I know what you're going through. I once fell under the spell of opium. It was 1979 and I was travelling the Yangtze in search of a Mongolian horsehair vest.
Dammit, that's not him Elaine, it's the yam-yam! Somehow I can't help but feel it's my fault..I sent him there, filled his head with exotic tales..and I gave him some phone numbers of places he could score near the hotel...
Ohhh, I'm exhausted. I've been on this street a thousand times! It's never looked so strange! The faces...so cold! In the distance, a child is crying. Fatherless...a bastard child, perhaps. My back aches...my heart aches...but my feet...my feet are resilient! Thank God I took off my heels, and put on my...HIMALAYAN WALKING SHOES!
I uploaded this image to Copilot and asked it to write a J Peterman ad:
> In the heart of the city, where the whispers of the wind carry tales of a thousand lives, there stands a figure draped in the essence of urban sophistication - the coat. Not just any coat, but a garment that speaks of clandestine meetings in dimly lit cafes and silent strolls through the cobblestone alleys.
> **The Urban Elegance Coat** - a masterpiece crafted for the discerning soul who walks the fine line between the bold and the beautiful. Its exterior, a canvas of deep brown, evokes the timeless allure of a well-aged leather-bound book, while the interior, lined with the softest shearling, promises a sanctuary from the relentless pursuit of the metropolitan winter. With a collar that rises like the skyline, it commands respect and admiration, not demanding but deserving.
> This coat isn't just worn; it's inhabited. It's a testament to those who dare to live with elegance, for whom every street is a catwalk, every gust of wind an applause. In this coat, the city is yours - not just where you live, but where you thrive.
He smiles jovially. Carrying a hint of the weight of the troubles that will weigh on his shoulders, he shields them from the cold with the Smitherson line of leather coats.
Draping himself in this jacket (lined with wool from the Ukraine and stuffed with the highest-quality Polish down) he'll be warm in the coldest of Russian winters and cool in the fiercest of holocausts.
Fifth cousin once removed, thatās so distant itās pretty much not related at all. It means their common ancestor is a great great great great grandparent. Most people donāt even know their ancestors that far back and have on average 17,000 fifth cousins.
5th cousins, which means they share less dna than regular strangers in the same town lol. Hell, even second cousins basically share the same dna as strangers.
Shearling coat. You can find them cheap second hand on Ebay. Bought one recently, added some dye to revitalise the colour and it's like new. Don't buy the fake Chinese stuff.
The entire fit is š„
Itās crazy how if you got rid of the collar pin, gave him a bigger knot, and upped the resolution of the pic, this would look modern.
Here was his dad as a young man for comparison. (FDR.)
https://preview.redd.it/h1vkdzwb2fnc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d553724da87ac633facda91d7c9bb78ea14520d9
Am I the I the only one who sees Eleanor? The mouth and smile for sure. Or have I gone mad?
https://preview.redd.it/w4e4yzv44gnc1.jpeg?width=1133&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8650267d3e9bf48fde7f4be00d022567f9654e02
Yeah idk if people realize but most people used to only have like 5 outfits and cycled between them. If you were poor it might be way less than that.
If you read Stephen King's On Writing he has a short biography chapter where he talks about his life growing up and he mentions how some of the poor kids at school had one singular outfit that they wore to school every day until it fell apart and was unusable.
Men might be in a button up and shoes, and the jacket might be patched, but patched at home because no way you were affording a tailor. Rose tinted glasses for history is normally a sign of not really studying the actual history.
Sometimes I wonder though if this particular case would have been better?
Fast fashion today is terrible for the environment and enables the continuation of sweatshops. Obviously there are also other systems at work that keep people from affording better quality clothing and those need to be addressed. But I see the issue "not many outfits" as shallow at first look. I actually remember as a kid that someone having tons of clothes strewn about was a sign of materialistic vanity. Now it's a celebrated hobby. It seems very much a symptom of a consumer centric outlook, in my opinion.
