There is no suitable place for an Octopus to wear either pants or a skirt. Octopuses are almost entirely made of face. There is no torso, no waist, no lower body. We call the appendages around the mouth “arms” (not “legs”) but they are more analogous to prehensile whiskers. I think they would be more likely to wear a cap or headband. A balaclava would be interesting.
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An octopus with a helmet would be unstoppable
They'd wear swimsuits, of course. Who wears skirts or pants in the water?
Many octopodes can change the color and pattern of their skin at will.
Our clothing and tattoos are but crude facsimiles of their capabilities. Cephalopods have no need of such frivolities.
England would still force them to change into trousers on the mainland.
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....when a Scot wearing a kilt travelled to the mainland, they'd have to change into trousers, There's changerooms still standing along the coast....
That's fucked up...
Why wouldn’t they just wear stylish hats?
Now that's a proper hat. Shelter yourself and 6 of your friends from sun or rain!
Is that xxxxxxxxxxxxxxl or is it xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxl
Octopuses have 8 arms and no legs. They'd probably wear halter tops.
I guess an octopus skirt is more like a poncho.
Perfect. No notes.
Or a coat of arms.
How do you gild things here?
Why the fuck would octopuses have to wear clothes?! Come to think of it... why do humans have to wear clothes?
If that's the reason why are you doing it in summer?
If you say protection from sun, how about warm cloudy day?
wait - read your comment properly, but you can still get sunburned on a cloudy day.
Well, thousands of years ago my ancestors came into this place for some fucking reason, and noticed that being naked and hairless means you're cold at almost all times, save for a few exceptionally warm days in the summer, and in summer, you'd get sunburn or skin cancer, and be covered in ticks and mosquito stings.
They decided to fix their furlessness by wearing the furs they got from the animals they ate, and later discovered spinning, weaving, and sewing. As time went on, being naked became a taboo, and thus people kept wearing clothes even in occasions that don't require it.
And clothes do tend to have meaning beyond just protecting you from the cold and the sun and bugs. Style and social status.
I don't.
flaunts
You live in a warm place, I think
I think a big part of it began for survival. Since take this for example those living in colder environments after we lost our dense hair across our bodies. They had to wear things made from pelts. To sustain life in colder regions. Same goes for warm environments. The important areas of the body. It’s better to wear light clothing than get sunburn. Mainly if you don’t wish to go through the adaption to not need clothes. That’s gonna take 1000s of years of blisters, sunburns and more.
Beyond that. Let’s say you didn’t wear a shirt. Most times. People wear pants/shorts or something on their lower half for modesty and not to have their dick swinging. I mean have you ever thought how much of a nuisance it’d be. If you were running the jungles or forest with nothing holding that in. You’d slap that shit on trees, bush and sticks. That’s not fun. Alongside the bugs and more.
Now people here have mentioned hypothermia and myself. I can wear limited clothing in -1F. Barefoot shoes, Shorts and Tshirt enough to maintain a good balance.
Pants are a status symbol in octopus society. Custom tailored, and you have servants to help you put them on.
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They would mostly wear hats.
This is the place for my joke!
Did you hear about the man with five penises?
His pants fit LIKE A GLOVE!
It's even better if you tell it in a Sean Connery voice.
Ain't nobody got time to put 8 legs though 8 pant legs.
Maybe a tiny skirt on the arm that is a penis
octopodes ~~or octopi~~,
I mean octopuses is correct too, but less fun
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They'd probably just wear socks or 80's style leg warmers.
No they would wear an octuple of jeans.
Squiddly Diddly just Winnie The Pooed it
They'd wear four pairs of jeans and older octopuses would criticise them for sagging their waists.
They could always wear garter belts and suspenders
Yeah, checks out.
Toga toga
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