# Buttcrack montage: social commentary or cyberbullying? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989 "2014-04-25T20:54:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/1 "2014-04-25T20:54:31Z")
I saw a series of photos, originally posted on Reddit I think, of a chubby guy with a concerned look on his face posed in front of some guy’s exposed buttcrack. The pictures were taken at a Magic the Gathering tournament and it was funny at just how many exposed buttcracks the guy posed with. Of course, when people saw themselves being made fun of, their butt crack turned to butt hurt. There was talk about how this was an example of cyberbullying since these guys were unfairly made the ‘butt’ of a joke. The guy was banned from future tournaments by that organizer. I have to wonder if it just gives people an incentive to be a little more self aware of their surroundings. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/2 "2014-04-25T21:57:01Z")
There’s a third option - silliness. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/3 "2014-04-25T22:10:58Z")
Pointing out someone’s short comings seldom has the desired affect of encouraging anyone to actually change their behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/4 "2014-04-25T22:20:42Z")
As violations of privacy go, shooting buttcracks is pretty low on the continuum; he’s not taking upskirt photos, and the photos are pretty good-natured compared to say, [People of Wal-Mart](http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/). Would I want to be photographed like that? Not really. But then again, I try to make sure my clothes fit me properly when I go out in public. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/5 "2014-04-25T22:23:39Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > The guy was banned from future tournaments by that organizer. I have to wonder if it just gives people an incentive to be a little more self aware of their surroundings. I think the type of people who go to MtG tournaments generally think of them as a place they can safely neglect their grooming and panoply. Rightly or wrongly. I will say that the guy in that montage (http: [//www.seriousfiver.com/](https://www.seriousfiver.com/) 2014-03-12-magic-the-gathering-buttcracks **NOTE: mildly NSFW cheesecake content** ) has some serious cajones to be making fun of other people’s appearances. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/6 "2014-04-25T22:57:30Z")
I’ve never seen so many buttcracks in public-- and I live in a black urban neighborhood. When guys get together and don’t think they’ll see many girls, are buttcracks common? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/7 "2014-04-25T23:38:28Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > When guys get together and don’t think they’ll see many girls, are buttcracks common? In a word, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/8 "2014-04-25T23:44:09Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > I think the type of people who go to MtG tournaments generally think of them as a place they can safely neglect their grooming and panoply. Rightly or wrongly. I will never understand the mindset of someone who goes to a convention and decides… “Yay! Three days without showering!” I’ve skipped shaving during conventions, so I kinda get it, but my facial stubble doesn’t smell like the inside of an armpit. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/9 "2014-04-25T23:45:14Z")
This just shows that these guys need to go further in their geekery and consider wizard’s robes or something. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/10 "2014-04-26T02:03:08Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > I think the type of people who go to MtG tournaments generally think of them as a place they can safely neglect their grooming and panoply. Rightly or wrongly. > > I will say that the guy in that montage (http: [//www.seriousfiver.com/](https://www.seriousfiver.com/) 2014-03-12-magic-the-gathering-buttcracks **NOTE: mildly NSFW cheesecake content** ) has some serious cajones to be making fun of other people’s appearances. :dubious: There is just really no good excuse for showing that much buttcrack in public. Pull up yer damn pants. Or get some suspenders. Just put your butt away where the rest of us don’t have to look at it. Without going into too much detail, I occasionally see a man who routinely has a good bit more crack showing than any of these men, to the point where it’s really obscene. He might as well not wear pants at all. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/11 "2014-04-26T02:14:59Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > There is just really no good excuse for showing that much buttcrack in public. Pull up yer damn pants. Or get some suspenders. Just put your butt away where the rest of us don’t have to look at it. I’m guessing some of those people have been sitting around playing games for so long that they don’t realize…or don’t care that they don’t fit into clothes from three years ago. When you have a 40 waist and you wear 37 jeans, you’re going to splooge out of it. Thing is, you don’t even have to buy bigger jeans, just toss on a sweatshirt and make sure it’s long enough or even a bigger t-shirt. I’m guessing most of those guys don’t care that ill-filling [worn out oversized t-shirt and jeans that are too small] are going to make you look worse then a nice pair of jeans and a nice sweatshirt, but it’ll keep your ass from hanging out the back and your belly from hanging out the front. Even in a company of peers, that still not a good look. We had a girl at work, she wasn’t even big, just didn’t wear clothes that fit. At one point someone finally said “Sue, when you bend over you have to hike up your pants, no one [customers] wants to look at your butt”, to which I added " or wear longer shirts, whatever, but your shirt and your pants need to touch. