A quick shout-out to Bkitty, TopGun, and Chuck for getting me a direct link to the forums. I now have a bookmark directly to the forums so that future blog outages will not leave me stranded and jonesing for some GWC.
Oh, and Chuck - congrats on the OG status!!! 
FYI: Service was restored just a bit ago – over 12 hours of outage. That’s pretty damn sad.
Thanks! I guess I can post in the OG thread now. 
I believe there are also welcome messages for you there!
You’ve always been an OG in my eyes to me, nevermind the post count.
Ok, this is one of the “radical feminists” speaking, so feel free to disregard my answer blahblahblah.
If a woman wears a shirt with writing all across the chest, it’s ok to read it. It’s ok to appreciate the curvature of the surface on which the words are written. Just remember to be polite and not stare so hard as to make her uncomfortable. And look at her eyes, too, if you’re having a conversation.
I know. I’m so radical.
What she said.
Though the photograph itself is kind of weird, what with the fact that evidently that woman only had a torso.
United Colors of Benneton had a very disturbing line of ads somewhat recently in which most of the caucasian models’ faces were visible, while most of the non-white models’ heads had been cut out. Unintentional yet informative commentary on unconscious prejudice.
I didn’t see that campaign but given that it’s Benneton’s, it was anything but unintentional. They have a history of doing really edgy albeit questionable campaigns.
Dude, not even spammers post anymore.
That’s what I meant by forward. I should have clarified. I don’t like being “caught” especially since I’m a married man. If there is writing on a shirt I want to read it. I’m curious, remember? A few times I’ve past a woman wearing a shirt with writing on it and gone back to stop her. I don’t care if she thinks I’m flirting or whatever, I just want to read the shirt.
And I’ll make my point even more with this little anecdote. I was walking to the train on my way home from work and a woman is walking toward me adjusting her pocketbook. Her blouse had a plunging neckline. As she maneuvered her pocketbook, the clasp caught her blouse and revealed her right boob. She was none the wiser. Being a gentleman, I turned away. Once she passed I tapped her on the shoulder. She turned her head and I made sure I didn’t sneak a glimpse. Instead I motioned my jacket over my phantom breast. She got the point and quickly covered up. I didn’t even get a thank you.
There was a bit in King of the Hill, where Hank was in a college and caught sight of some girl with something written across her chest. He looked at it and she immediately replied, “They’re breasts! Get used to it!”
Ditto. I couldn’t get on the forum reliably until about 8.
What about reaching out to smooth the fabric to make it easier to read? 
And look at her eyes, too, if you’re having a conversation.
Women have eyes? :eek:
I do the same thing with bumper stickers, which is a lot more difficult and often more dangerous. I find it really annoying to see bumper stickers with several lines of small text; how do they expect anyone to read them? You know what they say, though: Curiosity causes the multivehicular accident. 
I’m pretty sure that would fall into the “uncomfortable” category and therefore not allowed.
Definitely a no-no.
There are some men in my department (well, 2) who aren’t from the US and have a very hard time understanding appropriate space constraints (well among other things, if I were the person getting their attentions I would file a sexual harassment claim, but that’s me). I finally snapped one day (after one of them had touched my friend’s behind and thought there was nothing wrong with it) and went off about how you can’t just touch women if you want to, you have to respect every person’s space and bodily integrity.
So sorry if I’m a bit sensitive to it, but these guys would totally do the shirt thing and not understand why it’s not appropriate. And that infuriates me. :mad:
I follow those people home. Is there a world record for restraining orders?
Yes, the three foot rule really seems to be a US thing. I remember being in lines for a payphone on the streets of Saudi Arabia, loaded to the gills with machine gun, pistol, ammo, etc (um, yes, it was wartime, not a business trip), and dudes would be standing there literally breathing down my neck they were so close. You had to gingerly back them off a bit. And I KNOW I wasn’t attractive, the camo did nothing for my figure !
For 15 years a had a car with a bumper stick that was pretty hard to read. And it kept fading over the years making it even harder to read.
From a distance it looked like it said “SAVE THE WHALES”.
But if you got close enough you could see that it said “SAVE THE ALES Lompoc Brewing Co., Bangor, Maine.”
That caused many a follower to say to themselves “Oh wait, that’s not a Hippie. That’s a Yuppie!”
She was probably too mortified! But I’ll thank you for her. Very chivalrous, in all the right ways.
Aren’t these decisions rather simple? Follow this guiding principle:
Don’t be a dick.
Well said. Thanks Chuck!