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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 20 Aug 2014

    5 year old asks what a tie is. I explain. Asks why people wear them. They think they look good, I say. "That doesn't look good!"

    10:56 AM - 20 Aug 2014
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      1. Ezra Rogue Killer Rapoport‏ @HFBondsTrader 20 Aug 2014
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        pic.twitter.com/DAG4jqPhso @paulg

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      1. Nihar Ranjan‏ @NiharRan 20 Aug 2014
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        @paulg Whoever made Tie popular was one of the best marketeer, as product doesn't make sense at all :)

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      1. Raf‏ @RafUCLA 20 Aug 2014
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        @paulg a tie can look good. Agree, though: it should be a choice of style not (fake) status.

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      1. Moshe Tamssot‏ @Tamssot 20 Aug 2014
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        @paulg Ties are the nooses of submission. Watches the shackle of time. Avoid both, if you can :)

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      1. Tom Mullaly‏ @wagefreedom 20 Aug 2014
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        @paulg A voice from the future.

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      1. Mark West‏ @westybsa 26 Aug 2014
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        @paulg Ties are ugly devices designed to strangle and suffocate you. #endofstory

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      1. Karan Sikka‏ @ksikkaa 20 Aug 2014
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        @paulg let's see his sense of style then! ;)

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      1. Sebastian‏ @skglas 20 Aug 2014
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        @paulg it reduces diversity

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      1. the democrats learned nothing from 2016  👻‏Verified account @isamuel 20 Aug 2014
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        .@paulg Congratulations, you can now dress as well as a five-year-old.

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      2. Learner Reddy‏ @reddygvsb 20 Aug 2014
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        @paulg @SNChd Should I be worried? I'm a regular!!!

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      3. Sandeep Nangia‏ @SNChd 20 Aug 2014
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        @reddygvsb You like to wear a tie?

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      4. Learner Reddy‏ @reddygvsb 20 Aug 2014
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        @SNChd I wear them all the time!! Professional hazard!!!!

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      5. Sandeep Nangia‏ @SNChd 20 Aug 2014
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        @reddygvsb Oh! I HAVE to wear it too once a week! Dress code!

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      6. Learner Reddy‏ @reddygvsb 20 Aug 2014
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        @SNChd ohho! I can commiserate with you!

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      1. Yegor Bugayenko‏ @yegor256 20 Aug 2014
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        @paulg your second answer was wrong, I think. "They think they look more expensive" would be a more accurate one...

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      2. Gregory Gromov‏ @ntvll 20 Aug 2014
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        @paulg @karlnieb @NotGiacomo they think they should wear them.Sometimes kids better understand the rules of game than we are ready to accept

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      3. Gregory Gromov‏ @ntvll 21 Aug 2014
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        Gregory Gromov Retweeted Roger von Oech

        @paulg @karlnieb @NotGiacomo for instance:https://twitter.com/RogervonOech/status/502302830808412160 …

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        Roger von Oech @RogervonOech
        I like "biz informal," but if you're POTUS somberly announcing the murder of a journalist, a tie would be in order. pic.twitter.com/6s8hC6fsSv
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      2. Asterione‏ @asterione 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg It has some use catching sauce before it hits the underlying shirt :-)

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      3. Asterione‏ @asterione 20 Aug 2014
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        @paulg @asterione That's why I go for tomato-coloured ones when I have to wear them at weddings.

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      1. Martin Jambon‏ @mjambon 20 Aug 2014
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        @paulg Of course wearing a tie doesn't have anything to do with looking good, it's normative.

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