Those dudes that wear shorts every single day

The best is seeing students, who I guess just ARE CLUELESS about temperature indicators, wearing shorts here in December because the sun is out. hahaha. Sometimes they're wearing flip-flops too, standing around McGill, pretending to drink coffee. It's not a ski resort, duderz.
(haha, xpost!)

I do this. I am also one of those fixed gear guys. Sometimes, I go completely dork and wear the ultimate in winter hiking meets fixie style: tights under mountain-biker short, with....GAITERS. FUCKING GAITERS.

FUNCTION, DOGGS.

....didn't know there this many ("this many") fixed riders here?

Said dude wore shorts, birkenstocks, and a JACKET and TIE to his dissertation defense. Jackass.

WHAT IS THE LOGIC BEHIND DUDES WHO ARE LIKE HUH IT'S RAINING OUT I GUESS I'LL PUT ON SOME SHORTS?

less clothes = less wet clothes?

or is it like 'it's wet out, these are sort of like a bathing suit'

because the thing about late-October rain in the UK is that, you know, besides being wet, it's cold also

Okay now there's a guy I see everyday smoking in front of CNET on 2nd street that's clearly an IT guy, in baggy-ass shorts and a HAWAIIAN shirt! Even in bitter-cold rain. Classic.

this dude works in my office he actually works in coding. he's a really good dude he's writing a novel and he's realyl funny i always try to get him put on projects im running even tho im pretty sure he has a drug problem and he takes a lot of personal days to fight over custody issues with his ex-wife.

I'm still cycling in shorts. Not sure how much longer it will last though.

Tom Ford: "A Man Should Never Wear Shorts In The City"

"A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach."

I only wear shorts if it's at least 75degs outside, but seriously, fuck that

"that" being: Tom Ford's advice

I am done clarifying now.

not taking sartorial advice from guy w/open shirt revealing chest hair

this looks worse than charlie sheen in baggy khaki surf shorts IMO

http://cdni.condenast.co.uk/240x360/s_v/tford03_gkesslerB.jpg

tom ford totally otm about this particular issue though

not taking sartorial advice from guy w/open shirt revealing chest hair

I'm all for this look, tbh. Though I hate Tom Ford.

idk just bc designers cant dress themselves doesnt mean they cant dress other ppl i mean come on galliano

tom ford totally otm about this particular issue though

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nope

shorts own

i guess i forgot how ugly dior menswear is

not much difference between walking around the city in shorts and walking around with no shirt on. gross.

Hahaha - Strongly Disagree.

Flip-flops as street wear are pretty questionable b/c there's a lot of muck on the ground and b/c guys' foot grooming rarely makes their feet viewable, but whatever, not unquestionably NAGL.

i've never really understood "omg feet gross"

unless you've got like a fungus thing

wish this was a picture thread

I'm not too much like that, plax, but sometimes long-ass toenails or dirty toenails are kind of gross to see.

Frogman H, me too. I'll work on that.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01553/postman_1553604c.jpg

Huh. "shorts in snow" resulted in two postmen already.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/04/01/article-1262690-08F20746000005DC-537_470x423.jpg

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/89/l_087a204f0d0b4606ac7b9ba79aaecc49.jpg

I'll just go ahead and believe she has two daddies and be happy with that belief.

I've softened on the "shorts in the city" issue, mostly because I just don't care that much anymore, plus Jeff wears shorts in the summer and looks super cuet HOWEVER flip flops in the city are illogical to me because of all the disgusting and terrible things on the street/trains, including but not limited to broken glass, phlegm globs, dog shit, and urine of indeterminate origin.

I didn't know you were opposed to shorts in the city!

More like "shorts on grown ups in urban settings." I am pretty sure there is archival ILX material re: my opinions on this issue. I basically changed my stance because Dan and Jeff (maybe you?) were like WTF, we wear shorts all the time and I was like oh, yeah, good point, dudes.

That guy's tongue in the picture you posted is disturbing me. Is that his tongue? Or is it a Vienna sausage?

people who care about other people wearing shorts need to seriously stfu and reassess their priorities in life

imo

shorts can be okay if they're above knee and don't have too many accoutrements

People who like Phish seem to love shorts.

Hey Tom Ford, a fashion designer should never direct films

Tom Ford and George Will should co-author a book on appropriate menswear.

Shorts just look ugly to me. Untidy, slovenly, idk.

perhaps if the shorts are not clean, or ragged and torn, yes

otherwise you need to stfu

Get a grip.

Shorts are pretty unarguably casual-wear. Some people find them inappropriate for all but the beach, and some people believe that their daily lives are the right level of casual for shorts-wearing. If you <3 shorts and you have organized your life to be that casual, congratulations. Please do not fool yourself, however, that your job, weddings, interviews, and all other occasions that do not occur in places such as your own home, the park, the mall, or a sports-related facility are good places to be really, really casual.

