# If you were me **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122 "2021-07-09T23:48:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/1 "2021-07-09T23:48:45Z")
Would you throw caution to the wind and wear pink with red? God my life is soooooooo boring. šŸ˜‹ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/2 "2021-07-09T23:50:54Z")
Whatā€™s your ā€œIf you were meā€ question? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/3 "2021-07-10T00:21:54Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Would you throw caution to the wind and wear pink with red? Why not? It would be an interesting contrast ā€“ red top/jacket, pink slacks, red shoes. Or vice versa. Gotta be better than purple with green. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/4 "2021-07-10T00:24:56Z")
Ooh. I want red shoes. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/5 "2021-07-10T00:26:27Z")
To visit Oz? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/6 "2021-07-10T00:26:47Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Ooh. I want red shoes. For you, Beck: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N0aAGP3ty_A/hqdefault.jpg "(Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes--Album Version (Lyrics in Description)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0aAGP3ty_A) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/7 "2021-07-10T00:27:17Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > wear pink with red? Of course. Unless your hair is red. That would be all kinds of wrong. šŸ˜’ ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/8 "2021-07-10T00:28:57Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Ooh. I want red shoes. Red Crocs. You want red Crocs. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/9 "2021-07-10T00:29:29Z")
So gauche! ---
**Author:** ![Acierocolotl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acierocolotl/32/6241_2.png) [@Acierocolotl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acierocolotl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/10 "2021-07-10T00:39:58Z")
Beck, I wear what I like. Being you wouldnā€™t change that. Iā€™d keep wearing what I like. People who have a problem with colour combos can take it up with management. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/11 "2021-07-10T00:53:05Z")
Yep. I tell everyone around here when the fashion police show up then we can talk. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/12 "2021-07-10T01:01:14Z")
Hereā€™s the deal, right here. I have neon pink Crocs. Theyā€™ve seen better days but I was sportinā€™ my pink giant sized hoodie with blue writing that says ā€˜happyā€™, so I needed pink shoes. I was looking for blue socks. It gets cold in dialysis. I found one blue sock, could not find the mate. So I found a red and blue sock from the same PKG. Matching socks but wrong color. It worked for me. Yeah, Iā€™m eclectic. The lilā€™wrekker says I canā€™t play that card anymore. Itā€™s just lazy dressing, at this point. Sheā€™s so judgemental. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/13 "2021-07-10T02:05:25Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Gotta be better than purple with green. I like purple with green. Eggplant and calyx! > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yeah, Iā€™m eclectic. The lilā€™wrekker says I canā€™t play that card anymore. > Itā€™s just lazy dressing, at this point. Tell the lilā€™wrekker that youā€™ve finally gotten old enough to dress as you damn well please. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/14 "2021-07-10T02:20:05Z")
I have vague memories of my Granny wearing her dress inside out to town one day. She never matched and wore menā€™s socks and shoes. I mustā€™ve took after her. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/15 "2021-07-10T02:50:25Z")
Depends on what season you are. If you were also an autumn, definitely not. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/16 "2021-07-10T12:20:04Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I want red shoes. Tom Waits says: > She wore red shoes by the newstand > As the rain splashed the nickle > Spilled like chablis along the midway > Theres a little bluejay > In a red dress, on a sad night > One straw in a rootbeer > A compact with a cracked mirror > And a bottle of evening in paris perfume > Whats this sad tune ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/17 "2021-07-10T16:56:14Z")
Beck, From your posts, you come across as an interesting, thoughtful person. šŸ˜ƒ So I trust you to make the decision! šŸ•¶ I am a retired nerd šŸ¤“, so I now wear tracksuits every day. I have a simple choice between three colours for tops (blue, black + red) and two for bottoms (blue and black.) I figure that this gives me more time to enjoy myself. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/18 "2021-07-10T17:15:12Z")
Wow! I love that song. Just listened to it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/19 "2021-07-13T08:12:09Z")
If you were meā€¦ Would you continue to read the dryist most footnoted book ever? The one that puts you right to sleep. Or ā€¦just abandon it and move on? I do have a few old Mad magazines I could revisit. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122/20 "2021-07-13T09:17:12Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > > > Would you throw caution to the wind and wear pink with red? > > Why not? It would be an interesting contrast ā€“ red top/jacket, pink slacks, red shoes. Well, I guess I could try it, but Iā€™m a guy, so it might be a little bit _avant garde_, fashion-wise. Not that thereā€™s anything wrong with that. I must say though that my ensemble yesterday was the height of fashion. My top was a dark blue T-shirt that had somehow acquired several artistic rust-coloured blotches on it, reminiscent of Monetā€™s 19th century impressionism. This was smartly matched with well-worn blue jeans and a pair of sneakers of indeterminate but definitely ancient vintage with holes in them. I sported this outfit to one of the most _Ć©lĆ©gante_ events of the season, the semi-regular _tondre la pelouse_, or ā€œmowing of the lawnā€. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-me/946122.md?page=2)