# The Thong Theory
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 23, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553 "2005-02-23T17:16:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@LuckiestGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuckiestGuy)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/1 "2005-02-23T17:16:24Z")
Of course I would love to hear the ladies point of view on this, but what about the men? Do you guys agree with the downside of the illustrious thong?
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/2 "2005-02-23T17:33:57Z")
The theory seems to equate adventurousness in bed with wearing thongs.
I’m all for honey/candy/whipped cream but, please, not for \*\*hours \*\* at a time. Men, \*you \* try wearing a thong all day long and get back to me.
I despise thongs.
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### Author:  [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/3 "2005-02-23T17:45:38Z")
I think he’s saying thongs USED to mean adventurousness in bed, but now everybody’s wearing them and they’re essentially meaningless.
I guess this means us ladies who steadfastly refuse to succumb to these instruments of anal hygiene are the ones bucking the popular trend, and perhaps now should be considered the more adventurous? 😉
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### Author:  [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/4 "2005-02-23T21:15:07Z")
> [@Anaamika](#):
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> Men, \*you \* try wearing a thong all day long and get back to me.
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> I despise thongs.
I’ve worn them all day. Not a problem. In fact, I generally forget I’m wearing them. However, not all thongs are the same. I have two that really can’t be worn for any extended time. One is non-stretchy satin. It’s fine at first, but gets pretty uncomfortable after a bit. The other is velvet, and because of the directionality of the velvet pile, it constanty tightens itself. :eek: So I prefer either cotton, or the simple elastic strap in back.
I really hate it when normal underwear creeps up. But thongs don’t bother me.
One woman voiced her opinion thusly: Underwear tends to ride up your crack. So it’s more comfortable if it’s just a little fabric rather than a whole lot.
Sorry, LuckiestGuy, I know you wanted to read about women wearing thongs, and the only one posting they wear them is a guy. You can go douse your eyes with lye to remove the unpleasant mental image.
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/5 "2005-02-23T21:20:48Z")
You’re a guy and wear thongs?
I may have to go brain-bleach. When I said I hate thongs, I really meant I hated them. On anybody. Everybody.
Blech.
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### Author:  [@AThingWithFeathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AThingWithFeathers)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/6 "2005-02-23T21:26:52Z")
No, I do not wear thongs because of peer pressure, nor because I’m adventureous in bed. The major reason is **no panty lines**. And they really aren’t uncomfortable, not ones made out of normal material anyway. The only probem is, with low rider jeans, if you bend over, the thong is visible. It’s embarrassing (and weird) to be complimented on your thong design.
I know plenty of women who don’t like thongs because they think they’re uncomfortable. The solution? Not to wear them. Not all women do, you know.
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### Author:  [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/7 "2005-02-23T22:20:19Z")
> [@Anaamika](#):
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> You’re a guy and wear thongs?
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> I may have to go brain-bleach. When I said I hate thongs, I really meant I hated them. On anybody. Everybody.
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> Blech.
Not often, but yes, I do.
I recommend placing the trephine at your forehead; that way the bleach won’t run out when you lie down. Also if you miss when pouring, it’ll probably run into your eyes, which is likely desirable in this case.
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/8 "2005-02-23T22:25:13Z")
Are you hot at least?
A pic? (minus thong, please)
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### Author:  [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/9 "2005-02-23T22:37:09Z")
Isn’t going commando sexy anymore??
🆒🆒
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### Author:  [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/10 "2005-02-23T22:37:35Z")
I wear thongs. As hats.
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### Author:  [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/11 "2005-02-23T22:52:42Z")
Oh hell yes…I’m a guy, and I wear thongs…nothin beats 'em…especially on the beach.[Here’s a Pic…](http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/1557986/c/4373.html)
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/12 "2005-02-23T23:12:31Z")
> [@ggurl](#):
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> Isn’t going commando sexy anymore??
I would prefer this to thongs. Guys look \*awful \* in thongs.
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### Author:  [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/13 "2005-02-23T23:45:08Z")
> [@Anaamika](#):
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> You’re a guy and wear thongs?
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> I may have to go brain-bleach. When I said I hate thongs, I really meant I hated them. On anybody. Everybody.
>
> Blech.
Two words describe my feelings about thongs on men: Ass Hair. :eek:
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### Author:  [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/14 "2005-02-24T00:02:26Z")
I don’t no, nor do I care. But I _am_ doin’ it right now.
Also, while I do enjoy it when girls wear thongs, I _hate_ it when they come way outside the pants. A little bit, okay. But not way out there.
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### Author:  [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/15 "2005-02-24T00:42:55Z")
> [@ggurl](#):
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> Isn’t going commando sexy anymore??
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> 🆒🆒
I’ve gotten into a bad habit of going commando. In fact, I wore panties under my slacks today for the first time in ages. I was convinced I would be in an automobile accident because I (for once) had on clean (or any) underwear.
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/16 "2005-02-24T02:05:42Z")
The thong is one butt-ugly (_ahem_) garment.
Most women would be sexier in big old granny control-top briefs, honestly. Ugh.
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### Author:  [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/17 "2005-02-24T02:07:55Z")
> [@Anaamika](#):
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> Are you hot at least?
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> A pic? (minus thong, please)
Am I hot? Doubtful. Go [here](http://personals.theonion.com/), and enter Palinuris in the little search box on the lower right. Keep the Clorox handy. (Actually, you’ve already seen my photo in the Are You Ugly thread; you had vaguely positive things to say)
As far as ass hair, **jinwicked** , I’m pretty sure that no matter what I wear, my ass has the same amount of hair, that being very little. I can barely grow a beard; I’d be really annoyed if my butt was using up all those valuable follicles that were needed elsewhere.
More on topic; I like thongs on women. Quite a bit. I don’t like when they’re up on the small of the back, though; in my opinion they should be low enough to just trace and accentuate the curve of the top of the buttocks.
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/18 "2005-02-24T02:18:26Z")
Well, you’re not bad-looking at all. And reading your personal, if I was on the market, I’d e-mail you - your interests coincide pretty well with mine, except maybe for what you read. Although Wee Free Men seems promising.
So you seem all-in-all like a fairly attractive man but now when I look at that picture all I can picture is a \*thong \* and it makes me flinch. Not so much you in a thong, but just a thong in general.
Don’t you realize what those do to the male anatomy, man? I do not need to know everything you’ve got down there at first sight.
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### Author:  [@Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirt_Ninja_13)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/19 "2005-02-24T03:08:24Z")
> [@jinwicked](#):
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> Two words describe my feelings about thongs on men: Ass Hair. :eek:
and that’s what razors and wax-treatments are for.
…not that i’m into that…
_bamf_
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### Author:  [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thong-theory/291553/20 "2005-02-24T03:08:48Z")
Well, I like thongs and normal panties too. The cool thing is the low-rider panties. They sort of make the ass look good in the way they hug the curvature. Both are nice
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