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Interesting looking project and I’ll probably try printing it out and experimenting with it, but as an aside Why is the maker and her site so porny but not po

by lovich 2y ago

Interesting looking project and I’ll probably try printing it out and experimenting with it, but as an aside Why is the maker and her site so porny but not porn? I thought I had clicked the wrong Instagram link and had ended up on an Only Fans model with all the downblouse shots, but it’s never mentioned or sold, just talks about the project.

28304283409234 2y ago
> Why is the maker and her site so porny but not porn? Sex sells. The logo is a breast with nipple.
- lovich 2y ago
  I guess I’m surprised at how quaint the commercialization is then.
philsnow 2y ago
You’re getting downvoted but I’m similarly put off by the gratuitous downblouse and upskirt shots (at least in the first underware video [0] which is itself referred to from the linked video). I was more put off by how long the video is and how little the actual underware system is on display. It seems more like a branding exercise for the person in the video. Contrast that to the tirst gridfinity video [1] which yea also has terrible puns and wordplay, but which spends way more time showing off the project. [0] https://youtu.be/0TT96b98YZY https://youtu.be/0TT96b98YZY
- lovich 2y ago
  I wouldn’t even say put off. I’d say more that I’d been trained by the last couple of years of the general internet that if signs like that exist there’s an upcoming affiliate link or link page you ignore. Almost pleasantly surprised that it was legitimately background to the concept and not yet another monetization strategy
MikeTheGreat 2y ago
For what it's worth, I had the same reaction as you. The still image of the YouTube video prominently features a woman standing, arms spread, with her nipples clearly visible because she's not wearing a bra under her shirt. Other comments here shed some light on this. Apparently the original creator was aiming to create a system that managed the wires under her desk, and named it underwire. An underwire is a part of some bras, which is how they got to the suggestive branding. It looks like this is version 2.0 of the project / a fork of the project so they changed the name slightly to underware, as in 'hardware under your desk, to manage wires' So it's a bit off for me (use sex to sell beer; tell me I'm smart to sell nerd stuff) but at least it makes sense now. Hope that helps!
- innermatrix 2y ago
  If you think that a woman has to meet a modesty standard that you decided on in order to participate in "nerd stuff", then you are the one with the problem.
innermatrix 2y ago
The website has pictures of a woman wearing perfectly normal woman clothes that many women wear every day, doing things that many women do every day. If that is giving you porn vibes, then that's a you problem.
- throwawayawawo 2y ago
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tt_dev 2y ago
Same I thought it was some type of NFSW content so did not bother to play the video.

by lovich 2y ago

28304283409234 2y ago

> Why is the maker and her site so porny but not porn? Sex sells. The logo is a breast with nipple.

lovich 2y ago
I guess I’m surprised at how quaint the commercialization is then.

philsnow 2y ago

You’re getting downvoted but I’m similarly put off by the gratuitous downblouse and upskirt shots (at least in the first underware video [0] which is itself referred to from the linked video). I was more put off by how long the video is and how little the actual underware system is on display. It seems more like a branding exercise for the person in the video. Contrast that to the tirst gridfinity video [1] which yea also has terrible puns and wordplay, but which spends way more time showing off the project. [0] https://youtu.be/0TT96b98YZY https://youtu.be/0TT96b98YZY

lovich 2y ago
I wouldn’t even say put off. I’d say more that I’d been trained by the last couple of years of the general internet that if signs like that exist there’s an upcoming affiliate link or link page you ignore. Almost pleasantly surprised that it was legitimately background to the concept and not yet another monetization strategy

MikeTheGreat 2y ago

For what it's worth, I had the same reaction as you. The still image of the YouTube video prominently features a woman standing, arms spread, with her nipples clearly visible because she's not wearing a bra under her shirt. Other comments here shed some light on this. Apparently the original creator was aiming to create a system that managed the wires under her desk, and named it underwire. An underwire is a part of some bras, which is how they got to the suggestive branding. It looks like this is version 2.0 of the project / a fork of the project so they changed the name slightly to underware, as in 'hardware under your desk, to manage wires' So it's a bit off for me (use sex to sell beer; tell me I'm smart to sell nerd stuff) but at least it makes sense now. Hope that helps!

innermatrix 2y ago
If you think that a woman has to meet a modesty standard that you decided on in order to participate in "nerd stuff", then you are the one with the problem.

innermatrix 2y ago

The website has pictures of a woman wearing perfectly normal woman clothes that many women wear every day, doing things that many women do every day. If that is giving you porn vibes, then that's a you problem.

throwawayawawo 2y ago
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tt_dev 2y ago

Same I thought it was some type of NFSW content so did not bother to play the video.