This is a guest blog submitted by
sleepyhead.
"I suffer from PMS: Putting Up with Men’s S**t"
We've all
seen t-shirts like these around. For many it's a way to express how they're feeling, what they're going through or are at least good for a laugh.
The funny slogans are the ones without the sexual references, such as...
• Trust me, I'm a doctor
• My mom thinks I'm cute
• Chicks dig my ride (Tricycle)
But over the past few years, I’ve noticed so many crude shirts - the sexual references are getting out
of hand.
How can you appreciate a girl if she's wearing a shirt
that says "Open 24 Hours" or a guy that has a shirt that says "Free
Pony Rides! No Little Kids Please" while pointing to his . . . lower region?
Would you talk to someone who wears a
t-shirt referencing his or her body that way? To me, those tees
aren't attractive at all and the people who wear them are degrading
themselves. A girl that chooses to wear a t-shirt that says, "He wears
the pants, but I control the zipper" isn’t really dating material in my book.
I
could still see guys asking those girls out, though - to be able to wear
something like that in public takes a lot of courage. But when do you cross the line between confidence and sheer smuttiness?
Would you be able to date someone who wears crude t-shirts like that?
Can you think of a cringeworthy shirt slogan you've seen someone wear in public?
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Comments (111)
Yes!!! I saw a girl who had two little girls with her. She was obviously their Mother and her t-shirt said "Porn Star"!!!
Can you believe that? It was gross. Totally.
I love a funny t-shirt--but I hate vulgar shirts.
I probably wouldn't date someone who wore a t-shirt like that. It's kinda gross. I can't think of any cringeworthy t-shirt slogans, but I have seen this one which is funny: Abolish Algebra. Letters belong in the alphabet.
i like creative and funny shirts, but i think shirts with sexual references are crude and a juvenile for anyone out of HS
I think I only have one shirt that fits this description - and I bought it from the American Cancer Society.
Front: "I put out...."
Back: "Cigarettes" and there's a picture of a stick man stomping out a butt.
I guess if you see me out in public wearing it, you might find it crude, esp. not seeing the back - think what you want of me - I really don't care.
If you do know me, you'd probably crack up at the idea of my wearing any such shirt.
Some t-shirts are funny. I don't like the crude ones, they're just so...vulgar. I'm getting kind of tired of shirts with writing on them, to tell the truth.
My ex had a shirt that read, "I may not be Mr. Right, but I'll f*ck you until he gets here." I didn't like him wearing that out when we were together. I have a t-shirt that says, "Love Sucks, True Love Swallows", does that make me a slut?
I think most of the time, they are great conversation starters. I hardly take them seriously (do you take issue with the girls wearing Juicy Couture where the pants all say 'juicy' across the butt?), unless that seems to be all they wear. It hardly precludes me from talking to them.
Also, heh, the doctor shirt can have very sexual connotations.
I like the funny t-shirts, but the crude ones are generally annoying. I could never see myself dating someone that wore something like that. =/
I always appreciate a good crude sexual reference, but putting it on a T-shirt is even a bit much for me. What if you run into your gramma? Not cool to freak out poor old granny; she has a heart condition, you know!
i don't own any crude shirts... and probably wouldn't want my boyfriend to wear them either. it's bad enough there's sex all over tv and movies these days... i think it's just rude to give concerned parents one more thing to worry about their kids seeing.
although... the only relatively crude shirt i have is one that has a milk carton and an egg on the front with the milk carton saying 'whip me' and the egg saying 'beat me.' but if my (relatively conservative) parents don't mind it, i think it's ok... x_x;
why people always must think the worst of a person.Wearing a tee with sexual material don't want to say that he/she is like that.It's just a expresion that they are hot but don't feel that way.it's just the modern art of expression.I myself wear a tee with the sign no sex on the beach.Dos that mean I want to have sex.?
I wear T-shirts that make people look at them and not have any idea what they're supposed to think about it. Like right now, I'm wearing a shirt that says "It's all fun and games until the flying monkeys attack"
But personally I would never date a girl who would wear something like you described.
When I was married, my then-husband discovered Big Johnson's tees. Gawd! I hated them. I was so embarrased to be seen with him when he wore those shirts. To me, it advertised to everyone that I was with a guy whose mind was always in the gutter. Why did I ever marry that boy? My own fault *shakes head*
I saw a t-shirt once with some math problem on it. Being the math nerd I am, I worked it out. The answer was 69.
Another math-suggestive slogan I've seen is, "I wish I was your derivitive so I could lie tangent to your curves." Or, "I wish I was your integral, so I could lie under your curves."
@merridian@xanga - that reminds me - my brother and his friend are the ones that got Big Johnson Ts banned from the HS.
I think they're funny and not meant to be taken seriously. Heck, I have a shirt that says "It's not whoring if you do it for free", and if I ever wear it, I most certainly do not expect any girls to want to go out with me. But at that point, I'm not trying to pick up any girls either, so it doesn't bother me :). It's meant for a laugh, and if no one cares, just move on. Obviously, I'd only wear it in an "adult" environment.
@lauralen@xanga - oooh, is that t-shirt available online? I'd like to get one too :)
@sorjai@xanga - It is available online...I think I got it through shirts4acure.com...something like that.
This link might work. No guarantees: http://shirts4acure.com/home/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=33
@lauralen@xanga - awesome, it works. Thanks!
Just wish it came in colors other than green, haha.
i think it says a lot about a person when they wear so-called crude shirts. i like funny, witty slogan shirts (in fact, i bought the shirt above for my husband) but i would never wear a shirt that was sexually suggestive or crass in nature.
i think print tshirts in general don't fly well. regardless the print. here's my shpeel: http://www.xanga.com/pseudohim/584924546/item.html
i tink crude tees are fine.. maybe that doesnt make the guy a model husband material but probably tells that there's a 60% chance he's good fun to hang out with.
i probably only have 2 such tees for the fun of it.. 1 goes "1 bf is never enuff.." which imho isnt that bad.. it's obviously a joke, or at most offensive to my bf. The other from FCUK reads "pot my pink" That of coz, is meant to be funny than crude. Guess it really depends on the person who's seeing it.
I'm a bit tired of those shirts. I used to have a few in high school but no crude ones. I wouldn't date any one now with them, there's a place for them and its back with kids.
oh.. i like funny, amusing ones and ones for couples like really cutesy ones.. not sure about these ones.. =P
I think they're gross and unacceptable when trying to date someone. Maybe it can be okay around your friends or at a bar.. but definitely not with a date. FAIL!
hahahaha...i c it all the time...i think its cool when guys do it, but when girls do it...that's no good...