I wear shorts because my body saw the "sweat" in sweatpants and took it as a challenge for all pants.
If his legs had to be amputated would he just wear shorter shorts?
Yes. Must. Have. Exposed. Stumps.
If his shorts always cover half his legs, how many amputations would it take before he has 0 leg?
This is known as the Chino's Paradox
I was tge opposite for like 30 years. Jeans in every weather. 1 degree C and working outdoors? Jeans. 42 degrees C and raining? The same jeans.
I'm the same but with cargo pants.
I'm the same but mostly because of health issues.
I live in country side and have some farm work to do, but because I'm allergic to grass and dandruff ( don't know the exact word for english ) if I go out in short's I will end up with legs full of red spots and itchy af.
When working with hayballs I literally need to have long sleeves and a mask to not have red spots on hands and not start to have problems breathing at times when my allergy is in full throthle at 30-40 celcius weather in summer.
The irony of being in countryside and having a farm but being allergic to what you work with.
bro this is called being blue collar
I sweat too much If I use anything but shorts in summer
I'm heavy and my calves are like rocks from supporting all this mass. Those bastards are working their ass off when I'm walking they're often dripping with sweat. If it's over ~5c it will look like I slogged through a shallow stream - my pants will be visually wet within no time at all.
I was diagnosed with leukemia a couple years ago and a funny moment during treatment was my toes getting cold for the first time relative to my body temperature. I'd never experienced that before - it blew my mind and I became such a baby about it. It was totally intolerable. I finally understood what all the women in my life complain about regarding cold feet. ... Who knew?
I have lived in a cold climate area my whole life and have severe reynauds syndrome. It can be 100F and the second I touch an ice cube all of my fingers turn deathly pale. Nearly 100% of the time, no matter the temperature, I will have an extremity that has no blood flow. It is severe enough that it is physically debilitating. I can't play in the snow with my kids for very long, or play guitar without running my hands under a hot tap. Right now I have a cheap box fan running on low, 10' away, and four of my fingers have cut circulation. Because there is no blood in my fingers or toes, touching anything freezing cold feels like they are being stabbed. I'm also very prone to frostbite and have worried about losing my toes a few times due to it. I actually have little feeling in them and have lobbed of parts of my fingers off which can't even slightly compare to the pain of grabbing a cold steering wheel. When I wash my hands the water has to be scalding hot and have accidentally caused others to scald themselves by forgetting to tell them.
My body though? Can't handle anything above 75f. I'm comfortable in just boxers in 50F. I overheat in long sleeves so easily that I own 1 longsleeve shirt. I had to get the HVAC tech at my work to change the air exchangers so that my work area was 60F so I didnt sweat through my PPE.
Plus, mine is a lifelong curse unlike your wimpy little leukemia. I kid. I just wanted to complain a bit. Glad you beat the big C. I hope to never have that battle and hope it was your last.
I'm a school bus driver and I pick up many kids in Winter wearing only Summer clothes and no coats. What amuses me the most is how much energy they put into complaining about how cold it is. I guess that's how they stay warm.
I used to be (and still am to some degree) this kid
I didn't like wearing winter clothes. Especially all day, inside, where it's room temperature 24/7
I'm still not a fan of heavy clothes (although i do like a baggy hoodie)
I remember going for a walk with a friend midwinter, underestimating the distance, overestimating the temperature (i mean, it -was- snowing, but that meant nothing... right) So we went out in our tshirts and shorts.
In the end, my mum spent 2 hrs trying to turn 2 goth smurfs back into human boys. I'd say I learnt a lesson that day, but one must not tell lies.
Lol. Made the same mistake too. Snow but sunny. On my way to the gym did I realize I fucked up.
yay double warm up :D
Speaking of going to the gym... I did another dumdum yesterday. I biked to the gym in my gym clothes as I do when its good weather... but it wasn't, it was raining, one of those that feels like a drizzel but within 5 minutes you are soaked.
So I worked out while soaked, full soak (now sweat) biked back trough the wind and raind, bought breakfast, biked home, waited an hour to shower... and now im sick :D Like I said, I'll probably never learn -.-
I'm the opposite: I wear long pants, shoes, and socks year round, only my upper garments change for the seasons (T-shirts in the summer, long sleeves in the spring/fall, hoodies/jackets in the winter).
90°F outside? I'm in jeans. Going to the beach? Socks and sneakers, baby (though I'll wear bathing trunks). Even when I was a mail carrier walking literally 10 miles a day in 90% humidity, I was wearing long pants. My coworkers/customers thought I was crazy, and maybe I am, but that's just how it be.
For all the non-yanks reading, 90°F is 32°C.
Does it have anything to do with not having to deal with change? The amount of coverage/protection/insulation ect. being consistent rather than changing with how you feel like dressing that day?
I catch myself, while shopping clothes, always for the same cut of clothes for the same reason, even going as far as getting cranky if the material/thickness of fabric I am used to is not available for the print I'm liking. Maby an extreme example...
But all the people I know personally who stick to either shorts or long pants come high or hell water tend to have a lot of traits where they either appreciate consistency or... no mainly that now that I think of it.
I won't speak for all "white dudes" but I know why I do it.
First, my thermostat is just different from average. If it's 70F/21C, there's a very high chance I'm going to be sweating, especially if I'm indoors and there's limited air movement or I'm outdoors and there's any bit of direct sunlight. Shorts make that a bit more bearable.
Second, given my warm nature, the climate where I live and my lifestyle make wearing shorts practical for much of the year. In the "colder" months of the year, it's usually a case where it's cold in the morning but warms up to a reasonable extent during the day. Guess what? I have an indoor, office job. I don't give a flip about how cold it is during the early parts of the day because I'm going to be indoors where the temperature is pretty much guaranteed to be above the 70F/21C limit I mentioned in my first point. By the time I'm off work and out of the office in the evening, it's warmed up to the point where shorts are totally appropriate and comfy (for me). Sure, I could waste time and energy doing multiple wardrobe changes throughout the day, but that's just bullshit and quite frankly, stupid, if I don't have to do it.
Third, who gives a fuck? Apparently a lot of people -- as it's very common to get questions or comments when I wear shorts during colder weather that lesser humans can't tolerate in shorts. I don't go around acting as the fashion police for your stupid crocs or question your multiple changes of clothes per day like you're Beyoncé doing a concert. So leave my cargo shorts in the middle of winter alone.
This comic is definitely about you, haha.
Man I have the exact opposite problem I'm always wearing long pants in even the hottest of days because I'm constantly doing physical labor wether it be firewood collecting or shoveling gravel I'm always having shit scraping my legs so I always want some protection also my job has me outside all day long so when winter comes around I'm wearing my pants for the cold it's a part of my company dress code ultimately I've grown accustomed to work clothes to the point that comfort wear like slippers hoodies and shorts are pretty weird and uncomfortable for me for those reasons I just don't own many shorts because I rarely use them ever
Third, who gives a fuck? Apparently a lot of people – as it’s very common to get questions or comments when I wear shorts during colder weather that lesser humans can’t tolerate in shorts.
As a teenager, I used to go to the gym in shorts when there was a bunch of snow outside. The amount of looks I got was amusing.
Nowadays my thermostat has adjusted a bit, I even put on a sweater when it's below 5C. No jacket until -20 though.
I went to the gym in shorts last time it snowed here. When I stopped off at a convenience store an old lady asked why I was wearing shorts and I explained the gym thing. She said "well, you have nice legs so you might as well show them off." My annual compliment!
I’m going to be indoors where the temperature is pretty much guaranteed to be above the 70F/21C
21°C is too hot for indoors at least during the winter/autumn/spring During the summer I'd kill for 21°C
Anyways, I'd like to add that personally I just don't feel the cold that much on my legs. I'm much more likely to get cold ears, hands and arms. If they ever find me dead of hypothermia my legs will still be at room temperature, while the rest of my body, including my feet, especially my feet, will be at absolute zero.
simply live in a colder home. Boom, shorts problem solved. Now you can have twice the amount of irritating clothing issues that you already experience.
I know a guy who always wears shorts, even in freezing winter temperatures. Hell, he got married in shorts.
You know my brother?!
There is hope ?
Postie legs! I am a proud owner of some Royal Mail branded shorts and I occasionally cosplay as a postie with my hot Scottish legs.
Do postman shorts last longer than other types of shorts? Is there a special shop they get them from?
I keep wearing massive holes in the crotches of mine. It's only my undercrackers that stop my plums dangling out.
Pretty sure they're issued to staff and you can't buy them, they do seem to be higher quality than the usual corporate branded sheite. Had them for a few years now and my plums remain well secured.
LBJ's presidential tapes had him talking to some trouser company, and it's hilarious with "And another thing...the crotch, down where your nuts hang, is always a little too tight" while letting a couple belches out. Teach played it in our Vietnam War class in college to demonstrate how he was a crass character.
I thought it was my body my choice.
Tell me what else I should do with my life. Tell me of the future.
This used to be me as a teenager. Hated pants. Turns out, I was poor growing up and had never had a pair of pants that actually fit me properly.
I wore shorts and flip flops to a grocery store in the dead of winter. Guy asked if I was cold, and I was like "I went from one climate controlled box into a drivable climate controlled box, and now I'm in this climate controlled box"
Yeah, things could go wrong like a car wreck or something where I get stuck outside for an extended period of time and would become uncomfortable. But it is what it is.
It's a point of pride.
For me it's comfort. I'd rather deal with being a little cold outside over being too hot inside, especially if I'm only outside for a half hour tops.
Literally Canadians in the middle of winter. With a T-shirt and flip flops.
It hit 10 degrees one day this week and I thought I was free from pants. Went to Costco in an Asian area and everyone was dressed like it was -40 and I was getting incredulous looks but it was so nice out it wasn't even chilly
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We wear light clothes because we're not cold. How exactly would they suffer from hypothermia without being hypothermic?
It's just a joke my dude. We've all seen that guy walking around in -30c wearing cargo shorts.
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I read about the guy who lost his legs because he fell asleep in his car with wet socks on a cold night.
Only white dude things.
I love in the land of harsh winter even for Canadians, but one thing I'm never worried about are my legs. So long as the core and head are protected, I could wear shorts no problem. Legs are not the spot we are losing heat, especially the calves.
I have raynauds syndrome and hyperhidrosis, as a result I'm terrified of inappropriate clothing on my feet and hands.
On a lovely 24°C day I made the mistake of wearing crocs to work without socks. When I got home and took my crocs off my feet were grey and the skin was already starting to slough off. I'd given myself trench foot in a single shift. And it's not like I was working in a muddy field. I'm an IT teacher.
It was 38°C last week and I was wearing short shorts, a wife beater, a sun hat .... And snow boots, because I like the skin on my feet and want it to stay there.
We don't get harsh winter's here in Australia (we get nippy winter's, mostly because we suck at insulating our houses here for some reason) so I've never thought twice about making sure my legs and arms are protected from anything other than sun exposure. If my legs are cold, oh well, their cool temperature doesn't really seem to effect the temperature of the rest of my body. But core, head, feet and hands are my big concerns!
Unless you're in Saskatchewan, where the script flips, and men refuse to wear shorts in summer.
I am in Saskatchewan! Every guy I know wears shorts in summer lol!
Hey now. I don’t even own shorts.
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What's wrong with full length pants?
The bottom half. The extra length makes everything fit worse and be uncomfortable.
Tell them I always wore crocks.
They just don't get cold!
I'm kinda like that, except with jean pants instead of shorts
*jants
Jorts
Same! I had a few leg surgeries as a kid and liked to cover the scars, but even now that they're faded, I like just picking out some jeans and not having to think about it. I've never really had an issue with my legs getting too hot, either, though where I live it's cold more often than not.
Born and raised in California, I was seventeen when I discovered warm clothes existed.
That was when I flew out to see my mother who had somehow ended up in Wisconsin.
I got on the plane, in December, wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
When we landed, it was at a small airport where you have to get off the plane via stairs and walk across the tarmac to the terminal.
It was twenty below zero before taking wind chill into consideration.
I spent that trip wearing her boyfriend's clothes. He was well over three hundred pounds. I was one sixty in a wet towel back then.
Fashion hilarity ensued.
I grew up in Wisconsin. Midwest winters are a primary reason I moved to the West Coast. Even in Washington it doesn't get that cold. I wear shorts and flip flops almost all year. Below 40 I start wearing shoes and pants.
It don't get that cold.
This is me… but I live in Southern California where we get 1 day of winter every 10 years.
It was pretty damn cold yesterday in SoCal and still cold right now. I'm wearing full fleece pajamas and snuggled under my warmest winter blanket. It's April 6th for crying out loud.
Good news, about 11:00 a.m. we'll be back in the sunny '60s.
That's me all right.
Massive respect
All my shorts have elastic waists.
I’ll never go back to a belt .
You need to try a pair of suspenders with your shorts. Soooo fashionable, you will be a trend setter!
I mean if you're running I don't see a major concern..
No one in my town wears shorts unless there’s a heat advisory, or they’re a tourist.
Which town?
Snow monkeys.
Hahaha... Can relate. Visited a brother in the UK during winter from the tropics. So on board I was in jeans and a t-shirt. Only the airport didn't have the boarding tubes, so we had to walk from the plane to the bus, then from the bus to the terminal. I severely underestimated the distance, had no jacket (in my luggage) and was just trying to maintain 'cool' the whole time, controlling breathing and fighting the shivers the whole time.
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