[HN Gopher] Pockets: A History of Carrying Capacity
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Pockets: A History of Carrying Capacity
Author : lxm
Score : 21 points
Date : 2023-09-09 16:43 UTC (6 hours ago)
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| sparrish wrote:
| I love my cargo pants. I carry so much stuff. I'd have to carry a
| backpack everywhere if it weren't for my many pockets.
| jareklupinski wrote:
| my life measurably improved when i moved from "phone left, wallet
| right, keys little right" to one of those slim phone covers with
| a slit in the back that fits just a couple cards
|
| with my id and a backup credit card in there, and the rest of my
| cards in my phone app, i'm down to just "phone left, keys right"
|
| can't wait until i can do everything with just a watch (looking
| at you, rideshare apps), and live 'la dolce vita' without pockets
| saaaaaam wrote:
| One of my favourite bits of comedy is from Paul Tonksinon, an
| English comedian who is originally from Yorkshire. For non-
| English audiences, Yorkshiremen are considered very bluff and no-
| nonsense - the antithesis of "fancy". Plain speaking is a virtue
| and anything that might even have a whiff of showing off or
| wanting to seem like you are better than others is treated with
| deep suspicion if not outright hostility.
|
| Anyway, the set up of the joke is Paul Tonkinson worrying about a
| trip home, and he knows that he's going to have to go to the
| local pub with his dad and his dad's friends. Now he's a famous
| London comedian and acclimatised to "London ways" he's worried
| that he's going to stick out like a sore thumb.
|
| He goes to the pub, everything is going fine. He's relieved.
| Until one of his dad's friends looks him up and down and says
| "Alright lad? I hear you're one of those London types now. You
| must be doing alright for yourself. Your clothes I mean - very
| fancy. Trousers! _with pockets_ "
|
| It's much funnier when he tells it obviously. I've been trying to
| find a YouTube clip but can't.
| hahajk wrote:
| It still doesn't answer the question: if women complain so much
| about a lack of pockets [0], why don't they buy clothes with
| pockets? This article by HSW [1] suggests it's a "male dominated
| fashion industry." That doesn't sound right to me, being a free
| market. I suspect it's just that women don't actually buy pants
| with big pockets because they don't like the way they look.
|
| [0] https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/pockets-articles-
| of-i... [1]
| https://lifestyle.howstuffworks.com/style/fashion/trends-loo...
| dividedbyzero wrote:
| As far as my girlfriend is concerned: Because as soon as a
| piece is remotely nice its pockets are decorative jokes. If
| there were clothes that were both stylish and had decent
| pockets she'd buy them at once, but there are almost none.
| There seems to be no good reason for that to be so, extending
| the joke pockets usually doesn't cause the piece to look bad or
| lose function (if not stuffed to the brink and excluding those
| items where that can't realistically work).
| dronodeath wrote:
| Maybe pockets are one of those things that everyone says
| they'd like, but really that preference is subordinate to so
| many other considerations, that it doesn't materially affect
| the success of the product. Couple that with simply costing a
| tiny bit more or just being different than the status quo,
| and it ends up a nonstarter, because why bother with
| something that won't make the product more successful?
| albertsondev wrote:
| I usually do. Problem is, to do that at all, I usually have to
| buy men's clothing. I buy men's jeans by default, because they
| have pockets and the fit and comfort aren't my biggest concerns
| for rugged practical wear. If I want to indulge in feminine
| fashion or, gods forbid, look professional, I quickly find that
| I'm out of options. Most pants that do have pockets, they're
| barely large enough for my phone to fit halfway in them (and
| I'm using a G7, not a phablet or something). Many just don't,
| or even worse, they're sewn on decoratively without actually
| being open and able to hold anything. Some skirts and dresses,
| sure, they don't really make sense, but why in the world would
| decorative non-functional pockets be a staple of so many pairs
| of women's pants if we didn't like how they look?
| linusg789 wrote:
| https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Em9Ek
| archo wrote:
| and https://archive.is/IHALv
| looping8 wrote:
| It's funny that pockets were a feminist thing so long ago but
| they still are. Women's jeans don't always have them and a lot of
| girls I know have complained about it. Never had this problem as
| a man.
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