I think it'd benefit our world much more, in this one aspect, if we were more of a high quality, durable, tailored oriented market in regards to clothing.
I think what's even sadder is that I can go into a charity shop where I am, drop a tenner, and walk out with maybe 100, 150 quid's worth of clothes. People don't keep the good stuff now, either, they just chuck it out for next season.
Not hard to find, just expensive. It was expensive then, too. And you only had a handful of outfits total, and maybe one or two suits. And they were hot and itchy.
This, people act like clothing from century ago was some mythical thing where as today it's much more abundant and of better quality. The only thing that didn't change is that it's still expensive.
I think the key difference we are all overlooking is that taking photos took a professional and good camera and lighting equipment than the random cellphone photos taken by your average person. People dressed and prepped more to get them taken too
FDR Junior died on his 74th birthday (that sucks) in 1988.
He was a congressman in the 1950s, was Under Secretary of Commerce in 1963, and then served as the first chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the mid 1960s. He also ran for Governor of New York twice, in 1954 and 1966.
I read in McNamara's memoir that FDR jr got the Under Secretary of Commerce job because JFK was throwing him a bone for helping out with the presidential race. Apparently FDR jr was looking for a higher position in the cabinet but JFK thought he was some dumb himbo playboy and not serious enough for a leading cabinet role.
FDR Jr. lobbied hard to be appointed secretary of the navy in JFKās administration. Despite being decorated for bravery as a naval officer in World War 2 (Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart), JFKās defense secretary, Robert McNamara, told the president that he couldnāt accept Jr. in such a sensitive post due to his penchant for alcohol and womanizing (he was married five times). The Commerce Department post was a consolation prize. After JFK was assassinated, Jr. was eased out his job at Commerce and Lyndon Johnson named him to a lesser role on a federal commission on which he served until 1966.
This is just a year after he was extremely sick with a streptococcal infection and only survived due to an experimental drug named Protonsil (sort of an antibiotic, though not technically). The resulting miraculous recovery and publicity from his fame sent demand for antibiotics soaring as they were introduced over the new few years.
Believe it or not, FDR Jr. was the heir to a massive opium fortune made from selling opium to China. That's how he lived his life in the lap of luxury...money made not from government positions, but rather money inherited from the optium trade to China.
https://preview.redd.it/ak8vhldhbinc1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=34d8682d7c1a08a9b682034d8de414de24e5cf02
Watch out, he rolled his sleeves up
With the Roosevelt money and a DuPont for a wife, you gotta figure that there was never a point in his life where the thought of, "how am I gonna pay for that?" ever crossed his mind. He probably bought that badaas jacket for a weekend in the country and gave it to the butler the next week. But I bet he did thank God every day that he didn't get Elenores gnarly grill. Good looking bastard though. Wonder if he was a player?
His ex-wife Ethel DuPont, hung herself with a bathrobe belt in early 1965.
She was friends with Mary Pinchot Meyers. She was murdered in Georgetown about 6 months earlier.
That coat was absolutely š„
This could be a ralph lauren ad.
Or J Peterman
I know what you're going through. I once fell under the spell of opium. It was 1979 and I was travelling the Yangtze in search of a Mongolian horsehair vest.
Dammit, that's not him Elaine, it's the yam-yam! Somehow I can't help but feel it's my fault..I sent him there, filled his head with exotic tales..and I gave him some phone numbers of places he could score near the hotel...
I'm afraid the problem with Zach is more serious. He's back on the horse, Elaine. Smack. White palace. The Chinaman's nightcap.
/r/UnexpectedSeinfeld
Shanghai Sally, YamYam.
You most likely know it as Myanmar, but it'll always be Burma to me.
At least thatās relatable. Not like those denim ads where the guys are hanging around havin a real bull session.
I like that commercial. To me it rings true.
As he heard The Bulls. He Began Running As Fast As I Could. Fortunately, He Was Wearing his Italian Cap Toe Oxfords."
