I can't believe no one's taken this poll before: Men's Undergarments: Boxers, Briefs, Boxer Briefs. But not g-strings.

we've had to have done this before on TMI

Well fuck. Now what.

Move on to greater triumphs.

No. We need to carry on.

(I did search all boards with due diligence before making this poll, btw)

I was going to start this thread but I figured it had done before. where is the TMI thread?

ILTMI is a board http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/NewAnswersControllerServlet?boardid=47

Briefs!

dg why briefs would seem pre-adolescent or 'euro', but obv 'free' shoulda been an option here

i wore boxers until about the age of 17 or so then i switched over to BB permanently

Can I say some super objectifying type stuff about what I, as a female, enjoy looking at on the male body?

Or is this thread only for the wearing of these things?

(I voted anyway, I don't care.)

BB

strangely I have never worn BB, but I have two pairs of compression shorts, which are like sporty BBs.

to look at - BB or boxers, v def not briefs
to wear - boxers when chilling around the house, but BB otherwise

what are tighty whities? briefs? they're not really are they? they're a thing to themselves. anyway, that's what i wear and what i like. i like the look of loose white boxers too though.

so anyway, not enough options.

You forgot the "I go commando" option.

I did not forget that option. Well, except maybe as a non-option, like g-strings.

Can I say some super objectifying type stuff about what I, as a female, enjoy looking at on the male body?]

I think this is an important part of this thread.

Tighty whities are the OG briefs!

And I don't exactly know why I think of briefs as little boy undies, except perhaps b/c I associate them w/ tighty whities. And Underoos.

And Euro b/c of Speedos.

most of my underwear is like XL boys briefs because they're way cheaper than mens briefs and fit better.

wondering now if there are yellow briefs w lines put there and if so are they called 'legal briefs'

http://mightyminnow.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/tighty-whities.jpg

:B

i look REALLY CUTE in boxers

most of my underwear is like XL boys briefs because they're way cheaper than mens briefs and fit better.

― Lardo Calrissian (corey), Tuesday, August 31, 2010 3:27 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

don't they also have cooler patterns?

Uh, NB: I am not passing judgment on you men who wear briefs or boxers.

Yeah the ones I have have cute li'l pinstripes and stuff.

We need to make this a picture thread, I suppose.

Oh my goodness, I had to wait for my boss to go out to look at that Undergear site and I'm rather glad that I did. Not the sort of thing I'd prefer to see if I unwrapped a male, but still very exciting to look at.

I still prefer boxers in almost every conceiveable way. They are simply more forgiving and flattering and have this air of cool classiness about them.

Boxer briefs are OK only if you have a very specific body type, otherwise they can just look awful. (I also have to confess that these are the only ones I have worn myself, when nicked from a then-bf after I got stuck at his house without clean pants, and they were very comfy, especially under short skirts.)

Briefs and tighty whities - no, sorry, not for me. They just have this air of immaturity about them. Which is fine, I suppose, if you want to portray a schoolboy charm or happy go lucky appeal. But they remind me of school in a bad way.

So yes. Boxers, please. Stripes are nice, especially sort of blue and white stripes.

http://www.lordandtaylor.com/_static/webupload/730/34547_34547_400_2.jpg

^^^^if pictures are required

See, I think BB are pretty forgiving, too! Briefs are the least easy to, er, pull off. But I agree that boxers flatter the most wide range of body types.

OMG. This page is NSF-if your boss is around http://www.undergear.com/SubDept/Search+Results/D-39993349/navtheme/brand/Ns/p_grossDemand

is there really that much of a difference between tighty whities and boxer briefs? like, tighty whities basically = white boxer briefs.

That's the exact page that I was looking at that got me so...exciterated.

x-post, no, Lex, tighty whities are much more like Y-fronts

this (prob nsfw) item of underwear (or...possibly swimwear? surely not?) is...intriguing http://www.vizeau.com/x/e10.htm

y-fronts are the worst

How does it attach? And how does it... not come off?

Prefer the look of BBs, but mostly I wear briefs* cos sitting at a desk and fidgeting about all day, BBs start riding up the backs of my legs (not as bad as boxers do though). Also they get a bit hot.

*not chuffing white/grey/beige/brown ones though.

xp and not frigging y-fronts either

Thing is, with boxers vs. boxer briefs, BBs only really look good if one has enough leg width to fill them out properly. Given that I've mostly dated skinny chicken-legged* indie boys in the past, it really is better for them to wear boxers which are *supposed* to hang loosely and have a good line.

*nothing against skinny indie boys, honest

Anyway, I was looking for something more like this:

http://www.supplierlist.com/photo_images/141620/Mens_Briefs.jpg

This guy could wear a dirty diaper and look great, but guys with a bit of a gut on them (like me), I don't think so. I'm thinking briefs for slim/ripped guys?

Eh, I've got chicken legs but I get the stretchy ones. xp

Boxers might be OK if you wear baggy trousers but in today's modern world of tight trousers that actually fit it's just way too much fabric scrunching up down there.

^^^^that looks uncomfortable. Like, how does he piss? Or is that swimwear? x-x-p

xps - BB are kind briefs with longer legs. And I didn't think about what Karen said about having enough legs to fill the leg holes till just now, but she's right.

I have gorgeous, muscled thighs, btw. I sometimes think that they would be really good braised.

I have just worked out how the Lex's monothong mankini thing stays on. I think. I'm still intrigued and really hope my boss stays over at Harley St for a few hours so I can work it out properly.

Karen, what do you mean how does he piss? He pulls it out over the top.

I cannot look at the monothong thing at work. At least not for any longer than I already did.

