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Wearing a Tie May Cause Blindness!
An anonymous reader noted that there finally is some science to justify not wearing a tie! Doctors have found that wearing a tie too tight causes pressure on the jugular vein, which leads to a build-up of pressure in the eyeballs. Such pressure rises have been linked to glaucoma, which causes blindness. Now, if only some kind researchers could get us all out of wearing pants at the office, we'd be set!
I work with lots of fat, pasty software devs, I'd rather not see them pantless.
If we could take pot-breaks to combat blindness, well, now you're talking.
for wearing pants: they're optional. you are also allowed to wear a skirt, kilt or dress.
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It would be interesting to find out what portion of /. readers where ties regularly. I'd guess the figure would be very low, somewhere under 5%. When I got my first office job back in 1986, wearing ties every day was the norm. In my case, that changed around 1994 (thank goodness)...
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Thanks to working with IT people, I can assure you, the patterns on the ties these people pick out are far more damaging to my eyesight than any pressure on my jugular vein, thanks.
"Now, if only some kind researchers could get us all out of wearing pants at the office, we'd be set! "
Researches funded by the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation are feverishly working on this one, don't worry.
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I guess this explains why most CEO's can't see past next quarter's earnings report. If only the corporate culture at Worldcom and Enron was a little bit more casual...
"I hope he tells us to burn our pants, cause these things are really riding up on me."
and later on...
"Don't you hate pants?!"
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The only surefire protection against Microsoft infections is abstinence. - The Onion
*takes off his belt*
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"I would gauge my eyes out."
How does one do that? Is it like checking eyeball fluid pressure?
This is possibly one of the most useless bits of "research" for a while and i'm amazed it didn't come out of a UK university.
My old Uni announced to a great fanfare that they had provded that "the smell of food made people hungry". Another one was that "people look fatter on television than they really are".
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Women wearing shirts and bras will get breast cancer. Please consider removing them ASAP to help cure cancer!
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I recently purchased myself a suit, it is properly fitted for me. Consequently it is very comfortable to wear and I enjoy wearing it with a tie. Another advantage is that girls like men in suits. =]
One thing that I have found is that the combination of the shirt collar and tie encourage me to sit with correct posture, otherwise I can feel them cutting into my throat. This is a good thing.
Of course, you could always wear a 'clip-on' tie or bow-tie (how come I only see doctors wear them?) which also have certain personal safety benefits - like not having to worry about being killed/maimed if it gets caught in a shredder =]
Recently, we have heard that:
:D
1. Masturbating keeps your prostate healthy.
2. Eating pizza helps prevent cancer
3. Not wearing a tie can preserve your eyesight
Bout time we had a run of good news
Surely it is nothing more than an arrow directing your co-workers in the direction of your genitalia.
I'm not sure what this says about people who wear bowties...
--This isn't a man who is leaving with his head between his legs.