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"cargo shorts are the new jean shorts."

I agree that some of them are- but some are still pretty attractive. If you wear the ones with out rageously baggy pockets it just doesn't make sense. The slimmer pocket ones are nice- but they are fading out slowly. I wear them cause I haven't bought new shorts in 3 years.

6/18/2008 11:06:00 AM

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"i didn't say that last quote."

i know i was relating what i keep in my cargo shorts to being gansta.


+

6/18/2008 11:06:06 AM

I'd wear shorts every day if I could, and I'd also wear flipflops every day if I could. I hate shoes.

6/18/2008 11:06:26 AM

I would never keep weed in my cargo pockets

thats the first place cops pat down

Keep it in a zippie up under your belt

6/18/2008 11:07:12 AM

that is gangsta haha

^ how about just leave it at home

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 11:08 AM. Reason : adsf]

6/18/2008 11:07:32 AM

that just sounds uncomfortable. if i have weed in my cargo shorts i'm not going to go someplace where i'll get patted down.

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"I'd also wear flipflops every day if I could."

me too. except for obvious exceptions like biking/running/kicking ass.

6/18/2008 11:08:24 AM

I wear them cause I haven't bought new shorts in 6 years.

6/18/2008 11:08:48 AM

Not really uncomfortable at all

If you wear a wide enough belt you can fit about a quarter o in a small bag between two belt loops

6/18/2008 11:10:11 AM

why are getting patted down tho?

6/18/2008 11:10:57 AM

I tend to be in wrong place at the wrong time

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 11:11 AM. Reason : just like to cover my bases]

6/18/2008 11:11:36 AM

well you should leave your pot at home or in the car if you gravitate towards these places.

6/18/2008 11:12:28 AM

^^^^i was mainly talking about a blunt. Man, when i was in amsterdam a couple weeks ago i had so much fucking weed in my cargo pants. I put the sativa/indica on the left side, and the hash on the right so i always knew which pocket to go into.

6/18/2008 11:12:52 AM

Now thats baller

If I ever had multiple strains in multiple pockets, I'd be feeling pretty good about myself

Lately I've been on a white rhino stretch

6/18/2008 11:14:09 AM

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"cargo pants ftl unless you are in the military or a code monkey with a long pony tail"

well, i'm a code monkey, but i don't have a pony tail

and what's wrong with cargo pants? i LOVE having space for my stuff...i hate sitting on my wallet (maybe y'all are just really poor and have nothing in yours, but mine's a bit uncomfortable to sit on), my comb and handkerchief, receipts, cell phone, flash drives, etc...how are cargo pants not awesome?

6/18/2008 11:25:26 AM

they are only awesome if you use the pockets, unlike cargo shorts, which are awesome anyway.

6/18/2008 11:26:39 AM

haha cargo jean pants. i had a pair of cargo pants in middle school that had 2 pockets on each side above the knees and 2 pockets above the ankles on each side. plus the normal side and back set of pockets. i lost stuff in those pants.

^^yeah i can't sit on my wallet either. too much shit in it. it goes in my right cargo pocket. keys in right pocket. cell phone in left pocket so it doesn't get scratched by the keys. book/weed/misc in my left cargo pocket.

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 11:34 AM. Reason : .]

6/18/2008 11:30:47 AM

I always keep my wallet in my back right

Its never bothered me for sitting purposes

6/18/2008 11:32:07 AM

^then you must not have a lot of stuff in your wallet.

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"I'd wear shorts every day if I could, and I'd also wear flipflops every day if I could. I hate shoes."

Hell fucking yes

In the summer I sport my rainbows in Manhattan and some friends think its gross, like my feet will get all dirty or something.

6/18/2008 11:35:39 AM

cargo shorts > jorts.

6/18/2008 11:36:13 AM

I fucking love cargo shorts. Wallet on one side, digital camera on the other, then cell phone, keys, etc in the regular pockets.

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 11:37 AM. Reason : j]

6/18/2008 11:37:23 AM

my every day dress at work:

dress shirt (short-sleeved or long-sleeved with the ends rolled up), unbuttoned and not tucked in
t-shirt (white or color-coordinated)
cargo shorts (some variation of khaki/brown)
chaco flipflops or chaco sandals, depending on whether or not i'm going to need to be walking around a lot

i love it...if i could, that would be the most formal i'd ever get at work...i tend to dress up a bit when i have meetings with people who make significantly more than me, but that's only one or two times a month

when i have court or a formal engagement, i'll dress much nicer

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 11:43 AM. Reason : .]

