Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Atman

(31,464 posts)
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 07:03 AM Jun 2014

Totally serious...why can't I walk around Target with my dick hanging out?

Open carry? Certainly! Does it offend you? Frighten you? Do you think I'll commit a crime with it?

Seriously? What are the limits? Can't I cite the constitution and my pursuit of happiness? My biggest fear, actually, is that some dude with a gun would shoot me because he was afraid of me carrying an open dick.

Just something to think about.

105 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Totally serious...why can't I walk around Target with my dick hanging out? (Original Post) Atman Jun 2014 OP
Target wouldn't let you do it peacefreak Jun 2014 #1
If they painted a red and white circles on it? bettyellen Jun 2014 #98
What the hell is wrong with you? pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #2
Don't try to deflect the OP. TexasTowelie Jun 2014 #56
Oh my Aerows Jun 2014 #78
Violence is normal and healthy. Sex is shameful and dirty and obscene. DetlefK Jun 2014 #3
Well said, sadly so absolutely true. The human psyche is so totally fucked up and bizarre! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2014 #28
What about TV news? dickthegrouch Jun 2014 #43
Or as Fry on Futurama put it: Initech Jun 2014 #59
I should have read the replies before I wrote mine, good post and well written. uppityperson Jun 2014 #64
The following movie explains it in great detail. Behind the Aegis Jun 2014 #74
Great movie! Atman Jun 2014 #104
The open carry people are idiots Gothmog Jun 2014 #4
Clean-up on Aisle Three shenmue Jun 2014 #5
Ha! Dawgs Jun 2014 #13
... RKP5637 Jun 2014 #30
ewww hibbing Jun 2014 #42
Most people would just go up to the front desk if they needed assistance..... DeSwiss Jun 2014 #6
The fact that you can walk around with your Dick hanging-out PeoViejo Jun 2014 #7
I really did laugh out loud Tom Ripley Jun 2014 #12
Assault with a friendly weapon...... PeoViejo Jun 2014 #36
I think it's OK to do so in Walmart. riqster Jun 2014 #8
LOL!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2014 #31
OMG ... I laughed so hard I frightened the dog etherealtruth Jun 2014 #100
My work here is done. riqster Jun 2014 #101
Symbolism Dept calling Dr. Freud! WinkyDink Jun 2014 #9
Good one. narnian60 Jun 2014 #20
Personally I'd prefer to go about nude JackInGreen Jun 2014 #10
In the 60s and 70s you could at least go into a store without a shirt. randome Jun 2014 #25
The rebels today are carrying rifles despite the outrage of 'decent' people... Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #45
Move to Vermont... Atman Jun 2014 #29
Vermont also has no sarisataka Jun 2014 #95
One of my favorite stores in Vermont, Singleton's Atman Jun 2014 #105
Just don't leave it loaded on a shelf. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2014 #11
Women would either run or would cause a laugh riot. L0oniX Jun 2014 #14
Is it part of a well regulated militia? Nt. thucythucy Jun 2014 #15
Someone with a gun might shoot it off.... yuiyoshida Jun 2014 #16
Shoot it off ... lpbk2713 Jun 2014 #91
firecrackers? yuiyoshida Jun 2014 #102
Hay! Go for it, No problem................ wandy Jun 2014 #17
pursuit of happiness is not in the constitution... lame54 Jun 2014 #18
Doesn't the 2nd Amendment protect your right to bare your baby arm corkhead Jun 2014 #19
as long as you don't scare the horses Douglas Carpenter Jun 2014 #21
Or the sheep! RKP5637 Jun 2014 #35
I could insult you for various valid reasons, but I won't. Jenoch Jun 2014 #22
Guns are the epitome of indecent. hunter Jun 2014 #24
Where are you seeing naked people in public? Jenoch Jun 2014 #50
