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I start from the bottom. You can line up the buttons without needing to look in a mirror. I don't understand why anyone would start buttoning from the top. It's just less efficient. Explain your reasoning

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[–] perlman@indieweb.social 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Christ, you're the kind of person who'd start a banana from the middle too, aren't you? AREN'T YOU?

Just kidding, but I actually am curious why you find that better, it seems like begging for an off by one buttoning.

[–] atypicaloddity@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not op, but I also start from the middle. By which I mean I go top down, but leave the top few buttons loose and then decide how high I want to button it. The muscle memory is the same for whether I'm wearing a tie or not.

[–] HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And you don't end up misaligned? Is the muscle memory just that good?

[–] WheresYourShoe@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

So, my button shirts are flannel, but I start in the middle, too. If you get the shoulders on square and stand up straight, the buttons line up automatically. I never have errors when I button this way.

[–] Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

pull on the collar first. square the points, and pull on the crease to get the shirt to sit right,

[–] atypicaloddity@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never really experienced misaligned buttons; it always felt like a movie trope, like toilet paper on your shoe.

[–] HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I have, in my life, experienced both. You had better appreciate me taking more than one for the team to maintain the averages in the face of your dereliction of embarrassment.

[–] SpiritedAway@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I start upper middle, go up, then go down.

[–] WheresYourShoe@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I start in the middle, too. Not as weird as I thought, I guess!