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Mid 20s, have been wearing socks with sandals for years. It's confortable and I don't care I look like my grand-dad. (My sister in law is desperate that I'll n

by sjrd 10y ago

Mid 20s, have been wearing socks with sandals for years. It's confortable and I don't care I look like my grand-dad. (My sister in law is desperate that I'll never find a girlfriend, though ...)

sotojuan 10y ago
Though I don't wear socks with sandals (find it uncomfortable) I've found most people don't care or follow "fashion rules" people post online. I recently saw one about not wearing shorts after you're 20 years old... I just had to roll my eyes. Enjoy wearing pants all the time in the summer.
- jdmichal 10y ago
  A lot of the "fashion rules" were made up by people in New England and other cooler climates. As you said, good luck wearing long pants through the southern US summer, which spans from May to November, when it then becomes "fall-spring" until next May. Also of note is seersucker suits and guayabara shirts, both of which see much more formal use in the south.
  - sotojuan 10y ago
    Agreed, but even rules aren't followed. If you go anywhere in the summer in New England you'll find people in shorts (even in upper class areas). In NYC this summer I feel bad for the finance people who probably suffered from a heat stroke while wearing a suit during our hottest days. People online will make up rules like "men who wear this are children!" which are never based in reality. And to keep on topic, I'm sure they too stop caring by age 40 :-)
    - erelde 10y ago
      > I feel bad for the finance people who probably suffered from a heat stroke while wearing a suit during our hottest days In my org, my reasonning for the many people wearing suits (usually not devs and management higher ups) is that their home has air conditionning, they come to work in their car with air conditionning and the building where we work has air conditionning. That's how I think they survive. At least, that's what I hope for them.
  - emodendroket 10y ago
    New England is pretty hot and humid during its (shorter) summer.
    - deathanatos 10y ago
      Having grown up in the south, and lived for several years in New England, let me assure you, "humid" in the south is in a completely different class than the exceedingly brief New England summer. I've seen humid days in NE, but it's just a different thing altogether in the south where you can open the back door and walk into what feels like a wall of watery air. I'm sure NE has a day here or there where it gets to that extreme, but it's practically guaranteed in the south. NE is a different climate; that has its perks too: beautiful fall colors and wonderful snow storms (the milder ones I find fun to watch), and relatively speaking, no humidity. As a Texan friend of mine once (jokingly) said "Weather is what you experience in a parking lot." (because everywhere else, on a day to day basis in a city — buildings/cars — is air conditioned; only that during that short trip from building to car do you endure the great outdoors) The few New Englander's I've tried this on didn't get it, whereas southerners seem to; YMMV, of course, there's no science here. The other thing I've never seen, outside of the south, is the horizon turning green during a bad storm (caused by light refracting through hail). Also, I highly recommend the sight of a rainstorm moving across and towards you on the plains, and the sweet scented down-drafts that precede rain. And if you're sick of weather, Silicon Valley has none. (Unless you like fog, then see SF.)
      - ewwtoes 10y ago
        We had a tornado briefly touch down in Brooklyn maybe 7 years ago and the sky definitely turned that green, it was the first time I had experienced that. I had read about that before and knew to get away from the windows. Luckily we were fine, but a brownstone a couple doors down had its skylights blown out.
      - emodendroket 10y ago
        > Having grown up in the south, and lived for several years in New England, let me assure you, "humid" in the south is in a completely different class than the exceedingly brief New England summer. I've seen humid days in NE, but it's just a different thing altogether in the south where you can open the back door and walk into what feels like a wall of watery air. I'm sure NE has a day here or there where it gets to that extreme, but it's practically guaranteed in the south. I've been to the South too; we get like a week of weather like that most summers. Maybe you could quibble about the differences but it gets hot enough that I think the whole question about whether to wear shorts is equally valid. As far as the parking lot thing... I mean, do you think we all spend a lot of time outside in the winter?
  - solotronics 10y ago
    If you wear pants all summer in Dallas there is a good chance you will die of heat stroke.
    - coolsunglasses 10y ago
      Nah. I live south of you and I wear jeans all year.
  - andrewwhartion 10y ago
    I've heard recently that suits are making a comeback... :)
    - jodrellblank 10y ago
      Indeed? (I assumed you were a longstanding reader referencing this, but with an account ~3 months old, maybe not...) - http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
      - andrewwhartion 10y ago
        well, long time lurker, only recently bothered to create an account. And yes, reference to that. :)
- bitwize 10y ago
  What, you don't wear pink on Wednesdays? God, who are you?
- ewwtoes 10y ago
  Even if it's 105 degrees on the subway platform trying to get back to Brooklyn I'll still be wearing black jeans or pants. Shorts are for boys, tourists, and the beach. Recently my girlfriend told me to pack some shorts for a trip to the Caribbean coast of a Latin American country and I bet her that there was no way the locals were going to be wearing shorts. I won.
  - 35bge57dtjku 10y ago
    Were those locals on vacation?
ewwtoes 10y ago
I appreciate you wearing socks with your sandals because frankly I never want to see a man's toes. Thanks for that. Also, your sister-in-law is right unfortunately. [1] [1] http://observer.com/2015/09/7-pieces-of-shoe-advice-for-men-from-434-single-women/ http://observer.com/2015/09/7-pieces-of-shoe-advice-for-men-...

