• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Perhaps it is this man’s display of the wealth required to buy these dandy clothes which procures said marriage proposals.

    Meanwhile I, despite flawless erudition, am judged by my daily wear of “wife beater” apparel. I blame the casual utterance of such profanities.

    If my tank top offends any woman for being wife beater toppage, I say to her “Madam, I have no wife. Would you please to hand me another beer from yonder fridge?”

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      6 months ago

      this whole thread hurts me. ugh

      guy makes his own clothes, or at least that was the case originally.

      i have big respect. let the man slay. you’re welcome to your wife-beaters, and others are welcome to their finery.

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          6 months ago

          the intended tone is clearer to me this morning. look, i’m part of a niche fashion community and other people can get very weird about it. i think i was responding with my frustration toward multiple comments + my own experiences.

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        6 months ago

        i mean making your own clothes, especially fancy olden time ones, is not something poor people in the west can do. It takes soooo much time that you need to spend working an actual job so you can earn money to buy food.

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        6 months ago

        Just reminded me, when I was 21 my credit card had a 500 limit but I was asked to travel. Company cards were NOT a thing here, only the CFO had one so they were forced to put me up places with a corporate account. Because of this was staying in a very ritzy four star hotel near silicon valley for a whole month and I had a Sunday check in to get settled. Being young broke and largely oblivious to social norms in a way only a lower class homeschooled kid with ADHD could be I showed up for check in warring ripped khaki rock climbing pants and a stretched out Ramones tanktop with a flannel tied around my waste. The old folks behind me were talking under their breath about how " you really cant tell" and new internet money is changing all the rules. Lmfao they had no idea that I couldnt afford more than the rental car deposit

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      6 months ago

      This joke would work better if you knew how to use words like “profanities”, “toppage”, and “yonder” correctly