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/12 "2014-04-26T02:19:20Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’ve never seen so many buttcracks in public-- and I live in a black urban neighborhood. When guys get together and don’t think they’ll see many girls, are buttcracks common? My wife refuses to go into the local game store because “Every time I go there I see an ass crack.” And, damn, she’s not kidding. The owner of one of the local stores is rather overweight and I swear that sometimes when he stands up nearly half his ass is exposed. As a general rule, no, seeing that many butt cracks isn’t common. But there’s something about game stores that attract wannabe plumbers I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/13 "2014-04-26T02:23:48Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > I will never understand the mindset of someone who goes to a convention and decides… “Yay! Three days without showering!” I’ve skipped shaving during conventions, so I kinda get it, but my facial stubble doesn’t smell like the inside of an armpit. Some of them don’t want until the second or third day to start stinking. I worked a convention and day one of registration there was one guy that absolutely reeked. I mean the funk was thick around him and I can’t imagine having to spend 10-15 minutes sitting next to him in a tournament. As much as I hate to admit it there has always been a stigma attached to gamers when it comes to poor hygiene. We call him, and it’s usually a him, cat piss man. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/14 "2014-04-26T02:51:03Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > My wife refuses to go into the local game store because “Every time I go there I see an ass crack.” And, damn, she’s not kidding. The owner of one of the local stores is rather overweight and I swear that sometimes when he stands up nearly half his ass is exposed. > > As a general rule, no, seeing that many butt cracks isn’t common. But there’s something about game stores that attract wannabe plumbers I guess. There was a man who worked at a GameStop I remember seeing. Big guy, but not REALLY big, just big. His pants were belted very very tightly under his belly, but in the back? The belt was cinched _under_ his butt. He had to walk in an odd shuffling walk to keep his pants up. In his defense, his shirt was really long. On the other hand, no one’s shirt is THAT long. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/15 "2014-04-26T02:54:45Z")
For them to complain about it re: cyberbullying suggests they are self aware (at least now anyway 😛 ) to know their butts are exposed. If they knew that, why wouldn’t they pull their damn pants up? You can’t have it both ways. If you want to be an unkempt neckbeard, don’t get butthurt people might make fun of you. If it would bother you to get teased for looking like a slob you’d think you’d put some effort to avoid looking too stereotypical. The other aspect that is ironic is that these are a bunch of nerds, but it doesn’t occur to them that there exists technology to both take photographs and distribute it on the internet. Yet they play MtG with their asses hanging out and act betrayed and violated they are part of a joke 😕 ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/16 "2014-04-26T03:16:17Z")
I was cracking up (ha!) at some of those photos. Some people have a deep, abiding respect for the natural beauty that was once this country, [and some people don’t](http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/h/www.seriousfiver.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/614x614xmagic-the-gathering-buttcracks-mar12-13.jpg.pagespeed.ic.JPcAYSTY67.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/17 "2014-04-26T03:20:59Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > I was cracking up (ha!) at some of those photos. Some people have a deep, abiding respect for the natural beauty that was once this country, [and some people don’t](http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/h/www.seriousfiver.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/614x614xmagic-the-gathering-buttcracks-mar12-13.jpg.pagespeed.ic.JPcAYSTY67.jpg). I imagined a tear in that one, like Iron Eyes Cody in the pollution commercial. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/18 "2014-04-26T04:07:30Z")
If you’re going out in public, it’s a good idea to make sure your pants fit and you’re wearing underwear. Not because it will cause people to take photos and make fun of you, but just out of respect for others. Not everyone wants to see your ass crack. People take photos and make fun of you because they’re assholes. That’s entirely their fault. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/19 "2014-04-26T04:13:46Z")
Do people not wear belts anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989/20 "2014-04-26T04:55:15Z")
My neighbor across the street does yardwork with his fat hairy ass hanging out for the entire world to see. I don’t see anyone could have so little pride (because there’s no way on EARTH this guy couldn’t be aware of it) that they’d allow half of their ass to show like that. Like when people complain about kids who sag their pants, all I can think of is, at least they’re covered. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttcrack-montage-social-commentary-or-cyberbullying/686989.md?page=2)