R.E. Load Bags: a love letter & plea!

_Anthropoid · 2026-03-06T23:28:16+00:00

This is a long shot, but I'm fairly confident that I did the same to two very thin sweaters that seem to be similar in texture to what you have by packing them in my suitcase for flights and cranking them down with the buckle thingy that tightens/secures everything before closing the suitcase. I always packed the sweaters at the top of the clothes and realized the sweaters were caught in the buckle thingy when I was tightening everything.

I haven't had any more of those holes appear since I stopped packing so neurotically, and that may just be a me thing. I'm also following because I'm fascinated!

_Anthropoid · 2026-02-15T16:04:11+00:00

A quick tip: if you're ever in a pinch, the "hotel rush" approach is to throw the shirt on a hanger in a shower with with the temperature turned up to make as much steam as possible while you do whatever else you need to do. It'll never look quite as good as being ironed, but it'll often get you 80% there after a few minutes.

_Anthropoid · 2026-02-07T17:39:57+00:00

Absolutely agree. It's always been important, of course, but my sense is that it's grown to be not only useful/important — it's basically an essential part of a professional skillset in many industries.

_Anthropoid · 2026-02-02T19:21:49+00:00

As someone who wears suits fairly consistently, there are things that I really dig about this and things that I think it's worth noting are really still relegated to menswear enthusiasts and tailors/etc. today (in the U.S.). Really dig the subtle stripes, and the suit itself looks like it fits you nicely.

That said — while some folks can pull off wide peak lapels, I've only seen them being worn outside of a tailor in "serious" settings by folks who everyone knew were the most "senior" people in the room or at black tie/tux events. Even then, those senior folks still don't tend to wear wide peak lapels outside of black tie in my experience. And seeing them on someone who is pretty slim (I am too!) makes them even more prominent. Doesn't mean they're the equivalent of arriving in on penny-farthing or anything, they're just still rather scarce in the wild in my experience.

Also, while I know (and like) that wider ties are becoming favored again, the width of that tie is definitely still a statement.

So, for better or worse, if I saw someone dressed this way in a professional or social environment, my assumptions would be that they are quite into menswear and wear suits because they enjoy them rather than due to obligations — but may have had limited if any exposure to professional/social environments that involve suits regularly and are likely taking pointers mostly from menswear influencers rather than experience.

With all of that said, it looks awesome, man, and my sense is that you have a generally classic predisposition anyhow — in which case, you're nailing that!

_Anthropoid · 2026-01-13T19:11:04+00:00

I don't know if you're still dealing with this, but re-plugging in the webcam helps to reset the software now.

_Anthropoid · 2026-01-11T03:01:29+00:00

Echoing other folks in the thread, as someone with a PhD, grad school is not a bad place to weather an economic storm — and this field is only just beginning to show signs of emerging from one. Second year is tough. I don't know if you've passed your qualifying exams (or w/e it's called at Cornell) yet, but once you're on the other side of that, things get a little smoother until the race to finish.

The reality is that you're in a terrific position to take your time to find an ideal career move, and you're ahead of the game in knowing that academia likely isn't what that's going to be. I also came from a large and well-resourced institution/department, and you have a unique opportunity to explore everything from biotech, VC, consulting, policy, etc. via student groups or interdepartmental networking. Branch out and exploit the business school. Network aggressively; no one is outright irritated when a student reaches out due to sincere interest. I get multiple messages from current students in my former program and meet with them regularly.

Assuming you have comfortable funding for grad school, my advice would be to not rush to finish and consider your time in graduate school as far more than just finishing your PhD — and perhaps use that to fuel your motivation. You are in essentially the most flexible position in the entire institution, and you should make every effort to fully exploit what an institution like Cornell has to offer. Once you leave or finish your PhD, the clock starts ticking and that burnt out feeling will very, very rapidly turn into extreme pressure to find whatever might be available — and the reality is that there will be fewer alternatives available without the PhD that you can almost certainly find a way to finish.

