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In an unfortunate pairing with the alleged potbelly trend happening in Williamsburg, the NY Post's Justin Rocket says that showing a little man-thigh with some short shorts is now all the rage. This is all based off of the final Pool Party crowd this weekend, where men were showing more skin than the ladies. One 27-year-old told them, "I can feel the breeze now. I do feel a little girly, but this is great!" Meanwhile, 31-year-old Nicolas Carr, who teamed up his short shorts with suspenders, said, "My wife was giving me a hard time when I left the house this morning. Said I looked like grandpa. If you are revealing testicles, then it's too short. But otherwise, why shouldn't guys be able to wear shorts as short as girls?" Women applauded, saying they aren't the only ones with nice legs. Perhaps, but they are the only ones with shaved legs. Are you there, winter? It's us, Williamsburg ... please arrive soon.
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"pot belly trend happening in Williamsburg"
How the fuck is it hip to be round? And this short short shit needs to stop right now and never leave the Williamsburg area.
Well, if you're listening to Grizzly Bear, then you're probably danglin a turtle anyway, so its not much of an issue.
What does dangling a turtle mean?
Seriously, enough with the "trends" based only on spending one day with some drunk hipster friends. A potbelly isn't a trend -- your friends are just fat. Similarly, short shorts aren't a trend -- your friends are just idiots.
(Oh, but with suspenders? Ooo, how ironic.)
"But otherwise, why shouldn't guys be able to wear shorts as short as girls?"
Maybe because it makes you like like girls?
Why is it ALWAYS the unfortunate looking ones who think they're setting trends?? Seriously, men in short shorts, GAG, women were bad enough.
I definitely want to see women in shortshorts and I for one look good in shorter shorts. Pics to prove it.
*look like
Another amazing waste of a post brought to us by the perpetually sarcastic and always un-witty Jen Carlson. Thank you for bringing more mindless criticism of hipsters to a hipster blog.
Oh god. That's not a hipster trend, it's a 70's trend. My dad wore short shorts for exercising and when it was really hot out. Of course, he continued to do it well after the 70's were over...said he liked the breeze.
Burning cab in the morning, 25th WWF ad post by midday, and now this... The Labor Day weekend has started early at Gothamist! Have a safe one folks!
Dear winter, please come soon & freeze all the gutter punks & squatting hipsters, amen.
Ever see Larry Bird in green short shorts? Not a pretty picture.
Who didn't see this coming?
I don't suppose this sartorial criticism could have anything to do with homophobia? ...nah
UPDATE: No. It is not all the craze. It is, in fact, pretty gay.
What's with all the gay panic and gender policing from heteros and women? There's nothing empirically "wrong" with men showing more of their thighs. Anyone with a memory longer than a goldfish's would know that long shorts are actually the trend. Short shorts were prevalent throughout the 70s and 80s. They're called shorts for a reason.
Mind your own freaking business. As long as it isn't obscene, let men wear what they want.
Thank you, eager. Gay panic is a much more evocative phrase than homophobia.
And, "Perhaps, but [women] are the only ones with shaved legs." Please, Jen, what decade are you living in?
Almost every outfit I saw at the Pool Party made me roll my eyes and scoff. Those kids look a mess!
70's losers in corduroy Ocean Pacific shorts, always wandering around flashing the chicken-heart. Lame isn't hip. Shave, use some soap, and maybe a chick will dig you enough that you have something to do evenings and won't need to channel all your pathos into this. And gals, sloppy isn't fashion, cover up the muffin-top, and maybe you'll find one of these boys with better grooming, style, and taste and you can rescue each other. You're not hipsters, you're losers.
End of line.
Short shorts? Reminds me of my old gym shorts.
Excellent if men are easing upward with their hemlines! The examples in the Post aren't particularly drool worthy, but (preferably fit) men in short shorts, YES! Saw a guy on 7th Avenue last night in shorties. What a set of gams!
But men with shaved legs--no way. Gotta draw the line there.
What is it with those baggy cargo shorts? C'mon! Now THAT'S sloppy.
Coming soon to your neighborhood. Arse crack thongs for men - worn with hip hop style extra low pants.
The baggy shorts with pockets cargo pants are almost as bad. And if you look at photos of the NBA from 1994 and earlier, they were wearing shorts of the same length and no one called Chamberlain a girly man.
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There is nothing worse than hipsters whining about other hipsters. Give it a break already, none of this is a big deal. :|
I saw a guy jogging yesterday in shorts so short that it made me blush. Seriously? It was only 75 degrees here, it wasn't so hot that he couldn't put on slightly longer shorts. I like the 70s-era male shorts, but not so much when they look like tiny boxer briefs. I like unwrapping guys, and it's less fun when I've seen pretty much everything right from the get-go.
Made you blush? You sound prudish, which is kinda hot...
Men have been wearing shorter shorts all summer. Yer getting old
Is there a snappy name for the male equivalent of the 'camel toe'?
I read all of the comments about short-shorts for men. Not one person commented on the reason for short shorts!
Back in the 1890-1920 period, athletes wore the long shorts that are common today in competition. Then they got smarter, and began making them shorter.
I have always hated the long shorts of today. They do not look cool, my grandpa wore long, sagging shorts when he was in his 80's. It's also very uncomfortable to exercise in the long shorts, if you sweat!
What I do not understand is why sports teams wear long shorts. You'd think someone would get smart, and return to sensible sportswear. They would kill the other teams in the 4th quarter.
Your comment inspired the writing of a reason for the suitability of short shorts. I recently wrote, not ony in defense of short shorts, but to explain the inherent preferability of shorter clothing of this type. I do hope that the wearing of short shorts by guys becomes an increasingly more accepted norm.
Guys who are in basically-fit condition should be encouraged to wear short shorts, as should girls. The arms and legs are inherently meant to be free, and short shorts and speedo-type suits on guys, along with short shorts, micro-minis and bikinis on girls, not only liberate the limbs of the body but also allow the skin to breath through its many pores. Additionally, very short clothing will, in general, allow much more uniform exposure to the sun’s rays – more healthy than harmful to the guy or girl whose body is more alkaline than acidic.
The basic requirements of clothing are two in number. They include the enclosure or draping, wearing shorts or minis, of the erogenous areas of the body; these, of course, account for only a small fraction of the total body area. The other is sufficient protection against the elements.
Further, the New Testament clearly shows (for those who are free of the mental filters of what to expect beforehand) that the “M’ word in clothing – modesty – does in no way relate to the total coverage provided. It is, rather, a very different concept provided therein, urging simplicity and conciseness of style, void of garishness, elaboration or embellishment. (See 1 Tim 2: 9, 10; and 1 Pt 3: 2 – 6.) Remarkably, it is easier for a relatively long garment to be immodest than a corresponding shorter one. Short shorts are almost unavoidably, by their basic nature, fully modest.
Finally, wearing short shorts on the part of a guy does not imitate girl clothing. Just as there are full-length pants for both girls and guys, so there are shorts – including short shorts – for girls and guys. Neither party should think to wear the short shorts that were designed around the body of the other sex.
Let girls be girls and guys be guys. Short shorts stylized for girls and guys can only help to grasp those identifiable, but non-erogenous, features that were never meant to be concealed.