Comment by mmooss 2 years ago The love of military-style vests (and of the word 'tactical') seems like a signal. 3 comments mmooss Reply dole 2 years ago More often plate carriers and body armor, mag holders and other “operator” gear than just military syyle vests. “tacticool” is the ironic label given to overtly “tactical” gear. ckcheng 2 years ago > seems like a signalAlso “mil-spec”, and in a totally different context i.e. big box retail, “contractor grade”.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_grade ben_w 2 years ago During the pandemic, I was wondering why I never saw "military grade" or "tactical" masks.I guess not enough of an overlap between anyone anti-mask and any convenient promotional memes.
dole 2 years ago More often plate carriers and body armor, mag holders and other “operator” gear than just military syyle vests. “tacticool” is the ironic label given to overtly “tactical” gear.
ckcheng 2 years ago > seems like a signalAlso “mil-spec”, and in a totally different context i.e. big box retail, “contractor grade”.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_grade
ben_w 2 years ago During the pandemic, I was wondering why I never saw "military grade" or "tactical" masks.I guess not enough of an overlap between anyone anti-mask and any convenient promotional memes.
More often plate carriers and body armor, mag holders and other “operator” gear than just military syyle vests. “tacticool” is the ironic label given to overtly “tactical” gear.
> seems like a signal
Also “mil-spec”, and in a totally different context i.e. big box retail, “contractor grade”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_grade
During the pandemic, I was wondering why I never saw "military grade" or "tactical" masks.
I guess not enough of an overlap between anyone anti-mask and any convenient promotional memes.