Men shorts of the 80's.

if men wear shorts above the knee it would be considered "gay".
In the 1980s it was considered normal and nobody thought anything about it.

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[SocialPebis]

Soooo im trying to find a pair of these for a halloween costume. I'd like, like a neon glossy color with dual stripes on the side. Short shorts, kinda 80's (I think) style. Anyone got any suggestions?

[bigrok33]

@SocialPebis The only place I can think of is ebay.

[bigrok33]

They will give us shit for our shorts but some other guys will walk around with their pants down.

[kilteddave1]

As far as im conderned, they can take all the pics of me as they want. At least my shorts are not hanging below my ass with a belt tightened around my thighs..What is more stupid? Im 47 and was raised in the 70s and was in my 20s in the 80s. You can guess what Ive worn..Shorts and speeodos...And wear them today. Along with Kilts as well.

[bigrok33]

@kilteddave1 I agree the way some young black men especially wear their pants falling down with their underpants exposed. 10 years from now they will look back and say "what the hell was I thinking"

[77jamieclark]

@bigrok33 BLACK MEN HAVE GIANT COCKS SO THEY NEED GIANT SHORTS!!!! YOU QUEERS HAVE TINY COCKS BECAUSE YOU SCREW MEN SO THAT IS WHY YOU WEAR GIRL SHORTS!!!!!!!

[bigrok33]

@77jamieclark Oh grow up. Go back to looking at your porno

[Pythonis71]

@SocialPebis Soffe.com



[notmyrealonelulz]

I'm pretty sure wearing shorts doesn't make you gay. Being sexually attracted to other men is probably a better indicator of whether or not you are gay.

[CoolJoeRed]

@Penguindog55 Agreed. But GOOD GOD have I been harassed for about the last 10 or so years for wearing "gay" shorts, which is funny how they go from being "behind the times" in the 90's to being "gay" in the 2000's...

I was an adult both decades (most of the 90's at least), so maybe that's how- these young adults now were just kids in the 90's so they wouldn't dare pick on an adult, yet as adults have no problem picking on an older adult now...

[CoolJoeRed]

@Penguindog55 I do remember back in the mid-80's seeing the "Bermuda" shorts that did reach the knee, but usually old guys (60's/70's/80's/etc) wore them. The younger ones and of course us kids wore the shorter ones.

[CoolJoeRed]

@lkrnpk I was 16 in the VERY early 90's (1991), and yeah, the majority of guys wore shorts pretty high above the knee. I chose to continue to wear that style, even though some of my fellow teens started wearing them almost to the knees (watch Jordan's Spike Lee commercial for his "extra long shorts" to get an idea), but for the last 20+ years, have worn that "normal" 80s short-short length, yet somehow in the 90's I went from being fashion behind to "gay" in the 2000's, and I'd like to know how!

[lkrnpk]

heh, I'm 23 and for me BELOW THE KNEE is normal, when I look t my childhood pics like kindergarten or early school years and see myself in those sbove the knee shorts my mother bought me I cringe :D At that time (early to mid 90s) it seemed normal to me... I'm always amazed how fashion shapes us even when don't realize that... If I'd been 16 or more in 90s and would be able to consciously decide what I want to wear, I might be one of you guys praising shorts above the knee :)

[Penguindog55]

I wonder if knee length shorts existed back in the 80s? At least in this day and age people can more easily choose what they feel most comfortable with. No one should be forced to wear what there uncomfortable with or be denied the right to wear what they like.

[Penguindog55]

There's nothing wrong with swimming shorts, at least there's no dignity exposed, it doesn't matter what length swimming shorts are.

[Penguindog55]

I would have presonally said nay to long socks.

[Penguindog55]

Also people who have their ass hanging out of their jeans looks awefull,