Juan
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yes I know I'm a newbie
It's just that I've been reading several threads (This, for instance and many others) and I'm appalled at the harsh criticism directed towards anyone with the slightest flaw.
This tie is ugly
Those shoes are crap
That looks like hell
and the like...
Sharp arguments devised to bash somebody's preference of taste
Style knowledge directed, not to personal enjoyment, but to the sick pleasure of looking down on others
I don't see the point of all this finger-wagging
Wouldn't it be nicer if we were more positive and constructive?
Isn't it better to educate through suggestion and example rather than humiliation and reprimand?
Instead of saying "those shoes are crap", say "wouldn't you prefer, for just a couple of hundred €, these very much nicer ones?"
Instead of censure "the tie is ugly", wouldn't it be nicer to suggest "a solid-colour tie would match your suit much better."?
Instead of attacking with a "that looks like hell", why don't offer a better alternative?
And finally, why don't respect that not everybody can spend thousands of € in clothes and acknowledge a compromise between style and budget?
It's just that I've been reading several threads (This, for instance and many others) and I'm appalled at the harsh criticism directed towards anyone with the slightest flaw.
This tie is ugly
Those shoes are crap
That looks like hell
and the like...
Sharp arguments devised to bash somebody's preference of taste
Style knowledge directed, not to personal enjoyment, but to the sick pleasure of looking down on others
I don't see the point of all this finger-wagging
Wouldn't it be nicer if we were more positive and constructive?
Isn't it better to educate through suggestion and example rather than humiliation and reprimand?
Instead of saying "those shoes are crap", say "wouldn't you prefer, for just a couple of hundred €, these very much nicer ones?"
Instead of censure "the tie is ugly", wouldn't it be nicer to suggest "a solid-colour tie would match your suit much better."?
Instead of attacking with a "that looks like hell", why don't offer a better alternative?
And finally, why don't respect that not everybody can spend thousands of € in clothes and acknowledge a compromise between style and budget?