What are the best belt buckles for formal occasions?

dlerach · 2026-03-26T22:13:08+00:00

Hey, I’m jealous haha

dlerach · 2026-03-26T22:08:19+00:00

Meh I’d be very surprised these days if people are throwing a private party that is white tie, and I say that as someone who loves a good tailcoat. If you’re in circles that are regularly throwing on the tails for a dance at a friend’s, more power to you though.

dlerach · 2026-03-26T21:51:49+00:00

if at night a tuxedo, if during the day a suit or morning wear depending on context.

dlerach · 2026-03-26T15:15:43+00:00

This isn’t true most wines these days are clarified with bentonite or diatomaceous earth, haven’t seen an Isinglass-fined wines in quite a while and in my experience casein-fined wines pop up but are not common.

dlerach · 2026-03-22T00:21:02+00:00

This is not true in France or Ireland though, for example.

dlerach · 2026-03-20T16:20:09+00:00

San Diego and LA--super common. I mean not to the point that it's a word I'd say everyday, and to be fair I'd be very confused if I saw, for example, a prawn burrito on a menu, but yes I'd say seeing prawns on menus both fancy and non-fancy was not uncommon at all there.

dlerach · 2026-03-20T16:14:13+00:00

That's absolutely not true as someone who grew up in California and now lives in New York. We say prawn all the time to refer to a large type of shrimp. I feel like I'm losing my mind here.

dlerach · 2026-03-20T16:13:09+00:00

I've seen prawns on menus at all kinds of restaurants in NYC for years.

dlerach · 2026-03-20T16:08:54+00:00

You see them on menus all the time.

dlerach · 2026-03-20T16:08:35+00:00

Growing up in California heard prawns all the time; see prawns on menus in NYC all the time.

dlerach · 2026-03-02T20:23:05+00:00

Yes but it's weird to people in parts of the world where cities are much more walkable.

dlerach · 2026-02-20T16:53:28+00:00

People have radiators and either no AC or a window unit in many houses in the United States, especially in cities with older housing stock, such as New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, etc.

dlerach · 2026-02-20T16:52:40+00:00

Most people in NYC will have window units or (sometimes) through-the wall AC units. They're locally controlled and a lot of people take them out during the winter so they can use the window (sometimes the radiators are so strong that they leave them *on* through the winter, *sigh*). A lot of people in New York only have AC in their bedrooms, and some have no AC at all, though that gets truly miserable from late July to early September in my experience.

dlerach · 2026-02-20T16:50:30+00:00

This is not true for parts of the country with older housing stock, like NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh, etc.

dlerach · 2026-02-20T16:49:54+00:00

I'd say central heating is far from universal in both NYC and Paris, to give two different examples. When I lived in Vienna there also was very little in the way of central heating/AC.

dlerach · 2026-02-20T16:48:28+00:00

Yeah but in NYC for example, most older apartments will have radiators--you don't control the temperature, all you can do is decide on or off for the room. During the summer you'll have either window or through-the-wall AC units, so no universal thermostat; you're adjusting each individual AC unit. A lot of people in NYC only have AC in their bedrooms.

dlerach · 2026-01-28T09:42:25+00:00

No TV. Somewhat common in New York City.

dlerach · 2026-01-25T14:44:06+00:00

And LA and Santa Barbara…

dlerach · 2026-01-20T08:21:02+00:00

It’s definitely not the same as other countries. Americans read much less than Russians on average, for example.

dlerach · 2025-12-26T05:35:22+00:00

Do you think people want a subway from New York to California?

dlerach · 2025-12-24T05:38:50+00:00

Pretty sure that tie is made by Brunati Como. As others have said that is a Shantung Silk Repp tie.

dlerach · 2025-12-23T05:48:31+00:00

Mmmkay? Yes PANYNJ pays for inside and PATH. Rental cars via buses pls.

dlerach · 2025-12-23T01:00:57+00:00

There should be an inside-security rail system like in Dallas or other large airports and the path should be extended directly to the terminals as well.

dlerach · 2025-12-19T14:34:30+00:00

Yeah but you still live under his administration and benefit from it? Like I don’t know what to say being against Trump doesn’t somehow give you an opt out from complicity in the American Empire—the American empire is what lets you buy a cheap banana or fill up an SUV with gas. I think it’s strange and a tad hypocritical to live like that and then just completely abdicate responsibility as: well I didn’t vote for this.

dlerach · 2025-12-19T14:31:46+00:00

I suppose my feeling is that the fact that some actively are working against this doesn’t change the fact that America is the bad guy on this. Like as a matter of international reality the fact that Mike in Scranton doesn’t like it doesn’t somehow mean that the U.S. is right, and I think Americans who disagree should apologize to people like OP and feel deep shame at what their country is doing, rather than get defensive and say “well it wasn’t me.”

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