• Got_Bent@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Growing up in coastal California, the uniform for all genders was shorts and a hoodie, often of the Mexican variety.

    Now I’m old and my shorts wearing habit is apparently dad mode.

    Whatevs with the dad thing. Be comfortable.

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      5 months ago

      It’s always amused me that there is this bizarre (to me) subculture that is militantly anti-shorts. It’s always someone from like Scotland or New Hampshire. My dude, I’m not wearing pants in Florida from April to October unless I have a funeral, wedding (maybe!), court appearance, or in-person business event. And I’m only wearing socks if God appears and instructs me to do so in person–which, given I am entirely unreligious, isn’t much of a risk.

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        5 months ago

        Actually, more context: my Floridian spouse is weirded out that I wear shorts in the cold, but I picked that up in a cold climate on a farm: my legs don’t get cold, and wearing pants to throw hay at cows doesn’t really check out.

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      5 months ago

      Same here, but I’m from north of Sac. My wife doesn’t understand the shorts with a hoodie combo.