The sudden switch from Republicans-vs-Democrats to Nelly *within the same tweet* is so random and bizarre that it would be hilarious no matter what the content.
CHH and the Menswear Guy, doing the Lord's work on Twitter. Thank heavens that hasn't changed. Really, you two are the only things I miss from that hellsite.
Is bad date guy the new Donald Trump? Someone who is obviously horrid but who comes up with these - god forgive me - catchy phrases? I am saving "never ever feel alone deadass" as an exit line for something. It's etched into my brain forever.
I never understood the popularity of deadass because it’s mostly a synonym of no cap, which was first. Weird two very similar words developed simultaneously
Re the shoes: the shade is called Cognac. It is gorgeous but hard agree with menswear guy here. Also, it looks good on brogues imo, but less on wholecut oxfords - bit too pimpy.
In any case, there's a bit of a taboo in the well dressed anglosphere on brown shoes: "never brown when in town" is a litteral saying. Which is not a thing in, emg: France or Italy (the reverse is true for white socks). So the connotation of cognac shoes is going to be "flamboyant southern European" in many cases.
I love cognac shoes of any style. Timeless! And I disagree with the menswear guy - I think cognac and navy go smashingly together (they're more or less on opposite ends of the color wheel). A different color sock might be in order, though?
The Suckingham Phallus post reminds me of the time I tried to convince my little brother that Muhammad Ali’s original name was Gaseous Clay. I still laugh about that sometimes.
Re sneaker soles getting “played out lightning fast”:
Maybe I’m exaggerating, but I feel like I’ve been wearing these shoes with business casual for more than TEN YEARS and have been self-consciously waiting for them to go out of style for more than five years! But I keep seeing my peers wear them. Obviously, none of that means that either I or any of the men I work with have any fashion sense…
You don't need to wait for your peers to stop wearing them. You just need to realize that in every single instance, you'd look better wearing regular dress shoes or regular sneakers rather than sneaker/ dress-shoe hybrids.
And the “20 years” part too - it makes no sense for someone to say the trend played out “lightning fast”, when in fact it took 20 years. That’s an entire human generation!
Both of these responses were illuminating. I was thinking that maybe somehow I had missed the fact that these shoes were “out of style”, but it turns out they are very much “in style” - it’s just that “serious fashion people” don’t like them. Got it :)
Generally speaking serious fashion people are twats, especially those trying to impose women's fashion cycles on men.
Outside of their circles there's the more general men where things actually do go out of style, amongst wider &/or non-gay-urbane-urbanistas but at a glacially slow pace.
Clearly good amount stuff we might have worn in the 80s is genuinely out. 70s obviously. 90s..... eh depends.
Nothing could advance national healing more than a campaign of chic older gay guys telling us we look good in the grocery store. Like getting a Paul Hollywood handshake 🥰
1. Those warm brown shoes are the ONLY dress shoes that I wear. I wear them every work day, except for jeans Fridays. I'm not giving them up! Hashtag #warm&brown4eva
2. Istanbul is literally twice the size of NYC. So I'd say that NYC is the Istanbul of America. I'll also brag a little that I actually visited Istanbul in 2024
"They're changing guards at Suckingham Phallus/ Christopher Robin went down on Alice/ Alice is marrying one of the guard/ 'A soldier's dick is terrible hard,'/ Says Alice"
The “Sydney Sweeney & Kate Upton square body” discourse is so boring because it always boils down to they are mid if they didn’t have big boobs but they *do* have big boobs
In other Albanian-American news, I've been watching "the one and only R-I-Z-G-O-D Rizgod baby" on Survivor and I find him to be one of the most annoying people on TV, but he keeps saying he's doing it to make Albania proud.
Cis women going on Grindr... I've wondered about that meta evolution for a while now. Seems kind of inevitable for it to scale up, but subject to the usual "various people seem envious of Grindr in some way but like they wouldn't actually enjoy the culture there" thing.
The sudden switch from Republicans-vs-Democrats to Nelly *within the same tweet* is so random and bizarre that it would be hilarious no matter what the content.
Bill Gates Donald Trump let me in now
I smell up-and-coming meme format lol…
CHH and the Menswear Guy, doing the Lord's work on Twitter. Thank heavens that hasn't changed. Really, you two are the only things I miss from that hellsite.
Is bad date guy the new Donald Trump? Someone who is obviously horrid but who comes up with these - god forgive me - catchy phrases? I am saving "never ever feel alone deadass" as an exit line for something. It's etched into my brain forever.
