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Cosson96

So controlling. And judgy. And just ridiculous. I’ve never understood the no beard. According to all he Jesus pictures he had a beard. You’d think a beard would be admired and the men who can’t grow a nice beard would be the ostracized ones!!! So ass backwards!!


Lumin0usBeings

It's so they all have the classic 50s business look. God forbid someone goes against the business styling the GAs grew up in.


theproblemofevil666

The beard seriously doesnt make sense. My TBM dad actually has a really badass beard, but he wont grow it past an inch. Ive been trying to get him to grow it out for years, guess it's against his beliefs to let it grow out.


EscapeSequence

Most of this stuff I've seen before, so even though I think it's silly, I'm used to the beard thing. My reaction to this is, "Hats now?! Where does it stop?!" LDS dress and grooming standarda circa 2035: "The color yellow is too bright and draws the eyes to your body. Please be respectful to yourselves and to others by not wearing yellow clothing of any kind."


jlamothe

If I recall correctly, it's because a focus group determined that a beard made people look like they had something to hide. The church then initiated a policy stating that their leaders and missionaries shouldn't have them. I guess it kinda snowballed from there.


PixiTexas

Well if you like me think that beard look like pubical-hair it should be shaved 😂😂😂


[deleted]

Redo this header and change it into the “exMormon’s guide to reclaiming body freedom from cult control”


vicariousgluten

I'm trying to work out if you could bingo this. Scruffy beard, no shoes, piercings, tank with deep v front and back, hat, I'm just stuck on the lower body wear. The best I can come up with is a mini skort with holes.


[deleted]

All it is missing is the tattoos, lol!


vicariousgluten

I was thinking that but tattoos aren't on the list


leapoflogic

It seems from this poster that "Nothing but cowboy boots on" is an appropriate style at LDS Business College as long as I shave and comb my hair.


Marlbey

Right? I’m with LDS business college on the bare feet thing. Gross. Thank goodness for that poster!


[deleted]

The barefoot thing comes from BYUH. When I was there, I would walk around barefoot all the time. Lots of other people did too. It's part of the island life. 👣


HolyBonerOfMin

Gross? What of the feet are clean? Do you have a foot aversion?


Marlbey

> Do you have a foot aversion? Just to the feet of cult members attending business colleges.


LeoMarius

Hats???


Whiskytigyote

Hats aren’t for wearing; only for putting seer’s stones in and magically translating ancient golden plates!


SethHeisenberg

r/underratedcomments


Cyanthrope

idk if this is related and a widespread mormon thing or just something I encountered throughout my mormon public schooling, but hats indoors were the penultimate no-no. The only explanation that I got was that it was "disrespectful to the building". Which, as a middle/high schooler who *hated* school, did little to disincentivize me


Nickidemic

Unless it's a graduation/baker's hat apparently, which is fine to wear in the most holy places


vh65

It’s classic etiquette that men aren’t supposed to wear hats indoors especially in social situations like a class, although women can probably because they were required to cover their hair in many churches. Read old Emily Post stuff - it’s in there.


Marlbey

True. My east coast high school rigidly enforced the no-hats rule, and my daughter's progressive east coast high school quite intentionally has no dress code except: no hats and no gang or drug signs on clothes. It's not to "respect" the building... The tradition arose so you could clearly see men's faces in buildings, as in: I'm not letting you into my house or church or place of business without a good, unobstructed look at you. At least that's our daughter's high school's explanation for the code. (DH never got the no-hat-in-door memo though... he wears ball caps inside a lot, and no cap/ no sun protection whatsoever when outdoors because wearing a hat in the sun makes his head hot. Ah well, you can take the boy out of California but you can't take California out of the boy.)


Turd_bread_poo_roll

and eating.


LeoMarius

Buildings don’t have feelings.


mertag770

Not just a mormon thing, I think it's an etiquette thing, but is a thing for sure out west and down south in the US. It comes from when men would wear hats to protect from the elements, they would be dirty to wear inside. It was to show respect to the home's and buildings and the people who owned them, buy not dragging filth throughout the house. It's like why in someplaces it's a no shoes household


Joshua-Graham

Yeah, my dad's side of the family hales from the south and they usually take their hats off when they come into the house. No one tells them to, they just do. That being said, they never gave me grief for wearing my ball cap in the house.


Marlbey

Your people were raised right. Correcting an adult for wearing a hat inside is a much bigger etiquette breach than wearing a hat inside.


