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 This may be off topic...but when did wifebeaters become so gay?
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code_x Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 169) |
posted July 06, 2000 05:20 PM
  
Just like the subject says, why do all you guys hate the damn things...when I was cut all the time I liked 'em...now that I'm over 225 they look stupid as hell...hence I don't wear them...I've seen some of you guys bitch about them 2 or 3 times what's up?-x IP: Logged |
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JohnnyO Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 50) |
posted July 06, 2000 05:23 PM
I think it has to do more with the type of person that wears them.. typically the young skinny boys who where the baggy pants as well to hide the fact they don't do any leg exercises whatsoever. IP: Logged |
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FlexB Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 472) |
posted July 06, 2000 05:27 PM
There called "wife beaters" because guys with beer bellys who live in trailers and beat their wives wear them. Do you want to fit that stereotype? IP: Logged |
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code_x Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 169) |
posted July 06, 2000 05:40 PM
Yeah but if you go to some club in the middle of fucking July they seem to be pretty damn comfortable...and if you're built right they don't look like total white trash-x IP: Logged |
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Romeo Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 231) |
posted July 06, 2000 05:42 PM
come on guys wife beaters are ok when your working out and stuff...but for style they are a no no no no peace romeo IP: Logged |
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Slopain Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 753) |
posted July 06, 2000 05:47 PM
no way, Wifebeaters are nice for both worlds. You cats just need to know what kind to buy - buy the cheap Target shit for loungin and workin out - Get the good shit (CK as well like 3 other brands) that make good shit, looks good on you and everyone around can tell its not a wifebeater. Yes it is a tight tank top, but its quality. Slopain IP: Logged |
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Big Buck Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 153) |
posted July 06, 2000 06:04 PM
They are good for the clubs in summer. It gets hot as hell when u are dancing and I always take off my shirt and wear tank tops (the CK kind that don't look like wife beaters)....better that then getting my dress shirt all sweaty right, plus the chicks love it! ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Mr. T Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 527) |
posted July 06, 2000 06:11 PM
I used to wear them but now they don't fit right because I have gained about 30lbs. (Not even XLarge) My friggin nipples almost poke out of the top! IP: Logged |
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code_x Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 169) |
posted July 06, 2000 06:13 PM
I know what you're saying...my whole goddamn chest is ripping outta the thing...they fit 30lbs ago... IP: Logged |
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Slopain Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 753) |
posted July 06, 2000 06:13 PM
thats right Mr T, I kind of like growing out of it though, one nice way to see you gains when you need to jump up a size Slopain IP: Logged |
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DLbro Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 61) |
posted July 06, 2000 06:22 PM
Back in the day, we used to call them gall shirts. I guess it came from the expression: "OF ALL THE UNMITIGATED GALL !!!" IP: Logged |
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bikinimom Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 136) |
posted July 06, 2000 06:29 PM
Could someone please enlighten me? ...What exactly is a "wifebeater"? From what I've read it is some type of tank. Are we talking a plain white tank top (fruit of the loom) or the string tanks (the kind that guy's nipples peak out of)? IP: Logged |
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code_x Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 169) |
posted July 06, 2000 06:32 PM
the fruit of a whatever ones....the ripped cotton tanks that are like 4.95 for a three pack...-x IP: Logged |
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FlexB Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 472) |
posted July 06, 2000 06:35 PM
Look at the previous replys for definition. IP: Logged |
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Romeo Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 231) |
posted July 06, 2000 06:36 PM
slopain wifebeaters are totally different from tank tops in my book they arent even in the same vicinity as tanks
peace romeo IP: Logged |
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Steelheart Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 523) |
posted July 06, 2000 06:56 PM
Ok guys in canada there are nothing wrong with those shirts. hell I wear them when i work out sometimes. They make me look bigger by being real tight showing my little waist 32inch and wide delts 60" My cousin said I looked like a Gorilla. I like that compliment... IP: Logged |
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Latimer Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 326) |
posted July 06, 2000 07:18 PM
I got no problems with wife beaters. Except you should have some muscles underneath them if you're gonna wear them. No beer stains either. IP: Logged |
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missgalaxy Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 48) |
posted July 06, 2000 07:35 PM
Wife beaters are sexy as hell, in my opinion anyway. My brothers wear them and i've got my man to start wearing them. I likes em' IP: Logged |
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Stumpy Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 179) |
posted July 06, 2000 07:57 PM
Dude, wifebeaters are fine, but only if you're cut. You know what's really nasty, though? Really hairy guys sporting these little wifebeaters!!! There's this hardcore fellow who works out at my gym who's hairy as fuck and wears almost next to nothing all the time. My buds and I call him Chewbacca (sp?). Peace IP: Logged |
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bikinimom Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 136) |
posted July 06, 2000 08:00 PM
