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> if you can't feel comfortable in a suit and assume therefore it's impossible to for anyone to be comfortable in one,

I don't think you can't be comfortable, I just think they're less comfortable. No one spends a lazy Sunday afternoon on the couch watching TV while wearing a suit, if they were more comfortable than other clothes this would be common. Either way your solution of getting better suits or a tailor is an unnecessary expense I can do without.

As far as signalling goes it generally means the opposite of it's intention to me, if I see someone in a suite I'm more likely to think used car salesman, mormon or boss. I'm immediately much more skeptical and defensive because they'll want to sell me something or control me.

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There are advantages for dressing up but you'll never understand them by taking the majority view.

Nobody cares what anyone wears at home we're talking comfort at work.

And again, a suit is ultimately a dress down garment requiring less care to put on than a track suit.

In all this discourse nobody ever bothered to ask what dressing is even defined as and we're supposed to call ourselves software engineers.

Another hint: wearing swag is not equivalent to dressing up.

> Nobody cares what anyone wears at home we're talking comfort at work.

Comfort is independent of location, the only difference is that at home we prioritize comfort and that translates to not wearing suits.

> And again, a suit is ultimately a dress down garment requiring less care to put on than a track suit.

In what world? Track pants you just pull on and maybe tie up if there's some weight in your pockets, dress pants you have to pull on zip/button up and put a belt on. Some with the upper half, it's easier to pull on a T shirt than button one up. Neither are hardly arduous (hence my surprise that some people take "pride in their appearance") but a suit is definitely not the easiest option.

> In all this discourse nobody ever bothered to ask what dressing is even defined as and we're supposed to call ourselves software engineers.

Because we all have a functional shared understanding of what it means, if you have a definition that differs or constrains this general understanding then it would be much more useful to state it rather than vague hints.

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