Paul FairieA List of Things People Blamed on Short Skirts
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Jerry 🦙💝🦙@paulisci wow. I had no idea miniskirts had such a major influence
Jenny Fx
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dantose 
xrvs
Old Man Mike@paulisci You seem to be skirting around the topic here…
A bend gules: dabbler in arts@paulisci would love to know the dates associated with these short skirts.
Are they ankle length short (possibly for an attendant of Queen Mary)? Mid calf? To the knee? Above the knee? Pre or post rationing?
Are they ankle length short (possibly for an attendant of Queen Mary)? Mid calf? To the knee? Above the knee? Pre or post rationing?
Tom McGinty@paulisci these threads remind me of this comic from xkcd https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2660:_Gen_Z
Bruce Acton 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦@paulisci you should start collecting a list of all the things they blame on Trans people, probably have enough for a short book at least.
Dr. Quadragon ❌@paulisci the short version: people, generally, are dipshits.
Simon I Groove musically@paulisci Insta-bought!
Aunt Eef@paulisci yeah, that worked out super well lol
Lot⁴⁹@paulisci And if women DON'T wear long skirts and turtlenecks, war is THEIR FAULT!
Algernon D'Ammassa@paulisci I want a freak renaissance.
¡a!n@paulisci "the jellybean auto vamps"
Illyana 🏳️⚧️@paulisci I see this as an absolute win.
Steven Molnar@paulisci I'm not sure I was ever a modest young man, but I was certainly lured from right thinking by the ungodly display of female ankles on the streets, so this one is not entirely wrong.
Madeline Konrad 🏳️⚧️ ⚢⚧🌹@paulisci this one is accurate, though 👌🥰
Steve Scotten@paulisci I’m saying this one is a feature, not a bug.
Virginicus@paulisci This one sounds credible.
Litzz11@paulisci Figures an economist came up with that crackpot idea.
Son Of Dave@paulisci nevermind the deafening roar of corduroy trousers
Ainebet@paulisci the painter one really means "Don't make me draw legs and knees! They're so much harder to draw than skirts!"
Strawberry🍓Sabotage@paulisci they know what they've done.
Keith Bohanna
Gizmogoblin@paulisci time to wear some short skirts!
CodieneC@paulisci Why am I not surprised
Halla Rempt@paulisci Well, looks like I, though I already have a bunch of short skirts, need to look for even more, even shorter skirts!
@paulisci This a spectacular thread.
Kevin Karhan 
@paulisci Basically:
Everything the #patriarchy, #MaleEngineers and #Sexists are actually at fault for!
Tansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉@paulisci this is awesome, am going to put a link in my next newsletter :)
Der Entgegner (Aka Ratatöskr)
Inc Hulk 🧪@paulisci I am old…. When my dad taught me to drive, one of the first lessons was that looking at girls legs causes distraction and accidents. He told me the cases of distracted men causing car accidents went up dramatically with mini skirts.