Ironically, the obligatory FA ad banner just below this as I read it was for "Loose-look military pants"...

Oh, priceless!

When I played volleyball in highschool, about ten years ago, there were about three other players that would do this. On court. Shorts down past their ass, boxers hiked up past their navel. I couldn't understand it then, still openky mock it now.

They just figured out how to get the skid mark stains out of their undies in the wash and they're so proud they want to show it to the world! That or they want to show all the women they have clean underwear to prove they have good hygiene and they wash themselves once a week.

I still laugh at the guy doing that and tying to buy a ride to the city's mall but wouldn't take the bus when there was a stop a few yards from him.

Cattleprod!!! Think more actively.

I stopped to use the restroom at a gas station in Winnemucca a couple weeks back and saw a dude at the payphone out front whose pants were sagging halfway down his ass...only he wasn't wearing underwear. :C

Did you "Crack up?" Was he a "crack" dealer? Was that person a bit of an ass?

I read somewhere that this trend started in prison as a code for sex. I don't know if that's true, but the idea of sagging pants is stupid to me...but it makes really funny vine video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PfJP-3CVUSM

It meant you're "taken" and the lowered pants made you easier to access.

Ok. That makes sense. I wonder if those low riders are even aware about that.

Prisoners aren't allowed to wear belts. To prevent suicides. That's what started the trend. Don't know about the sex part.

What's funny is the general trend in fashion: what used to be informal and even "low-life" eventually becomes formal wear. I haven't checked this statement thoroughly, though.

Ok. Thanks for clarifying that for me, although that myth seems to be a good reason pull your pants up.


In any case, I always think that people who that kind of stuff would be easy to mess with if you pull their pants down in front of a live audience.

I missed your comment. I believe you're right; the sagging pants were then worn by people who had served time in jail to prove they were tough. Baggy clothes made it easier to conceal things. Hence the fashion.

However, it being a signal for gay sex is far more funny and enjoyable to claim to the sexually insecure "wanktstas," so I chose to do that.

I believe that is false.

Best explanation I heard was it did start in prison; belts and pull strings were easy to make into weapons so the inmates were not allowed them. This got the inmates used to having their pants falling down and then people getting out of the prison mimicked it to show they were tough and did time.

In time, the clothes got bigger cause it makes a person look bigger, and theoretically more intimidating, while at the same time giving more space for concealed weapons and drugs.

*HOWEREVER* the baggy pants hanging down as a signal for gay sex, and this trend mimicked by supposedly straight men is far more hilarious and fun to believe in.

Cops love it, you can't run.

True.

A literal takedown in a foot chase.

Self inflected usually.

Have you seen the vine "Pull up your Pants?" It really shows that happening.

It is an IQ test.

They didn't pass.

Real gangsters on the other hand: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1kY-SndcJ.....NTS-7e61a3.jpg

Some people like to show their IQ in the way they dress.

It does make deciding who to deal with easier.

Nudists?

No, see, they went to weight watcher and joined a gym and they are just so proud of the weight they lost!

you know, perhaps they would stop that fashion if more paintball folks would consider an exposed bum a target...

The only time my pants sag at all is if I have my .455 Webley on my belt and I forgot my suspenders.

I think it's the dumbest looking trend.

And unpractical too... https://youtu.be/nWkjtZCx6Fw

Love that! Awesome! Only saw "wankstas" dressed that way. I told one to pull up his pants only to have him give mean comments on my Canadian Tuxedo. Claims my mom dressed me. I retorted back that I know his mom didn't pick out his clothes, and it was probably his first time that mommy didn't pick out his cause he picked pants that were too big boy for him. Oh, it was glorious.

But it makes one great vine video.

What is with the pants down around the ankles of the "g-thug" "wankstas" that makes them think they look tough and straight and will attract women? Is it that they think showing that they have clean underwear to prove they have good hygiene will make them more attractive to women?

