I think the tie means, “I will be so subservient as an employee that I will do even totally senseless things just because you tell me to.” Another reason to avoid wearing a tie for a job interview is to show you’re not interested in employers that want such subservience.

Well, yea. This. Mr. Stallman has an interesting outlook on life. You may not agree with it all1. This is perhaps the best writing I’ve ever read about ties. Ties are the most evil thing man has ever devised. Ladies, you just wouldn’t understand.


  1. I don’t.