and now, for ya'll motherf***ers who don't actually work......

you can pay 400+ dollars for pants that make you look like you do! And to think I balk at paying over 25 dollars for jeans.....wow. BTW can I sell pre-pissed pants to those who want to look like they have bladder control issues?

https://heatst.com/culture-wars/nor...le-who-want-to-pretend-they-have-a-dirty-job/

it continues to surprise me how many people have more money than sense.

Fuck that shit. My pants look like shit because I actually have a dirty job.

My pants do not look like shit and they cost $40.

The whole premise is just ridiculous. I'm picturing some guy in these jeans with manicured, clean nails and a $300 haircut.

Got my jeans dirty working on the Piedmont Park Project, a community build playground.



Had to wear new jeans to the City Council meeting.

Run for president?

True. Though it is the exact same premiss that gave us jeans as casual wear in the first place.

Reminds me of back in the '90s when there were expensive jeans with holes already worn in them.

Its not so much that "they" have money as it is "Mommy and Daddy" has money.

Mike Rowe?

Meh, it's the world of fashion. Ridiculous is pretty much the base of the industry, with the hope no one wakes up one day, looks around and goes "the fuck...?"

Brother in law once went into the house of a wealthy bod, and noted how battered the kitchen units were. Spent a few minutes going in about how nice they'd look with a lick of paint until it was pointed out they'd paid extra for that look

Mike Rowe talked about this, which is where I first saw them.

He said something about it being a "war on work," which is surprising to me because he usually doesn't go in for hyperbole. There's no war on work, there's just people who like to spend money on really stupid shit. This is the way fashion trends have always run. Like @Captain X said above, remember the jeans with holes in them? What about the "distressed" jeans? High priced clothes that looked like shit. When I worked for a catalog warehouse, we sold a $40 shirt that was called "your favorite shirt" because it was already worn out, or made to look that way. What people will spend their money on amazes me sometimes.

Here's that Mike Rowe article if you're interested: http://mikerowe.com/2017/04/jeans-made-to-look-like-you-work-hard-so-you-dont-have-to/

I can kind of see what he means in that it's like a hipster thing where it's worn ironically, but I'm not sure about the motivation he's assigned to them. Of course, part of that is because I don't understand why anyone would want to wear jeans that look like they just got done rolling around in the mud, let alone pay so much for the privilege to do so without actually having to roll around in the mud themselves.

Mike Rowe might be taking it a bit personally, but his over all point is valid. It undermines people who do work dirty jobs. Let's not forget that Mile Rowe has done these jobs and has been up close and personal with the people who do them, he has respect for these people and not people who shop at Nordstroms.

I've done a lot of dirty jobs, too. I am a staunch advocate of hands-on dirty jobs, because we need those jobs. I believe we should create scholarships for jobs that lead to HVAC, plumbing, and electrical careers, and we need people to do the jobs others don't want to do, but those aren't the be-all end-all of what represents work. I think it is personal for Mike, and I understand that, but to call it a war against work is hyperbolic.

meh-downmarket, slum styling has always been a diversion of the comfortable.

a couple of years back, I overheard some hipster chick making plans with her friends that involved her "punk outfit" being called for. Sub-cultural appropriation, perhaps? Then again, I've been rolling my eyes since the normies discovered Doc Martens...

I'm not implying that. Mental stress kicks my ass, I won't lie. But imagine if I bought...at insane prices.....slacks and a tuck-in shirt & tie? Or whatever cubicle monkeys/corporate types wear - with coffee stains or printer ink stains or whatever to make me look like a white collar guy? Regardless, I'm thinking why not sell military style camo with blood stains & bullet holes?

I don't know what a "normie" is or Doc Martens. Was Doc Marten the guy played by Christopher Lloyd in Back To The Future.

It is silly, yes. I generally hold, however, that the fashion industry realized a long time ago that people pay out the nose for ugly shit that serves no purpose, and have capitalized on that for decades.

Doc Brown.

Taking the stone washed look to the next level.

Are you an actual farmer?

No, I'm a chef.

This is federal Farmer.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Farmer

Compared to a very physically demanding job that would leave one worn completely out and covered with filth, no, I wouldn't compare being an office drone or other such white collar work to be "actually work." When I was just starting work and could only really get the physically demanding, dirty work, hell I wished I'd have the luxury of being able to sit on my ass all day in a climate-controlled environment. I could never get over the assholes on the radio or TV who wanted it to get hotter during the summer, or to snow a bunch during winter. Not like they had to be out in it.

Nope. Office work isn't a luxury, and it creates a divide to think otherwise. This isn't us vs. them. For the love of god, we should at least be able to agree that Americans work their asses off, regardless of whether it's in an office or in the field.

I've done both, and yes, office work is a bloody breeze compared to the work I used to do. I would take a terrible day of that over a good day of doing something like fixing fence or making hay, or demo, or construction, or even that job I had as a janitor over a few summers. Hell, even that job was nice because most of it was inside an air-conditioned mall and had set hours (as opposed to sunrise to sunset) and an hourly wage.

Man, I'd rather take a whipping than haul hay.

Fucking miserable, hellish work.

when I worked construction in Phoenix we had someone's truck radio going all day. Of course they would say "it's a great day in the valley! Sunny and clear, but it might get a little balmy topping out around 105....great day to hit the pool!"
Granted we wore shorts & tennis shoes (shirt optional but discouraged) so it's not like 105 in Iraq wearing a helmet and heavy flak jacket, but we had to really hump hard & fast all day working construction or we got fired.