Why do people wear "uniforms" for their activities or social class?
 

This is something, I've always gotten a kick out of. Why is it people feel the need to wear uniforms for their specific hobbies or social activities?

ITs like when you were in high school. The stoners all had long hair and wore black, the surfer kids wore the surfing shit, the jocks wore the jock accessories ect..ect..

However what I'm talking about is actual adults. You probably see it everyday and never think about it. But think of cyclist all wearing their dumb spandex biking uniforms. People on Harley's wear their little leather chaps and leather vests. The dorks on BMW motorcycles wear their little BMW jumpsuits.

The worst of the worse are the NASCR crowd, back when I lived in Daytona they would walk around wearing fucking pit crew uniforms for their favorite drivers teams. It was insanely funny.

There are likely dozens of others, but why do you think people don't just dress like normal adults, why do you think full grown adults continue on dressing up into some socially approved group uniforms for their various lifestyle or hobbies?

What are you, the Fashion Nazi?
Do you have any clothing with corporate logos on them? Hypocrite?

I dont think its a uniform as much as it is wearing the appropriate clothing for the activity. Cyclists wear spandex to keep cool and motorcyclists were leathers to protect their skin from coming off if they fall.

Maybe ill start wearing a suit when I go to the gym so I dont look too uniformy

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Definitely! I wear a full tux with a top hat for my workouts, wear my chewbacca costume to weddings and wear my wetsuit and flippers while riding my motorcycle. You know? just so i don't 'conform'

I'm off to the cleaners though, picking up my bee keepers suit, have some baseball games this weekend...

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i cunt a4d to wear any clothing... :(

Fight the power Glen!! :winkwink::1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

not wearing the clothes to match the 'hobby' isn't something that goes well..

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Hey at least you wont get stung and you sure as hell wont fit in with the rest of the crowd! Its all about being unique Glen! :thumbsup

I'm so scared to click you sig that I don't what to do.

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Some of it is as people have already said, it is appropriate for what you are doing ( like wearing leathers on a motorcycle) and some of it is just for social acceptance. It is a way of telling other like minded people that you are like them and you belong in the group.

There is a very interesting scene in a documentary about Star Trek fans that makes a lot of sense. In the movie one woman fights a battle with a local court because she wants to wear a Star Trek uniform while on jury duty. The court won't let her even though she shows them proof through photos that she wears it most days in her regular life.

They told her that the show wasn't real and she wasn't really a part of the Star Trek crew so it wasn't appropriate. She then pointed out that it completely acceptable for people to wear jerseys and clothes from local sports teams. Those people aren't on the team. They have nothing to do with the team. They are simply fans of the team yet if they wear the teams clothes nobody bats an eye.

Cover yourself in shit, youll really be one of a kind! :thumbsup

I like when people get all geared up in running shoes and under armor head to toe to take the dog out of a pee

LOL at BEE KEEPER :thumbsup:thumbsup

I walk my dog before and after the gym, dressed in gym clothes. Just sayin.

Actually no, I have no clothing with visible corporate logos. I do have a pair of converse chuck Taylor's with the little star logo and a baseball cap with a little S and a star for some sports company. I dress like a normal person would dress, not as a walking billboard.

Btw why does this make you angry? Are you one of those cyclist who wears the little nut hugger shorts and shirts that are two sizes too small with the neon orange helmet to match your neon orange sneakers?

I have to admit that when I was at the nude beach on St. Martin island...I "conformed" and had no clothes on.

seen you do this a few times now, including to myself, when zero anger is displayed. Do you not know what the word 'angry' actually means?

Going by this imbecilic thread, I'm guessing that's the case.

Photos please. :thumbsup

Double post

In normal life if someone was calling me a asshole, liberal, commie [insert random right winger insult here] ect..ect.. well I'd assume they were angry with me. So when I see people raging and trash talking by calling someone names I just have to assume they are angry or they have turrets.

ok, your logic in that explains a lot when it comes to most of your other posts. Thanks for enlightening me :thumbsup

I'm a webmaster so I wear shorts, t-shirt and flip-flops year 'round.

No. The notion that you think people should dress in a way that YOU approve of, for YOUR comfort, is aggravating, yet I understand how it fits right in with your leftist mentality. That's what you people do. You attempt to dictate to others how they are approved to live in every facet of life. You claim sole ownership on what is or isn't "normal" and anyone that doesn't fit into your definition is "wrong".

Your very existence is an insult to freedom.

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Nice and of course correct summary of liberal leftist tools :thumbsup

So in other words you do wear nut huggers and spandex shirts that are two sizes too small. It's cool, no biggie I just wondered why people feel the need to dress in approved uniforms because they do a specific hobby or activity.

Leave it to someone whom thinks that the govt is in a big conspiracy about killing bin ladden to turn into into something political.

Are you retarded or something? There is appropriate clothing for all the many activities in life. Do you think it's appropriate to send soldiers to Afghanistan wearing jeans and Chuck Taylors? Do you think it's appropriate to go swimming in Dockers khakis and loafers? Maybe the cops should wear leisure suits. Maybe your doctor should go to work like it's "casual Friday" every day. What the fuck is wrong with your brain?

