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Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

at least that story is entertaining- the continuing saga of the two pretentious douchebags who don't know when to shut up and quit digging...

Zippy W. Pinhead's avatar

What I've never understood is why anyone would pay top dollar to wear clothes with the retailer's logo plastered all over them. The fact that people are that stupid that they will pay good money to advertise for some company is amazing. Logowear is a huge scam...

bobbert's avatar

I graduated to keg long ago.

bobbert's avatar

The one in SF was pretty cool for a department store.

fuflans's avatar

this is the most embarrassing thing chicago has done in a while.

𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Nothing wrong with being size 14 . . . but when that's the <i>average</i>, people are in a bad way. I know it's a mean, not a median, but it suggests that <i>half the population</i> is size 14 or bigger.

𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Good point. For every adult over 300 lbs, there's not another who's under 80 lbs. The distribution is far from being a bell curve.

Lefty Mark's avatar

So plus-sized people cannot shop at A&F anymore? And 67% of US consumers are plus-sized? Sounds like that boycott will just take care of itself then, doesn't it?

A&F caters to the youth market, not to adults. So Mom? Chillax. Wearing Abercrombie & Fitch clothes while driving the Mom Taxi is Not Cool. Stop trying to be your daughter.

Finally, who the hell thinks A&F clothes are cool? Your kids? Right. So you'll no longer have that totally kick-ass look when you report to homeroom then, right?

𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Is there a <i>Forever 49</i> where I can get stuff and be cool?

malsperanza's avatar

Upfist. When I saw that guy's youtube (which was all over FB, blechh), I was like this: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watc..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K08akOt2kuo&t=...">http://www.youtube.com/watc...

𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

What's horrifying is that the AVERAGE is size 14. I mean, wtf is going out there in the flyover states, that I keep flying over, and have less and less desire to do anything but fly over? How many megatons of corn syrup and Crisco are we pouring into these people?

malsperanza's avatar

I like your logic: it is marvelously self-serving and yet at the same time completely goofy and well-meaning. Do you by any chance own Whole Foods?

malsperanza's avatar

Because homeless people are naturally unattractive and gross, so using them as humorous props to shame the A&F CEO is in no way despicable.

malsperanza's avatar

What do you expect from a nation whose response to 9/11 was "if we stop shopping, the terrorists win"?

𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

If they save up two month's salary, they can. This would require that they not eat for two months, so that''s another size down at least.

malsperanza's avatar

No one in America knows how to sew, so we'd have to send them to Bangladesh.