Can someone please explain the beater/tank type undershirt?
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Can someone please explain the beater/tank type undershirt? I've always thought undershirts were to absorb perspiration, so it never made sense to me to wear an undershirt that doesn't cover the armpits. But otherwise, they're cool! Really asking.
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Can someone please explain the beater/tank type undershirt? I've always thought undershirts were to absorb perspiration, so it never made sense to me to wear an undershirt that doesn't cover the armpits. But otherwise, they're cool! Really asking.
@msbellows I always assumed it was to cover the parts that *aren’t* most perspiring and leaving those with more ventilation/air flow. Like, you’d wear them under looser outer garments.
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Can someone please explain the beater/tank type undershirt? I've always thought undershirts were to absorb perspiration, so it never made sense to me to wear an undershirt that doesn't cover the armpits. But otherwise, they're cool! Really asking.
@msbellows it can be a wonderbra for man boobs
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@msbellows it can be a wonderbra for man boobs
@flyingsaceur @msbellows Random, somewhat related story. Once upon a time, my mom wanted me to explore the legal profession. So, I became a volunteer for the local Legal Aid society, which specialized in helping abused women file legal paperwork for restraining orders. My job was to help the staff make sure all the paperwork was in order, including the need to include a photo of the subject of the restraining order (the man).
Every single photo I handled that summer was a man with a mustache in one of those shirts. Therefore, I refuse to ever buy or wear one of those shirts. (which apparently deserve their name).
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Can someone please explain the beater/tank type undershirt? I've always thought undershirts were to absorb perspiration, so it never made sense to me to wear an undershirt that doesn't cover the armpits. But otherwise, they're cool! Really asking.
@msbellows They were called “Wife Beater” shirts because a lot of the sweaty drunk men who beat up their wives, kids, whomever wore those shirts. Typically living in tenement buildings. They were associated with violence against women.
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@msbellows They were called “Wife Beater” shirts because a lot of the sweaty drunk men who beat up their wives, kids, whomever wore those shirts. Typically living in tenement buildings. They were associated with violence against women.
@msbellows and they were even less stylish than this shirt on this model.
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@msbellows and they were even less stylish than this shirt on this model.
Before I knew they were called "wife beater" shirts (as an adult), I experienced this...
AI6YR Ben (@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)
@flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange @msbellows@c.im Random, somewhat related story. Once upon a time, my mom wanted me to explore the legal profession. So, I became a volunteer for the local Legal Aid society, which specialized in helping abused women file legal paperwork for restraining orders. My job was to help the staff make sure all the paperwork was in order, including the need to include a photo of the subject of the restraining order (the man). Every single photo I handled that summer was a man with a mustache in one of those shirts. Therefore, I refuse to ever buy or wear one of those shirts. (which apparently deserve their name).
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Before I knew they were called "wife beater" shirts (as an adult), I experienced this...
AI6YR Ben (@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)
@flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange @msbellows@c.im Random, somewhat related story. Once upon a time, my mom wanted me to explore the legal profession. So, I became a volunteer for the local Legal Aid society, which specialized in helping abused women file legal paperwork for restraining orders. My job was to help the staff make sure all the paperwork was in order, including the need to include a photo of the subject of the restraining order (the man). Every single photo I handled that summer was a man with a mustache in one of those shirts. Therefore, I refuse to ever buy or wear one of those shirts. (which apparently deserve their name).
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@ai6yr @Catawu @msbellows
I knew some men were weird but I never figured they'd be THAT weird about a shirt. I presume, now, that those were yester-year's version of today's "muscle shirt". I'm and old pharbt but this is the first I've heard of them being called "beaters" for that reason...or any reason. -
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Can someone please explain the beater/tank type undershirt? I've always thought undershirts were to absorb perspiration, so it never made sense to me to wear an undershirt that doesn't cover the armpits. But otherwise, they're cool! Really asking.
@msbellows they create room for sweat to evaporate. The mesh kind are more efficient, if the wearer tends to sweat on the entire torso rather than just the arm pits, and will also help keep you warm in the winter, because the air in the mesh is warm from body heat.
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Can someone please explain the beater/tank type undershirt? I've always thought undershirts were to absorb perspiration, so it never made sense to me to wear an undershirt that doesn't cover the armpits. But otherwise, they're cool! Really asking.
@msbellows in our part of the world they're synonymous with shearing - keeping the trunk covered with maximum airflow under the pits.
Maybe there's an element of minimum viable modesty but also I figure it's maybe easier to clean wool and sheep effluent off your arms than your torso?