San Francisco most recently. hunter Jun 2014 #57
You couldn't possibly insult me. Atman Jun 2014 #39
I do not think open carrying of rifles into Target is ok. Jenoch Jun 2014 #49
So, I guessed you totally miss the point. Atman Jun 2014 #51
I do not think the analogy works. Jenoch Jun 2014 #53
And there are gun nuts who walk into movie theaters. Atman Jun 2014 #54
I honestly do not see a comparison. Jenoch Jun 2014 #55
Of course you don't. Atman Jun 2014 #58
Are you an ESL student? Jenoch Jun 2014 #61
I get that. Atman Jun 2014 #67
Personally, I would rather see men open carrying guns Jenoch Jun 2014 #68
An open-carry dick has absolutely no potential of killing you. Atman Jun 2014 #69
I never wrote that I was afraid of seeing your penis in Target. Jenoch Jun 2014 #70
"I was tired of this exchange several posts ago." Atman Jun 2014 #71
"Penises, which will harm no one unless a lot of effort is used,..." Lonusca Jun 2014 #77
Why is seeing a penis in public indecent? uppityperson Jun 2014 #66
Laws Jenoch Jun 2014 #79
Why do laws say that? uppityperson Jun 2014 #81
https://www.google.com/ Jenoch Jun 2014 #82
You have no opinion? uppityperson Jun 2014 #84
I do not. Jenoch Jun 2014 #88
yet you "could insult you for various valid reasons, but I won't". Odd uppityperson Jun 2014 #90
I do not have an interest in replying you. Jenoch Jun 2014 #92
No interest, yet you continue to do so. uppityperson Jun 2014 #94
go do it, you'll get a lot more attention that way. NM_Birder Jun 2014 #23
It wouldn't work for the gun lovers. randome Jun 2014 #26
Dick's sporting goods... pipi_k Jun 2014 #27
People at Dick's Sporting Goods work hard. Lint Head Jun 2014 #32
That's where Dick Hertz works. madinmaryland Jun 2014 #52
LOL! Lint Head Jun 2014 #83
It's going to take all of us to get this reversed. Cleita Jun 2014 #33
If it's not loaded and you don't point it at anyone it should be OK. Lint Head Jun 2014 #34
Don't get too close to any power tools nt IronLionZion Jun 2014 #37
Vacuum cleaners are the most dangerous power tool dickthegrouch Jun 2014 #47
You may. There will be consequences, however. Let us know how it goes... LanternWaste Jun 2014 #38
OP is best read in King Missle Detachable Penis voice. uncle ray Jun 2014 #40
This cartoon is on point Gothmog Jun 2014 #41
Only cops should be allowed to walk around with their dick hanging out. Dr. Strange Jun 2014 #44
They would rather just walk around being dicks. ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2014 #62
Because no one would notice you. winter is coming Jun 2014 #46
Ok, this gives me an opportunity to post one of my favorite dick jokes quinnox Jun 2014 #48
If a penis is twelve inches ... 1000words Jun 2014 #73
We should not use the word "gun" again? kentuck Jun 2014 #60
Because the USA culture accepts viewing violence as fine and fears viewing sex uppityperson Jun 2014 #63
You've got it! KT2000 Jun 2014 #65
Because Target is a private company, and they can set their rules Reter Jun 2014 #72
Going to Target for a few things sarisataka Jun 2014 #75
Nope... sarisataka Jun 2014 #93
Did you look hard enough? IronLionZion Jun 2014 #96
I don't like showing off sarisataka Jun 2014 #97
Wrong store donco Jun 2014 #76
Target is okay; just don't try it at Kohl's. dawg Jun 2014 #80
Are you a republican? rock Jun 2014 #85
Ah yes; the old "totally serious" post. onenote Jun 2014 #86
Because that would be obscene. superpatriotman Jun 2014 #87
I agree you should be able to dress as you please, including not at all. TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #89
Well you do run a bit of a risk TheOldColonel Jun 2014 #99
A dildo might be worth a shot. GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #103

