# Would you wear this type of t-shirt in public? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 12, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377 "2015-06-12T18:49:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/41 "2015-06-13T10:08:57Z")
I’m reminded of the time I stepped onto an elevator here in Bangkok. The lone fellow passenger was a very attractive young lady wearing a T-shirt that proudly proclaimed in English: “I Fuck on the First Date.” I didn’t have the nerve to ask if she understood what it said. ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/42 "2015-06-13T10:25:57Z")
I go to T in the Park - Scotland’s largest music festival - every year. There are always lots of choice T shirts around, that doubtless people wouldn’t wear anywhere else. My favourite was one that said “No, I haven’t got Tourette’s, you’re just a fucking cunt”. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/43 "2015-06-13T12:17:40Z")
I might have worn a shirt like that, when I was 14. > [@even\_sven](#): > > Maybe he’s a gynecologist? > > I wouldn’t wear it, but I’m not particularly shocked or offended by it. here I am thinking of the _Seinfeld_ ep with the proctologist’s “ASS MAN” license plate. ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/44 "2015-06-13T12:21:39Z")
No more shame in this world. Not sure that is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Dinna\_Fash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@Dinna\_Fash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinna_Fash)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/45 "2015-06-13T12:57:56Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > My mother and I went shopping last week, and then we went out to eat. There was this guy sitting across from us wearing a tshirt from some seafood place that said, “I Got My Crabs from Dirty Dicks”. Were you in North Carolina? There used to be a billboard with this slogan right before the bridge to Emersld Isle, NC ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/46 "2015-06-13T13:07:02Z")
> [@davida03801](#): > > No more shame in this world. Not sure that is a good thing. It’s nothing new. Wyatt Earp wore a “Mustache Rides 5¢” t-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/47 "2015-06-13T14:08:45Z")
I love vaginas too. But, like all guys, I’m on the fence about whether I should wear a t-shirt that specifically spells it out for strangers who might not already guess it from my jaunty walk and wild eye-contact, and the vagina I carry around with me. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/48 "2015-06-13T14:50:04Z")
> [@racepug](#): > > My “thoughts” upon reading that are that _some_ people have absolutely no taste or class. I can “top” yours, by the way (and I’ve posted this elsewhere on the SDMB before): walking around during a fair a few years ago I saw a guy - I SWEAR I’m not making this up - walking around with his wife/girlfriend/sex partner (and maybe even a stroller with a kid in it though I don’t remember that particular detail for sure) while wearing a t-shirt on which it was stated: “I may not be Mr. Right, but I’ll f_ck you until he comes along." Best to get that sort of thing up front and out in the open, apparently. (on the t-shirt there was no "_”, by the way) I’ve seen that on a library patron. Dude was, no lie, asking about how to grow cocaine. (I sent him upstairs to speak to our resident master gardener. Didn’t warn her. Hee hee hee!) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/49 "2015-06-13T15:22:12Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Why do you think [People of Walmart](http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/) exists? They even have a [subcategory](http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/category/profane-shirts/) for shirts like that. > My mother and I went shopping last week, and then we went out to eat. There was this guy sitting across from us wearing a tshirt from some seafood place that said, “I Got My Crabs from Dirty Dicks”. There was an oyster bar back in West Texas that sold T-shirts that said, “Shuck them, suck them, eat them raw.” I’m sort of okay with that one. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/50 "2015-06-13T16:33:15Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > There was an oyster bar back in West Texas that sold T-shirts that said, “Shuck them, suck them, eat them raw.” I’m sort of okay with that one. Damn. I just remembered the T-shirts actually read: “Shuck me, suck me, eat me raw.” Me, not “them.” But those were popular shirts back then, although I never did get me one. I never have been a big oyster fan even though I can dig into them if they’re in front of me. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/51 "2015-06-13T21:02:30Z")
I wouldn’t say I’d be offended by seeing someone wearing the t-shirt described in the OP, just mildly despairing of the classless stupidity of segments of the human race. On the other hand: > [@Scougs](#): > > My favourite was one that said “No, I haven’t got Tourette’s, you’re just a fucking cunt”. I laughed at this, so I must be a bad person. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/52 "2015-06-13T22:42:57Z")
There’s a meat company in Southern California with big bold signs on the sides of their delivery trucks: YOU CAN’T BEAT OUR MEAT ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/53 "2015-06-14T14:49:07Z")
I found the “Tourette’s” t-shirt especially offensive because I personally know several people who have been diagnosed with it, and several others who probably have it and haven’t been diagnosed, and NONE of them curse involuntarily. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/54 "2015-06-14T15:12:56Z")
I’m reminded of a friend in high school who came back from summer vacation with a t-shirt reading: I slept on a Virgin Island Classy guy. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/55 "2015-06-14T15:13:10Z")
Many eons ago, in the 60s when I was a young and extremely naive teen, the family went to Ocean City, MD on vacation. We went into one of the gazillion boardwalk stores where you could get any number of iron-on transfers on the t-shirt of your choice, and the transfers were displayed on all the walls. There was one I found confusing. The picture was a cartoon of a Mexican “bandito” with bandoliers across his chest, with a gun in one hand and holding up a cat buy the tail with the other. The caption was something like “Official Tijuana Pussy Posse.” I read it aloud to my mom hoping she’d explain it, and by her reaction and lack of explanation, I figured it was something dirty. It was a few more years till I figured it out. It could have been extremely embarrassing for an unknowing cat lover. :eek: I don’t like crude clothing at all. I’ll agree with those calling it juvenile, tasteless, classless, and inappropriate just about anywhere. Altho such garments are great for warning you who to avoid. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/56 "2015-06-14T15:58:33Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Damn. I just remembered the T-shirts actually read: “Shuck me, suck me, eat me raw.” Me, not “them.” But those were popular shirts back then, although I never did get me one. I never have been a big oyster fan even though I can dig into them if they’re in front of me. I’m presently enjoying a couple of days touristing in New Orleans. Professionally speaking, the tacky tourist stores here are world-class tacky. Lots and lots of shirts like that with various drawings of crawfish on them. All “me”, not “them”. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/57 "2015-06-14T19:24:31Z")
It’s kind of like the t-shirt I saw when I was young that said “If it smells like fish, eat it,” but not quite s classy. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/58 "2015-06-15T14:36:50Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Many eons ago, in the 60s when I was a young and extremely naive teen, the family went to Ocean City, MD on vacation. We went into one of the gazillion boardwalk stores where you could get any number of iron-on transfers on the t-shirt of your choice, and the transfers were displayed on all the walls. There was one I found confusing. > > The picture was a cartoon of a Mexican “bandito” with bandoliers across his chest, with a gun in one hand and holding up a cat buy the tail with the other. The caption was something like “Official Tijuana Pussy Posse.” I read it aloud to my mom hoping she’d explain it, and by her reaction and lack of explanation, I figured it was something dirty. When I was little, I got a big laugh from customers in a T-shirt shop by innocently reading aloud, “I Fixed Farrah’s Fawcett”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/59 "2015-06-15T22:35:12Z")
There’s a liquor store in Avon, CO, which is at the base of Beaver Creek ski resort, called Beaver Liquor. They sell all sorts of t-shirts and hats with their store name and logo on it. It is a very popular spring break tourist stop. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-this-type-of-t-shirt-in-public/722377/60 "2015-06-15T23:33:17Z")
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