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News & ArtsFriday, June 29, 2012
Fashion A Text Message From Terry
Posted by Dan Savage on Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 3:08 PM
OMG. A grown gay man wearing Crocs. What is the world coming to? And in public!
Know that guy?
No. Just some random gay at Pags. So upsetting.
Cute from behind. Nice butt. Naturally perky? Or Crocs give him that lift?
Naturally. You'd love him. Totally your type.
Thanks for the pic.
7
I'm going to repeat my sentiment from, oh, two-and-a-half-years-ago, because it hasn't changed: "Oh, blow me, Croc haterz. If I'm not barefoot I'm in my Crocs. It's all about the comfort; I'm not concerned with your contempt."
I can suit up and slick down with the best of 'em, and that includes tasteful (non-elf-tip) shoes, when the occasion calls for it. Home, and Home Depot, and Safeway, the local feed-and-ranch, and even the local roadhouse, do not fall into that category. Fuck all y'all who feel otherwise.
I can suit up and slick down with the best of 'em, and that includes tasteful (non-elf-tip) shoes, when the occasion calls for it. Home, and Home Depot, and Safeway, the local feed-and-ranch, and even the local roadhouse, do not fall into that category. Fuck all y'all who feel otherwise.
8
@7, heart, it's not that I believe you oughtn't be free to wear them when and where you damn well please, so long as you agree I'm free to have a vigorous opinion about the way they sting my eyes like a million bees. I'd never say a word to a person wearing them. I'm judgmental and crass mostly just here.
9
I'm with @7. I'd also like to say the same thing in defense of wearing Five-Fingers. Screw you bitches... I do what I want.
10
like i said, as comfortable as athletic shoes, which i think are uglee, esp. on women
http://www.crocs.com/crocs-sexi-aliana/1…
http://www.crocs.com/crocs-sexi-aliana/1…
11
I endorse footwear freedom. You can do what you want.
However. You can also look like a total goober doing what you want.
However. You can also look like a total goober doing what you want.
14
I have crocs, and I don't care who knows it. I will wear them to the Red Apple, but I would never wear them to the QFC.
15
@7: Relax. It is not like we are saying that people who wear Crocs should be thrown in jail due to the damage they are causing to our eyes.
Not yet at least.
But think of the children you are hurting!
Not yet at least.
But think of the children you are hurting!
16
I saw a generously-proportioned man in at the grocery store wearing a fanny pack today. He had lovely hair and a cheerful smile, which made the fanny pack that much more depressing.
Then again, I *do* live in Spokane.
Then again, I *do* live in Spokane.
17
Crocs may be ugly, but when you have bad knees, they're amazing.
This has been a public service announcement. We now return to our regularly-scheduled hilarity.
This has been a public service announcement. We now return to our regularly-scheduled hilarity.
18
Oh my god that's my best friend! This is so disturbing, the only defense i can offer is that he went to a small libeal arts college that kind of shit never wears offs.
20
Ha, Gus @8 (and @15 while I'm at it), I'm just being a yappy Pomeranian. For what it's worth (not much), you have a permanent dispensation from me for anything you might say on any subject—because of the regularity with which you turn issues inside out, deliver parsimoniously worded comeuppance, and shake on a little historical seasoning.
21
Seriously, you gotta stop just posting pictures of strangers and passersby on your popular and nationally read blog whenever your fancy strikes. It's just bad form. Some bitch is ugly on one of your flights? Some girl's ass crack is hanging out when she bends over? Well A.) we don't care, and B.) none of these people are public figures and probably weren't expecting to be laughingstocks all over the Internet just because they ventured out of their home for six minutes to grab a bite. Maybe he had a broken toe? Jesus.
We're your neighbors, and maybe we should start whipping out our cameras every chance we get when you give my boyfriend the stink eye at Vivace (because he doesn't have a size 28 waist?) or when you're grunting and squatting and sweaty at Golds Gym at 3pm with your Asian twink friend of yours. At least we'd be halfway justified—you do fancy yourself a public figure, after all.
