Beanhead said:

Think about the children!

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You want us to think about children walking around naked in public?

AcidDropper420 said:

imagine if people were naked all the time, you see some hottie walking down the road and you pop a stiffy

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Poptart said:

Why can't I walk around in public naked?

It's not hurting anyone and clothes are unnatural.

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Psilo_Subliminal said:

AcidDropper420 said:

imagine if people were naked all the time, you see some hottie walking down the road and you pop a stiffy

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im pretty sure that if nudity were the norm that wouldn't happen as often as one would think. Eventually it would become no different than seeing a clothed woman today.

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Drewwyann said:

Psilo_Subliminal said:

AcidDropper420 said:

imagine if people were naked all the time, you see some hottie walking down the road and you pop a stiffy

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im pretty sure that if nudity were the norm that wouldn't happen as often as one would think. Eventually it would become no different than seeing a clothed woman today.

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Precisely!

If a clothes woman of today took her clothes off in public, men would get aroused, because that communicates sexual behavior in todays society.

However, if everyone was always naked, that same hot chick would need to be walking very sexually, or actually doing something sexual in order to illicit the same response from men.

But, the reasons for clothes are:

- protection
- people's insecurities
- and of course, the fact that everyone is a pussy.

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Do t get me wrong, im not disagreeing with you dude. Im just looking at it from a strangely philosophical stand point...im really fuckered up atm...

unretarded said:

Cover that nasty stinkin shit hole up with some cloth.....


Would you really want to sit in a classroom seat that had nasty sweaty balls on it last hour and then put your balls right in the muck that was left behind or better yet ,instead of getting your finger slammed in the door ,you would get your peter stuck in the door....



My vote goes to staying dressed ,I dont want to see hairy assholes with dinglballs or stinking 70s beavers with a tampon string hangin out...so  please keep your clothes on.

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psychejam said:

"That which is most intriguing is that which is not meant to be seen."

Seeing attractive, naked girls all the time would spoil the novelty of getting a girls clothes off.

Besides, I'd feel pretty embarrassed standing behind some hot babe in a supermarket queue with a throbbing boner.

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trees said:

if people didn't wear clothes, maybe we'd start growing more hair all over our bodies. i mean.. not in your life time, but if everyone were to change, but evolutionary, and that would be nasty if women were covered in hair.

but i agree with you, i never understood why people are afraid to show themselves naked.. we're all humans aren't we? dogs have no problem going around sniffing other stranger dog balls, dicks, and assholes. the ego has evolved to be pretty shitty in a lot of beings.

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Drewwyann said:

Clothes are manditory because some people are insecure with the way that they look, and don't want to be ridiculed for having clothes on when other people are naked.

People are also so weak that they can't look at an ugly person naked.

It all comes down to how much society has turned us all in to pussies. People are pussies, that is why we can't walk around naked, as much as I would like to do that, and as much as eveyone else would actually like to do that.

Clothes are natural, yes, but being naked is natural as well.

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clothes are mandatory because a lot of people do not have self control, and the rape incidences would go up 800%.

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PDU said:

People seem to be tackling this question as if the OP was suggesting that being nude become mandatory.

I think nudity should be accepted in public, but perhaps clothes should be mandatory in government buildings or courts of law at least...

I went naked hiking a couple weekends ago. I was somewhat concerned id run into someone. I wish it wasn't like that.

It is ultimately because people are insecure. I also think there is an old mentality of "sacredness" of the genitals, and that the only people that get to see each other naked are lovers.

I do not have a problem with morbidly obese or old people nude. Lets be mature here.

Whoever said: "if you want to be nude, move to a community where it is tolerated" is on the path - ill be naked at burning man, after achieving liberation from the overbearing feeling that i must wear clothes in public, at BM last year.

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naked hiking?

that just sounds painful

i believe the opposite of what you said, not everyone wants to be naked. you should have to where clothes, if you don't want to, go somewhere where it's acceptable as previously stated, because to most of us, it's pretty disgusting. if i was at burning man and there was a naked guy running around, i'd get as far away as possible has nothing to do with sexuality or any of that - i just don't want to see your hippy white ass.

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I went naked hiking a couple weekends ago.

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I also think there is an old mentality of "sacredness" of the genitals, and that the only people that get to see each other naked are lovers.

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Wiccan_Seeker said:

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I went naked hiking a couple weekends ago.

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sandals or barefoot?

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I also think there is an old mentality of "sacredness" of the genitals, and that the only people that get to see each other naked are lovers.

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If you look at this thread, it has little to do with sacredness and more with being alienated from how real people look naked. And especially the ones that don't immediately appeal to their tastes.

Individuality in society has led to everybody painting themselves into their own corner.

