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
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.
Snow monkeys.
Doesn’t even get cold in England any more. I’ve worn long trousers like twice in the last 4 years, and both times were for funerals.
Am I the only peryon who wears jeans the whole year?
I found my people
Denmark checks in
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.
Tell them I always wore crocks.
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.
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.
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.
Same, except I almost always have a light jacket for storage. I don’t like carrying a murse, and it basically never gets really hot where I live.
Could be, I’ve honestly never given it much thought, it’s just what I tend to be most comfortable wearing. I wore shorts growing up and through my time in the military, but after that, I kinda just… Stopped? I am definitely a creature of habit, so probably subconsciously it’s a consistency thing for me.
I’m also pretty skinny, so I get cold easily and prefer the warmth that long pants provide regardless of weather, and the protection they offer from nature and the elements (hence why I wore them year round at the Post Office). But fabric doesn’t matter to me, or brand or any of that, just that they’re the proper length.
For shoes, I just don’t like having my feet out in the world, and don’t like how loose sandals/flip flops feel while wearing them. I also don’t like how the interior of shoes feel against bare feet, hence why socks and shoes go hand in hand (no boat shoes for me). Now that I’m typing that out, I just don’t like my bare feet touching anything, really, like, I’m one of those people who wears socks in their own home constantly except when I’m sleeping.
It does simplify dressing myself, since I know it’s always gonna be socks+jeans/pants+T-shirt/long sleeve/hoodie. I’ve also had to wear long pants at every job I’ve ever had (minus the Post Office), so at some point it may have just set in that it’s easier to just wear pants regardless of what I’m doing. 🤷♀️
For all the non-yanks reading, 90°F is 32°C.
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 -.-
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’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 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 ?
We’re gonna drop shit on our pants, it’s gonna be ketchup, or grease, or oil, or something, you wanna walk around with stained pants, or do you wanna walk around with stained shorts. It’s a no brainer.
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.
This is the way.
This is the way.
Given your perpetuation of one of the most annoying parts of reddit I don’t believe your username at all!
I am not fond of how they conduct their business… but that wasn’t as good nickname 😃
Lol, is there a character limit for Lemmy usernames?
Don’t think so but reddit_should_not_treat_developers_and_their_userbase_like_shit_for_profit doesn’t roll off the tongue as smoothly
I wear shorts because my body saw the “sweat” in sweatpants and took it as a challenge for all pants.
