Why track suits?

icywind1980

Hey All! I just thought of something and maybe you could shed some light on it. Now, I'm new here and if this has been talked to death, just close it, but why oh why do the "scumbags" wear track suits? When I was a teenager the cool thing, depending on what scene you were into, was either baggy jeans showing exposed Tommy Hilfiger shorts or retro wide leg bell bottoms, so wide you could fit your two closest mates in there.

What is it about track suits that make them the it thing here?

Kasabian

You can run fast in a tracksuit , Gardai should be wearing them.

orourkeda

fashion is for pussies

Stinicker

icywind1980 wrote: »

Hey All! I just thought of something and maybe you could shed some light on it. Now, I'm new here and if this has been talked to death, just close it, but why oh why do the "scumbags" wear track suits? When I was a teenager the cool thing, depending on what scene you were into, was either baggy jeans showing exposed Tommy Hilfiger shorts or retro wide leg bell bottoms, so wide you could fit your two closest mates in there.

What is it about track suits that make them the it thing here?

I guess they think they can run faster when they are challenged by a guard or a member of the public when they have their "go faster adidas stripes". Certain tribal monkeys have been known to try and emulate their peers so I guess it is no different, except for the vastly greater intelligence of said monkeys.

[EDIT]Kasabian beat me to it. [EDIT]

icywind1980

Kasabian wrote: »

You can run fast in a tracksuit , Gardai should be wearing them.

So they can run really fast in the other direction?

icywind1980

Stinicker wrote: »

I guess they think they can run faster when they are challenged by a guard or a member of the public when they have their "go faster adidas stripes". Certain tribal monkeys have been known to try and emulate their peers so I guess it is no different, except for the vastly greater intelligence of said monkeys.

[EDIT]Kasabian beat me to it. [EDIT]

It is true, you can't run too fast with your pants falling down. Maybe that's why so many American teenagers get caught by the police there. heh.

leinsterrugby

has anyone noticed a surge in the ammount of scobes wearing cantos/abercrombie and american eagle? i just find it weird like when i hear like a dublin accent with like cantos. its a rare sight but becoming more frequent.

ColeTrain

Makes Gardai hard to track them
It suits them too.

Easy.:cool:

Lapin

icywind1980 wrote: »

What is it about track suits that make them the it thing here?

€4.99 in Pennys

ScumLord

icywind1980 wrote: »

Hey All! I just thought of something and maybe you could shed some light on it. Now, I'm new here and if this has been talked to death, just close it, but why oh why do the "scumbags" wear track suits? When I was a teenager the cool thing, depending on what scene you were into, was either baggy jeans showing exposed Tommy Hilfiger shorts or retro wide leg bell bottoms, so wide you could fit your two closest mates in there.

Don't panic, it's not like fashion changes, once cool always cool. Like moustaches and aviator shades. The problem is they're not sporting the tache and shades, then they would look cool.

Stinicker

leinsterrugby wrote: »

has anyone noticed a surge in the ammount of scobes wearing cantos/abercrombie and american eagle? i just find it weird like when i hear like a dublin accent with like cantos. its a rare sight but becoming more frequent.

I know I have american friends over and was embarrassed having to tell them not to wear the A&F T-shirt out last night due to the knackerish associations with the brand now.

icywind1980

Lapin wrote: »

€4.99 in Pennys

I see it all clearly now. I guess that also answers my question why big people wear spandex.

ScumLord wrote: »

Don't panic, it's not like fashion changes, once cool always cool. Like moustaches and aviator shades. The problem is they're not sporting the tache and shades, then they would look cool.

Like snoopy as the Red Baron. I'm getting a weird mental image there.

robbie_998

Lapin wrote: »

€4.99 in Pennys

Penny's ?

is that what we're calling the back of a truck now ?

Kasabian

It's also easier to tuck into your socks thus creating the ultimate scanger look . Closely followed by the business suit.

icywind1980

Kasabian wrote: »

It's also easier to tuck into your socks thus craeting the ultimate scanger look . Closely followed by the business suit.

Anything one can tuck their socks into reeks of nerd. Not cool video game nerd, awkward body oder nerd.