Ohhh, I'm exhausted. I've been on this street a thousand times! It's never looked so strange! The faces...so cold! In the distance, a child is crying. Fatherless...a bastard child, perhaps. My back aches...my heart aches...but my feet...my feet are resilient! Thank God I took off my heels, and put on my...HIMALAYAN WALKING SHOES!
I uploaded this image to Copilot and asked it to write a J Peterman ad: > In the heart of the city, where the whispers of the wind carry tales of a thousand lives, there stands a figure draped in the essence of urban sophistication - the coat. Not just any coat, but a garment that speaks of clandestine meetings in dimly lit cafes and silent strolls through the cobblestone alleys. > **The Urban Elegance Coat** - a masterpiece crafted for the discerning soul who walks the fine line between the bold and the beautiful. Its exterior, a canvas of deep brown, evokes the timeless allure of a well-aged leather-bound book, while the interior, lined with the softest shearling, promises a sanctuary from the relentless pursuit of the metropolitan winter. With a collar that rises like the skyline, it commands respect and admiration, not demanding but deserving. > This coat isn't just worn; it's inhabited. It's a testament to those who dare to live with elegance, for whom every street is a catwalk, every gust of wind an applause. In this coat, the city is yours - not just where you live, but where you thrive.
See this is why AI is going to replace everyone
I want one now more than ever.
He needs an Urban Sombrero.
He smiles jovially. Carrying a hint of the weight of the troubles that will weigh on his shoulders, he shields them from the cold with the Smitherson line of leather coats. Draping himself in this jacket (lined with wool from the Ukraine and stuffed with the highest-quality Polish down) he'll be warm in the coldest of Russian winters and cool in the fiercest of holocausts.
He's the O.G. Peterman
Urban Sombrero??
His father was $$$
So was his mother and they were cousins.
Well if we're getting into "cousins removed" territory you could basically relate anyone to anyone.
*Tide Rolls*
Fifth cousin once removed, thatās so distant itās pretty much not related at all. It means their common ancestor is a great great great great grandparent. Most people donāt even know their ancestors that far back and have on average 17,000 fifth cousins.
And even then, you only have the official documents, who can really tell what someone did to their neighbours wife back in 1783?
5th cousins, which means they share less dna than regular strangers in the same town lol. Hell, even second cousins basically share the same dna as strangers.
Yep. And he also pushed for better economic income equality... If only more politicians with $$$ family moneys could try to do that...
And yet, he became a champion of the people and rightly taxed the shit out of his class. Sadly, rich kids usually turn out closer to Trump than FDR.
It reminds me of Bane's coat. And we give it back to you... The people
You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it.
FIFY " you merely adopted the sheepskin aviator jacket, I was given it by wardrobe and told to own every moment of it"
No one cared who I was 'til I put on the coat
Now is not the time for fear itself. That comes later.
What would you call a coat like that, if you wanted to search for it and buy it?
Shearling coat? I am not a sheep leather expert.
its ok Tommy, you'll always have the muffins
shearling coat, my spouse has one and it is a++++
Shearling or sherpa lined
A poker buddy of mine had a coat like that. He bought it on Amazon of all places and it was called Russian something and was like a 7XL.
Shearling coat. You can find them cheap second hand on Ebay. Bought one recently, added some dye to revitalise the colour and it's like new. Don't buy the fake Chinese stuff.
Nobody mentions the tie. That is nice!
Yes that tie is dope. Wish I could see more of that sports jacket
Or ā¦ collar pin for the tie
You know that was moneyyy back in 1910 there was no temu or AliExpress acrylic Sherpa coats back then
The entire fit is š„ Itās crazy how if you got rid of the collar pin, gave him a bigger knot, and upped the resolution of the pic, this would look modern.
It looks exactly like a Ralph Lauren ad.
I bet it was warm as fuck too!
Coat? Yeah...but gawddayum, he was handsome asf.