Fool, they are tight because it is appropriate attire for cyclists. It has been already answered in this thread. The fact that you still wonder why indicates that you are either stupid or God knows what.

http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/e...ike-shorts.htm
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_cyc...itting_clothes

I dunno I've ridden bikes before and not once did I ever wish I was wearing nut huggers or a shirt that was 2 sizes too small.

I neither have a bike, or "nut huggers", whatever that is, but you seem to be infatuated with men in tight clothing. Craving some cock?

You should probably just have an admin lock or delete this thread.

This is probably one of the dumbest GFY posts of all time. How do you compare Bike shorts and Motorcycle gear to a fan wearing a jersey? You are a schmuck or this is a troll. Not sure yet.

People just want to feel like they are a cool because they are part of something.

I never said anything about sports teams jerseys.. I said NASCAR fans walking around in pit crew uniforms.. I used to live in Daytona and every time there was a race, it was like a clown convention with people walking around like walking billboards.

https://ingrainedmedia.files.wordpre...4187_full.jpeg

Does that not look a bit silly to you? I mean hey I get it support your team, but the team isn't DUPONT.

Also the biker shit.. Leather chaps or a vest with no sleeves aren't saving anyone's ass from road rash. At best the chaps might keep some bugs or dirt off your pants. Actual leather pants and a leather jacket, yes that will help save your ass from road rash but what most bikers wear is just a costume.

It's like people dressing up like cowboys.. Do you see any indians running around with feathers in their hair? Nope then why do we need cowboys.. LoL


Do you think it would be normal for so done to walk around dressed like a pirate? Well it's just as silly to walk around looking like a cowboy or a biker or a walking billboard NASCAR fan..

People can do what they want to do, but I'm just saying it looks retarded. Might as well dress up like a clown..

so here we go:

http://th06.deviantart.net/fs51/PRE/...y_oziesiek.jpg

lonsdale

Doc martens

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xs-qCuqbFG...docmartens.jpg

vaterland

http://www.abendblatt.de/img/pinnebe...tiges-Kiel.jpg

Nazi haircut

http://www.lab1663.net/images/sam_haircut2.jpg

Hitler style

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WNnuLmMPcF...azi+aleman.jpg

weird tattoos:

http://www.giftspritzer.info/wp-cont...ls-neonazi.jpg

Cops, soldiers and firemen are professionals it's part of their job to be in uniform, what do they have to do with people wearing spandex or leather chaps.. Do you ever see cops on motorcycles wearing leather vests and chaps? Nope you sure don't because it's a costume..

I see you are getting the point, that people in specific groups have this strange need to "look" like everyone else in their little group. Yes neo nazis are a good example of a social costume.

Here we go, another perfect example..

3 cops in their units bicycle uniform for SF. Notice they aren't wearing nut hugging shorts or shirts that are two times too tight? Then we have their buddy whom is just riding around town in his Tour de France costume. I bet he doesn't get going over 25mph in the middle of that town, but look out he's gotta be aerodynamic.

http://sfbikecoalition.files.wordpre...er-flagler.jpg

I've suspected you were a simpleton, but . . . .

Because leather is significantly more durable and warmer than human flesh.

And cyclists (and runners) are more apt to be seen by drivers when wearing bright colored attire

see? there you go 'conforming' to the man again.. Let me show you how its done..

cycling, running, triathlons
http://www.aitc.sk.ca/saskschools/ar...a_sealskin.jpg

volleyball and tennis
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/23...9daf845ca4.jpg

skiing and tobagganing...roar
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/20...wc-d4y82lw.jpg

and of course hippy van conventions...
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FbhANv_pUt...iot+police.jpg

think difernt!!

i skipped all the posts that made this into something political, and answer the question at hand:

- if it's not functional, people dress up because people are sheep and cling on groups they can be apart of. It's in people's nature.

well of course grumpy smurf here is the only one that takes this question seriously.. bravo

Once again, a full leather jacket or actual leather pants will certainly protect you from road rash. However little leather vests with no sleeves (aka biker vests) aren't going to do shit. They will just get peeled right off your body because not a single biker I've ever seen actually button them up. Not to mention they have no sleeves to protect your arms.. They are nothing more than a costume for weekend warrior bikers to wear to make themselves seem cool.

Actual bikers in gangs wore them to show off their gang affiliation, but today most people wearing them are just trying to be trendy.. So they look like the rest of their little social circle. It's certainly not to protect their as because with out sleeves and with out being buttoned/zipped up it's not doing a thing, also chaps aren't doing a damn thing to stop road rash.

This will help you stop road rash..

http://www.dynamicleather.com/images...Jacket_888.jpg


This just makes you look like a 70's gay porn star

http://www.dees-fancydress.co.uk/cat...es/3026S_a.jpg

I wish you would post your photo so I can see if you are dumber than you look.