Many shroomerites have gotten to the point they feel physically sick when they see someone they find unattractive.

"Oh brave new world, that has such wonderful people in it."

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People have been wearing clothes since the dawn of time

pfxtc said:

if i was at burning man and there was a naked guy running around, i'd get as far away as possible has nothing to do with sexuality or any of that - i just don't want to see your hippy white ass.

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PDU said:

pfxtc said:

if i was at burning man and there was a naked guy running around, i'd get as far away as possible has nothing to do with sexuality or any of that - i just don't want to see your hippy white ass.

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Dont go to burning man, there are lots of naked people.

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never planned to

Wiccan_Seeker said:

sandals or barefoot?

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AlteredAgain said:

i think the OP is not so much wondering about the social consensus on clothing, but rather about why it is an ILLEGAL act to be naked in public here in the usa.

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because the majority of people don't want to see others naked

hidenseek said:

you dont have to wear shirts in my city, infact i think whole province, but you cant go in convience stores

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PDU said:

hidenseek said:

you dont have to wear shirts in my city, infact i think whole province, but you cant go in convience stores

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Even for females.

pfxtc - i don't have anything against clothes. I like them a fair bit. Sure couldn't imagine riding my motorcycle or welding without them.

The real issue i have is social conformity. Fear of the unknown + intolerence. I have an issue with following stupid expectations for no reason.

Being naked is natural, its fun. I like having some air on my ass and dink, keeps everything fresh. When hiking, you sweat less!

To tell you the truth - i stripped down at BM to confront my own fears, and in doing so liberated my mind in ways which impact my life on a daily basis. Who wouldja thought that getting naked in public could be a revolutionary act? - by being naked in public i overcame a huge amount of fear about being judged, and i learned to feel more comfortable than ever in my own skin.

A prelude: when i hitchhiked to my first festival, i met some other traveller kid who wanted to go swimming, and we went skinny dipping.

That was like "OMG, can i actually do this, er... like, what if my penis is small, and my thighs are white, what if what if..."

and then i did it, and it was fun and i realized there that being outside naked, is great.

Also - I remember when i was little kid, my dad use to walk around the house naked and open the front curtains giving the world a full frontal. I always thought he was weird... but i guess once i overcame my feelings of insecurity, i learned a little something from him.

Clothes have their place i guess. But so does being naked. I dont think being naked should contained to the bedroom with a lover.

Do you sleep naked, or walk around naked in your house? If not - its great. Try it!

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PDU said:

I will agree, i wouldn't be into seeing myself naked either, if i wasn't myself. However, i also realize that there are all sorts of people who look/dress/  smell/present-themselves-in-the-wrong-way which irk me, but dont really effect me. Same things with nudity.

I've been going swimming at the public people, and think its pretty cool the fat people, and old people who go to get a bit of water exercise and sit in the sauna or hottub. Good on em for not feeling shame, ya know?

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Well I think the fat people lost all their self respect a long time ago and the old people just don't care

But good for you, if something makes you feel better about yourself who cares how other people view you?

thedudenj said:

it would suck if really fat people walked around naked plus how much they smell

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laserpig said:

the taboo against nudity is a byproduct of flawed thinking, just the same as obesity is. if people weren't so fucked up in the head, neither problem would exist.

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laserpig said:

They've got a flawed psyche but not a flawed mentality? What the fuck do you propose is the difference?

Obese people eat too much goddamned food. That is their problem. It is not any more complicated than that.
Some people are genetically predisposed towards storing fat more effectively than others, but that has nothing to do with becoming obese. If you eat twice as much food as you should, you're gonna be fucking fat. Period.
Solution: don't eat so much fucking food. Bonus: this means you'll have more money.

I dunno if either of us can extract any actual meaning from those fancyword combos you threw out there, but I'll say this: it seems that people try to use food as a substitute or placeholder for a different need which they don't understand and which society does not adequately address.
What people in this society don't have, and don't know they don't have, are real interpersonal connections.
Kinship. Community. A sense of belonging.
Even in families, it's lacking: he plays the father who earns money, she the mother who keeps house, they the children who are provided for.
Everyone's got a role that they think they understand, and because the roles are understandable people assume they are correct and sufficient. Meanwhile, nobody is having a shared experience, and even husband and wife are essentially isolated from each other.
We feel this emotional vacuum without knowing what it is, and turn to methods which fill different vacuums that we understand, such as that of hunger -- but food isn't love, so instead of satisfaction we get obesity.

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laserpig said:

If you eat twice as much food as you should, you're gonna be fucking fat. Period.

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LivioDoubleFang said:

Because there are just some people out there you dont really want to see walking round in the nude, know what I mean?

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