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#600 - 16 Lessons From 600 Episodes - Andrew Schulz, Douglas Murray & Alex Hormozi

Modern Wisdom

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Men's Hoodies Zip From the Left

When buttons first appeared in the 17th century they were only for wealthy women who were dressed by right-handed servants placing buttons on the left made it easier for the servants to button them up. Having men's shirts button from the right made sense because men dressed themselves and because a sword drawn from the left hip with the right hand would be less likely to become caught so guys if you think about the way that your shirt goes you go right side in then left side over the top right and then you button like that. It's just such a funny example of like conceptual lock-in that you have this thing that vestigially decides to be stuck about i'm just good we'll just leave

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