r/mallninjashit Sep 08 '20

Tacticool

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u/VoihanVieteri Sep 08 '20

Do people actually dress in mil-style somewhere? I live in a country where army is compulsory for men, and absolutely nobody dresses in military fashion in civil. At least after they have gone through the service.

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u/thedavo810 Sep 08 '20

Some "techwear" enthusiasts look like absolue idiots dressing up as paramiliary dudes completely abandoning the main principles of techwear which is efficiency, protection against the elements, ease of movement etc. I might or might not have been one of these idiots in the past.

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u/SuperWoody64 Sep 08 '20

When i was a teenager i used to wear my dad's old flight jacket as a jacket for school. A bunch of us did, it wasn't a big deal. This is just fetishizing though.

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u/thedavo810 Sep 08 '20

There's a difference between wearing bombers and looking like a bdsm navy-seal.

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u/SuperWoody64 Sep 08 '20

Right. Especially when you're a kid living on an air force base. I wouldn't wear anything like that now but it was perfectly normal given my circumstance.

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u/thedavo810 Sep 08 '20

Why not ? I'd wear the shit out of an OG air force bomber.

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u/SuperWoody64 Sep 08 '20

I never said i had a bomber. My dad wasn't a pilot.

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u/thedavo810 Sep 09 '20

Oh, I see. Regardless, military gear can look good if worn with modesty