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
2. What the hell is wrong with you?
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 07:17 AM
Jun 2014

Just strap on an AR-15 or an AK, man. Then you can shoot all the dick-haters.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
3. Violence is normal and healthy. Sex is shameful and dirty and obscene.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 07:28 AM
Jun 2014

Example: movies
Bloody violence is okay, male sexuality is okay (if he's good-looking and/or funny), female sexuality is not okay (unless it can be masturbated to), homosexual sex-activities are not okay (never-ever).
http://www.cracked.com/article_21151_6-bizarre-realities-how-movies-get-their-ratings_p2.html

Example: The generic bed-scene after sex: A man and a woman just fucked, but both never bothered to take her bra off. (Dry-humping good, nipples bad.)

Example: A generic action-scene: Good guy shoots faceless evil henchman. Faceless evil henchman collapses onto the floor. A human being just died. Yawn.

And while physical sexuality is strictly regulated, movies are getting more and more violent and nobody cares.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2013/11/06/peds.2013-1600.full.pdf+html

dickthegrouch

(3,151 posts)
43. What about TV news?
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:06 PM
Jun 2014

We are treated to footage of terrorists-du-jour pointing guns and shooting them at something virtually every night on TV news. No-one considers that obscene (except me, apparently).

Initech

(99,915 posts)
59. Or as Fry on Futurama put it:
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:59 PM
Jun 2014

"Well thanks to the internet I'm officially bored with sex. Is there any place that caters to my lust for violence?"

Behind the Aegis

(53,833 posts)
74. The following movie explains it in great detail.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:53 PM
Jun 2014
This Film is Not Yet Rated

It touches on the whole violence vs. sex thing too, but you summed it up nicely.
 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
6. Most people would just go up to the front desk if they needed assistance.....
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 07:59 AM
Jun 2014

...but hey, your way might work too! Give it a shot and let us know how things worked out, okay?

- K&R

 

PeoViejo

(2,178 posts)
7. The fact that you can walk around with your Dick hanging-out
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 08:16 AM
Jun 2014

just proves you don't need an Assault Rifle.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
25. In the 60s and 70s you could at least go into a store without a shirt.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 10:13 AM
Jun 2014

That all changed once the Reagan-ites came to power. That's about when hair styles started getting shorter, too. It was like the rebel generation gave up.

And now look where we are.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

 

Demo_Chris

(6,234 posts)
45. The rebels today are carrying rifles despite the outrage of 'decent' people...
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:10 PM
Jun 2014

The hippies got haircuts, elected Reagan and Clinton, voted for free trade, bought McMansions, trashed the social safety net, wracked up twenty trillion in debt, installed the most invasive domestic surveillance network in human history, and demonstrate every single fucking day that there is nothing...

Literally nothing...

That doesn't send them into fits of pant's wetting terror and outrage.

I now live in Texas but I travel all over the south. If I have seen someone with a rifle it didn't raise enough concern to even register in my memory. But that's just me, and I have more important things to worry about.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
29. Move to Vermont...
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 10:19 AM
Jun 2014

The only state in the union without any anti-nudity laws. The public utility company actually owns a reservoir which is open to the public -- and has a nude beach, a clothed beach, and even a giant wind farm. Socialist heaven! I've never seen Bernie Sanders at the nude be, though.

sarisataka

(18,220 posts)
95. Vermont also has no
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 02:52 PM
Jun 2014

restrictions on purchasing or carrying firearms. Anyone not otherwise prohibited may carry open or concealed- no permit needed.

Interesting, isn't it, for a socialist heaven

Atman

(31,464 posts)
105. One of my favorite stores in Vermont, Singleton's
Sat Jun 7, 2014, 09:57 AM
Jun 2014

Near Okemo mountain...they proudly promote Alcohol, Firearms, Smoke Meat.

It's like parody sketch from SNL or something. They literally have a full liquor store ten feet away from the gun department. Anyone in Vermont can buy a gun...but you can't drive across the state lines with it. Pick up a handle of tequila and a longarm, and some smoked elk meat while your at it. There is also a section selling Carhart work clothes, and hiking boots.

The store is awesome. If only they sold porn it would be one-stop shopping.

thucythucy

(7,986 posts)
15. Is it part of a well regulated militia? Nt.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 08:57 AM
Jun 2014

You know, like all those open carry guys, so busy defending our Free-dumb?

wandy

(3,539 posts)
17. Hay! Go for it, No problem................
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 09:02 AM
Jun 2014

You know you're a 'good guy' with a dick. You're not going to like point it at the cashier and demand money or nothing. You're not going to take hostages with it. You're not going to kidnap an heiress or threaten her with a .......
You're the 'good guy' with a dick.
The only problem I think you might have is if you run across a 'bad guy' with a dick.

Oh hell, stand you're ground. Just piss on 'em.

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
22. I could insult you for various valid reasons, but I won't.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 09:27 AM
Jun 2014

There are indecency laws, but I believe you know that.

hunter

(38,264 posts)
24. Guns are the epitome of indecent.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 10:06 AM
Jun 2014

There are very few decent uses for guns, none of them so fun as casual nudity, "indecent" clothing, or enthusiastically consensual sex.

