accessories are the most basic of basics but very few people do them.

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