I find that to be a pretty level-headed and reasonable assessment, Laurel. (Though some workplaces (besides being a zookeeper or postal carrier or Flume operator at Six Flags) are just that casual.

I don't hate shorts at all! I just think that people who will wear them unthinkingly to anything tend to be annoying to me in other ways, too, for example they will like Phish or be stupid college boys or they'll be tourists who'll stop in the middle of an intersection to talk to their family members/look at a map. Just to tie a few other bitchy threads together. The blind spot about levels of formality/appropriateness is often also a blind spot in other things.

on the other hand, people who don't wear shorts are boring undersexed humorless windbags so take yr pick

Otoh if you are starting, like I kind of think Dan is, from a place where you think shorts SHOULD be acceptable attire whenever you want, and yr not rly interested in dealing with places or people who don't agree, then you're making yr life conform to your comfort w formality and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

My friend Courtney works in the finance industry where offices tend to be pretty conservative. She interviewed a candidate for an admin job who came in wearing "booty shorts." She also wore a bustier-style top with a bare midriff. I am comfortable saying that that choice of attire alone is enough to judge her as disqualified.

xp

I don't mean to speak for Dan, but I think he is coming from a place where he is hot in the summer and wears shorts because it is more comfortable. I have seen Dan in a variety of social settings requiring a range of sartorial formality, and he was always dressed appropriately.

I have in fact! seen wedding photos involving Dan dressed perfectly lovely-ly. He seems bothered about people disapproving of shorts, though.

People who like Phish seem to love shorts.

cause they're conducive to good hacky-sacking

It's less the "Don't wear shorts to a wedding" and more the "Only gauche jerks wear shorts" type of disapproval, IMO.

http://sharetv.org/images/small/salute_your_shorts-show.jpg

Shorts are basically for children and slobs.

http://www.dr1.com/forums/central/88343-shorts-flip-flops-must-gringo.html

DavidM, not reasonable or level-headed.

I don't know if this article is widely known, so my George Will reference may not have made sense. http://www.google.com/m/url?client=safari&ei=MTSOTaGcAYuENJ3z_JMD&hl=en&oe=UTF-8&q=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/16/george-will-on-jeans-enti_n_187690.html&ved=0CBkQFjAB&usg=AFQjCNFXDGkD8XQ3lolpRicmoHbdIriDOA

used to be a hard-line anti-shorts guy, but for some reason as I've gotten older I've become way less uptight about it - to the degree that old uptight me is hilarious now. maybe I've been living in California too long. I'd rather risk a DavidM thinking I'm a slob than have sweaty nuts in the summertime. I have a job that allows shorts, and I'm in better shape than I've ever been in, so this summer will probably the year I wear shorts to work!

people that believe shorts should only be worn for tennis and the beach oughta be shot. the whole shorts faux-pa is rubbish

plus I have great legs

http://rlv.zcache.com/salute_your_jorts_mug-p16892564126205644621yff_400.jpg

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/4575/short6s.jpg
Does this picture make you:
A) Cower in fear
B) Turn in disgust
C) Say "whatever"

D) Say "hot legs! woop woop woop"

I wish I could wear shorts every day. But it gets too cold and my career wouldn't allow it anyway.

Well it was your choice to be a pants model.

Last year when I was trapped doing file clerk work in a gigantic overheated office, I wore shorts and felt a tiny bit odd because I was the first one on the job to do so. I mentioned shorts to my other coworkers and some ladies admitted they were insecure of their fat legs

except they didn't say it like that

I don't wear shorts because I am insecure of my fat legs. Also, I try to limit my skin-to-skin contact with strangers and as I ride some form of public transportation 6 days out of 7, this is easier to accomplish if I'm wearing pants or skirts

In Miami wearing shorts is a necessity; wore them today on our first 88-degree afternoon of the season. I dislike wearing them after 6 pm on social occasions though.

for most of my life i was incredibly anti-shorts but years of walking and biking everywhere means i'm kind of doing a disservice to everyone by not showing off my legs imho

anti-shorts people probably hate dancing and physicality

saw dude wearing shorts with a hoodie and heavyish jacket and feel like he was representative of a shorts-wearing type: chubby tatted-up skapunk type dudes with overgrown goatees and thick-framed glases. instead of the cargo shorts they wear dark, Dickies-style shorts w Chucks or Vans.

btw said dude was wearing shorts in today's 31F degree weather

i hate dancing and shorts

http://image50.webshots.com/150/3/55/78/471135578ExFmai_ph.jpg

All my shorts are dark poly-twill pants cut a couple inches above the knee. Manufactured shorts feel too dorky unless I'm doing something 'active'

Shorts and flip flops are rad, people who hate on them usually live unhappily in tundra-esque climes and are straight haters of anyone who lives in decent weather.

*palm*

Tom Ford is a cross-eyed dbag.