OK, I had an idea, I just wasn't sure. I have never heard a tank called a wifebeater. We call the plain white cheapy tanks, guinny-T's. Personally I like to were them myself. As for the string tanks the ones were the guy's nipples peak out; well I have to say I hate the baggy pants (hides nice legs and if you don't have legs then you probably don't have an upper body and if you do got somethin up top and nothin on the bottom... another thread) BUT the teeny-tiny string tanks OOOOOOOOO!!!! I bought my hubby a whole bunch and just love to watch him keep moving the front around to try to discreetly hide his nipple rings and I just stare and say, "Come on, you know I love to see 'em" and he still blushes just a bit and ....wait a minute. I'm sorry every one, I was just having a moment.  Anyway, I agree. You gotta have georgeous pecs, solid delts, amazing arms and OOOOOO! don't forget that back, baby has to have back. (Can you all tell that I dig guys with muscles?) IP: Logged |
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Caesar Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 66) |
posted July 06, 2000 08:09 PM
I've never been one to be trendy. If I like an article of clothing, I'll wear it. If I don't like it, I won't wear it. Tanks & wifebeaters are for the gym & beach. I have no problem with either. I don't even care if skinny little kids that grease their hair back wear them. If you got your shit together, it doesn't really matter what you wear anyway. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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DLbro Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 61) |
posted July 06, 2000 11:30 PM
I wear wifebeaters under my dress shirt everyday. Don't hjave the courage to wear them as a top shirt. Wifebeater is just an undershirt, right? IP: Logged |
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Capt'n_Crunch Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 1010) |
posted July 06, 2000 11:37 PM
wife beaters are tight, I wear them underneath my shirt to help soak up sweat and funk, and they are comfortable as hell when worn by themselves. but fat people, hairy people, and skinny bones jones shouldnt wear them ...... IP: Logged |
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mystic_hormones Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 77) |
posted July 07, 2000 12:54 AM
I don't care to wear them. my tank is either an active wear tank like a champion or nike or an nba jersey. I hate wifebeaters because that is all those gangsta wannabes wear with long shorts that go to their ankles because they are already at the knees and then they also wear those cheap bargain sandles. I hate that. I am young but I would not be proud of showing off bones or fat if I was one of those morons. this one guy had arms that were actually about 5 or 6 inches. he was normal height but thin. looked like a halloween gangsta from the projects. pitiful nut by all means they should be a bodybuilder only piece of clothing. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Slopain Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 753) |
posted July 07, 2000 01:02 AM
yeah your fuckin a right man...I swear I got about 20 of those gangsta-ass mfers in my gym, which is funny cuz they dont look a day over 15, and there moms picks em up - I guess she drives when they ride (driveby) huh? It used to be red and blue nowadays these fools are wearing white and they are skinny and can't go to rated r movies, but their gangsta to the bone. Slopain (thugged out and g'd up -ghb that is IP: Logged |
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Rexie317 Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 257) |
posted July 07, 2000 01:17 AM
I ain't to parcial to wife beaters. I prefer sleevless T-s. I get mine at models cause I only wear them for work, hockey, and lifting. When I get bigger, I'll walk around with a wife beater. But I hate little skinny ass fags (not meanin homo, when I say fag, its my way of takin their dignity away) that wear them. They think they're all tough in them. Kiss my tan ass. I got 2 skinny cousins who wear them and think they're huge. They say to me that they're ripped cause they got little body fat. Yeah and no muscle. While I got muscle and 10% body fat. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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scott825 Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 472) |
posted July 07, 2000 07:44 AM
Somehow around here the wife beater changed? You see, the regular white T-shirts were what we called wife beaters & the white tanks we called Granpa wife beaters.Now those are the wife beaters.Whats the granpa wife beater now? IP: Logged |
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juice_boy Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 13) |
posted July 07, 2000 08:52 AM
I wear wifebeaters as an undershirt only. I feel like if I wear them at the gym I will look at myself to much and be satisfied. I don't want to be satisfied. It hinders my effort. Also, I feel like I'm showing off. I like to show off by looking ripped and awesome in an oversized shirt. Anyone can look good in a wifebeater. IP: Logged |
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scott825 Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 472) |
posted July 07, 2000 08:56 AM
YEAH, maybe most of us can look good in a wife beater.But have you ever watched cops? IP: Logged |
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DubSack Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 89) |
posted July 07, 2000 09:28 AM
i think it is ok to wear a wife beater, unless u look like the old drunk guy with the beer gut that beats his wife...........i think that explains it IP: Logged |
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Dlady27 Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 495) |
posted July 07, 2000 10:02 AM
The plain white wife beaters when out with the 1980's era. The style is out! IP: Logged |
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Slopain Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 753) |
posted July 07, 2000 11:00 AM
anything plain and white really won't go out - especially when it comes to a t-shirt and a wifebeater. If you check out mtv or some kind of younger oriented show on tv that is style conscious you will see wife-beaters (clubs/beach ect..) obviously weather permiting. that said... It think rexies post says alot - about being satisfied - I occasionally wear a wifebeater in the gym but think rexie has a great point. on chest days I love to see the rip in my chest though especially on cable crossovers. But everyother day I think I won't wear them, just for motivation sake (not that I have anything to be satisfied with myself while wearing a wifebeater - but they to tend to make you look bigger. Slopain IP: Logged |
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