Today I learned +

[Ryujin]

That’s where I was at one point!

I had noticed the difference in men’s gas over the centuries, as mentioned. But I hadn’t thought about it. Why and when it had happened.

Then a few years ago, someone called me a dandy. While I knew what the word meant, I felt compelled to look up a more formalized context. I uncovered a bunch of stuff about cultural and political dandyism; what it was, what it wasn’t.

But it wasn’t until a few months ago that I stumbled upon the Great Male Renunciation as a term.

Every now and then there's a bit of a resurgence, at least in select countries and cultures. In the US and Canada, in the late '60s. for example. You can see it in the movies of the time. On the streets, you would see the occasional ruffled tux shirt, ultra wide-flare bell bottoms, etc.. In the late '70s/early '80s you had the New Romantic music movement with people emulating the clothing of bands like Duran Duran, Visage, etc. as sort of a backlash against the more street oriented Punk movement.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

FWIW, I may have more in common with sprezzatura…with some dandy elements.*



* or the other way around.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Every now and then there's a bit of a resurgence, at least in select countries and cultures. In the US and Canada, in the late '60s. for example. You can see it in the movies of the time. On the streets, you would see the occasional ruffled tux shirt, ultra wide-flare bell bottoms, etc.. In the late '70s/early '80s you had the New Romantic music movement with people emulating the clothing of bands like Duran Duran, Visage, etc. as sort of a backlash against the more street oriented Punk movement.

raises hand

 

[Ryujin]

FWIW, I may have more in common with sprezzatura…with some dandy elements.*



* or the other way around.

I think that those who misunderstand the term would more accurately be called "Rakes."

 

[Ryujin]

raises hand

My hand was up the whole time I was typing it

In the late '60s, my parents used me as a clothes horse. I was the white kid with several Calypso shirts, blue and red blazers, etc.. If it wasn't for the hair down to the middle of my back, I could have been mistaken for one of Flint's illegitimate sons.

In the '80s I had a tail that was the width of my neck, that went to the small of my back. Think "Thompson Twins." Tux shirts in various colours, skin tight pants, long coats with wide lapels....

 

[billd91]

Every now and then there's a bit of a resurgence, at least in select countries and cultures. In the US and Canada, in the late '60s. for example. You can see it in the movies of the time. On the streets, you would see the occasional ruffled tux shirt, ultra wide-flare bell bottoms, etc.. In the late '70s/early '80s you had the New Romantic music movement with people emulating the clothing of bands like Duran Duran, Visage, etc. as sort of a backlash against the more street oriented Punk movement.

Gotta love the late 60s for some of that fancy dress. In just a few short years, Pink Floyd was largely just down to t-shirts and jeans.

 

[Dioltach]

The other scary part is it was discovered as part of a colon study

They must have shoved the proctoscope up quite a bit further than usual...

 

[MGibster]

Like the Steve Jobs thing with black turtle necks. Fill your closet with the same thing so you dont spend any brain power on deciding what to wear. I had a co-worker who did this (not turtle necks but black shirts and khakis.)

Jobs was kind of a weird dude. When he worked for Atari, they had to move him to the night shift because of his astoundingly bad body odor. Apparently he went through a phase where he believed showering was unnecessary because he was eating a lot of fresh fruit or something.

 

[John R Davis]

I learnt that on holiday you can drink too much Sangria

 

[Dioltach]

I learnt that on holiday you can drink too much Sangria

I've done extensive research into this, and I emphatically refute this.

Too much sunshine while you're drinking sangria, however, that's a different matter.