I like stories where characters wear suits.

Since I like suits so much, I realized that I should just wear one.

The result has been overwhelmingly positive. Everyone loves it: friends, strangers, dance partners, bartenders. It makes them feel like they're in Kingsmen film. Even teenage delinquents and homeless beggars love it. The only group that gives me hateful looks is the radical socialists.

The first time I go somewhere wearing a suit, people ask me why I'm wearing a suit.
The second time, nobody asks.
The third time I go to a place, people ask why I'm not wearing a suit.

If you wear a suit in a casual culture, people will ask "Why are you wearing a suit?" This might seem to imply that you shouldn't wear a suit. Does it? It's complicated. Questions like that follow the Copenhagen interpretation of social standards. Their meaning is [...]

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First published:
February 26th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/a4tPMomzHhCunwqLX/you-can-just-wear-a-suit

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