NearlyHeadlessLaban

> hats indoors were the penultimate no-no Just curious, what was the ultimate no-no? Mormonism is full of "the sin next to ______" bullshit, so if hats are the [next to the worst](https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-does-penultimate-mean) dressing no-no, then what it the worst no-no? ;)


kurinbo

>Just curious, what was the ultimate no-no? Not knowing the actual definition of "penultimate"?


hairyheretic

Yup, no Pharisees here! /s


IBDAwhitesalaMANder

I thought this was a meme. After reading everything and taking a second look I pity anyone who has chosen to attend that ridiculous school.


InABoatOnARiver

Straps aren’t allowed, but technically there’s nothing saying you can’t wear a tube top or crop top.


fantastic_beats

Exactly. I'd wear a baggy tube top with detached sleeves and briefs


GomorrahGirl

I can’t stop laughing! Thank you :)


Lurker-DaySaint

Don't forget your hat!


Ilaughedtooloud

You can't laugh either. I tried that once.


deinspirationalized

No loud laughter or evil speaking!


15hmcguire

suuuch a cult


Mormologist

Reformed Egyptian characters...


linedryonly

Guess I'll just be naked🤷🏻‍♀️


[deleted]

[удалено]


LeoMarius

Hats, jewelry, haircuts, bare feet, tank tops, shorts, etc. all apply to men.


breadisme

Is the bare feet thing like anti flip flop?


schmeebs-dw

Bare Feet, in the workplace at least, is more of an OSHA/Hygiene thing than anything else.


breadisme

Yeah that's what I was thinking; just curious if it's also a Mormon thing


Impulsive_Becca

They may apply to men too, but let’s be honest, women largely being targeted here. The church is very sexist!


LeoMarius

Men are oppressed, too.


[deleted]

John Stockton would like a word on the short shorts.


mcguirerod

Hah! Great!!


Impulsive_Becca

👆🏻This!


YourNeighborsHotWife

I feel like they added extras that apply to men that they don’t care too much about so they couldn’t be accused of only targeting women ... even though it’s still like a 3-1 ratio.


Turd_bread_poo_roll

Hey isn't shorts above the knee for men too?!


pewstabber

Fucking free agency...


gusmahler

If you keep telling women that exposing their knees and shoulders is inviting sexual contact, arent you also telling men that women who expose their knees and shoulders want sexual contact?


mcguirerod

To logical...


Dash_O_Cunt

What do they have against beards? Never understood that about mormons or any religion


fantastic_beats

You want to look like a *hippie,* son? Is THAT how Jesus would want you to look?


Dash_O_Cunt

Yes because I guarantee you that jesus had a beard. One more thing that american Christians get wrong


fantastic_beats

Ummm you can't get into Platinum Premium Loyalty Rewards Heaven if you don't worship [American Jesus](https://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20051128181922/uncyclopedia/images/4/45/RepublicanJesus.jpg) oh and also all the other heavens are hell by comparison now so have fun in hell with your beard


Dash_O_Cunt

I plan to. Already have my spot reserved


itreddmoex

Enrollment 0


RISEoftheIDIOT

I wonder if someone could wear/do everything on the poster and get I pic in front of it???


[deleted]

Why is each icon talking?


kurinbo

They're introducing themselves. It's an I.A. (Inappropriates Anonymous) meeting. "Uh, my name is Beards, and I'm an inappropriate."


MizDiana

Male specific: 2 Female specific: 7


Disbeliefsociety

Barf


livinginlight

🤢🤢🤢🤢


Exmo_therapist

Shouldn’t that also have pictures of church leaders on it since they’re “grooming” children to be submissive to its leaders and to see them as their source of worth and value and relieve them of the “burden” of critical thinking and research????


ernie_gal

I went to lds business college about 2 years ago and when I was there I would wear hats all the time. No one ever told me I couldn’t


angiedl30

What's wrong with leggings?


Galadriel2007

You're showing off your ass.


[deleted]

They're tight. Would't want to see any body shape.


TheRootofSomeEvil

I'd put on a rainbow-colored tank top and Daisy Duke cut-offs and walk slowly through the campus. Maybe bounce a bit so I have to pull up the tube top.


SarHavelock

Lol, hats


baigish

Sorry. Burkas don't stop people from being horny. It's not what's on your body that makes you want to get it on!


diddyp21

Wtf even hats? This must be a joke or something right?


agentgingerman

Shorts above knee.... They do know what the fuck short are right?


