Dress code... stupid asstards

Mo0 · Post by **Mo0** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 11:37 am

Our school has a dress code that includes such wonderful things as "No spaghetti-strap tops, no sleeveless shirts"... and "Nothing offensive on your shirt".

Now, most people follow this, and the fucktards who don't get in trouble.

But I just saw someone in school today who had a picture of monkey on their shirt and it said "SPANK ME"... OMFG! Teachers are so fucking out of date it isn't funny.

I could wear a shirt that said "1 \/\/4|\|7 2 |=|_|(|< j00 1|\| |)4 455" (for those who can't read heavy l33t, that's "I want to fuck you in the ass") and not get in trouble. FOR FUCK'S SAKE! TEACHERS NEED TO WISEN UP!

Kirstie · Post by **Kirstie** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 12:14 pm

we had a dresscode at school too
it consisted of schooldress or school skirt, shirt, jumper and/or blazer
and for guys, school tailored pants, shirt, jumper and or blazer..
FUN

Dragonmaster Zoc · Post by **Dragonmaster Zoc** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 12:26 pm

You see, the thing about leet is that it doesn't actually mean anything; those random symbols could be any of a number of things, but they certainly aren't words, because words are comprised of letters. If the FBI cannot de-cipher it, then it is not a language.

I actually think it might be nifty if they made similar shirts (sans profanity) with all of the words spelled incorrectly (recall the recent story of how letter order does not matter as long as the first and last letters are in the right place).

As for my high school, the general rule was nothing offensive (profanity, alcohol, etc.) and no bandanas.

Ashen · Post by **Ashen** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 12:58 pm

We never had a dress code in high school...probably because the only time it was warm enough to wear spaghetti-strap tops and sleeveless shirts was in the deep of summer when we weren't in school. Also, coming from such a small place meant that social pressure usually prevented people from wearing anything *gasp* revealing or obscene.

We almost needed a dress code when I was ay university, however. One girl in my class was always wearing really short skirts (called, delightfully enough, "pussy-length skirts" by some of the guys in the class). One time we were out at a bar together and I won a T-shirt with the text "Lick Shoot Bite". It was advertising vodka. Needless to say, I never wore it. A few weeks later, the girl comes into class wearing a T-shirt with "Lick Suck Bite" written on it. Her excuse was that she thought my shirt was cool so a friend made a copy for her. I told her mine had the word "shoot" on it, to which she replied "no it didn't".

Oh yeah, did I mention that this was at grad school, and the girl was 25? She was a TA*, too.

*teaching assistant, not tits and ass...even if that was equally appropriate.

Miroku · Post by **Miroku** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 2:54 pm

When I was in high school, I had a shirt that read "short bottles of beer." on it. The trick was that it was written Japanese.

A related story... very appropriate to the idea of "what's more offensive.. the message, or the reader's interpretation of it" bandied about in the women/SUV thread.. is a shirt that was sold at a kiosk in a mall I worked for at that time. It had a picture of a pile of basketballs, footballs, baseballs, soccer balls, etc... and read "Life would suck without balls." A woman went to the manager of the mall and demanded that shirt be removed from the kiosk because it was offensive. The manager told her, "Lady.. I have one of those shirts. I love sports. Life would suck without stuff like baseball and basketball. How exactly are you interepreting it that is so upsetting?"

Jamie Bond · Post by **Jamie Bond** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 4:13 pm

heh

People who get offended by stuff like that shouldnt leave their house.

Miroku · Post by **Miroku** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 4:40 pm

True.. but we're talking about a society that caters to the morons, where people can sue McDonald's for their coffee being hot.. and win. It's a society where inmates in a prison can sue for not getting chocolate chip cookies.. and win. (This was cited on 60 Minutes many years ago.)

The whole politically correct movement these days is really more about people catering to the easily offended than about generating better social awareness and tolerance.

Ashen · Post by **Ashen** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 4:44 pm

I am highly offended by your remarks!

Post by **Martin Blank** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 5:23 pm

One of my schools tried to put a dress code in place, but ran into unexpected resistance. See, a HUGE portion of my generation's parents were bra-burners. Back when feminism was about equal rights and not about bashing men, social expectations of proper female attire were codified. Eventually, this didn't sit well with the women, who staged a number of protests, among them the infamous bra-burns. My mom remembered those days well enough and spoke out loudly.

Result: No dress code beyond "No offensive words" and "No bandanas" (gangs were an even bigger problem then than they are now).

sneaky ninja · Post by **sneaky ninja** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 6:05 pm

Hmm....my high school had a pretty strict dress code, being run by conservative Baptists and all. Then my senior year they started using uniforms. Their logic behind it was that when kids are dressed up, they tend to be on better behaviour, and do better work. They actually had magazine articles that "proved" this. They thought we were all a bunch of troublemakers, and that was their solution. Uniforms....to help us behave.

Ironically, me, my brother, and several of our friends all got kicked out of school that year. Yeah, worked like a charm

SothThe69th · Post by **SothThe69th** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 6:10 pm

Well now you've piqued my interest sneaky. If you don't mind me asking, why were you and so many others kicked out of school? Burn down the science lab?

Miroku · Post by **Miroku** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 6:12 pm

[quote="Ashen";p="165034"]I am highly offended by your remarks!

[/quote]

Join the club.

SothThe69th · Post by **SothThe69th** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 6:14 pm

As a tertiary note Miroku- check into the McDonalds coffee lawsuit, its not all that frivolous, the coffee was crazy hot, 20 degrees hotter than the next hottest coffee in the area.

EvilElf · Post by **EvilElf** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 7:20 pm

What about the people that sued McDonalds cause they got fat from eating their food?

I mean who would have seen that coming from eating loads of McDonalds and not moving around that much?

Post by **Martin Blank** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:35 pm

That's a different story. Stella sued McDonalds because the coffee that poured into her lap was 180 degrees, and caused third-degree burns that required reconstructive surgery. Stella tried to settle out of court, but the company was being a pain about it, and so when it went to court, Stella's attorney's subpoenaed records proving that McDonalds knew of the dangers because it had already settled dozens of times in the recent past.

The fat case was, I believe, recently thrown out of court.

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