Hacker News Reader

Well tailored, high quality dress pants can be tremendously comfortable. More so than most jeans.

Really the lesson here is people don't spend money on things they use twice a year. Also an important software engineering lesson!

(Though I'll bite on the ties...terribly uncomfortable)

View on HN

Neckties are uncomfortable only if the shirt collar doesn't fit properly when buttoned.

(That's one advantage of having dress shirts custom-made: You can have the collar made to an exact fit — and also have the sleeves made to the exact length needed to peek from the sleeves of your suit jacket without your having to "shoot your cuffs" à la Daniel Craig's James Bond.)

Reply on news.ycombinator.com