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Those are ... customers??? I thought they were the employee's?


Seriously though, if your going to dress that way, people are going to snicker being your back. You "can" dress down and still look presentable you know

Well the other issue is that you get these folks that wear all kindsa weird crap in public and somehow expect not to get mocked.

Perfect example is a woman at my college, who wears a cape. Who the hell wears a cape?

When an overweight man in an electric chair vehicle wears a "god hates fags" shirt he deserves to get kicked in the face, much less laughed at on the internet.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:When an overweight man in an electric chair vehicle wears a "god hates fags" shirt he deserves to get kicked in the face, much less laughed at on the internet.

Last I saw fair Canadia heh! had the freedom of speech thing as well. So no he doesn't deserve to be "kicked in the face." Use your own freedom of speech to point, comment about the shirt, and laugh.

Frazzled wrote:

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:When an overweight man in an electric chair vehicle wears a "god hates fags" shirt he deserves to get kicked in the face, much less laughed at on the internet.

Last I saw fair Canadia heh! had the freedom of speech thing as well. So no he doesn't deserve to be "kicked in the face." Use your own freedom of speech to point, comment about the shirt, and laugh.

QFT.

Kanluwen wrote:Perfect example is a woman at my college, who wears a cape. Who the hell wears a cape?

Umm...excuse me, it's not a cape, IT'S A CLOAK.

Kanluwen wrote:

Perfect example is a woman at my college, who wears a cape. Who the hell wears a cape?

Does she live with a Police Comissioner called Jim, and sometimes go out and fight crime ?

gorgon wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:Perfect example is a woman at my college, who wears a cape. Who the hell wears a cape?

Umm...excuse me, it's not a cape, IT'S A CLOAK.

Each one equally deserving of mockery.

Back when I was in college (talking Jurassic period here), I remember reading an article about a student at another college who dressed up as Batman and patrolled campus. IIRC, he recounted (he was interviewed in the article) an incident in which two guys were beating up another guy. "Batman" jumped out, flashed his stun gun, and they took off running.

I got the impression that he thought he had struck fear in those superstitous and cowardly ruffians. And he probably did. Although it's because they were likely thinking "Aaaagh! It's some escaped mental patient dressed up like Batman and he has a stun gun!!!"

My brother has a cloak.

That anecdote reminds me of the time I got chased around campus by the Pirate Society because I was dressed as a ninja.

Good times.

Kilkrazy wrote:My brother has a cloak.

Ah his brother you're required by guy law to kick his ass at least once a month for that.

I got a bunch of those pictures emailed to me, and it was the best L-O-Fething-L session I ever had. I fully and honestly doubt any of those people actually own a mirror. Or a set of eyes for that matter

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Frazzled wrote:

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:When an overweight man in an electric chair vehicle wears a "god hates fags" shirt he deserves to get kicked in the face, much less laughed at on the internet.

Last I saw fair Canadia heh! had the freedom of speech thing as well. So no he doesn't deserve to be "kicked in the face." Use your own freedom of speech to point, comment about the shirt, and laugh.

Also, not -entirely- true Frazz. Depending on where in Canada you are, If a person wears a highly offensive shirt and someone complains to a police officer that's present, they -can- order the person to cover their shirt/change/flip it over. Obviously the police won't respond if you phone and tell them how butthurt you are by someone's clothing, but in some provinces if an officer is present, he can intervene upon request. Some Municipalities also have Bylaws that ban these kinds of clothing, and you can get a pretty hefty fine if you keep at it.

Hell, a friend of mine was given a two-day suspension from work for saying "God is a lie" in the presence of a religious coworker who then reported her to the supervisor. So it isn't "Free Speech" in the same way the States knows it.

I'm a cliche in that I'm a geek with no fashion sense. That being said a large portion of the people who go to Wal-Mart have decided that any kind of social norm is irrelevant to them. Keep in mind that the ones that look like they sleep in a barn in the pictures also carry that smell. When you decide to ignore society you have to accept that you will be mocked. It happens to me due to my hobbies but I don't get offended let alone get offended on somebody elses behalf.

gorgon wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:Perfect example is a woman at my college, who wears a cape. Who the hell wears a cape?