I never understood the popularity of deadass because it’s mostly a synonym of no cap, which was first. Weird two very similar words developed simultaneously
What the hell is “no cap?”
cap is the new “bs” so no cap means no bs
May God have mercy on us
I feel duty bound to inform you that whenever I see a woman running in a sports bra I think “oh she’s on a female empowerment run”
Re the shoes: the shade is called Cognac. It is gorgeous but hard agree with menswear guy here. Also, it looks good on brogues imo, but less on wholecut oxfords - bit too pimpy.
In any case, there's a bit of a taboo in the well dressed anglosphere on brown shoes: "never brown when in town" is a litteral saying. Which is not a thing in, emg: France or Italy (the reverse is true for white socks). So the connotation of cognac shoes is going to be "flamboyant southern European" in many cases.
I also think those shoes are extremely dated. The walnut brogues with a skinny fit suit was every wedding in the 2010s. (I’m
Including myself in this)
Those shoes are gorgeous
I love cognac shoes of any style. Timeless! And I disagree with the menswear guy - I think cognac and navy go smashingly together (they're more or less on opposite ends of the color wheel). A different color sock might be in order, though?
I’m a firm believer in brown wing tips because you can easily dress them up or down
That is a UK-specific saying, that is part of the very complex UK class system. It never had much sway in the US.
White socks are never okay.
The Suckingham Phallus post reminds me of the time I tried to convince my little brother that Muhammad Ali’s original name was Gaseous Clay. I still laugh about that sometimes.
Oh man my brother would have totally done that to me and then when I figured it out much later I would have been so angry
Re sneaker soles getting “played out lightning fast”:
Maybe I’m exaggerating, but I feel like I’ve been wearing these shoes with business casual for more than TEN YEARS and have been self-consciously waiting for them to go out of style for more than five years! But I keep seeing my peers wear them. Obviously, none of that means that either I or any of the men I work with have any fashion sense…
You don't need to wait for your peers to stop wearing them. You just need to realize that in every single instance, you'd look better wearing regular dress shoes or regular sneakers rather than sneaker/ dress-shoe hybrids.
Were they ever "in style" though? People wear them, but I've heard serious fashion folks complain about sneaker soles for the past 20 years.
And the “20 years” part too - it makes no sense for someone to say the trend played out “lightning fast”, when in fact it took 20 years. That’s an entire human generation!
Both of these responses were illuminating. I was thinking that maybe somehow I had missed the fact that these shoes were “out of style”, but it turns out they are very much “in style” - it’s just that “serious fashion people” don’t like them. Got it :)
Generally speaking serious fashion people are twats, especially those trying to impose women's fashion cycles on men.
Outside of their circles there's the more general men where things actually do go out of style, amongst wider &/or non-gay-urbane-urbanistas but at a glacially slow pace.
Clearly good amount stuff we might have worn in the 80s is genuinely out. 70s obviously. 90s..... eh depends.
Nothing could advance national healing more than a campaign of chic older gay guys telling us we look good in the grocery store. Like getting a Paul Hollywood handshake 🥰
Two things:
1. Those warm brown shoes are the ONLY dress shoes that I wear. I wear them every work day, except for jeans Fridays. I'm not giving them up! Hashtag #warm&brown4eva
2. Istanbul is literally twice the size of NYC. So I'd say that NYC is the Istanbul of America. I'll also brag a little that I actually visited Istanbul in 2024
"They're changing guards at Suckingham Phallus/ Christopher Robin went down on Alice/ Alice is marrying one of the guard/ 'A soldier's dick is terrible hard,'/ Says Alice"
sorry
Oh d-d-dear
The “Sydney Sweeney & Kate Upton square body” discourse is so boring because it always boils down to they are mid if they didn’t have big boobs but they *do* have big boobs
/endthread
Happily, 90% of men completely ignore the fashion mavens, although probably half those who do not ignore are gay.
On other hand probaby 50% of the 90% should pay slight attention.
In other Albanian-American news, I've been watching "the one and only R-I-Z-G-O-D Rizgod baby" on Survivor and I find him to be one of the most annoying people on TV, but he keeps saying he's doing it to make Albania proud.
Hey instead of wearing that weird flesh-colored shirt you should wear a Sydney Sweeney shirt
Bi guy here and the last one would work on me. The only women I've seen on grindr are sex workers who really don't understand where they are though.
Cis women going on Grindr... I've wondered about that meta evolution for a while now. Seems kind of inevitable for it to scale up, but subject to the usual "various people seem envious of Grindr in some way but like they wouldn't actually enjoy the culture there" thing.
the date message pics just seem like another form of humblebragging on the internet