I dunno why people are so against this.
I liked when someone checked me out... it meant that for some reason this person paid interest in me and it often lead into a conversation.

It's not all about "your gear sucks" - there is actually a LOT of players that collect gear for looks and idle in them because they like the way it looks and have a totally different set for actual action.

To me it feels that people have very low self esteem if they feel that someone examining through them is rude. If you are wearing the gimpest gear in the universe, who cares, maybe your gear is work in progress?! No one makes laws about what SHOULD be worn and the people who claim they do are just morons who I wouldn't waste my time with anyway.
And if someone has time to critize, I am sure they then have time to help you improve your gear, that's what I always say to ppl who say my gear sucks XD

Furthermore, it's a game and one big aspect of it is gathering gear. This is not a real person going through your underwear drawer.