Jeans are the weirdest default style, a throwback to when they were a symbol of the US's cultural domination. They're often designed to project an image of hard work and use that very few of us do today. They are one of the few pieces of clothing that we intentionally buy pre-damaged with fades, rips, and holes since it skips over the actual hard work we would need to do to achieve those fades, rips, and holes.
In modern times, there are better options than jeans for almost all work tasks, and modern jeans are usually not designed for work as they're cut too slim and made with spandex. Jeans are basically a costume.
> Suits, neckties etc are decorations to project status, they are not functional, IMO. Same with shoes.
The function of suits is to flatter the imperfect human body, by adding structure and bulk in places like the shoulder, to slim the waist, and basically make the typical male look like a V. The necktie adds visual interest, basically an arrow pointing to your face and not the rest of your body. The wig hides an obvious indicator of aging. Hats were very useful when people spent a lot more time outside.
I don't know of many who think shoes aren't functional, other than the most diehard barefoot advocates.
You can think that appearance isn't functional, but tons of studies show that people do judge each other on appearances. Projecting status is the function of clothes, suits just occupy a rung above what is currently popular and what people usually want to project. People wear jeans all the time even though they don't work in the trades.
Same thing that happened to Starbucks. Online and drive-through orders make more money with less work, so they concentrated on optimizing those while killing the brand.
They slashed the price from the claimed retail price in the Kickstarter ($350) and the discounted "backer" prices ($275) to an actual price of $200, what a slap in the face to the entire crowdfunding process.
> Market rents in Portland have stagnated at the same time that rent limits for government-subsidized affordable apartments have risen. That means rents for affordable housing are growing faster than the prices for market-rate apartments.
Housing is "affordable", not necessarily affordable.
Toyota's EVs share most of the same components as their non-EVs, like door handles and screens. They have become the fourth best selling EVs behind the Teslas and the Hyundai Ioniq 5 in recent months.
Looking at the road; and realizing that your otherwise well-behaved self-driving car is about to do the most obvious mistake and kill you; are two different things.
It's not self driving though... people should stop pretending it is. It's driving assist. Think of it as a slightly better lane-keep and adaptive cruise control (which often require intervention in stock configuration).
Adaptive cruise control will detect a stopped car and come to a complete stop - but only sometimes. Might depend on speed difference or even the color or shape of the car or object. So it's very possible that the car stopped in previous situations, and the driver completely expected it would do the same, especially with such a large emergency vehicle with flashing lights. By the time the driver realized the car did not detect the emergency vehicle, it may have been too late.
These systems are unable to detect when intervention is required.
Reminds me of how Alexa was pitched as a tool to get people to buy more things from Amazon, but few people were willing to let it buy anything especially as Amazon's marketplace is filled with alphabet soup products and obvious fakes.
Also for many people, shopping is fun. It's not a chore to be automated away.
The real question is why the younger generations aren't adopting the same behaviors. Is there something special about millennials that they drank more or something special about Gen Z that they drink less?
I wasn't talking about that but yeah, both microblogging platforms, short form content and alcohol make a sponge out of your brain. Alcohol does it physically tho.
In modern times, there are better options than jeans for almost all work tasks, and modern jeans are usually not designed for work as they're cut too slim and made with spandex. Jeans are basically a costume.
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