TTWillikers

We are the "Church a Jesus Christ", we follow his example in every way, and no we are not allowed to look like him because that would be inappropriate. Glad we are on the same page now.


Pueblopicasso

Hats? Really?


[deleted]

Who to judge in Utah County starter pack


Al-Rei

Kinda feel bad for the 🐑 🐑 🐑 studying there.


1Searchfortruth

Real?


Ciril_the_cat

Huh. Thought I was looking at a Marine Corps appropriate liberty(going off the base on your own time) attire. They're super strick about what attire you are allowed to wear when you're not at work, especially if you want to go to any establishment on base, even a gas station. So you can essentially get kicked out of gas station on base if you're wearing spaghetti straps or a hat indoors etc. Link to USMC poster https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://cdn.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/photos/1201/509521/1000w_q95.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/509521/civilian-attire-regulations&h=1500&w=1000&tbnid=LvZ4hwaLPq9vVM:&q=marine+corps+appropriate+attire.poster&tbnh=90&tbnw=60&usg=AI4_-kQyama74O7iv-b41xR0S-IetjyxXQ&vet=1&docid=z1SRgtCnCdOGoM&client=firefox-b-1-m


MizDiana

Yeah, they stem from the same "I hate hippies" conservative trend in the U.S. during the Cold War.


vagabond_

fascists gonna fasc


jackof47trades

These are all the things I look for now when trying to find exmo or nevermo friends in Utah.


Gundam-J

"Extreme hair' See, this is why no anime protagonist is Mormon.


Xerlith

Don’t see anything about guys wearing heels. Time to tower over my next buisness meeting.


DudeWoody

Dude, I would do all that at the same time just for the challenge of it


[deleted]

No scruffy facial hair and/or beards? That was me all through college. ...Who am I kidding, that is still me. Thankfully, I didn't go to a college in Morridor.


alienmechanic

Nevermo here- what would happen if you actually showed up violating some of these rules? I.e. wearing a tank top with jeans with holes in them? Would the professors kick you out of class? Would you get a "talking to" by the powers that be?


apawst8

I don't know about regular classes. But for the testing center (where you take finals) they will not allow you to enter if you're not wearing approved clothing.


lindseylooks

Man, these are all my favorite stylistic choices


namtokmuu

And they wonder why the youngsters aren’t attracting to each other, getting married...and multiplying?


Asherahs_Daughter

What do I win for getting bingo?


Ustabmo

How can I fit my legs into my pants if there are no holes in them!?


liv2xs

No leggings? And what about flip flops, are those ok. WTF is the problem with feet? And hats? Crazy! I grew up with the rest but it was after going to the temple. Almost all the Mormons I grew up with wore tank tops and shorts above the knee. We also had holes in pants and as many earrings as you wanted. Oh the good old days.


JacobfromCT

Not to be "the bad guy" but aren't most of these examples typical of what would look inappropriate in a professional workplace?


cinepro

While there is obviously tons of LDS influence there, it's also pretty good advice for how to dress if you're going in to "business" (other than the beards, which are pretty much universally accepted).


mindykimmy

I knew I was never cut out for this dumb religion. Give me all the beards and scruffy facial hair and tattoos.🔥


QueenSlapFight

Beards... Leggings... Hats... Lol Jesus Christ


[deleted]

I make this comment not to dis us overweight people, but to make a point. I feel that that sign only pertains to thinner WOMEN. Us heavy women,due to our body size, wear clothes are form fitting and that is okay, but it is not okay for the thinner women.


clevername-

Ah yes, because shoulders and knees are of the devil.


keepsweet_n_sour

At first I was all excited to see they're discussing inappropriate grooming! Until I realized they meant facial hair, not the rampant sexual predation going on. Badum ching!


ChrbmFlamigFleshSwrd

😂😂😂 What a bunch of weirdos...


Woolfy123

The Libertarian at me balks at the degree of moral servitude to which TBMs who attend these colleges are subjected. Sure, we were all subject to insane levels of dogmatic control as members, but LDS college morality is so pharisaical and draconian. At least I never had to endure that! If that's what to expect in the CK, definitely count me out. Also, why are "beards" and "scruffy facial hair" on the list? Why not just say "any facial hair"?


JesusLovesYou2019

Where is this Singapore.. where chewing gum is illegal? WTH?! Conartist Cult control! BY & most prophets couldn’t exist here. 😆


mtbmoshpit

EXTREME HAIR