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Pro/Con/Pro: Wearing Fling Tanks

Kyla Balkan and Lila Gutstein Thursday, April 14, 2016Thu, Apr 14, 2016

It's the Thursday afternoon before Fling, which means only less than 24 hours before everyone stops wearing real clothes. The question is: are the tanks really worth it?

Con: You’re coming off your winter bod. Do you really want to be in a tank?

Pro: You can rep the cool clubs off which you derive your social value.

Con: But now everyone will know you’re in the fill-in-the-blank Undergrad Advisory Board.

Pro: Or it’s a sick humble brag. Now everyone will know which fraternity/sorority you’re in... jk your friends already know, and they’re annoyed by your cover photos.

Con: Fling tank designs are an issue. You’re just not as original as you think. #kygologo

Pro: You don’t have to plan your outfit.

Con: Or you’re giving up the opportunity to wear a cute festival outfit and tell everyone how you went to Coachella.

Con: Your Friday morning TA (who is aggressively threatening you if you skip class) will judge your semi-inappropriate-for-class outfit.

Pro: You’ll have a souvenir in your boring, post-grad life—you can make a quilt out of all those Fling tanks…or whatever. Pinterest that shit.

Con: You always end up with too many tanks. Every group you’re in is making one! Even your 3 person Yiddish class! You’ll end up spending all your money on tanks and have none left for fling alcohol! And you’re already droppin’ hundos on the pool party

Con: You definitely can’t wear it to the pool party, Evan Robinson will be taking pictures. #dresstoimpress.

Pro: Fling tanks are (usually) unisex. They defy gender norms.

Con: Ultimately, you’re just a pawn in our capitalist consumer culture. Let that sink in. *drops mic*