LDS Garments: Why I Want Out of This Club

[Sullyute]

PAC, you have my left hand sustaining vote!!!

[BigFatMeanie]

Summer and Gs almost make me lose my testimony. I'm the most susceptible to opt out in the summer. If I'm wearing anything but a button up collar and tie I wear a mesh scooped neck. But I swear mesh is the hottest material available. I hate the visible lines of the cotton scooped neck.

3 words: Cotton crew neck.

[Donuthole]

3 words: Cotton crew neck.

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[BigFatMeanie]

There are different kinds of nerd. The engineer kind that would wear a crew neck is the good kind. The smarmy cheeseball that would wear the eternal smile scoop neck is the bad kind.


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[Lost Student]

Done and done (or will be, during the first 100 days of the new administration)! There’s a third change that will also be introduced. I’ve written about this previously, but I can’t recall if I did so on CS or with another audience, so I’ll unload yet again. Here’s the announcement that will roll out the third change.

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Better fitting G’s, shorter meeting block, and an overhaul of the mission program. We’re ready to go.

I like it, but a couple of questions:

If one chooses a military mission, do they not get paid? Could they be asked to donate their income during their mission to defray living costs of the other types of missionaries? Military missionary income could also help the PEF.

Not that I'm not potentially sustaining you as a prophet, seer, and revelator, but I would not get rid of contacting. Some of the times I felt most like a missionary were when I approached a stranger on the street to talk about the gospel. Perhaps my opinion would be different if I hasn't served in South America.

[Donuthole]

LDS Garments: Why I Want Out of This Club

There are different kinds of nerd. The engineer kind that would wear a crew neck is the good kind. The smarmy cheeseball that would wear the eternal smile scoop neck is the bad kind.


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As I've documented numerous times here, there is a time and a place for crew neck garments. But the situation you describe is neither the time nor the place. And if the crew neck is the primary option in your G line, you're not the good kind of nerd.

[OceanBlue]

Done and done (or will be, during the first 100 days of the new
administration)! There’s a third change that will also be introduced. I’ve written about this previously, but I can’t recall if I did so on CS or with another audience, so I’ll unload yet again. Here’s the announcement that will roll out the third change.

Missions. Commencing immediately, we call upon all young men and women of the church, at any age between 18 and 25, to serve a mission. Each person can choose to serve in one of three forms: proselyting mission, service mission, or in the armed forces of the person’s native country. Missions will be for a minimum of 18 months. Proselyting missions will be similar to the current program, but with no contacting—rather, all of the missionary’s time will be spent studying and teaching, either investigators or members.

Service missions will be coordinated by a new department within the Church, and assignments will be made based on a person’s interests, skills, career plans and areas of greatest need. Examples will include serving in retirement homes and convalescent hospitals, installing fresh water, plumbing and electrical systems, medical assistance, etc. The department will be staffed in part by retired senior couples with career experience in business administration, medical services, education, engineering, law, the arts, etc.

A military “mission” will be military service as dictated by the nation of origin.

All missionaries will be required to adhere to standards currently applicable to missionaries. An applicant’s past will not be a criterion in determining eligibility or assignment, provided his/her bishop has determined he/she understands the standards applicable to all missionaries, has agreed to abide by them, and reasonably believes he/she will do so.

Missionaries will remainresponsible for paying a fixed monthly amount to defray their living expenses. However, all missionaries who receive an honorable release from their missions will be eligible for full tuition, fees, books and a modest living expense for up to four years of college, vocational school or other qualified training centers, through the Perpetual Education Fund. The substantial additional costs will be borne through what we expect will be a substantial increase in donations from members and other sources (and sorry, Applejack, but tithing has to stay).

All three types of missions will have substantial value for both the missionaries and those whom they’ll be called upon to serve, and there will be no stigma or cachet attached to one type of mission over another. With these changes, we expect to have 100,000 active missionaries in the field, providing more than 300 Million person-hours of service each year. We expect the lessons to be learned by all who donate 18 months or more of selfless service will be limitless, profound, and of incalculable benefit to the individual, the Church, and the world.

Better fitting G’s, shorter meeting block, and an overhaul of the mission program. We’re ready to go.

This concept of service is wonderful. Even without the subsidy it would be a great improvement.

[PaloAltoCougar]

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If one chooses a military mission, do they not get paid? Could they be asked to donate their income during their mission to defray living costs of the other types of missionaries? Military missionary income could also help the PEF.

Not that I'm not potentially sustaining you as a prophet, seer, and revelator, but I would not get rid of contacting. Some of the times I felt most like a missionary were when I approached a stranger on the street to talk about the gospel. Perhaps my opinion would be different if I hasn't served in South America.

Agreed about the military payment. They wouldn't get the subsidy the Church provides currently to missionaries, and the PEF grant post-service would need to be tweaked to ensure fairness. Coincidentally, this would probably be an even better program than the GI Bill whose positive effects have been huge. As for contacting, well, okay, but I LOATHED tracting and street contacting (perhaps because I averaged 35-40 hours a week doing that. We'll make it optional. And btw, you'll be receiving a call to serve on the new missionary service committee.

This concept of service is wonderful. Even without the subsidy it would be a great improvement.

Consider all of the (mostly) positive publicity the Peace Corps has generated since JFK started it in the early 60's. I think that over the course of the program, they've averaged around 5,000 participants a year. Multiply that by 10, and couple that with the expertise that hundreds of retired professionals will provide through supervision and hands-on management, and the positive results will be YUUUUUUGGGGGGE!

[USUC]

3 words: Cotton crew neck.

Nope, I only wear crew neck if I'm wearing a tie. Having an undershirt peek up from underneath your collar is unbecoming. Same thing if your undershirt peeks out of the sleeves of a t shirt. Don't be fooled by the great unwashed you see in Utah, this is a fashion faux pas.

[falafel]

Nope, I only wear crew neck if I'm wearing a tie. Having an undershirt peek up from underneath your collar is unbecoming. Same thing if your undershirt peeks out of the sleeves of a t shirt. Don't be fooled by the great unwashed you see in Utah, this is a fashion faux pas.

Agreed. The fact that BFM thinks that the crew neck is the standard shows how far inside the bubble he has been for the last 20 years.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

Prom picture posted by my cousin's husband.



My new favorite thing that I really tuned into during my Disneyland annual pass is guys that wear DRI-fit/Cool Max type of shirts over their cotton crew neck garms.


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[New Mexican Disaster]

Nope, I only wear crew neck if I'm wearing a tie. Having an undershirt peek up from underneath your collar is unbecoming. Same thing if your undershirt peeks out of the sleeves of a t shirt. Don't be fooled by the great unwashed you see in Utah, this is a fashion faux pas.

I have seen a few photos of people on here and I'm pretty sure that none of us should be giving fashion tips to anyone.

[CardiacCoug]

Those of you who went to BYU-Nebraska last year will remember how ridiculously hot and humid it was.

I felt inspired to ditch the garment top altogether that morning and clearly God approved.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I have seen a few photos of people on here and I'm pretty sure that none of us should be giving fashion tips to anyone.

GFYS

[Green Monstah]

They just need to offer a v neck. You can see the swoop neck under my light colored shirts.