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Am I the only one?

Guy Gardener said:
Melakon said:
Okay, still works for me!

If women want to walk around topless, I am not going to stop them.
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Here's the problem with that.

No matter what, you have to act cool.

There's boobs right there in the open and you have act like it's not a big deal, or you're a pig.

That sounds exhausting!
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It's one reason I don't go to the strip club anymore.

teacake said:
You'd get used to it if it was the norm. Though it would only be the norm in the summer so you might have to re-get used to it every late spring. There would have to be an official day when everyone went topless from that point on so that it was like immersion therapy.
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Casual Fridays could become Topless Fridays.
 
teacake said:
You'd get used to it if it was the norm. Though it would only be the norm in the summer so you might have to re-get used to it every late spring. There would have to be an official day when everyone went topless from that point on so that it was like immersion therapy.
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But it works both ways.

What is she going to do to me if she thinks I don't like her breasticles?

Back of the head with a two by four because I'm not blushing and averting my gaze fervently.

I can't win!
 
Yeah, that could be embarrassing.

Minding your own business, walking down the street, politely averting your gaze, and some topless woman gets right in your face. "What's the matter, don't you like my breasts? You pig!"

ETA: And then you get a bust in the mouth.
 
I just read the last page and a half in reverse order. About the only thing I got out of it was the bacon frying warning. Thanks, BTW.

In-universe explanation for catsuits? I dunno. Because ... future? I mean, jumpsuits seem to = future for so many people.
 
Of course if you like being beat up by women, then this sounds like a perfect world.

Watching the new John Constantine TV Show. Low Budget, but there is value here.
 
jespah said:
I just read the last page and a half in reverse order. About the only thing I got out of it was the bacon frying warning. Thanks, BTW.

In-universe explanation for catsuits? I dunno. Because ... future? I mean, jumpsuits seem to = future for so many people.
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It's because in the future there is no flab.
 
Oh, but there were too fatties (Troi) in Rodenberry's future, although we might have to assume that they were fat by choice.

A stylistic decision... Hell, it could have even been political to intentionally carry an extra 30 pounds.
 
teacake said:
Borg "clothes" are tight fitting, hold all that tech and body bits together deals. Nothing extraneous, nothing flapping around, Borg clothing is just an extension of the skin, everything has a purpose. 7 gets disconnected from the collective and she is FREAKING OUT for like several seasons. She is deeply uncomfortable with just about everything, she should at least not feel like she is playing dress ups in human clothes. She wants to feel secure and a tight suit has the effect of swaddling her, she does not have to think, adjust (we will ignore the toilet issue, obviously there was hidden panels), coordinate.. it's just like wallking around as Borg. This is her comfort zone. When she does dress up for the EMH's social suggestions she is visibly uncomfortable even as those around her respond positively to her in normal attire. Eventually she will adapt, but at this point she has to adapt to so much let the poor woman be at least comfortable in her own clothes.
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So if the catsuit was tight because it was meant to simulate the Borg implants, then why didn't they just keep the implants on her?

And what about Icheb? Why wasn't he in a catsuit?

Out of universe I will point out that many characters wore cat suits. Kes was in one but no one complains.
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Please. There's no comparison whatsoever between Kes's clothing and 7of9's.
 
Different Borg seem to have different levels of implants. 7 seemed quite plugged in compared to some of them.

And I realize people will be wanting to hate on catsuits , whatever. It's clear the future has different ideas about modesty in many ways. Someone posted a bunch of catsuit photos across the series a while back, very illuminating. Yes you notice the big boobed ones more but so what.
 
And then there is this.


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The Klingons have a proverb which covers embarrassing situations like that.


Khan: "It's very cold.... in spaaaaaace."
 
teacake said:
Different Borg seem to have different levels of implants. 7 seemed quite plugged in compared to some of them.
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So basically what you're saying is that your theory of why 7of9 needed to wear the catsuit wasn't actually because it was meant to simulate Borg implants, but because it was only meant to simulate 7of9's Borg implants. And that if she didn't have as many implants, then the crew would have given her different clothing to wear. Sorry, not buying that.

And I realize people will be wanting to hate on catsuits , whatever. It's clear the future has different ideas about modesty in many ways. Someone posted a bunch of catsuit photos across the series a while back, very illuminating. Yes you notice the big boobed ones more but so what.
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I don't hate catsuits. I love 'em. I just hate 'em when they're being used as a shameless ratings grab for horny male viewers in a science fiction show that should be above such things as gratuitous displays of boobs and ass. (Well, nothing after TOS, anyway :))
 
I'm saying it made her feel contained, which was comfortable to her.

At any point she could have asked for something else to wear, and yet she didn't.

So what is your in-universe explanation for the catsuit?
 
Guy Gardener said:
Oh, but there were too fatties (Troi) in Rodenberry's future, although we might have to assume that they were fat by choice.

A stylistic decision... Hell, it could have even been political to intentionally carry an extra 30 pounds.
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Fat is Cyrano Jones or those Zakdorn aliens. Troi was not fat.
 
Dukhat said:
I just hate 'em when they're being used as a shameless ratings grab for horny male viewers in a science fiction show that should be above such things as gratuitous displays of boobs and ass.
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Since I haven't seen boobs and ass up close yet this century, I'll take all the gratuitous displays in science fiction I can get.

When I'm really desperate, I watch the shower room scene in Starship Troopers.
 
I never liked his stupid Jack Nicholson Joker creepy smile.

Bad character in an unwatchable series.
 
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