Is Class a Thing of the Past?

[Joe13]

I have a LOT of trouble understanding why people today are so willing to pay $100.00+ for a pair of Jeans that are already full of Holes? Paying $100.00+ for the pair of Jeans is CRAZY to begin with but when they're already worn full of Holes, well...

Yea, faded and worn jeans should be earned with hard work but lots of youngsters don't know what that is

 

[No_Regerts]

I have a LOT of trouble understanding why people today are so willing to pay $100.00+ for a pair of Jeans that are already full of Holes? Paying $100.00+ for the pair of Jeans is CRAZY to begin with but when they're already worn full of Holes, well...

Its like those stupid "battleworn" paint jobs people get on their guns.

 

[Joe13]

Its like those stupid "battleworn" paint jobs people get on their guns.

Or tattoos on necks, behind ears, on hands and forearms where traditionally those places have always been for when there isn't anywhere left to put them or your a gangbanger. Now I see kids in $300 Nike outfits with $50 tatts showing in places they shouldn't imo. Maybe that's off topic but as someone with a lot of ink I find it super tacky.

 

[No_Regerts]

It used to be that most of the really goofy stuff was exclusive to males, but now females are out to prove they are equally moronic.

 

[DB is Here]

Had a young guy in my office that came in looking like that, told him to go home and clean up as we deal with clients everyday. He whined and asked "What happened to not judging a book by it's cover?"
I asked him how he doesn't step in dog crap? Point is everyone judges certain things, like how not to step in a pile of poo.

Clean up, have some pride, pin your shoulders back and start giving a damn.

 

[No_Regerts]

Oh, by the way guys, how about a big round of applause for my models!

A young Ruth Bader Ginsburg and George Soros!

 

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[nwslopoke]

People used to dress up to get on a airplane. Now when you fly it's like everybody just stepped off the bus from New Jersey. Same thing with Las Vegas. It's like they let anybody into a casino now.

To be fair, when you are treated like cattle you dress like cattle. I don't fly 1st class so I squeeze into steerage, eat my baby cookie and sip 2 teaspoons of soda with 8 oz of ice. I won't go into the molestation the TSA provides.

Traveling in the US used to encourage people to dress nice but not anymore for me.

 

[TTSX]

Yikes. That's the trail we're all headed down????

 

[Diamondback]

If this part of the state is any indication, by and large, yes it is. It is saddening to be sure that most people look like a train-wreck when out and have manners consistent with said appearance. I'm glad my parents and grandparents drummed into my head good manners and grooming. If they like it or not, my two wee ones are receiving the same training.

The odd thing is I can't really pinpoint when it changed in our society, though it was certainly within my lifetime. For that matter, I can't figure out the "why" either. But something did change.

It died around the late 1960's--before long distance travel became readily accessible to the masses at-will it was a Serious Occasion to be dressed for accordingly, but... well, photographs from the observation car on the 20th Century Limited's last run in 1967 tell the story, while you see a young sailor in full Crackerjack Whites you also see the start of T-shirt culture getting its tentacles into what was once a bastion of class and decorum.

Granted, the culture shift in the transportation industry from "a guest who the company is responsible for, and a potential goodwill ambassador for the brand" to "two-legged cattle, just so much live cargo to be hauled" does not help either--that started with rail in the early '60s, then spread to the big airlines once they'd run the groundbound competition out of the game.

 

[Carbon]

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
Socrates (469–399 B.C.)

Darn kids these days!

 

[No_Regerts]

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
Socrates (469–399 B.C.)

Darn kids these days!

The immortal last words of Socrates....."I drank what?"

 

[Diamondback]

Now I bet somebody here's gonna find a way to Get Teh Butthurtz over that last post...

 

[OldBroad44]

People used to dress up to get on a airplane. Now when you fly it's like everybody just stepped off the bus from New Jersey. Same thing with Las Vegas. It's like they let anybody into a casino now.

Planes used to be more comfortable. You had more space. And you didnt have to get there two hours early and stand in security lines or be searched. Now flying is a physical and mental ordeal, and I dress as for an ordeal--in whatever is going to be as comfortable as possible. With layers so that I can adjust to space thats either too warm or too cold. Also, they overbook and bump people these days. So you may be stranded without your luggage. More reason to wear and carry based on the idea you could be stuck in airport for a day or more beyond your schedule.

 

[GOG]

If a person thinks only on themself first, others naturally come after. Now factor in an entitlement mantality, self worth based on participation trophies and a digital existence and you have today.

 

[SavageGerbil]

I dress pretty simple, typically jeans and unprinted t-shirts, but some people..good god
Was at the gun counter a couple months back, guy comes in wearing full on pajamas, oversized house slippers, and a good couple weeks of scraggly beard asking to check things out. Does kind of make you want to throw out the suggestion to have a little respect for yourself. I've seen the same thing a few times at the casino, other places. I really don't get it.

 

[teflon6string]

Across the board yes. Do I hate cancer, of course, is it approproate to put "F*CK CANCER" in huge letters on the back of your truck? No, it's not, it's classless. Sorry if that hits anyone here close to home, but it's part of a general lack of civility, morality and civic pride across the board.

Or this T-Shirt:
"I pooped today."

Really???

 

[Heyjoe]

I have a LOT of trouble understanding why people today are so willing to pay $100.00+ for a pair of Jeans that are already full of Holes? Paying $100.00+ for the pair of Jeans is CRAZY to begin with but when they're already worn full of Holes, well...

Gotta spend that college grant money somehow.

 

[Certaindeaf]

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The second pic looks like the "swallow your soul" creature under the stairs in Evil Dead.