Clothes-shopping.
I have to study for finals. Which means I shall be ranting on here instead.
I hate shopping for clothes. Hate.
I'm fat, and I have a broader frame than most. My ass is big. I'm tall. I'm, basically, not pretty.
This is something those rat bastard clothing "designers" like to bring home to me every single time I go shopping for clothing. So given that they get to say "fuck you" to me while I shop, he's a big "fuck you" to them.
Incidentally, if you're reading this, and are a clothing designer: yes, take this personally. It's aimed at you. You work in that industry, you fall under the "rat bastard" rubric.
I think that in order to be a clothing designer, there are a couple of prerequisites for the job.
1. You must hate people.
2. You must be a moron.
3. You must have no fucking understanding of the concept of a "standard measurement".
To elaborate:
What is "XL"? "Extra-large"? What is this measurement? Because it's different things to different people. It's also different things to different fucking clothing companies, because one company's "XXL" is another company's "XL". How do I know? Because when an XL by one company is too tight, and an XXL by another company is the same tight, that makes them the same. In terms of "Standard measurement", both are approximately "10% in the shoulders less than one Brian".
How shitty is it to be told "Sorry, you are not an Extra Extra Large person. You are a fucking gigantic person that we don't even make clothing to fit"? And I'm not the biggest guy in the mall, not by a long-shot.
So, retards, how about putting *measurements* on your clothing? So I don't have to try on 15 different items to work out whether or not they actually fit. Those of us who don't work in moron-central call them "centimetres". These are a standard measurement by which one can tell (roughly) if one will fit or not prior to putting on the coat.
They also lack any of the shitty emotional impact that you sell your products with.
Because, of course, you guys aren't reducing your sizes (especially in women's sizes) every year to emotionally blackmail people? Not at all. I mean, it's not like the smaller clothing is more expensive or anything outright evil like that. (You'll need some sort of subscription access to view that article/abstract, otherwise the abstract is included at the bottom of this entry)
This, I believe, lends support to the idea that clothing designers hate people, or are morons (it's an inclusive choice).
An additional case in point, from today's shopping: the zips have changed sides. For the last 25 or so years (ie however long I've been dressing myself), the right-hand side of the coat (as you wear it) has the "insertion pin", which is inserted into the "retention box". One holds it with the left hand, and zips up with the right hand (yes, I had to look up those terms).
Today, every damn coat I tried on in 3 different stores, by a multitude of manufacturers, have reversed this. So let's be clear: I can't even shop around to avoid this crap. All the assholes have colluded to institute this change, all at the same time. When I queried one of the sales girls about it, she expressed confusion regarding this change.
Why the fuck has this changed?
If you're a clothing designer reading this, and you have a non-fucktard answer, I'm interested in hearing it. Just to preempt you though: an appeal to aesthetics is a fucktard answer. If you're adding an inconvenience to my life, you better have a good reason.
So, to sum up:
Clothing-designer = fucktard.
Clothing-distributer = piece of shit.
Clothing-store-owner-that-doesn't-lobby-against-this crap: colluding asshole.
I hate you all.
(This turned out far more rage-filled than I expected it to when I started)
Citation:
The U.S. sizing system involves the use of a size code to direct customers to garments most likely to fit their body. The popular press reports expensive clothes tend to run large and there is inconsistency within each size category. The purpose of this study was to determine how much inconsistency there is within size categories, the difference in size of two different price points (inexpensive and expensive), and two different types of label (national and private) of women’s pants. To this end, the waist, crotch, and inseam of 1011 pairs of pants were measured. Inconsistency was found in each size category, expensive pants generally were larger in measurement, and little significant difference was found between national and private label merchandise except for sizes 4 and 6.
From "Size Variation in Women’s Pants", Tammy R. Kinley, Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, Vol. 21, No. 1, 19-31 (2003).
I'm a big boy now, I cite journals...
I hate shopping for clothes. Hate.
I'm fat, and I have a broader frame than most. My ass is big. I'm tall. I'm, basically, not pretty.
This is something those rat bastard clothing "designers" like to bring home to me every single time I go shopping for clothing. So given that they get to say "fuck you" to me while I shop, he's a big "fuck you" to them.
Incidentally, if you're reading this, and are a clothing designer: yes, take this personally. It's aimed at you. You work in that industry, you fall under the "rat bastard" rubric.
I think that in order to be a clothing designer, there are a couple of prerequisites for the job.
1. You must hate people.
2. You must be a moron.
3. You must have no fucking understanding of the concept of a "standard measurement".
To elaborate:
What is "XL"? "Extra-large"? What is this measurement? Because it's different things to different people. It's also different things to different fucking clothing companies, because one company's "XXL" is another company's "XL". How do I know? Because when an XL by one company is too tight, and an XXL by another company is the same tight, that makes them the same. In terms of "Standard measurement", both are approximately "10% in the shoulders less than one Brian".
How shitty is it to be told "Sorry, you are not an Extra Extra Large person. You are a fucking gigantic person that we don't even make clothing to fit"? And I'm not the biggest guy in the mall, not by a long-shot.
So, retards, how about putting *measurements* on your clothing? So I don't have to try on 15 different items to work out whether or not they actually fit. Those of us who don't work in moron-central call them "centimetres". These are a standard measurement by which one can tell (roughly) if one will fit or not prior to putting on the coat.
They also lack any of the shitty emotional impact that you sell your products with.
Because, of course, you guys aren't reducing your sizes (especially in women's sizes) every year to emotionally blackmail people? Not at all. I mean, it's not like the smaller clothing is more expensive or anything outright evil like that. (You'll need some sort of subscription access to view that article/abstract, otherwise the abstract is included at the bottom of this entry)
This, I believe, lends support to the idea that clothing designers hate people, or are morons (it's an inclusive choice).
An additional case in point, from today's shopping: the zips have changed sides. For the last 25 or so years (ie however long I've been dressing myself), the right-hand side of the coat (as you wear it) has the "insertion pin", which is inserted into the "retention box". One holds it with the left hand, and zips up with the right hand (yes, I had to look up those terms).
Today, every damn coat I tried on in 3 different stores, by a multitude of manufacturers, have reversed this. So let's be clear: I can't even shop around to avoid this crap. All the assholes have colluded to institute this change, all at the same time. When I queried one of the sales girls about it, she expressed confusion regarding this change.
Why the fuck has this changed?
If you're a clothing designer reading this, and you have a non-fucktard answer, I'm interested in hearing it. Just to preempt you though: an appeal to aesthetics is a fucktard answer. If you're adding an inconvenience to my life, you better have a good reason.
So, to sum up:
Clothing-designer = fucktard.
Clothing-distributer = piece of shit.
Clothing-store-owner-that-doesn't-lobby-against-this crap: colluding asshole.
I hate you all.
(This turned out far more rage-filled than I expected it to when I started)
Citation:
The U.S. sizing system involves the use of a size code to direct customers to garments most likely to fit their body. The popular press reports expensive clothes tend to run large and there is inconsistency within each size category. The purpose of this study was to determine how much inconsistency there is within size categories, the difference in size of two different price points (inexpensive and expensive), and two different types of label (national and private) of women’s pants. To this end, the waist, crotch, and inseam of 1011 pairs of pants were measured. Inconsistency was found in each size category, expensive pants generally were larger in measurement, and little significant difference was found between national and private label merchandise except for sizes 4 and 6.
From "Size Variation in Women’s Pants", Tammy R. Kinley, Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, Vol. 21, No. 1, 19-31 (2003).
I'm a big boy now, I cite journals...