Chubbies - Are you in or are you out?

[dontcare]

I'm not sure if you are being purposely obtuse, but it is not like shorts were uncomfortable for thousands of years and then the profits Juwan Howard, Chris Webber, and Jalen Rose showed us the "way" of shorts. They only seem abnormal now because they aren't "in". Just like frosted tips were all the craze in the 90's and now is considered "gay", short length has gone the same way. Just look at this thread for examples. Someone mentioned that shorts below the knees are for women. The knee length is nothing more then an asinine construct of some college basketball players from 20 years ago. lol. The point is not that things can't change, rather, it is that they usually do. Fashion tends to have an oddly cyclical appeal and I find the backlash in this thread amusing.

Edit: I suck at quoting.

"Well there you have it folks, clearly things don't change and we should all dress like Larry Byrd again in innocence-shattering, dick-hugging short-shorts." -Response to that.

[Tradewind]

Easy turbo, they're just shorts.

[snuzzle]

Is everyone on this site under twenty years old and never seen a picture before the 1990's? The short length was considered normal for forever. In fact, short length going past the knees wasn't a "thing" until after the Fab 5. Maybe I am wrong about this (I am by no means a fashionista), but I guess Juwan Howard has permanently altered the allowable length of "masculine" short length. lol

You are wrong about this. I was born in the 80s and think that shorts above the knee for men ought to stay in the past.

[gr4vitas]

I think from a practicality stand point these make sense. I mean short shorts are wayyy more comfortable than longer more traditional shorts. More movement, cooler and all around more comfortable.

However the question is am I willing to potentially look like a total tool for comfort? Or maybe if I'm lucky I can pull them off like some other folks.

[Tradewind]

I think it also comes down to the underwear necessary to wear them. I prefer nice loose boxers, let my boys be free, longer shorts let me continue to do so. Short shorts will require much snugger underwear and without getting too boastful, I do not enjoy confining my gentleman's sausage to restrictive clothing. Nor do I prefer clothing that may result in malfunction or free-balling incidents.