Remember the Jerry Remy Fight Club Believe In Boston 2023 shirt and I love this fight in the United States to apply the right of marriage to gay people – particularly the many states in which politicians and public servants went to extraordinary lengths to stop or delay the process, or simply to refuse to comply with laws or rulings already in effect? The conventional wisdom is that social norms help stabilise society and provide necessary boundaries that promote harmony, and so forth. Since at least the 1960s, American males have clung persistently to a uniform: blue jeans, t-shirt, and tennis shoes. Here, this dude wears a chic variation on the theme: jeans with strategic holes, a long sleeve “t,” and skater shoes. To him, these choices feel fresh and daring. But 60-plus years of jeans, t’s, and sports shoes? It’s conformism because guys, like dogs, want to be part of the pack. In this case, I say fuck conventional wisdom, and fuck the social norm against saying words like “fuck.” Talk about one arbitrary norm. You can say “turd” but not “shit,” “penis” but not “pecker,” and – oh, you get the idea.
