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What i think is funny is all the threads in forums talking about how guys want to have more variety in the clothes they wear or things they do regarding their bodies. Shorter shorts, short shorts, kilts, skirts, mini skirts, long hair, earrings, nail polish, etc a lot of guys want to do any and/or all of these things. However even though tons of guys say "I want to" theyre overrruled by a small amount of people who say "eww" or "that looks gay". Are we the majority so controlled by a handful of ppl or do we not do it because deep down inside we agree with them?
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What i think is funny is all the threads in forums talking about how guys want to have more variety in the clothes they wear or things they do regarding their bodies. Shorter shorts, short shorts, kilts, skirts, mini skirts, long hair, earrings, nail polish, etc a lot of guys want to do any and/or all of these things. However even though tons of guys say "I want to" theyre overrruled by a small amount of people who say "eww" or "that looks gay". Are we the majority so controlled by a handful of ppl or do we not do it because deep down inside we agree with them?
I laugh when people talk about how individual they are. Maybe only 5-10% people truly think for themselves instead of just echoing what the mob says.
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yeah theyre individuals in the privacy of their own home. They change when they walk through the front door
I'm annoyed at how few are accepting of short shorts on men. Even supposedly 'open-minded' people. Do they have short memories? Why did nobody have a problem with that back in the 80s? The shorts today are more ridiculous if you ask me. What I find more peculiar is the dichotomy; women in the US and Australia under say 30 almost universally wear short shorts (that's the fashion), while men wear long shorts. In Europe longer shorts are more popular for women for some reason. They don't feel the pressure to always have to look sexy. In the past things were equal (for awhile in the 90s I noticed women favouring long shorts) but it's weird fashion is become less uni-sex in a way, as girls want to look more sexy. The casual 90s are out for females. That's why I often see lesbians wearing long shorts.
I'm annoyed at how few are accepting of short shorts on men. Even supposedly 'open-minded' people. Do they have short memories? Why did nobody have a problem with that back in the 80s? The shorts today are more ridiculous if you ask me. What I find more peculiar is the dichotomy; women in the US and Australia under say 30 almost universally wear short shorts (that's the fashion), while men wear long shorts. In Europe longer shorts are more popular for women for some reason. They don't feel the pressure to always have to look sexy. In the past things were equal (for awhile in the 90s I noticed women favouring long shorts) but it's weird fashion is become less uni-sex in a way, as girls want to look more sexy. The casual 90s are out for females. That's why I often see lesbians wearing long shorts.
when i was a kid i wore short shorts which was the norm. 1" inseams were not uncommon. Cutoff jeans were made as short as possible w/o exposing anything. Only problem was sitting on a seat that had been sitting in the sun all day. thigh burns galore. some of us bought bermudas or longer shorts so that we wouldnt get burnt but the majority of us either laid a towel down, sat down slowly, or didnt sit down at all.
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when i was a kid i wore short shorts which was the norm. 1" inseams were not uncommon. Cutoff jeans were made as short as possible w/o exposing anything. Only problem was sitting on a seat that had been sitting in the sun all day. thigh burns galore. some of us bought bermudas or longer shorts so that we wouldnt get burnt but the majority of us either laid a towel down, sat down slowly, or didnt sit down at all.
The heat can go through jeans too. Black pants in particular can really heat up, depending on the material.
Yeah even when I was a kid I wore short shorts but then kids do too. By the time I was 8 or so, though, the long short trend was well and truly here. Girls did wear short shorts but it was just as common to see them in long shorts. Boys still wore short shorts as late as the late 90s, actually. It took a decade for shortER shorts to slowly make a comeback for guys. In 2002-2003 I suddenly saw hotpants becoming ubiquitous for girls. It annoyed me because I was distracted being the teenage pervert I was, but how could I be blamed? Same as when they were wearing mini-skirts.
mini skirts and skinny jeans were the norm in the 80s. The longer shorts (then known as "jams" came out and ppl had mixed emotions about them. Denim mini skirts were the rave and if you wore jeans they had to be as tight on your ankles as possible. If they had any space you were teased about wearing bell bottoms. take any of these ppl wearing longer shorts of today send them back to the 80s and they would be laughed out of town.
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