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This would be the first stage in my proposed revolution,
the second stage being my losing interest which is
actually
happening now as I type, but I'll attempt to finish.
Give janitors the below linked hat. Instead of a skull
with
wings I'd propose a crossed broom and mop, but leave
the
wings.
People would see a person in a position of not authority
wearing a hat of authority and do something. Maybe get
upset, maybe you'd see a news story, certainly some
would
say "What's with these weird fascist janitor hats? Are we
in
danger?"
This would be a thing that may or may not cause stuff
to
happen.
Janitor Hat
https://vignette.wi...t?cb=20171205193610
[doctorremulac3, Oct 16 2018]
Baked!
https://s3-eu-west-...29/main/4/79007.jpg
[doctorremulac3, Oct 16 2018]
Not a baked hat
https://www.youtube...watch?v=nhc1iSr_52w
Although I looked for a baked hat, I found baked beans in a party hat. He pronounces it potty, but that's what he meant. [pashute, Oct 18 2018]
You wanted a baked hat?
https://www.google....arch?q=bread+helmet
[notexactly, Nov 07 2018]
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By the way, it's good to be back. Hello everybody and
please excuse my exuberance and goofyness but I
really love this place. Please move on to the more
serious posts. This was just a test to see if my fingers
still worked. |
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I can see this quickly leading to the phrase "all hat, no broom." |
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New fad sweeps the nation. |
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I would, personally, like to go further than this. I'd like to see
the complexity and elaboratenessness of uniforms be in
inverse proportion to social status, across the board. Rough-
sleepers would be given free uniforms with colossal hats and
multi-tiered epaulettes. Generals, presidents and popes
would go stark bollock naked. |
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No, no one needs to see that. A bag of cheetos is more appealing. |
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//I would, personally, like to go further than
this. I'd like to see the complexity and
elaboratenessness of uniforms be in inverse
proportion to social status, across the board.// |
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There's a bit of that here in Silicon Valley. The
billionaire CEOs of Google, Facebook, Apple etc
NEVER, and I mean NEVER wear a suit and tie.
Started by Steve Jobs I believe, the statement is
"I'm a billionaire, I wear what's comfortable and
don't care what you think. I'm wearing loafers
when I get into the limo taking me to my private
jet so you can enjoy your expensive suit on your
way to fly first class along with all the other
cattle." |
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It's a weird kind of reverse (or not reverse)
snobbery. Steve Jobs himself lived down the street
from my parents, in the decidedly more expensive
side of town, but it was just a well off man's large
beautiful house, not an ostentatious manor like he
could have easily afforded. |
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If you want to see self appointed royalty, you'll
have to go to Hollywood down south. Those houses
are jaw dropping palaces and they act the part. |
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Incidentally, I've always posited that the suit was
not so much for decoration as for primary physical
dominance trait indicator equalization of
men to allow easier business negotiation without
distraction. |
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When men do business, there's a primitive part of
them that compares physical traits of dominance.
Height, musculature etc. |
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The suit obscures several parts of the body
equalizing the parties so they can get down to
business without being distracted by primitive
instincts to associate dominance with physical
characteristics. These parts of the body that are
obscured are: |
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1- Neck. A skinny neck indicates low musculature
and weakness. This is why we have a tie, to cover
the neck with a high collar cinched with an
adjustable knot. |
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2- Belly. A pot belly compared to a flat washboard
ab belly points to age and weakness. Suits hang
such that the belly, flat or bulging is largely
covered up. |
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3- Lower body. Loose pants cover large leg muscles
and other parts whose size may be judged larger or
smaller by comparison. Use your imagination. Or
don't. Don't is probably better. |
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4- Arms and shoulders. These are probably the
biggest indicators of who would win in a physical
fight and they are, again, covered and obscured,
even so much as having fake muscles added to the
most important part, the shoulders in the form of
shoulder pads. |
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5- Finally, height. You can wear shoes with heels
up to 1.5 inches thick. Just a few inches can make
the difference between two males being distracted by
primary dominance characteristics or getting down to
business unhindered by such distractions. |
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You don't think that suits represent career length potential
in a price range ... subsets ... accessorized or not ... ? |
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// shoes with heels up to 1.5 inches thick // |
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What about 10cm stiletto heels ... ? |
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I think the new way is showing how much you can get
away with at a board meeting without impacting your
company's stock price. If you can wear a loin cloth while
chewing on raw meat without people saying anything your
CEO game is strong. |
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Assuming you're talking about a guy, in this political
climate I'm not going to criticize. |
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That's another thing about Silicon Valley. We might not
have invented political correctness but we suuuure
enforce it. |
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Uh... and as worker in Silicon Valley, I for one welcome
our new
high tech thought police and digital overlords and could
be of great assistance in rounding up wrong thinkers and
negative Nellys that are an impediment to the revolution! |
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//1- Neck. A skinny neck indicates low musculature and weakness. This is why we have a tie, to cover the neck with a high collar cinched with an adjustable knot.// |
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I thought that neck ties were invented by folks who only liked to bathe like twice a year to keep body odors trapped. I'm pretty sure it was the same folks that invented perfume... |
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I was worried at first that this discussion was a monolog. Glad
to see y'all back! |
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The fact that the hat exists is not even half of this great idea
which is mostly about a possible bloodless revolution, and
about giving. |
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LOL! The video is worth watching for the introduction
alone. |
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Hey Pash, good to see you again. |
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// I thought that neck ties were invented by folks who only liked to bathe like twice a year to keep body odors trapped. I'm pretty sure it was the same folks that invented perfume...// |
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You are very close. The people of Croatia claim to have invented the neck tie, along with the fountain pen, but could they not be trying to keep perfumes from Venice trapped in the system? |
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It begs the question what Trump is trying to keep trapped in his hat. The hair is the obvious answer, but he may be losing brain waves too. |
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What does this say about those ridiculous hats that shriners
wear? |
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The correct answer, if anyone's interested, is that the suit and the
tie convey almost opposite messages. |
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The suit says "Never mind what I look like; let's get down to
business". It is supposed to convey the puritanical virtues of the
high-Victorian English businessman. |
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The tie says "Check this out; I probably stole it (while serving as
a marauding mercenary Hrvatski light cavalryman): what are you
going to do about it?" |
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IIRC, one of the more notorious woodcuts from the 30-years' war
bore the caption "Croats eat children", so stealing scraps of
colourful silk was quite endearing by comparison. |
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