Umm...excuse me, it's not a cape, IT'S A CLOAK.

This isn't the Middle Ages and you're not at a LARP. Wear a coat like the rest of us if you're cold.

NO CAPES!

My other brother is a Morris Dancer.

Kanluwen wrote:Perfect example is a woman at my college, who wears a cape. Who the hell wears a cape?

Batman, Superman and... that woman at your college.

rocklord2004 wrote:I'm a cliche in that I'm a geek with no fashion sense. That being said a large portion of the people who go to Wal-Mart have decided that any kind of social norm is irrelevant to them. Keep in mind that the ones that look like they sleep in a barn in the pictures also carry that smell. When you decide to ignore society you have to accept that you will be mocked. It happens to me due to my hobbies but I don't get offended let alone get offended on somebody elses behalf.

Dude trust me you totally have fashion sense (unfortunately it's closely related to your sense of humor), jk.

Nothing but love dawg.

Kanluwen wrote:

gorgon wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:Perfect example is a woman at my college, who wears a cape. Who the hell wears a cape?

Umm...excuse me, it's not a cape, IT'S A CLOAK.

This isn't the Middle Ages and you're not at a LARP. Wear a coat like the rest of us if you're cold.

Oh, no doubt. Although is the cape/cloak in question cloth or what? Somehow I feel like a fur cape might actually have a tiny smidge of style, if still weird. Of course, then you'll get the fur-is-murder types assaulting you, especially on a college campus.

Campuses are just full of weirdos, to be honest.

gorgon wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:

gorgon wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:Perfect example is a woman at my college, who wears a cape. Who the hell wears a cape?

Umm...excuse me, it's not a cape, IT'S A CLOAK.

This isn't the Middle Ages and you're not at a LARP. Wear a coat like the rest of us if you're cold.

Oh, no doubt. Although is the cape/cloak in question cloth or what? Somehow I feel like a fur cape might actually have a tiny smidge of style, if still weird. Of course, then you'll get the fur-is-murder types assaulting you, especially on a college campus.

Campuses are just full of weirdos, to be honest.

It's cloth. It looks like your typical 'Dracula' cape from the old Hammer Horror flicks.

I'm inclined to think she's just fething weird as all hell though, because she apparently dresses like a pirate sometimes too.

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What in the name of all that's unfething holy?!


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Vladigar wrote:Ok, really? Have you seen the average person that frequents a game store? Those that live in glass houses...

Who said we shouldn’t make fun of the weirdos that frequent gaming stores?

I love geeks, they’re my people, but a whole lot of them are weird. Real weird. The idea that we should just ignore the fact that some people are very strange seems impossible to me, and likely counter-productive.

There is of course a difference between having a laugh and being a jerk, and a few of the comments on that website tended towards the latter.

I'm finding the whole "people of Wal-Mart" thing to be sort of lame.

It's usually just a picture of, like, a guy with an ugly shirt, or a fat woman whose clothes are too small. That's not particularly funny. The comments then make it seem as though a guy walking around with an ugly shirt is some sort of CrAzY thing, and that everyone should gather around and gawk at a guy and his ugly shirt.

Maybe my fashion sense just isn't good enough.

My favorite part is that more than half the photos are badly framed, blurry, and of something completely not all that funny, really.

The captions are not all that funny, and many of them are simply inflammatory.

"Hey, look at that fat chick, GUFFAW!".

"Hey, look at that fat guy, HURRDURR!"

"Hey, look at that old eccentric person, HEEEHEEE!"

There are a few classic photos, but like any site of that sort, it really lacks any lasting humor. Failblog stands far above POWM, and has a much catchier name.

Watch people's suffering/general lack of sense, at Failblog, it's funnier.

It's really nice that this demographic is so consistently and keenly aware of morality. (This sounds sarcastic but it's not meant to be.)

@Wrex: I like their WINs better: