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Gen Z workers in China are picking 'gross outfits' over corporate glam because they don't get paid enough to look fly (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You have completely flipped the context of the quote. It's not just comfort for comforts sake, it's also a way of protesting the 996 work culture of China.

The article is definitely stating that this is a protest, your quote is about a fringe benefit.

Social media users have joked that if you wear your favorite outfit to work, it'll be contaminated by the "Ban Wei" as the office vibe creeps into your personal life.

The remaining option: wear your gross clothes to the office.

Candise Lin who creates content on TikTok exploring cultural trends in China, broke down this viral trend in a recent video.

She used an example of one blogger who said that they only wears clothes with holes in them to work to reflect their "crappy job and shabby pay."

Clearly stated like 2 paragraphs after your quote.

[–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It is definitely protest. But they choose these outfit to protest because they are comfortable, as oppose to vampires costume, which would also violate the dress code.

This is related to what OP is saying. These outfit already exists because of toxic work culture, they are taking it to the extreme.

[–] NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Pick a position and stick with it for more than a single comment:

It is not protest for the sake of protest, but mostly "convenience".

It is a protest using existing social expectations of dress code, it's not just about comfort.

"Protest for the sake of protest" is nonsense. By definition they're doing it for the sake of something. That something is not convenience, it's the 996 work culture like the subject of the article.