Fondling a gun, brandishing a gun, openly carrying a gun, shooting animals for "fun" (not for food), etc., all these activities are disgusting.

I'd much rather see naked people walking about in public (and I frequently do) than people walking around with guns.

hunter

(38,264 posts)
57. San Francisco most recently.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:56 PM
Jun 2014

Sadly, big money is pushing many interesting people out of the City.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
39. You couldn't possibly insult me.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 11:18 AM
Jun 2014

Because you have no valid reasons.

You think my penis, an appendage I was born with, is "indecent," but some guy carrying a longarm in a Target is perfectly okay? You can be reasonably sure I won't do much harm with my penis hanging out of my shorts, but that guy with the gun can take you out in a heartbeat. You'd never even know, you'd never see it coming. At least you'd see my weenie get hard before I could do any harm with it.

I know this all sounds totally absurd, but that is the point. We march on Target to demand our right to carry weapons of mass personal destruction, but we're outraged if people see a penis. Or breasts, or vaginas, or whatever.

So, seriously...why shouldn't I be allowed to walk around Target with no pants, if it's perfectly okay to walk around Target with an AR-15? I breathlessly await your answer.

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
49. I do not think open carrying of rifles into Target is ok.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:31 PM
Jun 2014

If I were Target, I would put signs up saying open carrying of guns in Target is banned. I just think your analogy is ridiculous. Why would you expose yourself in Target and become a registered sex offender?

Atman

(31,464 posts)
51. So, I guessed you totally miss the point.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:39 PM
Jun 2014

Why is a particular part of my body a crime, yet will otherwise harm no one (unless I take some criminal action which would probably go noticed in a Target store). But it will put me on a "registry" for the rest of my life just for exposing it, and then mean I can't rent an apartment or get a mortgage forever...but if I carry a rifle into the toy department of Target, I'm all good.

You don't see how this is totally fucked up? Really?

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
53. I do not think the analogy works.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:44 PM
Jun 2014

I am opposed to open carry. I just think you should make your point in a different manner. There are pedophiles out there doing shit like what you suggest.

I believe the guys carrying rifles into Target are idiots and Target should change their policy.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
54. And there are gun nuts who walk into movie theaters.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:47 PM
Jun 2014

You honestly don't see a comparison?

And no, I have never, ever heard of a group of men walking into Target with their dicks hanging out. Ever. You're welcome to point out where I'm wrong on this one.

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
55. I honestly do not see a comparison.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:49 PM
Jun 2014

I understand the point you are attempting to make, I just don't think it a valid comparison.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
58. Of course you don't.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:57 PM
Jun 2014

Penises, which will harm no one unless a lot of effort is used, are evil, terrible, and will destroy children if they merely look at them. They must be made criminal. But if you carry a weapon into a public place, a weapon capable of killing twenty people in five seconds, that's all cool with you. Don't look at my weenie...but suck on this rifle barrel. Don't get me wrong, I'm not seriously advocating we should be walking around with our dicks hanging out. I'm just curious as to how you find a lethal weapon (the gun, btw) is okay in Target, but we can't ever see a penis, which roughly 50% of the population already has. Or a vagina, for that matter. Why do you accept weapons in Target, but you're outraged at genitalia? I'm just looking for some sort of rational explanation.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
67. I get that.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:05 PM
Jun 2014

Then please don't try to tell me there is no analogy. Why are you uncomfortable with seeing a group of men walking around Target with their dicks hanging out? You don't like open carry, I get that. Why can't I open carry my dick, if these people think it's okay to open carry firearms? Which is more likely to kill you?

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
68. Personally, I would rather see men open carrying guns
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:20 PM
Jun 2014

rather than me seeing their dicks hanging out.

I am not particularly afraid of guns in this situation. I probably would approach them and tell them they are not helping any 'guns rights' cause by open carrying in Target.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
69. An open-carry dick has absolutely no potential of killing you.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:25 PM
Jun 2014

You might not like to see it, but that is because of how our culture raised you. What is the worst that can happen? You go "Ewe!" Someone pees on you (yes, very gross, but you're still alive). But what if that guy with the AR-15 is actually there to shoot up the store and no one does anything because, you know, he has the right to carry his AR-15? I find your fear of penises far more irrational than your fear of the guns which could kill your entire family in a couple of seconds -- you know, that loving husband and the adorable kids who were all created with the help of a penis.

