Half Split Short Shorts

I think that we have finally found a topic about which most of you guys agree with Wetmore about, amazing!

It is a problem in swimming too. In the midwest some schools couldn't field boys teams because they couldn't get the kids to wear "speedos" so they had to change to using longer swim trunks as uniforms. The swim manufacturers also have been pushing biker length lycra shorts to offer more coverage. Like it or not short shorts or split shorts are not cool these days. There are a few in between length shorts made from technical fabrics from companies like Brooks that are a good compromise.

Well, I like my splits and thanks to those who provided the websites I am now well stocked again. Mucho gracias.

Not sure when this soccer/homophobe influenced trend started. I'd say mid nineties. My college team (I heard) used to make fun of me by holding a special "hike up the shorts" day. I guess I'm a fag? It's just another blow of disrespect to the serious runner genre. Then again I want nothing that society wants. They said Devo was for nerds? Please. The underground always prevails in the end and serious running is no different.

BigSnoopDogg

"All of the guys who did it are football players who are on the track team during the offseason. Their sexuality is definetly in question. Further Evidence includes

1. Screaming "WHY THE FUCK ISN'T EVERYONE NAKED YET?" while showering after practice

2. Trying to get younger runners to touch their cocks

3. Talking about raping other men in the ass every day"

oh shit, thats the funniest thing ive read here for a while, because it is so true.

yes, after reading those last two post it is clear that only football players are idiots.

Portland Runner wrote:

So, using your homophobic logic:

All world class runners are gay or trolling for gays.

It's better to look cool and straight than go fast.

Hmmm...that leads me to believe that:

All basketball players and teenaged boys wear baggy shorts / pants to hide weapons and crack.

I might also add that young guys that let their pants sag to allow view of their boxers are, in fact, advertising for gay love and that football is based on homoerotica since the uniforms feature skin tight shiny pants, shoulder pads that enhance the upper body, cups that appear to be large cod pieces and the players like to pat each other's rumps after each play.

Thanks, What?. It's all so clear now.

Wow, Portland Runner, you're certainly taking some liberties with what I said. I didn't say anything about basketball players hiding weapons and crack in their baggy shorts, never touched on the football uniform, and definitely never said that all world class runners are gay or "trolling for gays".

There's a difference between looking gay and being gay. Just because you wear gay-looking shorts does not make you gay. I never once said that.

Someone had it right when they said that it's simply that fashion that has changed. Short shorts on men used to be macho? Cool, more power to those guys back then.

But while you're all scratching your heads trying to figure out why short shorts have gone out of style, I am telling you the answer. They look gay. What is so homophobic about stating that fact?

There is a societal stigma attached to homosexuality. Short shorts look homosexual. Therefore, there is a societal stigma attached to short shorts. That's why they are not popular.

what? wrote:

[quote]Portland Runner wrote:

All basketball players and teenaged boys wear baggy shorts / pants to hide weapons and crack.

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They look gay. What is so homophobic about stating that fact?

There is a societal stigma attached to homosexuality. Short shorts look homosexual. Therefore, there is a societal stigma attached to short shorts. That's why they are not popular.

I do not think the short shorts look gay, I think they look very nice on thin men. I think the baggy shorts may you look "young" as in immature and slow, because, surely, no one who runs fast could think they are aerodynamic - which is what running is all about - going faster.....(well, Penquins and Gallo's not included in this discussion)..

and I'm sure Portland Runner was referring to buttcracks, not drugs.

You worried about "looking gay" is homophobic.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." So are a lot of other things.

Running shorts and other apparel are not "gay" or "straight". They are inanimate objects. Attaching a non-functional label to them, either positive or negative, says something about person speaking about them, not the item in question.

If you honestly believe that clothing can be "gay", you have a very narrow view of the world.

Perhaps you should dress up like my hyper masculine friends ... a cowboy, indian, construction worker, cop, sailor and leather wearing biker ??? Surely, none of those "types" could be 'mos and none of them wear gay short shorts.

No need to attack me. Take a look at the first two posts in this thread.

"I love my short shorts, but man do I catch hell for wearing them." "I wore them at practice today and my teammates really let me have it."

All I'm trying to do is tell you why this is happening. Clearly, it is happening, right? I'm not making stuff up when I say that most people will smirk at you if you wear short shorts?

I'm not arguing whether or not short shorts, or any other piece of clothing or accessory SHOULD connote gayness, I'm just reporting the opinion of a majority of people. Does wearing a big fluffy boa make someone look gay? Yes. What about a man wearing makeup? Usually. Short shorts are the same way, whether or not this is justified.

Ask yourself this. Honestly, if they are so comfortable, why don't you all walk around in them all summer? When you come up with an answer, get back to me.

I don't wear them all summer because they don't have pockets. (Consequently, there is no place in which to store my "gay sex tools".)

From the tone of the responses here, I'd say that your use of the word "majority" is not accurate. "Some" people may think these shorts are "gay". I'm not going to modify my behaviour just to pacify an idiot.

yes, running clothes are basically asexual. as long as a man does not wear a jog bra, as there would be no reason to....how can you label running clothing or sport clothing as having a "sexual orientation".

Just look at a catalog. Forget the jogbras - the clothing for men and women is basically the same. In fact, the shorts I wear are unisex, so am I wearing men's shorts or women's shorts? What about my shoes? If I buy men's shoes am I a lesbian? hhhmmmmm, if a man wears a printed shirt is he gay? what about tights?

I do plan to chill in the things all summer. They're that comfortable. Why the hell should I care what a bunch of fat idiots think?

So, if bunhuggers work for chicks why not for guys? Oh wait ... all of you skinny runner guys have humongous "packaages", nevermind.

I wear 'em all the time. Love the feel...don't even think they look all that bad...but yeah, take a lot of shit for 'em. But...f*** the rest of 'em anyway...

I'm neither an goddamned exhibitionist nor a frigging prude, and like most of you I believe simply in f***ing wearing the clothing best suited for whatever shit I happen to be doing at any given time, including running. Simple, right? Well, looking around nowadays, you'd think this concept was rocket-f***in'-science. I got razzed just today by a bunch of goddamned young punks for wearing shorts that are actually way f***ing longer than I'd liek - they would strike an observer transported forward in time from the early f***in' 80's as knickers. Why? Because these budding brian surgeons were tooling around on those f***in' silver scooters wearing "shorts" with cuffs dragging about five feet behind them. I love it when one of these zitfaced f***s gets bound up in all that extra denim and shit and cracks his f***in' head on the asphalt. And don't get me started on what their female cunterparts are draping themselves in these days. Last thing I need to see on a run is some 14-year-old heifer's asscrack sticking out above the waist of a pair of jeans with leg bottoms that are five f***in' feet in diameter and kiss the tops of platform shoes even uglier than the shit twats were clopping around in during disco's f***in' heyday. And these morons laugh at a guy (and a sexy one, mind you) for wearing? Now I f***in' ask you. Blame marketing if you must but these frigging kids have been trained to be f***ing dumber than bags of shit and it's worked like a goddamned charm.

They call me gay for wearing these shorts . .then they talk about f***ing each other in the ass all practice . . and then they start grabbing each other's cocks and humping each others asses. Not that I'm a homophobe but . . what the f***? I wish football would be removed from the face of the earth. It would give the idiots less of a chance to congregate.