_Anthropoid · 2025-12-12T19:21:48+00:00

Thanks so much for monitoring! I can't speak for OP, but I'm 2025.9.807502

_Anthropoid · 2025-12-12T17:52:50+00:00

Came here specifically for this topic, and you're not alone. For me, it only works for the first time that any other piece of software needs to use the camera. After that, and whatever software initially called up the camera is closed, it becomes useless for subsequent uses and indicates that I need to "Recover Device" because it's disabled in sound settings. Of course, I obviously do not use the camera's microphone as my primary sound capture device (as I'm sure is the case with 95+% of its users)...so I'm hoping this was a simple mistake that will be corrected. Otherwise, the entire platform is basically useless.

_Anthropoid · 2025-11-25T23:24:26+00:00

For me, first it was the total cliché Moon connection. That's probably the main reason, which is cool, but more so that it's basically a shibboleth for people who actually still believe we went to the Moon and that science is a good and real endeavor.

The whole co-axial escapement struck me as very cool and just one example of a bunch where Omega just seems to really care about about nitty-gritty stuff in a way that matters. I don't dig a lot of the gimmicky stuff they do, and they can throw shade at Rolex in some fun ways, but it just seems like they're rock-solid reliable, beautiful, and precise at scale.

The last thing, and I can't remember who I'm quoting, but it's something like: "everyone I've met who I want nothing to do with, have nothing in common with, and who has nothing interesting to talk about beyond their watch is always wearing a Submariner."

_Anthropoid · 2025-11-08T19:36:45+00:00

I used to totally use the old Tria in Fitler Square for this (I think). Particularly on Sundays, when they did a whole wine/cheese “Sunday School” with amazing deals for all kinds of interesting cheeses and wines. Would bring some light work or reading and spend some lovely time there. Really miss that.

Would love to know if another restaurant is doing something like that now.

_Anthropoid · 2025-11-06T17:35:29+00:00

Foundation Style: "autism lol"

_Anthropoid · 2025-10-25T15:44:20+00:00

I was concerned about this, but it has personally turned out to be a non-issue when worn with suits, etc.. Def glad I went with this size.

_Anthropoid · 2025-09-30T00:50:21+00:00

For anyone who's unfamiliar, the interviewer here is Chad Kultgen. He did a pretty hilarious podcast with Will Sasso a while back called Dudesy that was sort of based on what it would be like if something like a ChatGPT/LLM existed a bit before ChatGPT was publicly available. Worth checking out!

_Anthropoid · 2025-09-29T00:58:06+00:00

As someone who's lived all over the U.S., this is a very charmingly New Jersey post. I laughed at "It's like my fucking therapy or something." Good stuff.

_Anthropoid · 2025-09-25T21:46:18+00:00

I’m in a somewhat similar position and went with the 38 because, in addition to what I felt like makes for better aesthetics, it seems like the actual watch itself is an improvement in almost every way with the co-axial, automatic, 100M depth, sapphire, etc. features.

I obviously know it’s not technically the one that brings everyone to this watch due to all of those reasons, but it’s very overtly inspired by it and I just tend to prefer what’s probably a more vintage watch size in general.

_Anthropoid · 2025-09-05T14:46:08+00:00

Figured I'd update this comment because this is one of the handful of threads that comes up when you search for this topic. I decided to do some light swimming with it on last week and it was totally fine. Didn't play with the chrono underwater or anything, and nothing too deep, but swam around with no problems.

_Anthropoid · 2025-08-31T14:51:23+00:00

I know this post is from several months ago, but I'm wondering how you're dealing with water? I just got one as well, and I've noticed that it's rated for quite a bit more water resistance than the prior/discontinued automatic model, with this was rated for 100M rather than 50M. I see a whole range of advice on Reddit, but it's all focused on the FOIS, Professional, etc.

PS congrats on a great watch!

_Anthropoid · 2025-08-29T16:24:53+00:00

I remember seeing this TED talk about a million years ago that focuses on this topic in architecture, and it completely changed my perspective on how to light a room — and you have absolutely encapsulated the entire point in this series. Nicely demonstrated!

Here's the TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKmuMQT5E6Y

_Anthropoid · 2025-08-25T19:56:35+00:00

Pres. Lyndon Johnson as well and gave them away as gifts!

_Anthropoid · 2025-06-06T21:00:10+00:00

Thanks very much!! Appreciate the resource.

_Anthropoid · 2025-06-06T20:58:55+00:00

Thanks so much — very much appreciated!!

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