Somewhat-Brutal Honesty Hour #6
May. 24th, 2001 02:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
batskeetsI haven't done one of these in a while, and I have something to bitch about, so here we go!
Put some freakin' CLOTHES on already!
Okay, so the weather outside has been the roasty-toasty, bright and shiny, melt-your-face-off kind of weather, and I understand that it's hot outside, but for some reason, people take that as an excuse to veer sharply towards nudity in public places. And let me tell you, it is GROSS.
Now, don't get me wrong, it's not as though I haven't ever appreciated a well-built shirtless guy in my day, because I have. But for every nicely-toned fellow out there, there are tons of scary-ass people who insist on parading around half-naked and acting like they're hot shit because of it.
What the hell is the mystique about being naked in front of other people?? And I especially don't understand the attraction for those who have nasty bodies. I mean, yeah, I don't have the world's best body or anything (granted, it's not horrible either... I actually consider myself rather well-proportioned in my semi-stockiness), but you also won't see me joining the floppy booby tribe and running around in a stupid Old Navy halter top and micro-shorts.
So let me just say this: No, Mister "I Only *Think* I Can Play Ball", I do *not* want to see your out-of-shape gut hanging out over your trousers. No, Little Miss "Please Ogle Me and My Tube Top", I do *not* want to see your goddamned nipples. PUT THAT AWAY. Thanks.
Put some freakin' CLOTHES on already!
Okay, so the weather outside has been the roasty-toasty, bright and shiny, melt-your-face-off kind of weather, and I understand that it's hot outside, but for some reason, people take that as an excuse to veer sharply towards nudity in public places. And let me tell you, it is GROSS.
Now, don't get me wrong, it's not as though I haven't ever appreciated a well-built shirtless guy in my day, because I have. But for every nicely-toned fellow out there, there are tons of scary-ass people who insist on parading around half-naked and acting like they're hot shit because of it.
What the hell is the mystique about being naked in front of other people?? And I especially don't understand the attraction for those who have nasty bodies. I mean, yeah, I don't have the world's best body or anything (granted, it's not horrible either... I actually consider myself rather well-proportioned in my semi-stockiness), but you also won't see me joining the floppy booby tribe and running around in a stupid Old Navy halter top and micro-shorts.
So let me just say this: No, Mister "I Only *Think* I Can Play Ball", I do *not* want to see your out-of-shape gut hanging out over your trousers. No, Little Miss "Please Ogle Me and My Tube Top", I do *not* want to see your goddamned nipples. PUT THAT AWAY. Thanks.
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Date: 2001-05-24 02:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-05-24 03:36 pm (UTC)I agree...
Date: 2001-05-24 05:30 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2001-05-24 06:52 pm (UTC)I don't know if I agree.
Date: 2001-05-25 03:54 am (UTC)On the one hand, nah, I don't wanna see your nipples necessarily.
On the other hand, it's hot, and I sympathize with anyone who wants to be wearing as little covering as possible under the circumstances.
I'm fat. I'm not hideous, but I am fat. Reproductive endocrine thing. I'd like to wear something cute and small on days like today. I'm in jeans and a sleeveless top. I'm really tired of feeling like I have to overcompensate because other people think I'm ugly. Maybe I think the skinny, flat people running around today in belly-button showing stuff are ugly. -_-
Re: I don't know if I agree.
Date: 2001-05-25 05:33 am (UTC)I side with Wednesday on this, but I also can see the point that yeah, there are some things that might be best kept a secret, or at least realize that you run the risk of calling some rather negative attention to yourself. Still, sometimes you just can't help or maybe you just don't realize how you look. Take the woman we saw at Revere Beach who looked like Rikishi but was wearing this tiny little halter top and tight shorts. We thought she looked hideous, but maybe in her own mind's eye she looked beautiful? Also, for all we know she might have a thyroid condition or something. There's always this automatic assumption that overweight = due to lazy. I sure as hell know I'm not lazy (well, a little), but when I went on the pill I put on a ton of weight and it's just recently started to come off (a little). Some people don't have a say in the matter. A lot of people do, but a lot of people don't, too.
Also, I'd be a liar if I said that I didn't make catty remarks about the people mentioned in yer rant, Skeets. But still...
As long as you've got the self-confidence to wear yicky clothing, why the hell not?
Foe' the record, on really hot evenings I'll be damned if I'm going to wear something with sleeves, flabby arms or no flabby arms, but for reasons of modesty, I'd likely not leave the house like that. At the beach, I just don't care cos I know that there'll be people in better shape and there's gonna be people in worse shape, and damnit, I'm not there to be appraised, I'm there to ENJOY THE FUCKING SALTWATER. I know damn well I look like shit in a tank top, but I'll feel worse if I'm covered up and sweltering...
Hooray!
Re: I don't know if I agree.
Date: 2001-05-25 06:31 am (UTC)I guess I've also made catty comments about women my size or larger, and it's pretty obvious anyone looking to dress in tiny things needs to be attentive to cut and style (the same goes for the tiny people, too, though), so I'm not innocent. Time and place, I guess. And support garments (Mara, think la leche league cosplayer).
But still, yeah. There's an element of shame here I don't like.
Re: I don't know if I agree.
Date: 2001-05-25 09:26 am (UTC)See, that's EXACTLY my thing. There are chicks all over the place here who are built like twelve-year-old boys, and they insist on showing off their non-existent breasts. I know *I* don't want to see that! I'd rather see someone like you or myself dressed skimpily. Secondary sex characteristics are GOOD, j0.
But my main point is, there are shorts that won't let the booty hang out the back, and there are tops that will keep a girl's boobies from flying out at random. ALL people, no matter what their build, can dress for the weather without being indecent, but around here, they *don't*.
Foe' the record, on really hot evenings I'll be damned if I'm going to wear something with sleeves, flabby arms or no flabby arms, but for reasons of modesty, I'd likely not leave the house like that.
I don't care about flabby arms. I've got 'em, I'm not about to protect the world from 'em, and you are 100% right to feel the same, girl! ^_-v But jeebus, I should at least be able to actively *choose* who gets the honour of showing me their birthday suit. Sheeshy.
So, in short: hot weather is not an excuse to show off your privates. Arms are good, legs are fine, boobies and butts? HELLS no.
P.S.
Date: 2001-05-25 09:31 am (UTC)Re: I don't know if I agree.
Date: 2001-05-25 10:18 am (UTC)Thank you!
Date: 2001-05-25 10:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-05-24 06:04 pm (UTC)Um, Hi! I found you by searching interests. you were an 8 point blah blah blah interest match, and I find you entertaining and well-spoken. Just thought I'd say hi. And agree on the whole covering up thing... When they say less is more, they aren't talking about tank top fabric... :o)
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Date: 2002-05-24 06:25 pm (UTC)