Nemanja91

I'd take it that the majority of people who replied are from Dublin or close to it and this is an honest question but are everyone who wears tracksuit pants portrayed as scumbags?

icywind1980

Nemanja91 wrote: »

I'd take it that the majority of people who replied are from Dublin or close to it and this is an honest question but are everyone who wears tracksuit pants portrayed as scumbags?

I've only been here 3 months but was told quickly by my land lady, not to associate with the "track suit scumbags", and that they weren't welcome here. I tend to stay out of the city as much as possible myself, but every time I do go downtown, I end of realizing why she said it.

robbie_998

Nemanja91 wrote: »

I'd take it that the majority of people who replied are from Dublin or close to it and this is an honest question but are everyone who wears tracksuit pants portrayed as scumbags?

well.... yes they are (not just by me either) .... im from clondalkin and all but i will never ever touch a track suit.

leinsterrugby

no rugby training bottoms are like the exact opposite of a skanger

Nemanja91

When ye say tracksuits do ye mean the whole set or just the pants then?

flanum

also something to do with the heatons/lifestyle clothing voucher given to freshly released prisoners from the prison authority?

robbie_998

flanum wrote: »

also something to do with the heatons/lifestyle clothing voucher given to freshly released prisoners from the prison authority?

as in the lifestyle sports ?

thats ridicules .... should be a fecking Dunnesstores voucher for €25 :mad:

ironictoaster

They're comfortable.

icywind1980

creggy wrote: »

They're comfortable.

I dunno if I'd wear something that's the social equivalent of American gang-bangers wearing baggies just because they're comfy.

amacachi

icywind1980 wrote: »

I dunno if I'd wear something that's the social equivalent of American gang-bangers wearing baggies just because they're comfy.

Good for you, but I put my comfort way above the perception that someone might get from what I'm wearing and also if there's any people whose perception of me I care about it wouldn't be people who care about fashion.

Superbus

They're unacceptable really outside of exercise, and possibly if you've a broken leg or something.

Granted they're comfy as hell, but they've a bit of a stigma attached now.

icywind1980

amacachi wrote: »

Good for you, but I put my comfort way above the perception that someone might get from what I'm wearing and also if there's any people whose perception of me I care about it wouldn't be people who care about fashion.

Fair enough I guess I'm more conscious of that kind of thing since I'm used to seeing people being badgered by police for doing nothing more than wearing the wrong kind of clothes. That doesn't much seem to happen here.

leinsterrugby

ye leinster rugby has such a negative stigma attached to it. :rolleyes:

leinsterrugby

Superbus wrote: »

They're unacceptable really outside of exercise, and possibly if you've a broken leg or something.

Granted they're comfy as hell, but they've a bit of a stigma attached now.

i bet ur 1 of those complete bellends who wear 'cons' :rolleyes:

amacachi

icywind1980 wrote: »

Fair enough I guess I'm more conscious of that kind of thing since I'm used to seeing people being badgered by police for doing nothing more than wearing the wrong kind of clothes. That doesn't much seem to happen here.

I don't think there's much that people get badgered by the popos for here.

icywind1980

amacachi wrote: »

I don't think there's much that people get badgered by the popos for here.

I'm learning that. Can't even get the popo to patrol my neighborhood after dark, much less ask anyone to move along.

ScumLord

I didn't realise that I had the ultimate knacker outfit until I accidentally wore it out once. Blue tracksuit bottoms (white stripe) with a green and yellow stripy jumper. When I saw myself in the mirror I put my hands in my pockets to protect my money before I realised it was me.

amacachi

leinsterrugby wrote: »

ye leinster rugby has such a negative stigma attached to it. :rolleyes:

It does to me. :pac:

ironictoaster

Why do people care so much what people wear? You shouldn't base someone purely on their appearance.

NoHornJan

leinsterrugby wrote: »

has anyone noticed a surge in the ammount of scobes wearing cantos/abercrombie and american eagle? i just find it weird like when i hear like a dublin accent with like cantos. its a rare sight but becoming more frequent.

What do you wear ?

robbie_998

creggy wrote: »

Why do people care so much what people wear? You shouldn't base someone purely on their appearance.

Job interview.


tracksuit vs. Business suit.


as you were saying ........

ironictoaster

robbie_998 wrote: »

Job interview.


tracksuit vs. Business suit.


as you were saying ........

Of course suit. If there wasn't a stigma attached to tracksuit, you still wear a suit no matter what.

