In NYC, it’s completely legal (and I mean COMPLETELY LEGAL) for both men and women to be topless.
I think that the gender equality aspect of this law is very fair. That being said, I don’t think ANYBODY should be allowed to be topless in public.
In terms of gender equality, I think NYC is generally taking steps in the right direction. In terms of the already problematic hodgepodge of nipples that the city has been dealing with for the past few dozen years, however, NYC is dead set on bolting into an all-out sprint in the wrong direction.
We want ALL these bare chests (both male and female) to be taken OFF the streets, not put on display.
I think that the right to be topless in public should be revoked immediately for everybody in the city.
I don’t want to see anybody’s chests. Put them all away.
Do you realize how many repulsive people are out there? There are so many off-putting human bodies in NYC—it’s better to just keep everybody covered.
It’s really not a big deal—just wear a shirt. You won’t have to worry about putting sunblock on your backs and chests, and we won’t have to see EVEN MORE of your REVOLTING bodies than we already have to (some people should be forced to cover their faces too—dear god).
Anyway, that’s my 2 cents on the issue. It’s only 2 cents, so it’s really not worth very much.
You never hear anybody say, “here’s my 3 cents on the issue”—why is that?
Why did we decide on “2 cents?” What a decision. Did they have, like, a council that voted to only accept the term “2 cents” and never mention the term “3 cents?”
Did one person say it, and then everybody was like, “oh, ok—I guess that’s a thing now—ok, we’ll all say ‘2 cents,’ but we’ll never say ‘3 cents.’” Then, the guy who first used the phrase was like, “oh, you’re copying me? This is, like, a thing now? Oh—ok, I guess. Kinda weird, but I guess you can use it. It is kinda my thing though, you know? I mean, I used it first.”
This “2 cents” rubbish has been nothing more than an impromptu segue in an effort to distract from the potentially controversial topic of The Daily Clot today. I realize that, in writing this paragraph, the segue has been rendered useless because I’ve brought us right back to the “nipple thing,” but I have a feeling you knew what I was doing anyway. I can’t lie to you (even though there’s probably only 1 or 2 people reading this—one being myself as I scour through this post for typos, the other being my Co-Founder, Stephen, as he takes a quick glance at the post so he can reassure me later that he does in fact read The Daily Clot every day and that the fruits of my labor will one day be ripe for the picking).
Until next time,
Michael J. Erickson, CEO & Co-Founder
