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You've got me thinking about this but I'm lost. I could use some modernist style points from the ladies of WP. I was thinking about a new watch...

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-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos

Jeans that stay up on your waist, nothing hanging down off your butt. They dont have to be skinny jeans but the waistband should stay where it is supposed to.

If you have dark skin, a light colored or white t shirt.

If you have pale skin and dark hair, a dark or black t shirt.

If you have pale eyes, a t shirt that matches your eye color will draw attention to your eyes, which is good. Greens, blues, hazels.

If you have pale skin and pale hair, but dark eyes, look for a colorful shirt. Neutrals will look bland.

Shoes that aren't ripped torn or held together with tape and rubber bands. Anything that looks like it still has some life in it and wasn't pulled out of the rubbish bin.

That's my best fashion advice for men. It's by no means comprehensive. Just based on my observations and opinions.

Well hoodies are great but I have plenty of those, save for really cool materials like cycling or running jackets have. More than just clothes I like gear... I'm a sucker for Oakley I must admit. A new backpack wouldn't destroy my wallet but I'm not entirely sold on my current pack of theirs. Their glasses are hard to smash though. I'll be upgrading those. I like carrying a nice phone & all but not the latest/greatest by any means.

No I am not going to wear contacts to look cooler. Things stuck to my eyeballs freak me out & that's all there is too it. I wouldn't recognize myself without the specs I've been wearing them so long.

I do want to find out some better style choices on this basis though.

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"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos

The look and label of your phone doesn't count - it's nothing what people notice first. You should ask a mirror what impression you would have on the street once you would see a stranger who is just dressed and styled the way that you are. You don't want to be just totally average guy or why should any girl go for it? Try some comfortable shirts of visibly quality instead of a hoody or a T-shirt too but I don't mean business shirts - you aren't a clerk or waitor. Do care about your shoes! Sport shoes can be OK but not very cheap looking textile shoes. In case of your glasses - it's always better to skip very big models. Ask the mirror for the impression you have of yourself and don't care the opinion of the clerk if you are buying them. Be aware that people care the expression of your eyes a lot and for this they are always looking at your face and your glasses first.
By the way - how does a girl who dresses hot imagine herself looking on the side of an average guy who wears a hoody?
Dress always a way that also a hot girl in a hot dress doesn't needs to be ashamed to show with you!

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Hmph. I'm actually choosy about shirts, it gets too hot for most dress shirts in the summer here, so I guess I'll pick up more synthetic ones. When I wear t shirts (usually ), I try to stick to ones with some designs I like. I get that gadgets aren't much of a statement, but as hurtloam mentioned, design sense is a strong suit of mine too, just not so much about nice clothing. Some of my new clothes actually got here, overall I like really light stuff in summer.

I get along pretty well with most people actually, I tend to think shyness is more troublesome for me. I'm just trying to get through the day to day with minimal interference, every bit as much or even more than I actually want to attract anyone. Western society did a very thorough job of forcing me to question why on earth I should ever do that anyway. As far as this "spectrum" goes, our lives are kind of always seen as questionable, to some extent that's entirely fair, my life is confusing & full of demands. Feeling backed into a corner under the obligation of "working on myself" is no good for anyone though. I'm not entirely interested in forcing some radical change about myself, though that doesn't stop me from recognizing some upsides of leaning that direction. I'm used to caring about people from a distance & trying to change that.

Being this damn weird essentially means that common sense like this consists of outside the box thinking on my part, my thinking usually centers upon one of these boxes I'm typing this on, usually many. I'm more concerned with becoming more accommodating of other people in my life, even if that means turning my reasoning inside out in order to soften my image. Full disclosure I am not good at that. I legitimately know more about top secret satellite imaging than I do about how not to be alone.

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"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos

You have to feel well with whatever you are wearing. Can't imagine synthetic shirts being a good choice over a T-shirt. Not feeling well is worse then being bad dressed because of empathy. Not feeling well may come along like being unsure or worse. Better to dress well in a way that you are OK with and don't need to worry about.

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I get extremely hot in summer, being half Norwegian isn't the easiest thing in the southwest Rockies. I mean I have literally been in mortal danger from heat stroke before. I guess I'll be spending up more as time goes on for light clothes that breathe.

Well my job is a matter of perpetual uncertainty; I break experimental software for a living. If I were as sure of myself as would seem to be expected of me, I'm not sure I could get any work done. Obviously I must compartmentalize more.

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"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos

Sometimes I fear that my singular love language is code...

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"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos

It is however a weird, foreign language to most people.

Of course, I'm also probably wrong about that, it's not the sort of theory I feel capable of interpreting.

Maybe this is also why the one person in the universe who understands me stopped by to borrow a keyboard earlier.

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"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos

Like I said I'm probably wrong about that, I'm only so many pages deep in this rambling thread because I haven't given the subject enough thought anyway.

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"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos

The geek archetype was always portrayed as a non-attractive symbol in media.

Don't ever think this has no influence on the general populace.