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Old 08-30-18, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Maelochs
This is hilarious ... a person starts out by acknowledging that everything about fashion is entirely subjective, and then goes on a rant about how "wrong" everyone else is ....

Did you ever think that a lot of the people who see you think you look terrible? No, because it is All In Your Head.

And maybe they are every bit as convinced as you are that they look absolutely fabulous. You think you are doing it "right," but cannot seem to grasp that they think the same ... and their opinions carry Exactly the same weight as yours.

I don't have any problem with people who think they look great. No reason not to dress in the way that each finds pleasing. And for all I know, you and I share exactly the same tastes ... BUT ...

I refuse to be so small-minded as to think i am right for everyone, and I refuse to put everyone down if they have their own tastes.

This is where threads like this will always end up ... People who cannot say "I am doing it right" and at the same time refrain for telling everyone else they are doing it wrong.
Yep, but the problem is that they absolutely do not look great. It's nature, dude. You stay away from the scary looking things in the jungle, they might eat you or poison you. I steer clear of tasteless humans. An overweight middle-aged guy with a braided goatee and garish kit 100% looks horrible. That's his option. And it's my option to shake my head and wonder how he ended up with such sartorial ineptitude.

Also, we're not talking about some guy who walked down to his local shop and needed some bibs and socks to ride. We're talking about guys spending time and money to seek out these kits. And they're overwhelmingly abysmal. And now it has become an arms race. I was in the biggest city in my state last weekend for a wedding. Saw tons of roadies downtown. One after another had on some terribly ugly clothes. It was comical by the end of the weekend. I tried, in vain, to find one classy looking rider. Nope.

As a wise man once said, "Man, I can tell you're lame by the way you wear your shorts."
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