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Doubling down on this, I saw it being used for that purpose today
Naw, you're supposed to hold your pack of smokes in your rolled up shirtsleeve
A copy of Mao's little red book, it's easily accessible and can be pulled out to smite liberals.
damn i gotta buy a copy of his book to do this now
It's where you keep your pens, like a true nerd. 
Don't forget your pocket protector π€
pens, pencils, slide rules, notebooks. I think it's a holdover from when we used to have analog math. You can store stuff in it and access it while you're sitting at a desk or whatever without standing up. This is all conjecture I don't actually know.
Yeah youβd have a pocket protector, a plastic or leather pouch holding your pen/s so they wouldnβt leak on your shirt or your compass would catch. Keeps them from falling out if you bend over. Usually have a compass, pen, pencil, ruler etc depending on your job.
My parents/older family members/friends and teachers had them before everything was computers and phones.
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For cool truck drivers, Cigarette. For nerds, a calculator. #18wheelsmovetheworld
i dont drive a truck but I'd put candy in there
Related: why do baby clothes have pockets? What do they need to carry? Pretty rocks, sticks and sand of course, but whats the non-joking rationale behind giving babies pockets?
Makes it easier to tell the back from the front, aesthetic purposes, and then baby likes to collect wood chips and stuff - in that order
That makes a lot of sense!
candy
I am a mailman. I keep so much shit in that pocket. Pens, markers, little thumb thimble that helps grip letters, employee id, sunglasses, cards to leave if someone isnβt home, airpod caseβ¦ itβs actually a surprisingly spacious pocket lol.
Also I donβt smoke but for 90% of people who smoke who wear workwear that is the official pack of smokes pocket. In your pants pockets they get smooshed.
vape pen
its true I keep my xros 3 in there diagonally and it fits perfect. when I put the little pocket flap down you can't even tell its there
It serves an aesthetic function by way of breaking up the uniform look of the front of your shirt, giving it some nice asymmetri.
The pocket used to be bigger so you could have a little note book or a pack of ciggies or something in it, but I've noticed shirt makers often make it unuseably small now.
So you can drop your phone in the toilet when you bend 90 degrees to flush
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that's where I keep my beanis
I work in the woods. I keep pens, a compass, a roll of flagging, and ear plugs in those pockets.
I put my sunglasses in it (lenses in, one of the ear pieces out). It feels nicer than on top of my head or on my collar.
i put my earphones i nthere when im not using them
I put my nicotine gum in shirt pockets.
I just checked mine, it's full of rubber bands.
I have one in my scrub tops! I keep my little notebook and pens and stop watch in it
Pens, for me, usually
Pencil
Candy
I put my phone in it so i can listen to tunes and podcasts without headphones
Yeah, we did that with Mp3 players back before smart phones were a thing. CD players and cassette players were too bulky, they had to be worn on a belt, carried in a bag, carried in hand, or shoved in a pocket if you had a big enough pocket.
I put my wallet there sometimes.
The only purpose I've found is when I play card games with my friends and they ask me (for e.g.) hey ppintandclique where are your hand cards and I say huh? Handcards? Sorry, I only have pocket cards and then I take my cards out of the breast pocket
Gets a laugh every time
Pens, loose screws, cigarettes.
It's a fashion design element from when the pockets would be functional.
You don't really see them on dress shirts in either the UK or the USA, can't recall which.
Sunglasses or qtips, spare joints or cigarettes (or lighters or papers), a lil cash for cover. Keys even. A receipt
I actually hate t shirts without one, it's incredibly handy. Pocket t shirts ftw
I think it's a hangover from the pocket watch days.
That or its for pens
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