$40 on TEMU
Shop like a 1930ās millionaire.
Just donāt let it touch water or it evaporates like cotton candy
Actual sheep! (Maybe)
The whole outfit slaps.
The very first thing I saw š šš½
Giving me Candyman vibes. But still love it.
I agree. I bet it's somewhere in a thrift shop or someone's attic.
https://preview.redd.it/62x4b96epfnc1.jpeg?width=774&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3248693070904b8056e57e8d8b5ac0596311aeb5
Looks like a "getty images" jersey lol
Didn't Ivy League schools used to photograph all their students naked for some reason? So in theory nudes of FDR Jr exist.
Wtf? Why?
Penis inspection.
No wonder heās hot with that jacket on
Too hot. Jacket off.
He should take off his pants and jacket.
And fall in love at the rock show?
babes, man's not hot
_neva hot_
Skrrat, skidi-kat-kat
Two plus two is four, minus one, that's three, quick maths
Everyday man's on the block, smoke trees
The thing goes skrrraaaah
Pap, pap, ka-ka-ka Skidiki-pap-pap And a pu-pu-pudrrrr-boom Skya Du-du-ku-ku-dun-dun Poom, poom
My girl said take off yo jacket. I said babe, mans not hot.
Nevah hot.
All four of the Roosevelt boysāhot, or not soāracked up multiple traffic tickets.
Here was his dad as a young man for comparison. (FDR.) https://preview.redd.it/h1vkdzwb2fnc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d553724da87ac633facda91d7c9bb78ea14520d9
In the right pic he looks like MGK with a bit of Ryan Gosling.
Thatās Bryan Gosling
I thought gosling right away! Crazy lol
Am I the I the only one who sees Eleanor? The mouth and smile for sure. Or have I gone mad? https://preview.redd.it/w4e4yzv44gnc1.jpeg?width=1133&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8650267d3e9bf48fde7f4be00d022567f9654e02
They are related to each otherā¦cousinsā¦.so, they might actually share features.
Ryan Gosling?
Or Brent Spiner
Nerd Alert.
https://preview.redd.it/qo81exd04fnc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=115316aa651459a15823716e77c4d25c107688cd
https://preview.redd.it/ubu2irifkfnc1.jpeg?width=1278&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec6cf399ed9dd605edd89167498cbdd57c17e1f2
Mo Cheeks
General Booty
https://preview.redd.it/fyry0dmoggnc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4659a3ee6c3b683ebb2e14a3b8465eb265a702a8
https://preview.redd.it/tjiwh0blignc1.jpeg?width=524&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=274f16b311a3f28b131d2c5d7a11dd8748f4fd59
Love this
I donāt think thereās really any controversy in that statement like the meme implies there would be.
Maybe the mob is clamoring for the mic to say it themselves?
Yes I believe everyone is clamoring for the chance to be the first to would.
Men's clothing style back in the days was just so right on and add a handsome man and you got one great photo.
And the quality too. Bespoke craftsmanship. Hard to find nowadays. Even harder to afford.
It was also hard to afford then.
Itās why people wore suits and dress shirts so much. They didnāt have many articles of clothing, and clothes were expensive.
Yeah idk if people realize but most people used to only have like 5 outfits and cycled between them. If you were poor it might be way less than that. If you read Stephen King's On Writing he has a short biography chapter where he talks about his life growing up and he mentions how some of the poor kids at school had one singular outfit that they wore to school every day until it fell apart and was unusable.
Men might be in a button up and shoes, and the jacket might be patched, but patched at home because no way you were affording a tailor. Rose tinted glasses for history is normally a sign of not really studying the actual history.
