I just had a hilarious time reading the other conversation where people, in all seriousness, go: “I have tastefully picked Star Wars posters hung on my wall, all in matching frames. I would never date someone who has unframed posters.”
Seriously you guys?
Here’s what I have on my walls:
Two museum-quality framings of art by different artists, one a collage technique piece from a 1970’s Mexian artist and another a litograph by an artist from my country. A large unframed poster attached on the wall by one small nail, so that the folds in the paper allow it to hang in a three-dimensional form. It is an invitation to an event and depicts the face of an unknown young man (a photograph). One extra large (140×150 cm) unframed graphic poster laminated on a board.
If I met someone who has Star Wars posters in their living room, no matter how utterly tastefully framed, It would be a turn-off, but I would never be on reddit telling others not to date someone like that. I find such behaviour.. juvenile.
Anyway, out of curiosity, if you feel like unframed posters make someone undateable, does that go for my setup too?
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Yeah, those posters deserve better. It’ll help them age and keep better if you frame them.
I used to think posters were just for teens or college dorms, but honestly, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve started to appreciate them again—just in a different way. Back in my 20s, I had a bunch of random band posters slapped on the walls with thumbtacks, nothing matched and it kinda looked like a teenager’s room. But now, in my 30s, I actually enjoy framing posters or prints that mean something to me. I’ve got a vintage-style travel poster from a trip to Iceland and a couple minimalist movie prints in my office, and they look great without feeling juvenile.
What’s funny is my boyfriend still has this giant Star Wars poster in his home office and at first I kinda rolled my eyes, but now it’s just… him. It fits his space and his vibe, and I think that’s what matters most. As long as it’s not just taped up and curling off the walls, I feel like posters can totally still have a place in adult spaces. Style just evolves, y’know? It’s not about what’s “mature” or not—it’s about what makes your space feel like you.
Um. Hi. That was me. Apart from the bit where i said I would never date anyone who has unframed posters on their walls, i domt remember typing that bit……
All I said that imo it’s a sign of a lack of maturity or development in tastes. I could be wrong, sure. But don’t put words in my mouth. The reason I wouldn’t date that OP dude was because he had a poster of a straight up Lolita from an infamous movie where a preteen was HEAVILY sexualised.
Your setup doesn’t sound appealing to me tbh, but people are luckily allowed to like different things, and as long as this setup represents you and fits you well, it’s all great!
Our setup includes many lovely Displates linked to our favourite gaming franchises, mostly Fallout and Warhammer 40K. And it’s fitting to us and that makes it splendid as well.
Sounds less like you had a “hilarious” time reading the replies in the other thread and instead feel personally attacked because you feel like a stranger called your interior decoration juvenile.
Imo, posters can be nice – so long as they’re framed. Unframed posters – at my age – are a bit tacky.
An adult man who has a poster of an underage girl designed to be a Lolita is always a red flag though. Just no.
There’s too much going on here but lol I have posters on my wall and they’re just pinned down. No frames or whatever. Who cares, I like them