# NO! You SHOULD NOT wear a Thong! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 13, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553 "2003-06-13T13:21:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/41 "2003-06-13T21:00:25Z")
Thea, that’s the running joke between my husband and me. “All the mirrors in that person’s house must only reflect her from the neck up!” ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/42 "2003-06-13T21:13:17Z")
As a thong wearer _(UNDER my clothes thank you very much)_ I agree that seeing someone flying out everywhere is gross. Of course I find numerous things sickening and try to avoid the sight if at all possible. Sadly the beach is harder to avoid seeing certain things… _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/43 "2003-06-13T21:13:17Z")
Well, personally I don’t care what people wear, however I do hope that those wearing the thong bikini for the first time have a large supply of heavy duty sun block handy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/44 "2003-06-13T21:17:12Z")
Yak. Can’t stand thongs – why the hell would I want to give myself a perma-wedgie? Didn’t wear 'em when I was thin, don’t wear 'em now. If I wear bikini bottom underwear, it’s a special day. Give me my thick cotton granny panties anyday. 🙂 That’s more than anyone here really needed to know, on reflection. And the thong-over-low-riders? I realize it’s possible to get less classy, but only with special effort. I think it would involve acid-washed jeans and red high heels, though. I’ve seen it on someone before and I can say objectively that sure, it’s probably sexy. Certainly it would make someone think of sex when they’re looking at it. If that’s the look they’re going for, fine…I’m going to go for classy and covered, myself. Oh, and even “fat police” :rolleyes: know the difference between “Oh my GOD, look at that COW, she should lay off the TWINKIES” and “Eeugh. Really not the butt-cheeks I wanted to see today.” ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/45 "2003-06-13T21:19:33Z")
Heh, I don’t think I even own granny panties. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/46 "2003-06-13T21:21:39Z")
Is a big thong considered a “granny panty?” I have a few large size thongs I wear on days I’m feeling podgy - do they count? ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/47 "2003-06-13T21:26:20Z")
Tube tops! Now, EVERYONE looks good in those, right? Or, not so much? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/48 "2003-06-13T21:41:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lucwarm \* > \*\*Gosh, I think that’s so hot. \*\* Nah. Ladies, if you want to show me that you’re wearing a thong, I want to see the part that _makes_ it a thong, you know what I mean? Don’t tease. Moon me! As far as thongs in general (on Federally licensed thong-worthy butts. Anna-Nicole Smith, your application has been turned down emphatically), I’m reminded of a quote by John Travolta in _Face Off_: “I hate to see you leave, but I love to watch you walk away.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/49 "2003-06-13T21:46:55Z")
Yech, **seal\_clubber**. Most people can get away with a tank top, but tube top? I’d get arrested for indecent exposure. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/50 "2003-06-13T22:32:34Z")
**ralph124c** : > [@](#): > > These are little more than eye patches…and while they may look good on an anorexic supermodel… Nuh uh. The thing about thongs is that you shouldn’t be able to actually see _all_ of it; there should be just enough flesh to hide the butt part, right? If the ass is too undernourished, the eye will see too much of the thong. And that’s just as bad, IMO, as seeing too much of the ass. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/51 "2003-06-13T22:39:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Knowed Out \* > \*\*You know, it just occurred to me why thongs don’t really turn me on despite the shapely asses that come with 'em…I know from wearing loose boxers that I get brown streaks. What does a thong look like when a chick takes it off? It just became two-toned, half pink & half shit brown. \*\* Dude…you should try some of that moist toilet tissue they have these days. It really does work :). ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/52 "2003-06-13T23:12:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aries28 \* > \*\*Amen sister! > > I firmly believe if you have a body to wear certain clothes, go for it. But if you don’t, don’t try to force it. > > There are so many ways you can flatter your particular body shape and then there are so many ways you can just make people wonder if you looked in a mirror before you walked out of the door. \*\* Sometimes it’s a cultural thing. There’s a large black population in my city, and even the heavy girls tend to dress very sexily. It appears that body image regarding sexy clothing in the local black community, at least, is less concerned with being petite before wearing certain styles, and more focused on how wearing them makes you feel – i.e. if you feel sexy, you look it. And I can attest to the fact that some of these women, who are noticeably heavier than me (and I’m not my svelte young self any more) look GREAT in some of these styles that would make me look like a laughingstock. ---
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/53 "2003-06-14T00:52:27Z")
