I went with my wife to Minneapolis a few weeks ago.

There were girls pawing girls, boys pawing boys, boys wearing dresses, girls with mustaches tattooed to their top lips.

There was hair every color of the rainbow and many of those as well. People had rings, rivets, and open holes everywhere

It reminded me of years back walking through the carnival at the State Fair

At some point into my gawking, I felt a sharp elbow get driven into my gut. My wife said quit staring at everyone!!
I said how can this be normal? She said when you have to work amongst them, you automatically turn a blind eye.
It's like you don't see them, you get used to them.

I guess I am too old to understand that.

WS

Everything else is declining, why not dress code and self-pride as well?

In my job (pawnbroker), this is the standard fair. Many people don't have to get out of bed to go to work, so there are no standards. The only influence of others is people in the same boat as them. Saturday nights (we only close Sunday), seeing someone come in at the last minute to do their business in their pajama pants gets on my nerves a bit. You know they had nothing else to do all day, and squeaking in before we lock the door doesn't affect them. Glad to have business, but I sure see some sights.

As for myself, I don't pay much attention to how I dress, practical is best. I do feel a bit like a slob with my shirts being too long, but that's just because I carry outside the waistband.

Victim costume and free everything go hand and hand

Always said it's not the hat that makes the man, it's the man that makes the hat. Same goes for tight fitting clothes on a women. Jean's or cut-off's look mighty fine on a woman that looks good in yoga pants. Variety is the spice of life.

Hear me out..... its still a free country people can dress how they want, is it sad thats the way they choose? Sure, but I wouldn't waste to many brain cells trying to figure it out or greiving over the days when people used to wear suits and dresses 24/7

A lot depends on the environment. An example is when I see a President wearing casual dress in the Oval Office it tells me they have no respect for the office.

True

You must have been in Wal-Mart.

Im not sure that was it.

Had this exact conversation with my Colonel (wife) the other day.

In our family and house, when you wake up, you get dressed for the day. You have a presentable appearance at all times.

Put clothes on people.

Also, make your dang bed.

Oh, and get off my lawn

I blame high fructose corn syrup.

Nah, had to be the video games, or public schools.

Nope never made it to Walmart, thank goodness!!!!

Same goes for most life skills.

Did my own laundry once I could reach the soap, even bought the dang clothes when I got a job.

No free rides around here.

You don’t work, you don’t eat.

Same could be applied to a Dirty trapper or a farmer who has waded in poo
How cares.

When I was a kid in the early 60s, I never saw either of my grandfathers without a button down shirt, white undershirt beneath, dress pants, and dark dress pants. Half the time they were wearing a tie.

When we were in school, no tee shirts or blue jeans allowed. Had to have button down shirts, tucked into your pants with a belt on, or you could wear a sweater. You wore tennis shoes and shorts for gym class, not worn otherwise.

Look at photos from the 50s and early 60s. Folks dressed up for a dinner, concert or an airplane flight. The hippies ruined everything.

Well, seeing how the hippies basically turned into the first generation of American socialists, that's pretty accurate!

A guy at work said he was checking out a girls butt that was wearing yoga pants and she turned around he had a mustache so be careful out there!!

I think those who came up with the spandex and the idea to make pants out of them
had a money maker, though NASA and the military should get some residuals for the idea, cause them pants
probably could hold back a tank in a hurry as much as they can stretch !!

There is also a limit to what a decent man can absorb watching them being put to such a test !!

I move on when seeing separate skins cells starting to show shape !!