Innocuous things that make you irrationally angry (a list thread)

Also correlation to be drawn between wearing shorts over the age of 30 and a Crate Logic sleeve full of Jimmy Buffet CDs in the sun visor.

WHAT????

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There was another thread on ILX where people were going "Ugh, shorts!" as though they were somehow inappropriate for wearing out in public (like, say, sweat pants), a notion which I think is patently insane.

(I am a man over 30 who wears shorts and whose favorite thing about summer is men in shorts)

you aren't actually surprised that ppl on ILX have insane opinions about stuff, are you

(also I think a large portion of that argument was US/UK disagreement)

"I think we're saying "tough guys" as a pejorative"

Yes. I mean meatheads.

Unless you're in a place where the temperature is over 85º, you should wear pants.

There are two sides to this argument, I concede. But shorts are the tank-top of the lower body's wardrobe.

Never Forget

the only solution is to wear a tank top as pants and shorts as a shirt

x-post - oh no

I wish I hadn't seen that. THANKS PP.

ok formal shorts for men are an abomination, that i think we can agree on

I don't care how intensely menswear designers try to make shorts happen. Shorts are casual wear for hot weather. That is it. They're not professional or formal except in Bermuda, and if you want to wear them the BERMUDAN way, be my guest. There are knee-socks involved, is all I'm sayin'.

what the heck are you supposed to wear in the summer heat? linen pants?

yeah those are a bit short those shorts.

For formal/professional applications? Yes, linen pants. Or whatever, but not shorts.

Dammit, I can't read that NYT article b/c it requires log in and I don't know my log in info.

I agree with Laurel re shorts not being a part of a professional wardrobe. I could not believe it when a friend told me that he wore shorts to work at his job at Chicago U. Or when another friend said that "professional shorts" were part of his office job's dress code. NO.

chinos in formal settings

oh god, never wear shorts to work....i wear linen. but when your just out at a bar.

I don't care how intensely menswear designers try to make shorts happen. Shorts are casual wear for hot weather. That is it. They're not professional or formal except in Bermuda, and if you want to wear them the BERMUDAN way, be my guest. There are knee-socks involved, is all I'm sayin'.

― go peddle your bullshit somewhere else sister (Laurel), Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:20 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yeah. I'm 100% A-OK with shorts in hot weather as casual wear but for a formal thing? C'mon. Those guys look ridiculous.

I've been to Bermuda and saw the businessmen in shorts and even there it looked pretty silly tbh. Cute on the little kids though.

Good a place to ask as any: Is there a giant thread about what's going on in Wisconsin?

Seeing giant threads about anything else is making me irrationally irritated.

huaraches

I'm totally anti-shorts for myself though. I'm a pants or skirts kind of gal - there is no in-between.

There are girls who wear shorts at my office, too, as if they're interchangeable with skirts. I know that, rationally, there's nothing wrong w this -- if a woman can show her legs in a skirt, why not be able to show them in shorts if they're "nice" enough, made of good fabric, well-cut, etc whatever? But I just can't get on board. Shorts as skirts, shorts with tights underneath -- IF IT'S COOL ENOUGH TO NEED TIGHTS, WHY THE HELL ARE YOU WEARING SHORTS??

hahaha otm

Skirts are cuter and more flattering on most ppl anyway. Also, more comfortable!

shorts on women meh. do ladies still wear sundresses?

I would just like to pre-emptively say that I exempt La Lechera from any and all complaints about shorts. She can wear anything she wants and I promise to be charmed.

where do you stand on the "jeans-under-dresses" thing?

I used to see deadhead girls doing this in California and it was weird to me

then I met super-fashiony weirdo people from Scandinavia who did it too

is it just a "warmth" thing? is it a good look or is it anger-inducing?

Proper Summer Attire

its so no one can see the hippies bush.

Good a place to ask as any: Is there a giant thread about what's going on in Wisconsin?

Seeing giant threads about anything else is making me irrationally irritated

have you tried the politics thread

Or the Search link.

where do you stand on the "jeans-under-dresses" thing?

no

just, no

What if they're like those pajama jeans as seen on tv? Those are like leggings, right? :)

what enbb said re: jeans under dresses

Can I add a sidenote complaint about girls wearing tiny short shorts in cold weather? I mean, I know it's not an ew gross and eyeroll they sure are purty etc perv perv whatever...but THAT much bare leg in the freezing cold is just not right and it annoys the shit out of me. I want to throw them in my car and drive them home and make them get changed. Or take them to a shelter that provides pants for inappropriately dressed girls.

pants lol.

I want to throw them in my car and drive them home

You too, huh?

I would donate to that charity if not for the fact that inappropriately dressed girls prob spend 3 or 4x as much on their wardrobes as I do and I'll be damned if I'm giving them anything of mine on top of it.

x-post british lol.

hahah laurel otm

THOSE JEGGINS DON'T BUY THEMSELVES, U KNOW.

Around here I see lots of girls wearing those micro shorts in the winter, but usually with tights underneath.

all the ones I see are bare legged. >:(

I've lived in houses with deadbolts that needed to be opened by key from the inside. My solution was to leave the key in them. My boyfriend thought it was a security risk until I explained that the key in the lock is just the same as a knob on a "normal" deadbolt.

which is also a security risk. the whole point of these is if you have a door with a window in it, or a window near the door, someone can't just punch through the window and open the bolt. deadbolts are stupid, but putting windows in/near doors is more stupid and causes me to be IA.

Haha - after reading that people who wear shorts in winter are Iowans, I thought when others said "makes me IA" they meant "makes me Iowan," until I read your post, rockapads. Things make more sense now.

being 6' 2" and using 3 foot long headphones while working out, having one violently rip out always really makes me really angry

ia: the way jack in the box commercials say "melting cheese" instead of "melted cheese." were they sued for false advertising because their cheese wasn't fully melted? or was there some focus group that thought "melting" was sexier?