That waistband doesn't look like it gives enough stretch to pull out anything wider than a straw!

(Oh god that just reminded me of the terrible terrible sex dream I had last night, argh)

Well, he got them on, so he can probably pull them back down!

Back in my youth I met an agent and he tried to get me work modeling underwear. He told me that underwear models wear a size or two too small and cut a slit on the back of the waist band.

(I never got work, but I did get an offer to be a Latina drag queen in Juwanna Mann. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juwanna_Mann)

P sure they just use photoshop now

on the wikipedia page you can find real photos

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boxerbriefs.jpg

I wear discarded wool sweaters

"It's basically about holding it in position so it's not flapping to one side."

I was looking at men's nylon track pants and shorts on eBay and there was one seller who modeled the shorts himself, but always in a way that showed distinct outlines and bulges. Despite his looking pretty good, it was super creepy.

(Is that on topic? I'm not sure.)

Boxer briefs. Relatively flattering, holds the junk in place and doesn't bunch up in awkward places.

That guy on wikipedia is wearing my underwear.

how did he get it?

Pissed himself, needed to borrow a pair. I told him not to give them back.

I do all three.

I did not see an "xp" in Dr. M's post, so I presume it was in response to Kenan's post.

I usually wear Under Armour boxerjocks (boxer briefs) but I'd like to find some lower-than-normal-rise boxers to try.

It must be so undignified to be a man. Honestly. External genitals, what were you *thinking*? ;-D

For real though. I think about that sometimes - that is sensitive stuff! It doesn't need to be all dangling around, right out front.

I will never look at a slice of white bread the same again.

Me neither.

boxer briefs because you can't play football in boxers and briefs are just rubbish.

For real though. I think about that sometimes - that is sensitive stuff! It doesn't need to be all dangling around, right out front.

How about retractable genitals, like many sea creatures have?

well, that kinda happens in seawater anyway, what with the cold?

Retractable genitals would be amazing.

What I really want is a boy with a calyx, like a flowering plant. That'd be amazing.

Am now going to spend the rest of the day looking at Botanical pr0n of pistils and stamens.

well, that kinda happens in seawater anyway, what with the cold?

"Shrinkage! Shrinkage!"

Countdown to a "Detachable Penis" reference in 10...9...8....

uh no that's doesn't happen in seawater ime

doesn't have to be SEAwater, but as long as the water is cold enough, it happens.

detachment? SRSLY?

T1000 frozen shattering scene in my head atm

How about retractable genitals, like many sea creatures have?

― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Wednesday, September 1, 2010 11:18 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

well, that kinda happens in seawater anyway, what with the cold?

― k¸ (darraghmac), Wednesday, September 1, 2010 11:18 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

retraction: yes
detachment: no

I am really really taken with this idea of reproducing like flowers.

Genitals could take the shape of compound inflorescences or synflorescences! How amazing would that be?

I mean, imagine a penis in the shape of a cymose corymb. It would make pollination really fun, but how on earth are you going to get one of these in those form fitting pants above?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Schirmrispe_%28inflorescence%29.svg/637px-Schirmrispe_%28inflorescence%29.svg.png

I have had nightmares like that

The possibilities are endless...

http://science.jrank.org/article_images/science.jrank.org/racemose-inflorescence.1.jpg

I had to research all of this for my NaNoWriMo novel last year, trying to imagine how Cthulhonic/Old Ones/Deep Ones sex would work.

Reproduction is one thing, but you know, *underwear* and garment support is a whole nother kettle of fish.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

What are manties?

because of my 17 inch penis, I usually have to just tape everything down around the inside of my knee with electrical tape. the choice of boxers/briefs/bb is really just cosmetic and only covers up about 1/3 of the action anyway

Note to self: must search old WDYLL threads for full body Z_S pics, to allay my suspicions of untruthfullness.

to save you the effort, I photoshopped out all of my insane boners, so there's nothing to see there nothing to see

surprised your computer had enough memory to do that

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Wow, BB by a far wider margin than I would ever have expected.

tree branches an omitted option

after moving from briefs to boxers in my 20s, i spent my 30s in boxers of various kinds (incl. sometimes boxer briefs) until discovering soft-knit boxers, which are looser than boxer briefs but don't bunch up like other boxers and are basically the best men's underwear ever, imo.

Oh man, I sleep in those. I haven't tried wearing them during the day, but they'd probably be pretty comfortable, as long as you weren't somewhere really hot.

they're not hotter than normal boxers, in my experience. i've worn 'em all summer in tennessee w/o any discomfort.

i mean, they're very light.

did you wash em?

tree branches an omitted option

They forgot fig leaves, too.

I guess ZS up there would prefer elephant ear leaves.

for serious answer, boxer briefs and boxers, depending on what has been laundered. I feel like the briefs are sometimes constricting, whereas boxers tend to get bunched up and uncomfortable.

I'll say it. I hate boxer briefs. One or the other plz.

https://www.newyorker.com/elements/lab-notes/science-has-resolved-the-question-of-boxers-vs-briefs

In recent years, that divide has gained an existential edge, with various studies suggesting that wearing tight-fitting underwear may be bad for the underwearer. Semen worsens in quality when exposed to higher-than-normal temperatures for too long. Could tighty-whities be a threat to humankind? This week, a team of researchers at Harvard published the largest and most definitive study of the subject to date, and the findings are compelling. “Men who wore non-boxers”—that is, briefs and their confining kin—“have significantly lower concentrations of sperm and lower sperm counts,” Jorge Chavarro, a fertility researcher at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and a member of the research team, told me. “It’s a numbers issue.”