WTF is the functional point of a "Wife Beater"/"Guinea T"/"Ribbed Tank Top"???

[Mick_Mickerson]

When worn as an undershirt? A regular undershirt blocks sweat from the pits and rest of body to preserve dress shirts.

This shit leaves the pits completely exposed and does nothing to keep protruding unsightly chest hair from peeking out through the shirt. I guess there is some protection for the back. And unless you're fitness model levels of ripped, it's completely unflattering when worn on its own.

Why the FUCK has it existed since my great grandfather's era?

 

[Uncle Floyd]

Sometimes the fashion bug just bites ya.

 

[soulbrotherman#1]

Tit sweat

 

[Former Prez Gerald Ford]

I like em for working out and also for when my wife talks back. She knows when I come downstairs in one scratching my balls im either getting ready to hit the weights or hit her right below the eye

 

[TomFromNawlins]

I’ll wear them under a short-sleeve shirt sometimes. If you want a layer under the outer shirt, you don’t want an undershirt’s sleeves poking out.

 

[guest]

The only conceivable reason would be if you have a really hairy chest and don’t want it poking through your shirt but even in that case you should have real undershirts

 

[Mc.Faggot]

I like black wife beaters, they are the perfect shirt to wear around in the hot weather

Also pit sweat usually rolls down the side of your body, so the wife-beater absorbs it just as well as a regular shirt in my experience

I think they just look cool too

 

[Mick_Mickerson]

I’ll wear them under a short-sleeve shirt sometimes. If you want a layer under the outer shirt, you don’t want an undershirt’s sleeves poking out.

I remember in middle school wearing an undershirt under a t-shirt to try to give the illusion of bulk.

Why the fuck are you wearing a tank top under a t-shirt? Now, I'm even more confused

*Edit* I just realized you may be talking about a short-sleeve button up. OK -- that makes sense. Can absorb a bit of sweat and keeps you from nipping out. Fair enough. I wore one under a hawaiian shirt as a dumb ass freshman who thought it looked cool.

 

[guest]

more surface area for a superficial tan when walking around on a hot day, if you live in a hot, muggy area it can be nice

 

[Mick_Mickerson]

Also pit sweat usually rolls down the side of your body, so the wife-beater absorbs it just as well as a regular shirt in my experience

Your thesis is that no fabric covering the armpits absorbs sweat at the same rate as a layer of fabric? Come on, brotherman

 

[TomFromNawlins]

I remember in middle school wearing an undershirt under a t-shirt to try to give the illusion of bulk.

Why the fuck are you wearing a tank top under a t-shirt? Now, I'm even more confused

*Edit* I just realized you may be talking about a short-sleeve button up. OK -- that makes sense. Can absorb a bit of sweat and keeps you from nipping out. Fair enough. I wore one under a hawaiian shirt as a dumb ass freshman who thought it looked cool.

Yes, your edit is what I was talking about.
Not under a t-shirt.

Nice shirt thread, stupid.

 

[Gay Faggot.]

I always thought they were for fat people hiding guts.

 

[guest]

Your thesis is that no fabric covering the armpits absorbs sweat at the same rate as a layer of fabric? Come on, brotherman

Yeah that makes zero sense. Just like a sleeveless undershirt.

 

[guest]

I’ll wear them under a short-sleeve shirt sometimes. If you want a layer under the outer shirt, you don’t want an undershirt’s sleeves poking out.

You’re buying the wrong undershirts if the sleeves are longer than your regular shirts

 

[TomFromNawlins]

You’re buying the wrong undershirts if the sleeves are longer than your regular shirts

I have some polos/golf shirts that have shorter short sleeves, and undershirt sleeves can poke out. Even if they don’t, the undershirt sleeve being almost as long still bothers me, so I use the wife beater.

 

[Mick_Mickerson]

I have some polos/golf shirts that have shorter short sleeves, and undershirt sleeves can poke out. Even if they don’t, the undershirt sleeve being almost as long still bothers me, so I use the wife beater.

with the super thin fabric of a golf polo -- i actually see this making sense, mainly because it keeps you from nipping out but you still have the breezy feel of the thin fabric.

We have found the one functional use.

 

[Mick_Mickerson]

more surface area for a superficial tan when walking around on a hot day, if you live in a hot, muggy area it can be nice

Instead of creeping people out, just wear a regular tank top when outside soaking up the rays

 

[GloryHoleTorqueH]

I thought they were for showing off the brotherman tattoos

Am I the only brotherman with a WoW across my chest?

 

[guest]

Instead of creeping people out, just wear a regular tank top when outside soaking up the rays

Is there really that much difference? Thinking about it I don't think I've ever worn a legitimate wife beater, just normal tank tops and so I just conflate them in my head based on them being somewhat similar.

 

[Mick_Mickerson]

Is there really that much difference? Thinking about it I don't think I've ever worn a legitimate wife beater, just normal tank tops and so I just conflate them in my head based on them being somewhat similar.

Yeah a wife beater is way tighter and thought of as "underwear." A tank top is just something a brothaman would wear to the beach and is looser