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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?

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Just lol at everyone thinking tracksuits are only acceptable when doing sports or exercise.

Fair enough if they were them to work but i see alot of people were tracksuits during the day.

And the scumbag/tracksuit insult is bull****. . Scumbags will look like scumbags no matter what they are wearing.

leinsterrugby

Xavi6 wrote: »

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

why on this website is it that people like link anyone whose like a southsider to the ross o kelly charachter? cantos is a word every1 uses were im from, its not even a big deal. calling them canterburys would actually sound weird like

ironictoaster

Nemanja91 wrote: »

Thank you, somebody makes sense, I wear tracksuit pants everyday of the year, even in college, the only time I wear jeans would be if I were heading to a pub or club, the reason I wear them is because they are comfortable, I can have a kick aroud whenever I want or puck a sliotar whenever I want, they are a lot less hassle than any other type of pants, now I'm not from Dublin so I don't see the perception of how everyone who wears tracksuits are scumbags.

It doesn't matter that it's Dublin, It's any built up area. Cork, Meath, Limerick etc.

ironictoaster

robbie_998 wrote: »

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

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.

Yep, coming from Finglas, I knew plenty of decent folk who wore them. Some give the whole tracksuit wearing a folk bad name. Now living in Dublin 15, there plenty of people wearing tracksuits in Castleknock. Same issue occurs in Castleknock.

I'll judge someone when I talk to them, not by what they wear.

Nemanja91

ColeTrain wrote: »

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.

Thank you, somebody makes sense, I wear tracksuit pants everyday of the year, even in college, the only time I wear jeans would be if I were heading to a pub or club, the reason I wear them is because they are comfortable, I can have a kick aroud whenever I want or puck a sliotar whenever I want, they are a lot less hassle than any other type of pants, now I'm not from Dublin so I don't see the perception of how everyone who wears tracksuits are scumbags.

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.

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.

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.

Xavi6

leinsterrugby wrote: »

obvers

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

leinsterrugby

Xavi6 wrote: »

Please tell me that does not stand for Canterbury.

obvers

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...

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.

marcsignal

icywind1980 wrote: »

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

because they wish they could make the special olympics

Nulty

Xavi6 wrote: »

Please tell me that does not stand for Canterbury.

We dont really though, do we?

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

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

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.

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.

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

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?

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 ........

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 ?

ironictoaster

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

amacachi

leinsterrugby wrote: »

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

It does to me. :pac:

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.

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.

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.

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:

leinsterrugby

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

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.