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What are knickers for? I mean I must have a few 1000 pairs in my life and I am not fully sure why we wear knickers. Its not like we have a special garment for our underarms. Why did we, as a species, decide that your bum needed a special covering? I am not considering g-strings here (which I and the BMA, believe are disgusting vile efforts). I mean undies for your bottom, girls and boys. I have had private messages from some men who have even asked me about them. My usual answer, 'dark blue cotton knickers, probably about 20 years old, came in a pack of 6 for a fiver from Matalan'. Seriously though, what would happen, if one day we all said no more knickers? Humans are weird.

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Amisja 8 Jan 20
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Level 6

Why do we, as a species, wear clothes at all. Just to protect us from the elements? It would be interesting to know when the first garment, animal skin I would assume, was first worn. When did sewing beads on them for purely fashion begin. And so I'm not entirely off topic, when were knicker, underwear in US, first made / worn?

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Level 9

Hey, why don't we all start a " No Knickers/Undies/Jocks, etc, Campaign?
After all, there's nothing nicer than to feel the fresh, soothing air as it gently blows around your bum and pubes.

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Level 7

Um, been there, doing that since turn of the 80s. I'm a Scotsman and our balls like to be free, LOL

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Level 8

By the way, it's not like the mattress tag you're not allowed to rip off 😉, you don't have to wear them you know 🙂

lerlo Level 8 Jan 20, 2019
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Level 8

And as long as we're at it, why do we wear clothes? Damn humans

lerlo Level 8 Jan 20, 2019
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Coz its 3°

@Amisja what about when it's 26? 🙂

@lerlo No one needs to see that

I live in the UK, I'm covered up even in the summer. LOL

@Amisja coincidentally just saw a commercial on TV for meundies.com supposed to be the softest ever check it out

@lerlo why?

@lerlo, @Savage I am too but knickers seem unnecessary.

@Amisja well if you're going to keep wearing them you might like those..I prefer that women don't and a friend of mine outside London--goes "breezing" (she calls not wearing knickers) to work a lot.
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Level 7

I think they are just a practical thing so that your other clothes (trousers) stay cleaner, so you don't have to wash the trousers after each wearing.

Orbit Level 7 Jan 20, 2019
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Level 9

I wear briefs. I find them useful at times to hide my feelings! ?

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Level 6

I suffer if my testicles swing freely. Absolutely must have support.

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Level 7

We to have special garments for underarms, it's called t-shirts. I wear them so my nice dress shirts don't get all stained under the pits....much the same reason many wear knickers (underwear in the USA).

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Level 8

Flesh-coloured tights (pantyhose) and stockings are the ones that bother me. What is the point of something that makes your legs look the same colour they already are and is immediately ruined if it comes within three metres of a twig, splinter or nail?

(Hosiery in green, blue and other colours is no more twig-proof, obviously, but has far more point as it makes a statement!)

Jnei Level 8 Jan 20, 2019
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I know...I wear black black black thick tights or go bare. I am a pale freckly ginger no one is fooled by american tan tights.

When I wear dresses, I wear pantyhose. I'm not trying to fool anyone but instead am protecting my feet from shoes. My feet don't do well unless they have something between them and the shoe. Bobby socks don't look good with a dress.

@Lorajay Make a statement - wear over-the-knee stripy socks in the most lurid colours possible, ideally teamed up with a pair of Doc Martens. If anyone says it's not a good look, ignore them - because it is.
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Level 9

According to Wikipedia -

"Undergarments are items of clothing worn beneath outer clothes, usually in direct contact with the skin, although they may comprise more than a single layer. They serve to keep outer garments from being soiled or damaged by bodily excretions, to lessen the friction of outerwear against the skin, to shape the body, and to provide concealment or support for parts of it. In cold weather, long underwear is sometimes worn to provide additional warmth."

Some of the reasons for underwear are indeed practical.

For milions of years people didn't bother

@Amisja Just another means to make money. Humans are fucking idiots.
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Level 9

They are there because they are fun for someone else to peel off of course.

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