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12. I've read a number of defenses of the corset.

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Thu Aug 31, 2023, 07:41 PM

Aug 2023

With people insisting that if they're fitted correctly, they aren't that bad, whatevs.

As for the "letter-based sizing", I have often jokes that batteries and bras are sized roughly the same.

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Most bras, to varying degrees, are uncomfortable. 3catwoman3 Aug 2023 #11

I've read a number of defenses of the corset. Collimator Aug 2023 #12

Women who complain about their bra being uncomfortable are almost universally wearing the wrong bra wackadoo wabbit Aug 2023 #13

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