I’ve loved the fashion shadenfreude on other transit blogs, such as Going Underground, and there are just so many opportunities for similar snarking on Muni and BART. Alas, it’s sometimes difficult to snap photos of riders outlandish fashion faux pas, especially on crowded buses and trains. So, by far, this lady’s hideous (and stained) Tinkerbell t-shirt is by far not the worst thing I’ve seen on public transit in this town, but I captured it anyway because I want to encourage other folks to do a little recon the next time they’re catching a ride — let’s see more photos of horrible getups.
– Beth W.
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If I found someone on Muni was taking snapshots of my outfit and giggling rudely I might just feel compelled to write in to a site like Muni Diaries to share how judgmental and materialistic some of the riders were becoming.
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Oh, Mike. You might want to take a look at jameth.livejournal.com. His Muni/BART Hot or Not posts will probably make you stroke out with self-righteous indignation.
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Oh wow you are totally right Dan, how could I be so self-righteous. It is totally awesome to make fun of people. I did it in high school and it made me feel cool so I should definitely keep doing it now as an adult. So should everyone!! What was I thinking?
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Yeah, I think fashion no no’s are funny too but I think we should leave the integrity of Munidiaries intact. Let’s leave the personal style snarking to someone else. Let’s hear more “overheard on the__”s and make fun of people’s minds/mouths/bad behavior instead of their appearances. Love you, Munidiaries! xoxo
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For the record, Muni Diaries neither condemns nor condones making fun of others, however innocent. Instead, we merely provide the forum for people to engage in anything they want, short of straight-up hate speech or incitements to violence.
I personally feel like this post and its comments is a healthy discussion, one that might not have happened had we had some policy prohibiting content of this nature.
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Indeedily. Muni Diaries is a forum for everything Muni-related, including crimes of public courtesy, crimes of craptastic transit, and perhaps, crimes of fashion. Of course, it also includes commentary on perceived crimes committed by Muni Diaries.
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Great, how ’bout I start surreptitiously snapping photos of hot ladies I see on the MUNI and post ‘em here for us to comment on. That must be cool too, right? I mean, they’re practically asking for it, being so hot and all. Or is it only poorly-dressed people who forfeit a reasonable expectation of privacy?
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Chet and others: I don’t see any reason not to share images of one another now and then, as long as some anonymity is provided (note I didn’t include the Tinkerbell t-shirt owner’s face). One of the great things about Muni is all the people-watching opportunities. It doesn’t have to be mean-spirited, and I didn’t even mean for my original post to be taken that way, although I can see how it could be.
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I don’t have a picture but I saw a hideous get up on BART last Friday evening: gold sneakers with orange laces, green pants with black leg warmers over on top, black canvas mini skirt (with snapped button up front and only 3 buttons snapped together), green shirt (I think), and a tie dye (spelling?), below knee, unzipped, knitted cardigan, and a wool coat with furry fringes all around. I made sure I remembered all that to paint a picture for my sis.
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For the record, people can wear what they want. I was not laughing at her but was shocked. It was somewhat warm on Friday and she looked like she had a million heavy layers dragging her down and I’m sure it she was sweating under all that. I just wish people would consider how their body will react to what they’re wearing as fashion.
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(Re: snapping hot pix of the ladies)
I suppose if you kept the same, aforementioned standards of anonymity by not including the person’s face, you could snap hot pics of ladies and post those. But I would bet it wouldn’t gain that much response. Hot legs and a fine ass is one thing, but a Tinkerbell sweater…my god.
Just seems like there’s a reason Jameth and Vice magazine have cornered the market in this realm.
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You know that part of Cosmo magazine (you know you’ve read it, come on!) where the people on the street wearing the bad outfits would have a black rectangle over their eyes? I’d venture to say that Muni Diaries can protect the identity of fashion criminals in similar fashion – or how about doing it better than Cosmo – we can crop off or obscure their entire face. So, there. Besides, even Anna Wintour has a bad day here and there. Though she probably (most definitely) doesn’t take Muni.
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