What do you think is the point of the WAYWT thread?

[Ludeykrus]

So what do you think is the point of the "What Are You Wearing Today?" thread?

Current discussion sparked this in my mind, and I couldn't find any similar previous threads. I want to hear from everyone, noobs and regular/original gangstas alike. I'll chime in later.

Do you think it is for posting what you are wearing today? For getting criticism on outfits? For showing off your style and/or clothing? "I'll take what's behind door number four, Bob"?

 

[jaychiz]

show-offs

 

[AR_Six]

For getting ideas and seeing stuff that looks cool. And if you take something away, you should be contributing something back, even if it is a modest contribution.

 

[wiru]

Part showing off, part collective effort to improve through criticism and exchange of ideas. Exchange being important -- I'm not so into the "please fix me" posts or the "it's just what I have on today" posts.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Its a clever ruse perpetrated by the gheys, who are always prowling the interwebz for new victims to surprise sex.

In other words, It's a trap!

 

[robbie]

I use it to post a picture of what I am wearing. I tend to do it daily, or as often as I change my clothes.

I use the thread as a guide how and how not to wear certain things.

I also think vanity has a lot to do with it, people like to be told they look nice.

I like to receive feedback, though i am not always able to implement.

 

[jet]

1. For some to show what they are actually wearing and don't give a f...
2. Some view it as a tool or for criticism to improve and gain insight and ideas
3. Others want to feel a sense of community or belonging and just want to contribute
4. The rest are insecure lops who try to floss by posting any/everything but fail miserably @ life

 

[Master-Classter]

i think it's probably a combination of all that. Many people come in with different reasons on their mind. Some are proud of their look and want others to see, or are showing off. Some are maybe just posting what they're wearing, for no great reason - maybe bored, or want to join a community. Some are probably looking for feedback. I don't really post but I've certainly got a lot of ideas from other people just doing their thing.

 

[whodini]

We have had this conversation before several times. It typically stems from either a newbie getting raped for some mall crap fit or the perfect storm of comments over a "next level" poster who half think is a douche and half want to bed.

It all goes on for several pages, the word "circlejerk" is used a number of times, the idea of "you can talk when you post your own fit for us to judge" is thrown in by a semi-reg, and Fok chimes in to tell everyone to please vaccuum the sand drifting into their vaginas. The end.

I could care fuckless why people post fits or don't. The people that do typically get it, the people that don't get it, too.

 

[Bislane]

When I look at it I see a few of the same names getting the same praise thrown at them for similar looks. A few looks differ from the former enough to take note of, but none enough to draw the criticism that invariably follows. **** that is pretty objectively "bad" gets dog piled for obvious reasons but can get pretty harsh and definitely scares a lot of people away.

That sounds pretty negative but I think it's all pretty warranted. It's a great resource to a point but it stops being helpful pretty quickly and now seems pretty stagnant to me.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by whodini

Fok chimes in to tell everyone to please vaccuum the sand drifting into everyone's ******. The end.

She's gone from "suck" to "blow"!

 

[Ludeykrus]

Whoops, thought I mentioned it in my original post. I actually did search prior to see if it had been discussed before, but I couldn't find much. I searched 'WAYWT', 'wearing', etc....either I got nothing or too much to read in a week.

I basically am interested in the difference (if any) between the older and newer posters. I also think they WAYWT thread's purpose in the eyes of the masses may have shifted over the years.

Just conjecture.

 

[AR_Six]

Most of the discussions whodini is referring to take place in the WAYWT thread, after a couple of pages of arguing, leading to the comment "Isn't that what this thread is for" or something similar. So they wouldn't really show up on a search.

 

[whodini]

Originally Posted by Bislane

When I look at it I see a few of the same names getting the same praise thrown at them for similar looks. A few looks differ from the former enough to take note of, but none enough to draw the criticism that invariably follows. **** that is pretty objectively "bad" gets dog piled for obvious reasons but can get pretty harsh and definitely scares a lot of people away. That sounds pretty negative but I think it's all pretty warranted. It's a great resource to a point but it stops being helpful pretty quickly and now seems pretty stagnant to me.
See? This is what I was talking about in my previous post.

 

[Ludeykrus]

Ah, good, I don't feel so guilty then for lacking in search skillz. Even though I'm one of the guys that tossed out the 'circle jerk' comment.

Though, I did intend it towards a certain group of posters, and not quite the whole thread in general. Though the thread definitely flows and ebbs over time.