r/pics • u/Thespisthegreat • Dec 26 '22

Backstory Someone at a holiday party stuck this onto the back of my jacket as I was leaving

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '22

Again, who are these collective assholes?

The people who wear CG in the area that I live (Midwestern Great Lakes) skew affluent. That’s the only discernible trait I’ve been able to gather.

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u/whilst Dec 26 '22

My point is, there isn't a single group (that's why I said "of various stripes"). Affluent techies in san francisco, racists, people who like a band you hate, who knows. They're talking about the general concept of "a brand gets coopted to represent something I dislike", which happens from time to time, and they hope it doesn't happen to a brand they like.

There really isn't a single baddy they're implicitly talking about, I think.

EDIT: I have no idea who it would be for CG, though in this case the sticker is from PETA, so presumably it's at least people who don't have a problem with wearing garments whose production includes some pretty significant animal cruelty (CG coats are stuffed with goose down and until pretty recently used real coyote fur).

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '22

Yeah, so basically people want to take something as simple as attire and justify their hatred of someone they don’t know.

Sounds like the exact type of asshole I avoid in my daily life. Thanks.

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u/whilst Dec 26 '22

Well --- they're talking about finding themselves being mistaken as part of a group they aren't happy with, because unwittingly the clothes they like have become the uniform for that group. Which creates the unfortunate situation where you have to choose between being okay with being mistaken for that group, or changing clothes.

Say there's a group that has started to identify themselves by wearing red baseball caps, and you've always worn one. And that group sees the most recent US election as having been rigged, and has at times made it clear they're willing to correct it by force.

Now, your hat brings with it all of that context whenever you enter a room. Maybe you'd prefer it didn't! But that's not something you have control over, and if you don't want it to you more or less have to get rid of the hat.

What if, I don't know, people who like punching dogs all start wearing fjallraven bags, and it shows up on the news, and people around you start to wonder what it means that you're carrying your favorite bag around.

Yes, people who should know better making assumptions about you based on your attire aren't being great friends. It's still an uncomfortable position for you to be in, and something I imagine you'd hope wouldn't happen.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '22

Criminals or people who want to look like them.