Think about it.

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
70. I never wrote that I was afraid of seeing your penis in Target.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:33 PM
Jun 2014

I also said I am opposed to open carrying of guns in Target.

How long are you going to keep this up? I was tired of this exchange several posts ago.

Good luck with exposing yourself in Target. I'll be checking the news to see how it goes for you.

Lonusca

(202 posts)
77. "Penises, which will harm no one unless a lot of effort is used,..."
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 02:00 PM
Jun 2014

I don't think that's what I have been reading here lately.

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
90. yet you "could insult you for various valid reasons, but I won't". Odd
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 02:30 PM
Jun 2014

You could insult the OP about their post, yet have no opinion.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
26. It wouldn't work for the gun lovers.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 10:15 AM
Jun 2014

Their guns are in direct disproportion to their dicks so you'd have to squint to see anything.

(btw, I am not dissing all who prefer to keep guns on their persons, including DUers who have expressed the same sentiment without trying to scare the shit out of people around them.)
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
33. It's going to take all of us to get this reversed.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 10:23 AM
Jun 2014

Although we don't have open carry in California, we do have Wal-Mart and Target. I am writing them to tell them that I refuse to shop for my toiletries and towels in a store that carries guns and ammo. Guns should be sold in gun shops not retail stores that also sell toys and household goods. Even if we can't get our lawmakers to do the right thing, maybe we can get the stores to by appealing to their profit motives, In states like Texas I hope people boycott stores and restaurants who don't have a policy against armed men wandering around their stores.

dickthegrouch

(3,151 posts)
47. Vacuum cleaners are the most dangerous power tool
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:11 PM
Jun 2014

There are more treated injuries to male members from vacuum cleaners than anything else in the hospitals.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
38. You may. There will be consequences, however. Let us know how it goes...
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 10:55 AM
Jun 2014

You may. There will be consequences, however. Let us know how it goes...

 

quinnox

(20,600 posts)
48. Ok, this gives me an opportunity to post one of my favorite dick jokes
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:25 PM
Jun 2014

A farmer walks into a bar, an old codger, leading a horse, and yells, "I'll give a hundred dollars to anyone who can make my horse laugh!"

A man sitting near the bar stands up, and says, "I'll do it!"

The man leads the horse back into the men's restroom. About 10 seconds later, a loud, distinctive horse laugh is heard. The man emerges from the restroom with the horse.

The farmer yells, "Well, I'll be! How about double or nothing. If you can make my horse cry, I'll give you two hundred dollars!"

The man smiles and says, "You're on!" He then leads the horse back into the men's restroom.

About 20 seconds later, the man emerges, leading the horse, and tears can clearly be seen streaming down the horses snout.

The farmer exclaims, "Well, I'll be! How in tarnation did you do it?"

The man replies, "First, I told your horse that my dick was bigger than his, and then I showed it to him."

KT2000

(20,544 posts)
65. You've got it!
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:03 PM
Jun 2014

These a flashers and nothing more - except that they can be extremely dangerous. If they get a reaction - they are powerful - except of course if they are there to kill you.

 

Reter

(2,188 posts)
72. Because Target is a private company, and they can set their rules
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:45 PM
Jun 2014

However, I am all for legal nudity any where in public.

sarisataka

(18,220 posts)
97. I don't like showing off
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 03:27 PM
Jun 2014

so I carried the 24 pack of TP in front of my waist
*
*
*
*
*


Wait- that's not what you were saying was it?

onenote

(42,383 posts)
86. Ah yes; the old "totally serious" post.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 02:22 PM
Jun 2014

Which generally means the poster is anything but.

The law (in a sadly growing number of jurisdictions) allows people to walk around a store carrying a gun. That's a bad law.
The law (in every jurisdiction I know of) does not allow people to walk around a store with their dicks out. That's a good law.

So the reason you can't walk around the store with your dick out but can walk around it carrying a gun is that a good law prevents the former and a bad law prevents the latter. If you think working to change the good law will help change the bad law, I wish you well, even though there's not a chance in hell it will.

TheKentuckian

(24,949 posts)
89. I agree you should be able to dress as you please, including not at all.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 02:29 PM
Jun 2014

You'll have to work out the reaction to following a mom and her kids in the store with your cock in the breeze though.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Totally serious...why can...