A horde of trailer-park visigoths can sack the Capitol and Republicans say “what’s the big deal?” But let one guy show up in casual clothes and they lose their goddamn minds.

    • HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org
      121·
      1 year ago

      It’s the same logic as school uniforms. Congressmen, you see, have the same miniscule attention spans and raging libidos as teenagers, and the only way to keep them focused for more than 30 seconds is to surround them with nothing but boring blue suits.

      Seriously, I suspect it’s tradition-for-tradition’s-sake, no less surreal than powdered wigs. It’s interesting how aside from a waxing and waning of moustaches, there isn’t that dramatic of a change in looks between the portraits of Presidents and Congressmen from 1820 or 2020. I’d hope that by 2120, we have at least one fursuit Presidential portrait, along with a head-in-a-jar, and of course, the first Robot President, who was obsolete on day 1 because he had to wait til the age of 35 to get elected.

      • Exatron@lemmy.world
        5·
        1 year ago

        and of course, the first Robot President, who was obsolete on day 1 because he had to wait til the age of 35 to get elected.

        John Quincy Adding Machine. He struck a chord with the voters when he promised not to go on a killing spree.

      • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.ukEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        Isn’t the point of school uniforms that everyone wears the same thing, there’s no little Jonny in his Walmart jeans getting teased by Tarquin in his Versace.

        • Warfle99@lemmy.world
          3·
          1 year ago

          They’ll still tease because Tarquin can afford multiple uniforms and to have his staff dry clean them regularly and they won’t be worn down.

        • WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world
          31·
          1 year ago

          That’s the excuse they tend to use but kids are gonna find ways to bully each other no matter what. Making them all wear the same clothes isn’t gonna solve that.