I like to stick to secluded areas of the beach where there are plenty of other people in thongs. I find it exciting to walk the beach in a thong and pass by people. What’s been said before, but I’ll reinforce, is to be confident and act normal.
I have not gotten a negative comment or been confronted. I’ve seen a snicker or two or a quiet comment among a couple, but that’s okay. Everyone has an opinion. To people who don’t thong, I know it’s a little shocking to see a man in a thong while not batting an eye at a woman in one. Part of our job is to share our experiences and help normalize thongs.
I find it very exciting when I see a couple or a group of people wearing small swimwear together. I once saw a group of 6–8 young adults, mixed males and females, all very fit—you could tell they were gym buddies. All of them were wearing thongs and bikinis. I walked by, and several of them waved at me in approval of my swimwear. It was a great confidence booster. I yelled that they all looked great, and we exchanged thumbs up.
I start from the premise that thongs and g-strings are OK, but there are situations where it is sensible to wear a bit more. In particular, there are beaches which are popular with families, where I would wear a bikini type swimsuit, but never baggies or boardies! Other than that, I wear what I want to and just behave naturally. Usually any comments are favourable, although the other day a sad old git swore at me. Let’s face it, there are some tw*ts in this world.
If they are legal I’m wearing one. If it offends someone that’s a them problem. I look good and spend a lot of time making sure I look good. Nobody it going to shame me into doing something I don’t want to do. If they want to say something, again, that’s a them problem. I politely remind them that I’m not doing anything illegal and then tell them that I hope they enjoy their day at the pool/beach. It’s never escalated beyond that.
What’s interesting is that if you ask AI to interpret the law you get a response saying its legal. Try it with ChatGPT or Grok etc. Thongs technical are covering (a portion of the buttocks).
I would not trust AI to interpret laws. They are prone to hallucination.
Researchers have recognized this issue, and by 2023, analysts estimated that chatbots hallucinate as much as 27% of the time,[7] with factual errors present in 46% of generated texts.[8]
It’s not totally inaccurate to say that LLMs work by hallucinating, and when they are 100% right it’s almost an accident. Those 2023 numbers are outdated but in some ways that makes things worse: the fact that the worst problems with hallucinations have gotten better makes it easier to get lulled into a false sense of security.
My advice? If it’s important, verify everything an LLM tells you. Don’t trust them for anything important like legal, financial, or medical advice.
BTW, I do this stuff for a living, not just blowing smoke here.
As for “when is it okay”, I stick to a strict “read the room” policy: if no women in thongs, me neither. More “modest” ones at a more family oriented beach (lined front, 1" side seams) and slightly smaller ones if it’s mostly adults (unlined but completely opaque, 1/2" side seams). I don’t want to be that guy who causes someone else’s objections to cause local authorities to overreact and crack down on everyone.
I’m old enough to remember when women started wearing thongs in the US back in the mid-90s (I think) and it was a slow process of adoption for them, too.
Agree. If several women are wearing thongs, legal or not, I’m wearing one. It’s really hard to go back to a regualr conservative style suit when thongs are far superior for tanning.
LOL, right? I got my first thong to wear under a wetsuit and it was “wow, these are actually really comfortable”. At the beach, they’re the right tool for the job(s): sunning, swimming, drying off. I didn’t realize the full extent to which board shorts are the exact opposite of the right tool for the job.