6/18/2008 11:43:00 AM

I'd kill for that kind of dress code.

6/18/2008 11:44:41 AM

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"i hate sitting on my wallet (maybe y'all are just really poor and have nothing in yours, but mine's a bit uncomfortable to sit on)"

Agreed. I'm also rockin' the flip flops today.

6/18/2008 11:45:15 AM

^^^i wish i could dress like that. I wear khakis and dress shoes.

6/18/2008 11:45:42 AM

skorts

6/18/2008 11:48:23 AM

Shorts 100 percent of the time in the summer, except for work of course.

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"one of our young(er) interns came into the office one friday wearing shorts when he learned we do casual friday. i believe he was sent home to change."

However, on Casual Friday from May until September, I can wear shorts on Friday. FTW.



[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 12:10 PM. Reason : ]

6/18/2008 12:10:26 PM

Cargo shorts make me want to puke!!!! I am definitely NOT a fan.

I like guys in just plain khaki shorts (any color). I even like the shorter fratty type that Agent 0 lurves.

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"cargos wore out their welcome with me about 4 years ago."

YES!

6/18/2008 12:14:11 PM

shorts

6/18/2008 12:21:23 PM

^^

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"plain khaki shorts "

those are horrible. There's no pockets anywhere to put things. Where the hell are you supposed to put your keys/wallet/weed/camera/knife/tazer/misc sketchy items? and don't say man-purse. There is no such thing.

6/18/2008 1:00:40 PM

naked

6/18/2008 1:17:53 PM

^^ sounds like you just need a purse.

because only women need to have that much shit with them at all times.

6/18/2008 1:25:48 PM

i have cargo shorts so i don't have to have a man-purse. This reminds me of the Office episode "Hot Girl" where Jim convinces dwight to buy what he thinks is a man purse.

^i was obviously exaggerating. Cargo shorts come in handy when i have a camera, keys, wallet, and phone. I don't sit on my wallet and it's too big to fit in the normal pockets.

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 1:30 PM. Reason : .]

6/18/2008 1:27:53 PM

^ Maybe you just need a slimmer wallet... or to take out all the crap you don't need. And don't try to say it's all that cash because it's not.

6/18/2008 1:54:17 PM

^^^got it right. there is no need for that much or cargo anything--unless you are backpacking or something.

Plain flat front khaki shorts. Wallet in the rear, keys in the right, and cell phone in the left.

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 1:55 PM. Reason : ]

6/18/2008 1:55:14 PM

^ frat boy, eh?

6/18/2008 2:02:10 PM

several years ago

6/18/2008 2:03:45 PM

meh, i'd HAVE to carry a bag with me everywhere i went at work if i didn't have cargo shorts

CARGO SHORTS 4 LIFE!

6/18/2008 2:05:29 PM

i felt like i had all kinds of rigging and hardware on me when i would wear cargo shorts, so i just wear the carhartt carpenter (i think) shorts. pretty much like arcgreek was saying except they have those tiny narrow pockets on them. i only wear them fishing or washing a car/boat anyways.

6/18/2008 2:06:35 PM

^^^^^ Though I must beg to differ. All I own are cargo shorts because they're the only ones with deep enough pockets that let me carry an insulin pump, diabetes testing supplies, and several things of fruit snacks (for low blood sugars) along with my wallet, phone, and keys. All the dressier shorts w/o cargo pockets don't have deep enough regular pockets, and they're designed with too slim a cut (so if you put anything in your pockets they bulge like hell).

The only alternative is a fanny pack (GOD NO) or a small backpack (which makes you look sketchy if you're in a store or something).

6/18/2008 2:39:12 PM

pants in the summer? wtf are you on. I prefer shorts.

and what the shit are you people talking about cargo shorts being out of style? they are the shit. i actually have places to put stuff.

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 2:42 PM. Reason : do you know where we can store a pea? why yes, I have some locations available.]

