It is all depending. If worn by a man who thinks he is attractive in it, in earnest, an abomination. If worn by John Goodman, as a weapon, then a weapon it is, magnificent, deserving of awe and respect.
Need we make a religious commitment to affirm that it is, indeed, an abomination? I feel this is a false dichotomy, in more ways than one. I require clarification. I am willing to flounder indefinitely in epistemic uncertainty, as long as there's nobody wearing one of those things in the vicinity.
If society would require that the same amount of hairlessness apply to persons of either sex wishing to sport one of those things in public, the man-thong (with or without hypen) would disappear from the face of the earth.
Unf swoops in to save the day! I think my vote is ew, but I don't swim.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 08-26-05 2:57 PM
And hyphen.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 08-26-05 2:58 PM
No linked photo? We need more data if we're to make an informed choice.
Posted by m | Link to this comment | 08-26-05 3:02 PM
Unf, Ogged, Labs (on right).
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 08-26-05 3:08 PM
It is all depending. If worn by a man who thinks he is attractive in it, in earnest, an abomination. If worn by John Goodman, as a weapon, then a weapon it is, magnificent, deserving of awe and respect.
Posted by text | Link to this comment | 08-26-05 3:10 PM
Need we make a religious commitment to affirm that it is, indeed, an abomination? I feel this is a false dichotomy, in more ways than one. I require clarification. I am willing to flounder indefinitely in epistemic uncertainty, as long as there's nobody wearing one of those things in the vicinity.
Posted by slolernr | Link to this comment | 08-26-05 3:18 PM
wow. slolernr rhymed epistemic uncertainty with vicinity. i think my brief rapping career should come to a close.
Posted by peter snees | Link to this comment | 08-26-05 3:26 PM
Why the either/or dichotomy? Can't it be both a hydrodynamic innovation and an abomination against God?
After all, from what I've read, getting you to swim faster was never really high on God's list of priorities.
Posted by My Alter Ego | Link to this comment | 08-26-05 3:34 PM
that's not what circumcision is for?
Posted by text | Link to this comment | 08-26-05 3:35 PM
In nomine patri, filii, et spiritu sancti, et mali parvi, it is an abomination against God and nature.
Posted by Cala | Link to this comment | 08-26-05 4:45 PM
Plus, really. For hydrodynamics? Don't many of the Olympic swimmer wear clingy body suits?
('No, no. This is to get the Thorpedo to notice you.')
Posted by Cala | Link to this comment | 08-26-05 4:46 PM
you also have to consider the hairodynamics when making that judgment.
sorry.
anyway, my answers are one word, no hyphen, and abomination before god.
Posted by peter snees | Link to this comment | 08-27-05 11:31 AM
Beyond abomination.
If society would require that the same amount of hairlessness apply to persons of either sex wishing to sport one of those things in public, the man-thong (with or without hypen) would disappear from the face of the earth.
Posted by Camera Obscura | Link to this comment | 08-27-05 8:28 PM