Hey! We’re living in the middle of a pandemic right now, right? That’s what’s going on here. So what’s the last thing you should be worrying about?
Fashion, that is correct. And yet one writer decided to start roasting everyone’s favorite quarantine staple, aka sweatpants. Thankfully, the internet had it handled.
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So, here’s the article.
With all due respect to Adam Tschorn, the writer of the article : bro, this was not the time.
In the article, he laments the fact that wearing sweatpants removes the glamorous facade of the work environment.
His premise was pretty inflammatory.
“Enough with the WFH sweatpants. Dress like the adult you’re getting paid to be.”
Adults get paid to be all sorts of things, as every Twitter user pointed out. Let’s dive in.
3000+ people disagreed.
Adam got what we on Twitter call “ratioed.” That’s when a tweet is so stunningly bad that there are more replies than retweets or likes.
Check out this reply, which broke me as a person.
Y’all remember that one episode of ‘The Simpsons’?
In which a monorail salesman rolls into Springfield and tries to convince a town with no need for a monorail to actually invest in one?
Yeah, that’s exactly who Adam looks like. Adam, the fashion writer!
By far my favorite tweet.
The khakis called, and they miss you wearing them on casual Fridays. Wait, you’ve never worn khakis? Because no one wears khakis in 2020? Big same, y’all. Big same.
The disrespect shown to John Hammond here…
Listen, I don’t think John Hammond, the visionary idiot behind Jurassic Park , would tolerate this type of slander.
Actually, ugh. He’d agree with it. He wore a white linen suit to a dinosaur park.
This perfectly sums up how bad his take was.
He got so close to understanding that the “business environment” facade isn’t necessary to conduct business, and in fact causes anxiety in many people.
He just got… so very close, you know?
Adam, you’re a fashion writer.
As much as I hate to add punctuation to tweets, it seems necessary to truly understand how brutal this roast is:
“Adam, they are in here roasting your fits. What are you gonna do about it? They said you dress like an ice cream man who made his uniform out of a pack of Smarties and you wear bootcut jeans with blazers.”
Danie, I’m so sorry, it had to be done for journalism’s sake.
PRECISELY.
The reason the take was so bad was because it literally brings shame upon people who are already struggling to hold onto their jobs in such an uncertain world. Let them wear sweatpants, dammit!
Then the memes came rolling in.
First of all, I am fully stealing this meme.
Second of all, this is so appropriate for this post. I wonder if you can wear sweatpants to run a virtual circus?
Women understand the most, tbh.
I’m sorry, but if I can do my job to the best of my ability during a truly unprecedented time in human history while wearing sweats and no bra, I am going to do it!
This is… accurate.
This is so very true, and I am in pain over it. I solemnly swear to never dress my Sims children up like this, even if I think it makes them look like they’re attending a fair in 1954.
In all seriousness…
Things are really weird right now. The world is suffering. If you’re still working, do what you have to do to make yourself as comfortable as possible. You deserve it.
Here comes Art Decider.
You can always rely on Art Decider to show up when it’s needed most. If a tweet is good, or truly bad? Art Decider will let you know.
Survey says: Not art.
