In a desperate bid to become influencers, thousands of people take to TikTok daily to share thoughts that nobody needed to hear on topics nobody wants to discuss. It’s becoming a real problem. You’re not a thought leader, you’re a middle-aged woman with too much time on your hands in desperate need of a more productive hobby. But I digress.

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One such woman recently posted a now-deleted video in which she let everyone know that just because crop tops are “in” “doesn’t necessarily mean they look good on you.” The stitches started coming almost immediately and didn’t stop, with one woman posting a video in a crop top and using her belly rolls to deliver an important message to the OP about minding her own business.

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Another creator, who runs a New Orleans-based fashion label that specializes in “wearable fun,” offered a different perspective, sharing the story of a 40-year-old plus-sized customer who’d never felt comfortable wearing cropped shirts until she bought one of their sequinned tops for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, where she received dozens of compliments from fellow Swifties throughout the night and left feeling significantly more confident in herself.

Part of the problem is people are always going to have different tastes when it comes to clothing, but more than that, people have different ideas about what looks best, with more and more people opting for clothes that represent their personalities and styles best over clothing that necessarily “flatters” their body type.

@2guysandsomeland I think all chicks look good in crop tops #foryou #chicks #chickens #ducks #geese ♬ MOUNTAIN BANJO - Abaco

One man even weighed in on the conversation, posting a video of him walking around his farm and letting all of his birds (literal birds, not British women) know that, regardless of their size, he thinks they would look good in a crop top. He even so far as to dress a tiny bird in a tiny crop top, and it does, indeed, look incredibly adorable, proving that crop tops are for everyone — and apparently, everything.

Case closed!