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WCDT: 2387-2391 (18-22 February, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Madmartigan:
Aww, forgot the neck tie loop.
It's one twist, two twist, under, and through!
idontunderstand:
I walked into this international lawyer student mingling thing uh... a soiree or something? Anyway this huge Chinese guy that I was talking took one look at my tie and said in a very deep voice "LET ME FIX THAT FOR YOU" and reached over and pulled up my miserable attempt at a windsor and made me a perfect knot in 5 seconds or something. I think he could have murdered me even quicker. Pretty sure of it, actually..
pwhodges:
I had a tie as school uniform from age 9 (worn with a wing collar from age 14), so I've had plenty of practice. I have no reason to wear one now, except weddings or funerals.
When I was once ordered to wear a tie (for a specific visit) at Norsk Data in the mid 1980s, I wore the naffest string tie I could find (brough back from America by my brother in the 1960s), and tied a formal tie round the base of my VDU, hanging over the front of the desk. Nothing was said, sadly, so I couldn't have an argument over subverting the requirement, but at least my colleagues approved.
I never learnt to knot a bow tie, so I use a ready-made for concerts. My son, on the other hand...
slydon:
I have about a 50% chance of tying one right. 25% of a "good enough" and another 25% of "argh it's all wrong! Help me, internet!".
Side note: as a person who didn't need glasses until his 20s, the trope of "remove glasses, suddenly cute" rings pretty true from experiencing the contrapositive.
Seripham89:
The intimacy of having your tie fixed by another human being comes from its subtext imo. You are essentially saying, "I care enough about you as a person to help you look your absolute best." The person wearing the tie has to allow this to happen, and for a moment at least leaves their vanity completely in the hand of the fixer. It's intimate regardless of the situation, and was actually a little awkward when my soon to be father in law asked me to look at his tie and fix it if it was messed up.
I'm going to let that sink in.
It is also worth noting that this can be seen as a form of performance for the tie tyer(whatever you get it).
It's only sexual tension if the people involved or outside observers feel there is and Claire may be falling into the so awkward it is adorable category. Plus a fit young man is sexy as hell. That's my two cents anyway, but I think a number of commentors had it right as well I just didn't want to include allllllll of them in the post.
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