What's the purpose of wearing a tie?

>>1568647
Go ask google. Why would anyone here know?

the internet tells me that it's an evolution of formal wear from the 18th and 19th century

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>>1568663
>>1568649
Boooooring

>>1569704
I think it was because you had to tie it.

>>1569704
Oh Carlos!

Wikipedia says it's because Parisians liked they way the neckerchiefs worn by Croatian mercenaries during the thirty years war looked.

>>1568647
it's an arrow that points to your crotch

When was the last time you wore a tie, /qa/?
For me it was probably for a funeral a decade ago.

>>1572279
i have never worn one

>>1572279
An acquaintance's 100th birthday party, about 5 years ago.

>>1572921
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wJnMTa_7Jo