We're your neighbors, and maybe we should start whipping out our cameras every chance we get when you give my boyfriend the stink eye at Vivace (because he doesn't have a size 28 waist?) or when you're grunting and squatting and sweaty at Golds Gym at 3pm with your Asian twink friend of yours. At least we'd be halfway justified—you do fancy yourself a public figure, after all.
24
I second @17. Nothing feels as good as Crocs when you have certain knee and foot problems because they're so excellent at shock absorption. Some of the new sandals they've put out are actually not that hideous, thank god. I'm still embarrassed to wear them, but the pain relief is worth it.
25
I've never used the phrase "He's hot from the ankles up" but now I understand a situation in which I might.
26
@21 oh please. In case you haven't heard glamour magazine has been doing this for years: http://m.glamour.com/fashion/daily-donts so it's not unreasonable for Dan to snark on fashion too. Fashion snark happens, get over it.
29
@16 The fanny pack probably contained a pistol. They're great for looking like a harmless dork while packing, and they'll swallow chubbier guns than can easily be hidden under light clothing. Be afraid.
34
@30 and 31:
You're kind of justified in thinking that. That does look like DHS circa 1991. Don't know if you'd have seen him in Crocs though had they existed. When he wasn't Helvetica, he was more a Doc Marten's boot kind of guy.
You're kind of justified in thinking that. That does look like DHS circa 1991. Don't know if you'd have seen him in Crocs though had they existed. When he wasn't Helvetica, he was more a Doc Marten's boot kind of guy.
36
I like to think he was just stopping for a snack on the way to buying new shoes, his old pair having been tragically destroyed somehow.
37
theyre ugly as F, but i do wear them around the house and at the beach on occasion. the only time i wear them in public is if i have to run to the corner store and even them i put on my DARK shades.
38
Hold on, hold on, this guy clearly only does hack squats or leg press, he's all quads with no hamstrings and no glutes.
What's WRONG with the world!?
What's WRONG with the world!?
39
I would just like to say that that is not what I'd call a "cute butt". I prefer guys with more of a bubble-butt going on, or, as my husband calls it, "non-imploding-star ass".
41
An estonian proverb for you: narri meest, mitte mehe mütsi (make fun of the man, not of his hat, or footwear in this case). I would unpack it as: let a man's actions define his worth, not his appearance.
42
Yeah, this is sad. @21 agreed. Not the place for this when there is so much that is more important, and less stupid. The field day on the crocs is abysmally boring. I'm guessing Dan was trying to point out the fun and freedom of a respectful monogamish relationship. That sloggers took it as an opportunity to slag someone's fashion at a pizza joint (send pictures! so we can see how awesome y'all look day in day out!) is kind of par for the course lately. Bored, angry people.
43
He's cute. His butt could be better defined, but if you go for the slightly lanky type, you don't always get amazing asses -- it's a cute ass, but not amazining.
And I hope Terry got the guy's number for Dan.
And I hope Terry got the guy's number for Dan.
45
The thing that bothers me the most is the blue pants/blue shoes combo. If they were black crocs it would be less bad. Still terrible, but less so.
47
@30: I thought that was Dan, too. I thought T had caught D out and about in Crocs so snapped a pic and the 2 of them were just joking around, pretending it was someone else. Man, I'm reading too much into this shit.
49
Are straight men the only social group with the luxury of not giving a fuk what they look like sometimes, dressing comfortably on the weekends even out in public (gasp!), and not having catty bitches talk about them behind their backs? Equality ought to come with more than just a marriage license. Can't a guy like dik without buying into all the gay cultural stereotypes?
51
@49 Straight men are indeed the only social group conceited enough to "not give a fuck what they look like". White straight men in particular. What dorks.
There is a reason why many straight women, like myself, love to take a good look at un-straight men - it won't lead to sex, which is a plus since being preyed upon just for a look is not that fun, and they do not look like pigs. Apologies to all pigs around for the hurtful comparison.
There is a reason why many straight women, like myself, love to take a good look at un-straight men - it won't lead to sex, which is a plus since being preyed upon just for a look is not that fun, and they do not look like pigs. Apologies to all pigs around for the hurtful comparison.
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