Kingfish
Regular Member
I have heard many times that one needs to have a "neat" and "clean cut" appearance if they are going to OC. I call BS on this.
It is my personal experience that choise of appearance has ZERO to do with if someone will be treated poorly while OCing....One might be treated better if clean shaven in khakis and a polo sportin a buzz cut (cop look) but I don't think this is a requirement to OC.
I am 40yo with long hair and a beard, over 6 foot tall and a bit overweight. In the evenings and weekends I wear unironed and sometimes tussled shorts, t-shirt and sandals or hiking boots. I look like an old hippy.
I don't freak out soccer moms and I don't get proned out by LE.
I have OCed in ripped old dirty clothes covered in grease going into town to get a starter for the old truck, noone ran screaming from the gas station or parts store.
If we want OC to become mainstream then we can't all try to look like cops. We need to be just ordinary folks.
If you wanna dress "nice" and be "clean cut" then that is great. But don't try to tell those of us who prefer comfort over style and choose not to shave that we shouldn't OC unless we conform to some kind of arbitrary standard.
It is my personal experience that choise of appearance has ZERO to do with if someone will be treated poorly while OCing....One might be treated better if clean shaven in khakis and a polo sportin a buzz cut (cop look) but I don't think this is a requirement to OC.
I am 40yo with long hair and a beard, over 6 foot tall and a bit overweight. In the evenings and weekends I wear unironed and sometimes tussled shorts, t-shirt and sandals or hiking boots. I look like an old hippy.
I don't freak out soccer moms and I don't get proned out by LE.
I have OCed in ripped old dirty clothes covered in grease going into town to get a starter for the old truck, noone ran screaming from the gas station or parts store.
If we want OC to become mainstream then we can't all try to look like cops. We need to be just ordinary folks.
If you wanna dress "nice" and be "clean cut" then that is great. But don't try to tell those of us who prefer comfort over style and choose not to shave that we shouldn't OC unless we conform to some kind of arbitrary standard.