- Is it weird that I don't think you guys
look weird with chokers on?
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- I'm wearing chokers for a whole damn day today.
- This is such a 90's trend.
I really hope that I can pull it off.
- I am so afraid to put on a necklace!
- I remember high school they used to wear a lot.
It was cool, or it was hot, it was sexy.
- Everyone should wear what they're comfortable wearing,
regardless of who it's designed for.
- This one looks like a bikini bottom!
- It looks like my ex girlfriends thong.
- This looks like lingerie. Like, this is something I would
hope my girlfriend would wear for me on Valentine's day.
- You imagine going on a date with this?
"Oh hey, what's up, baby?"
(laughter)
Na, this is my choker.
You want to share it, we can share it.
(laughs)
- You got like your choker with a dangle situation, right?
These two just kinda like hang low?
Is that how this one works?
- There's some chokers out that I would definitely not wear.
I'm not gonna walk around with "love" on my damn neck.
- Love!
Haha, I love this one, holy crap.
I love love!
- I want to wear this one.
I feel like this is the classic choker.
Yeah.
(sighs)
- This is gonna be the one I'm picking.
This looks like some dominatrix stuff, yo.
You ever put a muzzle on a dog, and they look at you
like they feel betrayed, by you?
Now I know how my dog feels when I put a muzzle on em.
(laughs)
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- You look like a little sex toy man!
This is dangerous cuz like these are just gonna be like,
come here guy, come here.
- We could just pull you around the office like this.
- I don't like it.
I don't like it on you, specifically.
I look at you as the all american boy, and I
certainly don't see a choker on an all american boy.
- I just walked past the valet attendants,
who are pretty tough guys and they said,
"What's up, brother?"
And I felt very insecure about this choker on my throat,
so I blew a big ole snot rocket, to make my self seem
more manly.
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- I'm getting vibes of like, a little puppy.
But, then also like a BDSM, and I've never seen
those two so close together.
- Every time someone walks by, I'm hiding like
- The thing that I learned is that fashion and wearing
things is just about like how confident you are.
So, if you feel confident in it, and you exude that,
then people aren't gonna bat an eye.
They're gonna be like,
"Oh, why didn't I think of that first?"
- I'm not mad at it.
Um, I'm less mad at it on you than I was on Ben.
On you it looks like, alternative.
Different, fun, edgy.
- I like being edgy. - [Ben] Yeah.
- [Ben] Own it!
(laughter)
- Edgy?
(laughter)
- I like that he's edging it out a little bit.
Like, he is a very, like, all american boy,
like could model for Abercrombie, but this is a
little like, I could model for Urban Outfitters.
- Or Hot Topic.
- No, not Hot Topic!
- It's very BDSM.
I would wear it but not in public.
Probably in the bedroom.
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- I've been avoiding walking out of here.
And I see this guy without his choker.
- I took it off for one minute.
- Oh hell no!
(laughter)
- I've been wearing this all day,
and these guys aint wearing it.
I deserve a raise.
(deep bass)
- I want to show Annie the new look.
- It's kind of cool because you have your tattoo
poking through.
I definitely would never want you to wear it, ever again.
- I'm going to be wearing it when we go to dinner later.
- I like it.
It looks cool on you.
And coming from someone who wears chokers all the time,
like, I think it looks cute!
(deep base synth)
- I think I prefer you without chokers, but if you
really want to wear them we can find one that doesn't
say "love" across it.
(laughter)
- [Mike] What's the matter with love?
I feel like you of all people would ...
- I love love, I just don't love your choker!
- Here we are, at the darkest restaurant possible.
I'm pretty sure Annie picked it so no one else
could see my choker.
- I walked in, honestly slightly embarrassed.
I wanted to tell him to take it off.
There were two guys standing in the corner,
that were just kind of looking and smiling,
and I wanted to say like,
"Oh, it's for a joke, it's for a video."
But I just had this quick realization,
I don't care and Ben shouldn't care.
People deal with this every day, where they want to wear
something but they're afraid that they're gonna be judged.
Just rock it.
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- So I just had dinner with my girlfriend's father,
and I felt very insecure about my choker.
I wanted him to like me,
and I found myself hiding my throat.
Because I didn't want him to look at me.
- He liked him no matter what.
- He likes my personality, but I definitely felt insecure.
It's just something I got to work on.
- So, I made it through the day.
It's definitely not something that
I would ever want to do again.
It's not really my style, but I still
think it was a good lesson in just trying
not to care about what other people think.
Getting out of my comfort zone, and if other
guys want to do this, I say go for it.
- Wearing the choker all day, it was weird,
the attention I was getting.
I think I was getting more attention because this choker
looks more sexual than anything.
The person who motivated me the most was Chantelle.
- One thing that I've found, is like,
if we weren't socialized to care then we wouldn't care.
So, just don't care.
- You know?
You know what I'm saying!
- Ooooooh.
Oh man, every time I talk I can feel my love bouncing.
This doesn't feel right.
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