All right, next question.
From Facebook, Rebecca Eleanor Pfeiffer asks,
"Why V-necks?
"What do you have against round-collared shirts?"
Rebecca on Facebook is asking me why I don't wear
what we call crew-neck T-shirts,
you can call them round-collar shirts
if you want a more convoluted way to describe it,
but maybe that blame goes to Rebecca and not you,
maybe I'm being unfair in the situation.
Rebecca, those are called crew-neck shirts,
with all due respect, and I'm wearing one right now.
I also wear V-necks at times, it's really a question
of releasing heat.
Okay, now the human body's internal core temperature
is 98.6 degrees as we all know, even though nothing
else around us is that temperature.
That means that we are raising our own core temperature
and expending energy in doing so.
That energy normally comes from the food that we eat.
We also sometimes, if we cover ourselves with
too many clothes or a jacket that's too thick
we may say, "This makes me hot."
In fact, the jacket or the blanket doesn't make you hot
as much as it prevents you from releasing your own heat.
You understand, your body internally is 98.6 degrees.
My responsibility to stay at an externally
comfortable temperature is to release that heat
into the environment.
If I'm covered, it impedes that release,
which could be beneficial in a cold climate.
In that case you don't want to release your heat
because you can't make the heat quickly enough
to counteract the cold of the environment.
However, in a hotter environment you do
want to release that heat, and the way you do that
is by exposing as much of your skin as possible
to the environment.
And short-sleeve shirts are a way to do that.
Shorts are a way to do that, and a V-neck T-shirt
is another way to do that, by exposing the area of my
neck to the environment I am releasing more heat.
So it's not a fashion choice, it is a
temperature choice for you.
It's a body choice.
It's a physiological rather than fashion-based.
I think the fit of a T-shirt is a very critical thing.
In what way?
Well, in the same way that the simplest pastas
are the most difficult to cook, the simplest
articles of clothing are often the most complex
when it comes to the subtleties of them, and I think
the fit of a T-shirt, between the shoulders, the chest
and the waist, that holy triumvirate
is a delicate combination.
And if a certain brand fits you, you may not care
whether it's a crew-neck or a V-neck.
Now, can you, if you will, just cast
your critical eye upon this T-shirt.
I'm gonna do a quick slow-motion turn.
What do you think about this shirt here?
You know, even if you had turned more quickly I would
have had the acuity to follow and form an opinion.
Oh, okay.
I'm gonna tell you that first we need to talk about
your body before we talk about the shirt,
because every shirt fits differently on different bodies.
The question is how well does that shirt fit your body
and what is the ratio between your chest, your waist
and your shoulders?
I can tell you that if I were to cast a critical eye
I would say it fits your waist very well.
Oh.
There's no excess material, and there's no excess bulk.
Good.
I would say that
you don't have to raise your hands to the side,
in fact that distorts the fit of the shirt,
so I would say that with your arms straight down
it is a little tight in the pectoralis majoris,
I can see the outline of your right nipple
on my left side.
Oh, god.
I can tell you that in that sense,
it's a little too tight.
Your left pocket distracts and possibly obscures
that nipple from being visible.
Okay.
However the shoulders seem to fit perfectly,
and all in all I'd say it's a valiant effort,
the problem for you is the chest area.
And again, that's only a credit to you and how much
you've built those chest muscles up.
If your chest muscles weren't as strong
the shirt would fit better, but at what price.
So you're saying, basically, it's shoulders good,
waist good, nipples too tight.
Nipples visible.
Now I'm not gonna say that's too tight,
I'm gonna say that it's tight, and the nipples are visible.
If that's a stylistic choice or a choice that you prefer,
that's fine as well, in that case you have succeeded.
We all have our own personal sense of style, and if that's
how you choose to express yours that's fine.
I didn't want my nipple, you know, I don't think
about my nipples that often.
So you're saying ideally your nipples would
not be visible.
Well, yeah, I don't want people looking at my nipple.
I'm not saying people are looking at it, I'm only saying
it's visible.
People can decide what they choose to look at,
if someone wants to look at your elbow or your sternum.
Why do men still have nipples anyway?
I don't use these nipples for anything.
Well you do understand that human evolution
is thousands of years behind societal advances.
I mean do you understand why people have cravings
for food and cravings to eat more than they should
for optimal health is based on evolution,
a period when your next meal wouldn't necessarily
come for days and you would need large amounts of calories
to support large bursts of energy for fight or flight.
Right.
Well. Okay.
Well, Jordan, thank you so much, this was very
enlightening in every possible way, thank you for taking us
through your office, and you guys, you can follow Jordan
on Instagram and Snapchat @jordanschlansky,
it's spelled just like it sounds,
and, yeah, always a pleasure.
Thanks.
This has been a mutually satisfying experience.
I'll see myself out.