{"id":4728,"date":"2010-12-20T06:45:57","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T11:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=4728"},"modified":"2010-12-20T00:47:19","modified_gmt":"2010-12-20T05:47:19","slug":"superhero-underwear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/12\/20\/superhero-underwear\/","title":{"rendered":"Superhero Underwear: If you buy these, please don&#8217;t tell me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While shopping at Wal-Mart this past weekend, I stumbled across these superhero briefs for men.\u00a0 Yes, these are for adults.\u00a0 They look like overgrown Underoos.\u00a0 While I&#8217;m always thrilled to find superhero apparel, these are not something I would wear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Superman underwear\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/underwear_superman.jpg\" alt=\"Superman underwear\" width=\"400\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Batman underwear\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/underwear_batman.jpg\" alt=\"Batman underwear\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Spider-Man underwear\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/underwear_spiderman.jpg\" alt=\"Spider-Man underwear\" width=\"400\" height=\"321\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Iron Man Underwear\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/underwear_ironman.jpg\" alt=\"Iron Man Underwear\" width=\"400\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Green Lantern underwear\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/underwear_greenlantern.jpg\" alt=\"Green Lantern underwear\" width=\"400\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Captain America underwear\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/underwear_captainamerica.jpg\" alt=\"Captain America underwear\" width=\"400\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Flash Underwear\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/underwear_flash.jpg\" alt=\"Flash Underwear\" width=\"400\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This takes scaring away the ladies and reinforcing stereotypes to a whole new level.\u00a0\u00a0 And just in case the <em>Star Wars<\/em> geeks were feeling left out&#8230; Nothing says stud quite like Darth Vader on your junk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Darth Vader underwear\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/underwear_darthvader.jpg\" alt=\"Darth Vader underwear\" width=\"400\" height=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Y&#8217;know, there is somewhat of a double-standard here.\u00a0 These briefs for guys are pretty embarrassing.\u00a0 However, superhero briefs for girls are pretty darn sexy.\u00a0 As the following picture proves&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Supergirl underwear\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/underwear_supergirl.jpg\" alt=\"Supergirl underwear\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yeah, those work much better on the ladies.\u00a0 Sorry boys!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world 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