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Can we please bring back cloaks? (www.darkincloset.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by metaltoilet@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
 

They're so great!

  • Pockets
  • Super cool looking
  • Warm
  • Blanket whenever you need them

||Just don't make them a neckbeard thing people!||

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[–] Recant@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I'm worried about the safety implications of bringing them back. What if they got caught in an escalator, elevator door, taxi door, normal door.

Plus I think it would be rude if you are walking down the sidewalk and your cape/cloak keeps touching people who are walking by you.

[–] tonamel@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I don't think anybody worries about those things happening with long dresses, which are already plenty common and have similar risk.

[–] prole@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Flashbacks to that chapter of The Watchmen where Dollar Bill tried to stop a bank robbery at a bank with revolving doors...

[–] metaltoilet@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yikes, didnt think of that. I think we could work it all out though.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] Recant@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I am aware of them haha but I know that those who wear them also do not like to wear long ones because of the inconvenience they cause.

[–] CookieMeowster@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

It kind of irks me to be spoken for, so to say, so just for the record: me right here, I wear dresses, and I especially like to wear long ones. We do exist!

Also, any inconvenience is a worthy trade-off for vastly minimised accidental flashing risks, for me personally. I like dresses, but I'm not always good at remembering I'm wearing one 😅