(Hoping I don’t sound racist), in regards to what **butrscotch**. I have black friends and I have white friends, and I have noticed that the black friends I have that are overweight seem to know how to dress better than the white friends I have that are overweight. Or maybe they just have more confidence? I don’t know, just something I observed. ---
**Author:** ![lucwarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lucwarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucwarm)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/54 "2003-06-14T01:19:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by butrscotch \* > \*\*Sometimes it’s a cultural thing. There’s a large black population in my city, and even the heavy girls tend to dress very sexily. It appears that body image regarding sexy clothing in the local black community, at least, is less concerned with being petite before wearing certain styles, and more focused on how wearing them makes you feel – i.e. if you feel sexy, you look it. \*\* Agree. I work in NYC where there are lots of Puerto Rican and Dominican girls who aren’t afraid to wear tight clothes, short dresses etc., even if they’re carrying a few extra pounds. And it’s nice. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/55 "2003-06-14T04:41:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Avalonian \* > \*\*I think thongs are unattractive in general, really. Very few people actually look good in them, and honestly, I don’t want to think about where the string is going. > > I’m far from a prude – I’d be perfectly happy if nudism in public were legal and I think the human body (of whatever size and shape) is a beautiful thing in itself. But thongs just squick me. \*\* Ditto. I have no objection to someone wearing a thong just to sunbathe on the beach, if they want to get a tan. But walking around in one is just unpleasant, in either gender. Like you, the string-thing makes me feel majorly icky, flossing someone’s sweaty anus (or whatever it does). ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/56 "2003-06-14T04:45:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Magayuk \* > \*\*(Hoping I don’t sound racist), in regards to what **butrscotch**. I have black friends and I have white friends, and I have noticed that the black friends I have that are overweight seem to know how to dress better than the white friends I have that are overweight. Or maybe they just have more confidence? I don’t know, just something I observed. \*\* I have noticed that darker skinned people’s flesh tends to look much better overweight than paler people’s flesh. Eg I once saw this quite stout/fat black British women working in a clothes shop. Her outfit was fluorescent pink leggings and a cropped bra-style top. Despite the fact she had quite a big belly and chunky thighs, she looked fine. Her skin looked smooth and strong and even. I cannot imagine a white person pulling that outfit off unless they were very very slim. White blubber just looks worse than black (maybe because it shows red stretch marks or skin creases or imperfections more???) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/57 "2003-06-14T13:05:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*Just be glad the Speedo went out of fashion for guys. I think we have Baywatch to thank for that… \*\* This discussion is making me think of a multi-page thread from a year or so ago, and the Pit spinoff (also multi-page), in which people expressed doubts as to the poster’s veracity. (Do a search for “pyjama + pants + girl”.) Anyway, one of the red flags was that this poster claimed to be from a “Northern European country”, but was mortally embarrassed when his GF wanted him to wear a Speedo. It was pointed out that only an American male would balk at wearing a Speedo; someone from “Northern Europe” would be unlikely to own anything else. I’m American, and although I wouldn’t wear a thong, mostly because I sunburn badly enough as it is, I do think we are overly hung up on the idea that people should either look like supermodels in everything they wear or else stay home. Wear what you want, jeez. And I’m told Speedos enable a person to move through the water with less friction; they’re not exclusive to bodybuilders. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/58 "2003-06-14T13:30:50Z")
An amusing aside…some years ago, the City of Miami passed an ordnance that required that women’s swimsuits had to be of a certain minimum area. The cops actually had to carry around tape measures to check? This MUST have been hilarious for the officers involved! ---
**Author:** ![CadburyAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CadburyAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CadburyAngel)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/59 "2003-06-14T19:01:08Z")
Miami literally had bikini inspectors? Now all those novelty t-shirts seem even lamer. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553/60 "2003-06-14T19:18:42Z")
Bizarrely - they had tape measure inspections for women’s olympic beach volleyball - to make sure the bikini bottoms weren’t MORE than a certain height (at the side). How fking sexist is that? I bet they didn’t check the men’s gear showed at least 2.2 mm of pubic fuzz, just to delight the crowds. (Of course there may have been some other sensible reason why the costumes were required to be so skimpy, but I never heard it at the time). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-should-not-wear-a-thong/181553.md?page=4)