Sunday, January 6, 2019

The Article Never Says, By the Way

How Did America Become a Nation of Slobs?

I mean, the whole point of this seems to be "People tell me how well-dressed I am.  Aren't I something?  The rest of you are slobs."

A better thinker might note that the historical decline in standards of appearance coincides with the diminution of good manners and considerate behavior, or the increasingly over-familiar and casual relationship one is expected to have with employers and employees.

This is how people used to dress for a flight:


This is how professional surfers...SURFERS!...used to dress back in more polite days: