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37. When I was a youngster.....

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2015, 11:13 AM

Jun 2015

those were simply shorts. They may have even been a little long. lol.

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Do my short-shorts make you feel weird about your masculinity? Good, I'm glad [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 OP

I just think it makes them look stupid. Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #1

. Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #3

I realize shorts were once common like that but its not fashionable anymore. Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #8

tennis also JI7 Jun 2015 #9

Unfortunately, they don't wear those anymore frazzled Jun 2015 #10

Ah how I remember those days! AndreaCG Jun 2015 #54

I have gotten daring as a Kendoka. I am now going with Short Shorts Katashi_itto Jun 2015 #57

No. But I do reserve the right to laugh at them. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #2

I can never insult people for what they wear Skittles Jun 2015 #4

I buy my clothes at Home Depot olddots Jun 2015 #5

Do they carry Dickies? I used to get those at OSH for my husband because he loved them. Hekate Jun 2015 #18

Those make a lot more sense in hot weather than long shorts. DavidDvorkin Jun 2015 #6

guys use to wear short shorts, why don't they anymore ? JI7 Jun 2015 #7

Who wears short shorts? Fumesucker Jun 2015 #11

The only 1 of those to qualify as short shorts is the middle one. These are Short shorts... uppityperson Jun 2015 #12

Okay, the guy in your top photo looks bizarre to me. The business jacket is weird and the shorts.... Hekate Jun 2015 #17

Nice, Sleepaway Camp reference there. Kalidurga Jun 2015 #28

Whoa, Rick Castle wearing jorts? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2015 #49

Ha, I grew up in the 80's! Those aren't short shorts!!! nt Bonobo Jun 2015 #13

Yeah....I was having falshback to shorts for gym class! Behind the Aegis Jun 2015 #21

I have some photos that are cringeworthy. Bonobo Jun 2015 #22

I forgot the damn tube socks! Behind the Aegis Jun 2015 #23

Oh yeah, that's it. We were wearing tidy whites! nt Bonobo Jun 2015 #25

That was also my immediate thought. LOL gollygee Jun 2015 #32

It was 96 here today I'm sitting here in a pair of shorts right now tularetom Jun 2015 #14

Nice beach community attire. Since I've lived my whole life near the ocean, those guys don't look... Hekate Jun 2015 #15

Hmmm. Nobody wants to see a testicular wardrobe malfunction (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #16

Speak for yourself! Behind the Aegis Jun 2015 #20

! TexasTowelie Jun 2015 #27

Well in THAT case.... Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #35

Back in the 70's Texasgal Jun 2015 #58

Wear what you like and to hell with whomever doesn't like it! ReallyIAmAnOptimist Jun 2015 #19

Yes, because men are too good to be looking feminine... AZ Progressive Jun 2015 #24

This has never happened to me, but I've heard similar stories. DemocraticWing Jun 2015 #26

Isn't it hard to breathe "down there" in those? nt Jamaal510 Jun 2015 #29

Ugh MFrohike Jun 2015 #30

Sometimes it's safer to say nothing ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2015 #31

Or, in this case, just demand they remove the silly things. closeupready Jun 2015 #48

Meh. As in so many things, Bob was just ahead of his time. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #33

I was hoping someone would post a Bobby! cyberswede Jun 2015 #38

His documentary is on Netflix, now, BTW. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #56

My legs madokie Jun 2015 #34

I would never wear those bigwillq Jun 2015 #36

When I was a youngster..... NCTraveler Jun 2015 #37

I'd also like to induct George Michael into the Shorty Shorts Hall of Fame Arugula Latte Jun 2015 #39

That's something you don't see everyday in today's fashion. Calista241 Jun 2015 #44

His body, his choice. closeupready Jun 2015 #40

they don't look comfortable, but wevs nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #41

the one size fits none bagy crap started with shipping containers olddots Jun 2015 #43

lol @ short shorts Go Vols Jun 2015 #45

Annie Lebowitz is feeling weird about her masculinity? MisterP Jun 2015 #46

Never allow religious or television created culture define how you act, what you wear, Zorra Jun 2015 #47

People get invested in the weirdest things. DirkGently Jun 2015 #50

If I squint and lean real close to the screen, I can see the eiffel tower in the first guy's outfit Scootaloo Jun 2015 #51

Who invented pants was smart. Who invented hemlines was a GENIUS. immoderate Jun 2015 #52

Shorts, black socks, and what look like combat boots or oxfords... malthaussen Jun 2015 #53

In the 70s and 80s UglyGreed Jun 2015 #55