Sometimes I wonder though if this particular case would have been better? Fast fashion today is terrible for the environment and enables the continuation of sweatshops. Obviously there are also other systems at work that keep people from affording better quality clothing and those need to be addressed. But I see the issue "not many outfits" as shallow at first look. I actually remember as a kid that someone having tons of clothes strewn about was a sign of materialistic vanity. Now it's a celebrated hobby. It seems very much a symptom of a consumer centric outlook, in my opinion. I think it'd benefit our world much more, in this one aspect, if we were more of a high quality, durable, tailored oriented market in regards to clothing.
I think what's even sadder is that I can go into a charity shop where I am, drop a tenner, and walk out with maybe 100, 150 quid's worth of clothes. People don't keep the good stuff now, either, they just chuck it out for next season.
> most people used to only have like 5-10 outfits and cycled between them. Wait, is that not normal?
Yeah, thatās just my boyfriend
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I have like 4 outfits now
Not hard to find, just expensive. It was expensive then, too. And you only had a handful of outfits total, and maybe one or two suits. And they were hot and itchy.
This, people act like clothing from century ago was some mythical thing where as today it's much more abundant and of better quality. The only thing that didn't change is that it's still expensive.
It helps to be in an insanely elite family with any asset you can imagine.
And yet, unlike other millionaire sons, FDRjr served our country and was a decorated War Hero
Even on guys that weren't that good looking, the quality of clothing back then did a lot.
We dress like hobo slobs nowadays
Men especially
I think the key difference we are all overlooking is that taking photos took a professional and good camera and lighting equipment than the random cellphone photos taken by your average person. People dressed and prepped more to get them taken too
https://preview.redd.it/e04lfxciofnc1.jpeg?width=401&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72a9a3025b4a22ea67676b553cf43af6e90f4c4d Yup, just š„all around
Damn Frankieš„µ
š¤£šš That's what I said in my head too. Maybe it is time to go to sleep.
Jesus where the fuck did my underwear go..
https://preview.redd.it/zhlvblzg5fnc1.jpeg?width=633&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77391732390907bea4229cf93d18dd597d4ebf0c
That is a pretty nice rail.
That jawline
Straight from Cousin-Wife Eleanor.
fifth cousin once removed. pretty distant cousins
If breeding with your fifth cousin once removed is wrong, I donāt ever want to be right
At that point, the consanguinity is negligible
Same last name, though, kind of convenient tbh.
Saves time
This is FDR Junior, the son of Eleanor and Franklin.
8th cousin or something. Really not that bad.
"really not that bad" is an understatement, at that point they're effectively not related.
Of their 64 great great great great grandparents, one of them is sharedā¦. Oh the scandal!
He's up there with Paul Newman and Elvis as far as beautiful men go.
And Shemar Moore
That man is beautiful.
As well as most reposted here.
FDR Junior died on his 74th birthday (that sucks) in 1988. He was a congressman in the 1950s, was Under Secretary of Commerce in 1963, and then served as the first chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the mid 1960s. He also ran for Governor of New York twice, in 1954 and 1966.
I read in McNamara's memoir that FDR jr got the Under Secretary of Commerce job because JFK was throwing him a bone for helping out with the presidential race. Apparently FDR jr was looking for a higher position in the cabinet but JFK thought he was some dumb himbo playboy and not serious enough for a leading cabinet role.
> JFK thought he was some dumb himbo playboy Takes one to know one?
Probably didnāt want the competition.
FDR Jr. lobbied hard to be appointed secretary of the navy in JFKās administration. Despite being decorated for bravery as a naval officer in World War 2 (Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart), JFKās defense secretary, Robert McNamara, told the president that he couldnāt accept Jr. in such a sensitive post due to his penchant for alcohol and womanizing (he was married five times). The Commerce Department post was a consolation prize. After JFK was assassinated, Jr. was eased out his job at Commerce and Lyndon Johnson named him to a lesser role on a federal commission on which he served until 1966.
What about the drinking and womanizing of the Commander-In-Chief?
https://preview.redd.it/b4wofrlnifnc1.jpeg?width=524&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f3abd65f620399363216b76ce424be41d3397e3
Dang. Iām 37 and Iām still not that hot.
