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    [โ€“] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 1 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

    In turn Iโ€™m almost afraid to ask, are you implying that people that wear high socks arenโ€™t normal?

    Iโ€™m kinda hoping itโ€™s just a thoughtless expression on your part which Iโ€™d totally understand.

    TBF, as someone who frequently wears high socks and stockings as part of my regular attire, I don't think they're particularly normal. In order to even be able to see that a person is wearing thigh highs as opposed to tights, it's necessary to wear a fairly short skirt or shorts, which may not be appropriate in many contexts โ€” and if they're worn with an outfit where you can't see that you're wearing thigh highs, then wearing tights appears to be the more practical options.

    Plus I have known a lot of people who wanted to be the kind of person who wore thigh-highs, but became impatient with them frequently rolling down. Wearing a suspender belt is a good solution for this, but it's surprisingly hard to find ones with clips that are robust enough to be useful and not excessively fiddly โ€” most people I have known who have experience with suspender belts know them only as an inconvenient but sexy piece of lingerie, rather than a pragmatic undergarment (which can also be sexy, but they actually exist to serve a function rather than their entire purpose being the sexiness)

    So yeah, I would say that people who wear high socks aren't normal. But I certainly don't see that as a bad thing โ€” in fact, seeing someone wearing thigh high socks immediately makes them more attractive to me (as a friend or otherwise)

    [โ€“] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

    Yes, absolutely. Entirely off the rails, alien, utterly incomprehensible.

    [โ€“] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space -1 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

    Well the feeling is mutual then. I canโ€™t imagine holding such archaic viewpoints circa 2026. Have a good one.

    [โ€“] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 9 hours ago

    They were being facetious. lol

    [โ€“] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

    Did you think i was being serious there lol

    [โ€“] brown567@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

    Pretty sure he meant "normal" as opposed to "programmer" XD