6/18/2008 2:39:49 PM

just get a gym back pack, and use that for a man purse

6/18/2008 2:41:06 PM

^ See, those little bags are exactly what I'm trying to avoid wearing around. If I had to walk, say, two miles to somewhere and needed to carry some stuff with me I think those wouldn't be bad (because they weigh nothing and don't insulate as well as a normal backpack so you don't burn up), however if you saw me walking around wearing those in public (in a store, at the mall, at school), you would start muttering unkind things about me in the back of your mind. Given the stigma that I associate with them, I don't want to wear one, lol.

I'd really just prefer that somebody slim down the diabetic stuff I carry around with me so I could carry it in dress pants without looking like there's something weird going on in my pants. I need super concentrated sugar at an affordable price to deal with the low's instead of these bags o fruit snacks.

6/18/2008 2:45:36 PM

well i don't know what else to tell you , because you have nearly excluded all possibilities except just flat out wearing a woman purse

6/18/2008 2:47:24 PM

I also don't ever wear shorts unless I'm at the beach or the pool.

6/18/2008 2:47:45 PM

Minstorm is the only one allowed to wear cargos! You got that people?

6/18/2008 2:48:01 PM

Or I can just continue as I do now!

I draw hardly any attention to myself by wearing pants with deeper pockets to store all these damn fiddly medical things when I'm out and about. The only option left besides what I do now for me is for them to engineer this stuff a little better and make it a little smaller (which is doable).

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 2:49 PM. Reason : ^ LOL. Well, it does seem that way based on the "THEY'RE OUT OF STYLE >:E" comments.]

6/18/2008 2:49:09 PM

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"and what the shit are you people talking about cargo shorts being out of style? they are the shit. i actually have places to put stuff. "

thank you. Not to get into the topic of style but cargo shorts are still in style. Most clothing stores have a wide variety of them, and plain flat khaki shorts are boring as hell.

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"i felt like i had all kinds of rigging and hardware on me when i would wear cargo shorts"

That's partly why i like them. I'm not a big fan of gym back packs because they take 2 hands to open and it takes too long to get stuff out of them. Plus i just don't want to wear a gym back pack around all day. If i'm walking to a friend's house, going to get some coffee, or out taking photos cargo shorts come in handy.

It's when i have too little stuff to justify a bookbag, but too much to fit in 2 small side pockets. I'm a big reader so if i'm walking to caribou/park to read a book i usually have the book in my cargo pocket. I also travel a lot and carrying a bookbag around is not always ideal. If you're only carrying a map/camera than cargo pants are really the only way to go if you don't want to carry a book bag. Cargo shorts are also great for camping/hiking because you have easy access to maps/compass/leatherman.

exofficio makes some nice cargo shorts:


They're nylon and work great for swimming/kayaking. Sometimes the only place i have to put a car key or compass while kayaking is in my zip cargo pocket.

6/18/2008 3:32:17 PM

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" and plain flat khaki shorts are boring as hell. "

I'd rather not look like a mid 20's dressing trendy like his little brother. Cargo shorts have always looked sloppy and shittastic. They did 10 years ago, 5 years ago, and still do.

6/18/2008 3:39:49 PM

See the exact same thing applies to regular flat khakis. It's just that cargo shorts have a use. If i'm hiking and i'm not carrying a pack cargo shorts are perfect for a map/compass. Or if i'm out photographing an event they're perfect for memory cards. I guess i just carry more shit than other people.

^plus flat khakis make me think "dumb frat boy who majored in drinking/mass comm" and who hasn't changed thier style since college. Atleast i'm sticking with the same style because of its function. Flat khakis have no function or purpose. (partial sarcasm, i have my share of flat khakis, but i rarely wear them because i'm always carrying something around).

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 3:55 PM. Reason : .]

6/18/2008 3:50:56 PM

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"If i'm hiking and i'm not carrying a pack cargo shorts are perfect for a map/compass. Or if i'm out photographing an event they're perfect for memory cards. I guess i just carry more shit than other people. "

But the majority of the time you aren't hiking. And, how big are your damn memory cards?

Funny, cargo shorts, unless being used in a functional capacity are far more juvenile.

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 3:54 PM. Reason : ]

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 3:55 PM. Reason : e]

6/18/2008 3:53:19 PM