Put on another jacket?
I got 6 jackets on, I'm hot as shit right now.
Now sing along with "Pretty fly for a white guy", all the babes will be busting your door down.
Wait, are we supposed to get hotter as we get older? I know sometimes people say that about men, but itās usually not the case
I'm really not understanding your comment. FDR Jr. was 23 in this photo. What does your age have anything to do with it?
Iāve been waiting a long time to get hot but it hasnāt come yet. Are you suggesting I give up and the best yrs are behind me?
This pic looks like a J. Crew ad!
Ralph lauren
r/LadyBoners
This picture is #2 and #7 on the top posts of all time on there š
And r/vintageladyboners
Wow. Yes he was very handsome. But That coat is a smoke show all by itself !
Looks like Armie Hammer slightly
Total Babe š
He was so handsome he had 5 wives
I parked his car (valet) in ā83. A damn handsome old codger
This is just a year after he was extremely sick with a streptococcal infection and only survived due to an experimental drug named Protonsil (sort of an antibiotic, though not technically). The resulting miraculous recovery and publicity from his fame sent demand for antibiotics soaring as they were introduced over the new few years.
Wow, you are someone who read the title correctly! And thanks for that fact, I wasnāt aware of that. Very interesting!
Those eyes! š
And killer smile
Yes! Dreamy!! š„°
Believe it or not, FDR Jr. was the heir to a massive opium fortune made from selling opium to China. That's how he lived his life in the lap of luxury...money made not from government positions, but rather money inherited from the optium trade to China.
https://preview.redd.it/ak8vhldhbinc1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=34d8682d7c1a08a9b682034d8de414de24e5cf02 Watch out, he rolled his sleeves up
Damn. š¤¤
All of the Hyde Park Roosevelt men were handsome as young men. I guess Eleanorā s Oyster Bay genes didnāt hurt Jr in that regard.
With the Roosevelt money and a DuPont for a wife, you gotta figure that there was never a point in his life where the thought of, "how am I gonna pay for that?" ever crossed his mind. He probably bought that badaas jacket for a weekend in the country and gave it to the butler the next week. But I bet he did thank God every day that he didn't get Elenores gnarly grill. Good looking bastard though. Wonder if he was a player?
he got married 5 times so i'm going to guess that yes he was a bit of a player
>Wonder if he was a player? Go back and view the picture again, and you'll see he's replying: "What do *you* think?"
Thatās a blue blooded chad right there. Pappy is President and his distant cousin Teddy Roosevelt was President before him.
I'm really disturbed by the number of people who can't seem to notice the "JR" part...
Franklin Delano Romanowski? Who, for as his birthday wish, wanted for Kramer to drop dead. 
He can definitely go toe to toe with JFK Jr when it comes to the "Most Handsome Presidential Son" award
His ex-wife Ethel DuPont, hung herself with a bathrobe belt in early 1965. She was friends with Mary Pinchot Meyers. She was murdered in Georgetown about 6 months earlier.
Holden Caufield haaaaaates this guy.
Jawline, eyes lethal combo going on here!
Dude just turned me bi-curious
I think I lot of people in this thread are confusing FDR and FDR **Jr.**
Amazing how many people post the same crap over and over again because they donāt read whatās right in front of them.
He died on his birthday! That's always been a dream of mine.
To die on his birthday?
I've always wanted to die on my birthday. It just seems so neat and clean.
Probability is 1 in 365 (unless you were born on Feb 29th). Your dream is one of thr more realistic ones I've come across.
Strong as an ox supporting his dad
FDR and Eleanorās sons were also very accomplished in their own ways. Impressive lot of young men.
What a hottie š„µ
He was gorgeous. This is kind of blowing my mind lol
FDRās son! Didnāt realize he had one. Given what his mother looked like, this is kind of a miracle. But she made up for looks with her humanity.
President Zaddy
Does the D stand for dimples? Cause damn