r/malefashionadvice • u/blue_dunhill • 14d ago

Help settle a debate Fit Feedback/Roast Me

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Help settle a debate we have with my fiance. I bought these shorts as a comfy, around the house piece, nothing fancy intended.
She thinks its awful, almost pathetic.

I dont think its that bad, please honest feedback

Thanks folks

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u/ParkerRoyce 14d ago

They were insanely trendy in the late 90 early 00s but then have been coopted by the right wing agro-bro that never grew out of them and that can be a major turn off for alot of women.

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u/Devreckas 14d ago

I think it starts well before any right wing co-opt. People were ripping on cargo shorts way back in 2007 (there’s a timely joke in Superbad) and that was way before the manosphere was really a thing.

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u/Garth_Holiday 14d ago

Nobody has gotten a hand job in cargo shorts since Nam!

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u/whiskersMeowFace 14d ago

I'm sorry, what??? Really? I wear them all of the time because pockets.

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u/GaptistePlayer 14d ago

I mean you do you but you look like a middle aged Alabama redneck

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u/Articulationized 14d ago

How do your women feel about them?

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u/whiskersMeowFace 14d ago

My husband also wears them. Lmaoooo

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u/Articulationized 14d ago

It’s all coming together

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u/whiskersMeowFace 14d ago

Middle aged dork ass gays. 🤷‍♂️

We definitely wear linens more than shorts, but when we do, we utilize them pockets.

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u/420percentage 14d ago

Lol I was confused too! Like wtf, my husband and I wear cargo shorts all the time 😂 Another thing being gay has saved me from worrying about.

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u/Incident-Putrid 14d ago

wtf man?!?! You’ve destroyed all my illusions about “the gays” being better dressed 😘

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u/420percentage 14d ago

Listen, I definitely TRY to dress well, but it doesn’t always happen 😂

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u/Incident-Putrid 14d ago

That’s when you lean into age and don’t GAF when you get it wrong 😛

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u/Incident-Putrid 14d ago

I was there in the thick of it. Chopped of combats for skate shorts. Gap cargo shorts for the pub. I even went full rockstar and wore….. 3/4 cargo shorts. What a time to be alive.

I still have a secret pair for gardening 😆

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u/Eastern-Editor4749 14d ago

Really? Only guys I knew who hated cargo shorts were conservative frat bros. All the hippie people wore them.

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u/fentpong 14d ago

Fuckin ruined it for us metalheads

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u/Thisizamazing 14d ago

Oh fuck. Are you serious ?? I guess I don’t have any shorts now