Receiving a regular column on a popular gay Asian website's quite an honor. That's why Fridae's newest homo-journo, Jonathan Zhang used his first weekly installment to discuss one of Gayville's most pressing topics: underwear.

It may seem like a frivolous topic, but underwear's the unsung sartorial - not to mention social - hero. As Zhang points out, the right pair of undies can boost your confidence, your crotch and/or your crack. But, of course, those are mere superficialities:

...The most practical aspect of a good pair of undies would be that they make great conversational topics. I’m sure everyone has experienced that great big ominous silence when conversation topics have run dry... Well, just let me say that it did get me out of a ‘tight social spot’ now and then, by suggesting the following activity:

‘Okay, let’s play a game. Guess what is the colour of my underwear?’

But, as Zhang's quick to point out, it's not the underwear that makes the man, "[It's] what’s inside that matters. Inside your ass, that is." A boy after our own fart. Oh, we mean, heart.

ah men! under where? [Fridae]
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