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@ai6yr @Catawu @msbellows
I knew some men were weird but I never figured they'd be THAT weird about a shirt. I presume, now, that those were yester-year's version of today's "muscle shirt". I'm and old pharbt but this is the first I've heard of them being called "beaters" for that reason...or any reason.@claralistensprechen5th @ai6yr @Catawu Why you hate Marion Brando as Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire"? That's downright unAmerican!
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@msbellows in our part of the world they're synonymous with shearing - keeping the trunk covered with maximum airflow under the pits.
Maybe there's an element of minimum viable modesty but also I figure it's maybe easier to clean wool and sheep effluent off your arms than your torso?
@davecarter Interesting!
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@msbellows in our part of the world they're synonymous with shearing - keeping the trunk covered with maximum airflow under the pits.
Maybe there's an element of minimum viable modesty but also I figure it's maybe easier to clean wool and sheep effluent off your arms than your torso?
@davecarter More hair on the total than the arms to catch stray fleece?
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@doktrock Why do you wear them? If sweat, what about the armpits?
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@davecarter More hair on the total than the arms to catch stray fleece?
@msbellows maybe? Not an expert but probably more about comfort on long shift. It'll keep you warmer than no shirt. Soaks up some of the sweat. And I imagine the stray fleece and grime would itch like hell.
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@flyingsaceur @msbellows Random, somewhat related story. Once upon a time, my mom wanted me to explore the legal profession. So, I became a volunteer for the local Legal Aid society, which specialized in helping abused women file legal paperwork for restraining orders. My job was to help the staff make sure all the paperwork was in order, including the need to include a photo of the subject of the restraining order (the man).
Every single photo I handled that summer was a man with a mustache in one of those shirts. Therefore, I refuse to ever buy or wear one of those shirts. (which apparently deserve their name).
@ai6yr @flyingsaceur @msbellows TBF, I really like A-shirts because many of my dress shirts are slightly translucent, and seeing the outline of an A-shirt is better than see in my nipples, while still being more comfortable than a v-neck t-shirt undershirt, especially in the types of situations that require men to wear a dress shirt.
However, every name must come from somewhere, and I’ve watched enough episodes of COPS to admit I cant refute this one.
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Can someone please explain the beater/tank type undershirt? I've always thought undershirts were to absorb perspiration, so it never made sense to me to wear an undershirt that doesn't cover the armpits. But otherwise, they're cool! Really asking.
@msbellows I wear them when I visit customer sites in the summer in the fly over states (St. Louis area, among others). You want your long sleeve dress shirt to breathe, but you also don’t want to show your nips to the whole office, and most dress shirts are fairly translucent.
Short of pasties (which could work, but I’ve got hair around my nips so they probably suck to remove), this covers the necessary bits but still leaves room for airflow to your arms and pits.
… as for pit stains, if you’re in St Louis in the summer and you dont’t have them, you’re probably suffering from heat stroke. Wearing a t-shirt won’t save you… it just makes your natural cooling features less effective.
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@flyingsaceur @msbellows Random, somewhat related story. Once upon a time, my mom wanted me to explore the legal profession. So, I became a volunteer for the local Legal Aid society, which specialized in helping abused women file legal paperwork for restraining orders. My job was to help the staff make sure all the paperwork was in order, including the need to include a photo of the subject of the restraining order (the man).
Every single photo I handled that summer was a man with a mustache in one of those shirts. Therefore, I refuse to ever buy or wear one of those shirts. (which apparently deserve their name).
@ai6yr @flyingsaceur @msbellows
My first step-dad had a moustache and wore those shirts all the time (under a man blouse during the workday). Stereotype checks out
Might have been to tame the belly fuzz or something. Probably keeps the dress shirts clean longer as well, for re-wearing without needing the careful washing, drying, and ironing.
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@msbellows I wear them when I visit customer sites in the summer in the fly over states (St. Louis area, among others). You want your long sleeve dress shirt to breathe, but you also don’t want to show your nips to the whole office, and most dress shirts are fairly translucent.
Short of pasties (which could work, but I’ve got hair around my nips so they probably suck to remove), this covers the necessary bits but still leaves room for airflow to your arms and pits.
… as for pit stains, if you’re in St Louis in the summer and you dont’t have them, you’re probably suffering from heat stroke. Wearing a t-shirt won’t save you… it just makes your natural cooling features less effective.
@mathaetaes @msbellows
Heh, my ex-step-dad wearing those in the PNW was from St Louis too. Maybe more popular in that region. -
@ai6yr @Catawu @msbellows
I knew some men were weird but I never figured they'd be THAT weird about a shirt. I presume, now, that those were yester-year's version of today's "muscle shirt". I'm and old pharbt but this is the first I've heard of them being called "beaters" for that reason...or any reason.@claralistensprechen5th @ai6yr @msbellows True story
