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      Nah, as a small breast kind of man I get the best of both worlds. And the men I’ve met and talked with about this who think bigger boobs are better have a big overlap with thinking bigger is better when it comes to cars, houses, wallets etc. too. In general fragile masculinity, they use big things to make themselves feel like their view of manly men. Definitely not saying this is only the case, and also not kink shaming, it’s just been a thing that’s been proven many times.

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    CUP SIZE IS RELATIVE TO BAND SIZE.

    I need every man here to stop talking about ‘D cups’ for side like it means anything. It sounds as stupid as saying ‘100 moneys is a lot of money’ without stating the currency.

    Here is a chart of sister sizes. Every row is the same volume, meaning that a 40A, 36C, and 30E are the same volume, just different shapes.

    Now, it is true that it’s harder to buy nicer looking bras for d-cups and above, but that’s because big bra has been pushing for bra conformity for decades and shoving women into a narrow range of sister sizes at sleazy stores like victoria secret so that they don’t have to make a larger variety of sizes. The result is that women who want a bra that fits have to pay a premium, and bras are expensive as is.

    Bras are not just clothing, for many women there is a medical need for one due to back pain and other conditions. Yet, the bra industry cares more about the sales volumes of their 36Cs than the fact that half the women wearing them are likely wearing the wrong size.

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      Almost looks like an explosives vest. They should make one styled like a claymore with the “front toward enemy” text on it

      Edit: it should still have the bow because you deserve to feel pretty while shredding your enemies in a hail of steel shot

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        They used to make 'torpedo" style bras back in the 1960’s. They so pointy they could poke and eye out…

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          Most fashion trends come back around every 20 years or so, but this one hasn’t for some reason:

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              I’d love to see this make an appearance in the Fallout LA series. It would be so appropriate in that time period, and especially so because of the nuclear metaphor. This really seems like something that would become popular in the Fallout universe.

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      And like 95% of the fun of having big old titties is getting to show a little cleavage if you want to. But the bra makers don’t want to let you wear anything more low cut than a t-shirt. Give me sexy bras I can wear under sexy clothes you jerks!!

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        This has always bothered me. I’m a C cup, so most fashion is made for me to show cleavage.

        But I’ve done some fashion design (mostly historical fashion), and I’ve seriously wondered why larger bust sizes have such outsized undergarments. Like more than seems necessary.

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      Oooh this takes me back. When I was 11, something like this in a Sears catalog would have basically been porn for me.

      Then a year later we got the internet.

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    It’s all just an engineering problem. It takes a lot more to support a heavy load than a light load…

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    I can’t relate to this thread for … reasons … but if anyone wants to explain to me why a jockstrap maker can’t produce something that can contain an entire scrotum without it sticking out the sides like someone deflated a skin balloon, let me know.

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    My poor wife is one of those that needs the industrial-strength scaffolding, and still managed to run a half marathon without black eyes and a broken jaw recently.

    Bra engineers are underrated.