What's your point?

Nulty

leinsterrugby wrote: »

has anyone noticed a surge in the ammount of scobes wearing cantos/abercrombie and american eagle? i just find it weird like when i hear like a dublin accent with like cantos. its a rare sight but becoming more frequent.

leinsterrugby wrote: »

no rugby training bottoms are like the exact opposite of a skanger

the second one is appeasable but I know what your intention was with it. I've never seen somone type like like that

ironictoaster

Nulty wrote: »

the second one is appeasable but I know what your intention was with it. I've never seen somone type like like that

Don't feed the troll.

robbie_998

creggy wrote: »

Of course suit. If there wasn't a stigma attached to tracksuit, you still wear a suit no matter what.

What's your point?

but you are going to base them on their appearance.


meeting your birds parents for the first time ... what would you wear ?


first date ?


meeting friends in public, new friends, hanging about in the town etc.

"appearances mean everything" - is this gone out the window now ?

in all situations i would not be in any kind of a tracksuit nor would any of my friends be.

Nulty

creggy wrote: »

Don't feed the troll.

Surely he's too retarded to take any notice

creggy wrote: »

They're comfortable.

good point btw, was gonna make it myself

Xavi6

leinsterrugby wrote: »

has anyone noticed a surge in the ammount of scobes wearing cantos/abercrombie and american eagle? i just find it weird like when i hear like a dublin accent with like cantos. its a rare sight but becoming more frequent.

Please tell me that does not stand for Canterbury.

Nulty

Xavi6 wrote: »

Please tell me that does not stand for Canterbury.

We dont really though, do we?

marcsignal

icywind1980 wrote: »

.. why oh why do the "scumbags" wear track suits?

because they wish they could make the special olympics

ironictoaster

robbie_998 wrote: »

but you are going to base them on their appearance.


meeting your birds parents for the first time ... what would you wear ?


first date ?


meeting friends in public, new friends, hanging about in the town etc.

"appearances mean everything" - is this gone out the window now ?

in all situations i would not be in any kind of a tracksuit nor would any of my friends be.

The 1st two things you mentioned are formal situations, you'd never wear a tracksuit regardless, isn't formal.

The last thing you said was rubbish, In my first year of college I made a load of new friends who wore tracksuits from Monaghan, they are all decent folk.

It's grand that you don't like wearing them, I just think it's a bit much to dismiss someone purely on what they're wearing.

entropi

leinsterrugby wrote: »

i bet ur 1 of those complete bellends who wear 'cons' :rolleyes:

I wear 'cons'...does that automatically make me a bellend? Oh and I guess wearing combats would make me a prick too?

ITT: Sweeping Generalisations...woohoo!:rolleyes:

For what it's worth, most of the people I see wearing tracksuits happen to be knackers/scum yeah...only because I happen to live in south inner city Dublin...a haven for the fu**ers In reality, the only people who should be wearing them would be people participating in sport, or going to work out...

leinsterrugby

Xavi6 wrote: »

Please tell me that does not stand for Canterbury.

obvers

Xavi6

leinsterrugby wrote: »

obvers

Well in that case you're ten times worse than any tracksuit wearing skanger....loike.

ColeTrain

robbie_998 wrote: »

in all situations i would not be in any kind of a tracksuit nor would any of my friends be.

Because you are in a tracksuit doesn't automatically make you a skanger and if you are in a suit doesn't make an upstanding citizen.
Of course you have situations where you have to dress a certain way. But generally I wouldn't care about being judged on a peice of clothing. Each to their own.

robbie_998

creggy wrote: »

The last thing you said was rubbish, In my first year of college I made a load of new friends who wore tracksuits from Monaghan, they are all decent folk.

could the same be done in a rough part of dublin in well known areas ?

creggy wrote: »

It's grand that you don't like wearing them, I just think it's a bit much to dismiss someone purely on what they're wearing.

if they are worn on a regular basis then yes it will give of some kind of bad image unless its sports wear or something of the kind but like i said in parts of dublin where people wear tracksuits of a particular type 7 days a week, 365 days a year then it raises questions.

ElaElaElano

Fúcking hate that new celtic tiger phrase- what do you wear? as in what brands.

I wear whatever's cheap in Dunnes and looks half decent, shoot me.