Yeah, those are pretty stupid, too. If her prom was full of this, then I guess she has a gripe. When I was in high school we were all in black tuxes and stylish dress, with colored bow ties and cumberbunds the only major variations, other than a few bitter cranks, who I guess would be goths these days.
But then most of us also had taste and took pride in our appearance, instead of wearing scruffy rags, plumber's crack fall-down pants, and greasy wakeup hair.
IMHO the young lady needs supported in this. Some of the FReepJerks need to relook their reasons for being on Free Republic. Seems like the libs are invading here more than ever.