• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      40
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      No they mean a certain type of shorts that end above the knees. Not the shorts that are basically three quarters pants. The shorter they were the gayer you’d be.

      Gay:

      Not gay:

      • Lemminary@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        18
        ·
        1 year ago

        Ohh, I distinctly remember that showing your knees was gay. But not as gay as bending over to pick up a pencil without bending your knees for it. It meant you wanted it up the ass then and there, there was no other conceivable reason.

        • oldfart@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          8
          ·
          1 year ago

          Haha I learned the habit of properly lifting and not breaking your back this way. Looks like school taught me something practical after all.

      • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        1 year ago

        unless you’re wearing running shorts in which case the length of the shorts is inversely related to how good/fast of a runner you are.

      • GoodEye8@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Thank god I grew up in Europe. I would’ve been gay as fuck in America.

        • boonhet@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          The not gay ones are hella comfortable looking. Not sure about the gay ones, I’ve never really been into that type, I prefer my shorts really loose and the pockets big enough to hold 2 liter bottles

    • spamfajitas@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      15
      ·
      1 year ago

      It was only if they fell above the knees that made you gay. If they fell below the knee or were basketball shorts, you were fine.

    • gmtom@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      1 year ago

      Well the term originated in Britain where they weren’t that popular at the time, and like the post says it was only if you wore short too much.

    • Asidonhopo@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      1 year ago

      I can remember getting shouted at from a moving car for wearing shorts circa 2006, it was a thing.

      • EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        Just people shouting invectives at you as they drove past, is that still a thing? I remembered it happening quite a bit back then, and it would ruin my day each time.