It can be fun people watching. But then you are tempted to make comments. Twice I almost ended up in a fight because I mentioned to them that their pants were falling down. Both time they were slender fit pants, and not the normal baggy afair people wear, like what Justin Bieber is now known for. And twice the people wanted to fight me. The second time was a 17 year old kid in front of his mother. Was funny was later on he came up and apologized to me as his tiny, Hispanic mother, gave him the evil eye. Now that was priceless!

just remind them that it was started in prison as an indicator you were available for sex and your pimp was pimping you out. Also, they call it "saggin". turn the word around and spell it. heheh

http://www.snopes.com/risque/homose.....ty/sagging.asp

Sadly, suggesting people doing this are gay and looking for sex means they can turn back on you with a "prove it" claim, because there is none. Which is too bad, because I doubt there's much cross-over between gays and saggers.

There is no crossover between "gay" and what passes for sex in prison culture either.

The male-male sex in prison has nothing to do with sexual preference, it's all about the dominance and submission hierarchy.

Would you rather go back to these days, Rabbi?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXbP4JBf8To

I like to think that this style deters thieves from running away too fast. Does that actually work?

Yes. Yes it does.

And they never think of pulling their pants up before snatching something and running.

Hilarity ensues.

I get those guys a lot at my grocery store here in the south....

clown clothes. Clowns and fashion slaves. Goes well with the clown cars with wagon wheels and spinners. Fifteen or twenty(?) years ago it was radical, now it is just a joke that the crowd is playing on their selves.

1970s Disco Leisure Suits as an example.

saw a FB post that included a page from a '70s men's wear catalog- Yikes!! Then there was the '80s yearbook photos with mad hair. Thank goodness that I've never been pop or fashionable. The sad thing about saggers is that it feeds a negative feedback loop that keeps them "in their place" in the worst way. Even if the individual isn't anything more than a silly image conformist, the impression will be that he is a particularly stupid criminal and will treated accordingly.

Very True. Butterfly collars and Polyester galore.

Lots of law enforcement folks probably roll their eyes and hold back a laugh when they see what passes for "Street Cred" and fashion trends...particularly when the sagging pants leave crooks sprawled on the sidewalk for an easy takedown.

There still is the occasional "sensible" dresser that would inadvertently reveal the top of one's butt when they bend over in many a public place...male and female. I just walk on by without a snicker... (heh, heh).

Yeah, I always shake my head at these clown cars that will drop literally THOUSANDS of dollars for rims and rubber on cars not worth $1500 to pimp them out. Oddly I see the parking lot FILLED with those types of cars at the Welfare office or WIC office.

I think the 'grabbing or fondling their junk is because they have poor hygiene, and their genitals itch from flea-bites. As you say, it makes deciding who not to deal with easier.

too funny

Nothin' funnier then seein one of these super cool, stylish gangstas at my store--ESPECIALLY when it's a young man (between 17-25) pushing one of those kiddie carts with the big plastic car on the front of it while his younger siblings (or offspring, depending) are runing amok and/or are hanging half out of the plastic car. (Those things are imPOSSIBLE to steer omfg.)

I see that now and then and am like "oh yeah. You cool, bro. You cool." XD


(And side note: I thought the first guy on the left in this pic had the tip of his peener pokin' out til I realized it was his hand XD )

Yeah, he was rolling his goodies in his hand while walking...seriously I see these guys walking with their hands there, as if making sure it stays in place.

"If my pants fall down, my willy will fall off! Better hang on to it to be sure!"


Seriously, are they having to hang onto it to remember they're male? "What's that, I--oh, oh yeah. Is a penis. That's right. Nearly forgot what bathroom to go into!"

Mike Hammer on the Red Green Show said it was easier to steal their wallets.

I now live in a low rent condo complex full of creeps like these.

Centaurs.

'Nuff said.

PS: I do like the song, 'Low Rider'.

Centaurs wear saggers?

Centaurs don't wear pants.

peeks to see

I love laughing at these kind of idiots. It's not like they can DO much about it, since most of their attention is on keeping their pants from falling off.

Relevant:
http://misandry-mermaid.tumblr.com/.....-wifipasswords