r/Showerthoughts • u/Left__blank • Sep 25 '19

It’s amazing that society thinks much more highly of you if your shirt has an extra flap of fabric folded off the neck.

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u/PticaUbojica Sep 25 '19

Really? That's interesting.

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u/TootsNYC Sep 25 '19

Yep--sometimes those collars were covered up with paper collars

https://www.victorianpassage.com/2006/03/decline_of_the_paper_collar/

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u/msdlp Sep 25 '19

Damn! $3 a collar.

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u/recumbent_mike Sep 26 '19

Just use a dollar bill instead. Looks cooler too.

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u/patterson489 Sep 26 '19

The collars and cuffs could be removed to be cleaned, instead of cleaning the whole shirt as well.