by sjrd 10y ago

Mid 20s, have been wearing socks with sandals for years. It's confortable and I don't care I look like my grand-dad. (My sister in law is desperate that I'll never find a girlfriend, though ...)

sotojuan 10y ago

Though I don't wear socks with sandals (find it uncomfortable) I've found most people don't care or follow "fashion rules" people post online. I recently saw one about not wearing shorts after you're 20 years old... I just had to roll my eyes. Enjoy wearing pants all the time in the summer.

jdmichal 10y ago
A lot of the "fashion rules" were made up by people in New England and other cooler climates. As you said, good luck wearing long pants through the southern US summer, which spans from May to November, when it then becomes "fall-spring" until next May. Also of note is seersucker suits and guayabara shirts, both of which see much more formal use in the south.
- sotojuan 10y ago
  Agreed, but even rules aren't followed. If you go anywhere in the summer in New England you'll find people in shorts (even in upper class areas). In NYC this summer I feel bad for the finance people who probably suffered from a heat stroke while wearing a suit during our hottest days. People online will make up rules like "men who wear this are children!" which are never based in reality. And to keep on topic, I'm sure they too stop caring by age 40 :-)
  - erelde 10y ago
    > I feel bad for the finance people who probably suffered from a heat stroke while wearing a suit during our hottest days In my org, my reasonning for the many people wearing suits (usually not devs and management higher ups) is that their home has air conditionning, they come to work in their car with air conditionning and the building where we work has air conditionning. That's how I think they survive. At least, that's what I hope for them.
- emodendroket 10y ago
  New England is pretty hot and humid during its (shorter) summer.
  - deathanatos 10y ago
    Having grown up in the south, and lived for several years in New England, let me assure you, "humid" in the south is in a completely different class than the exceedingly brief New England summer. I've seen humid days in NE, but it's just a different thing altogether in the south where you can open the back door and walk into what feels like a wall of watery air. I'm sure NE has a day here or there where it gets to that extreme, but it's practically guaranteed in the south. NE is a different climate; that has its perks too: beautiful fall colors and wonderful snow storms (the milder ones I find fun to watch), and relatively speaking, no humidity. As a Texan friend of mine once (jokingly) said "Weather is what you experience in a parking lot." (because everywhere else, on a day to day basis in a city — buildings/cars — is air conditioned; only that during that short trip from building to car do you endure the great outdoors) The few New Englander's I've tried this on didn't get it, whereas southerners seem to; YMMV, of course, there's no science here. The other thing I've never seen, outside of the south, is the horizon turning green during a bad storm (caused by light refracting through hail). Also, I highly recommend the sight of a rainstorm moving across and towards you on the plains, and the sweet scented down-drafts that precede rain. And if you're sick of weather, Silicon Valley has none. (Unless you like fog, then see SF.)
    - ewwtoes 10y ago
      We had a tornado briefly touch down in Brooklyn maybe 7 years ago and the sky definitely turned that green, it was the first time I had experienced that. I had read about that before and knew to get away from the windows. Luckily we were fine, but a brownstone a couple doors down had its skylights blown out.
    - emodendroket 10y ago
      > Having grown up in the south, and lived for several years in New England, let me assure you, "humid" in the south is in a completely different class than the exceedingly brief New England summer. I've seen humid days in NE, but it's just a different thing altogether in the south where you can open the back door and walk into what feels like a wall of watery air. I'm sure NE has a day here or there where it gets to that extreme, but it's practically guaranteed in the south. I've been to the South too; we get like a week of weather like that most summers. Maybe you could quibble about the differences but it gets hot enough that I think the whole question about whether to wear shorts is equally valid. As far as the parking lot thing... I mean, do you think we all spend a lot of time outside in the winter?
- solotronics 10y ago
  If you wear pants all summer in Dallas there is a good chance you will die of heat stroke.
  - coolsunglasses 10y ago
    Nah. I live south of you and I wear jeans all year.
- andrewwhartion 10y ago
  I've heard recently that suits are making a comeback... :)
  - jodrellblank 10y ago
    Indeed? (I assumed you were a longstanding reader referencing this, but with an account ~3 months old, maybe not...) - http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
    - andrewwhartion 10y ago
      well, long time lurker, only recently bothered to create an account. And yes, reference to that. :)
bitwize 10y ago
What, you don't wear pink on Wednesdays? God, who are you?
ewwtoes 10y ago
Even if it's 105 degrees on the subway platform trying to get back to Brooklyn I'll still be wearing black jeans or pants. Shorts are for boys, tourists, and the beach. Recently my girlfriend told me to pack some shorts for a trip to the Caribbean coast of a Latin American country and I bet her that there was no way the locals were going to be wearing shorts. I won.
- 35bge57dtjku 10y ago
  Were those locals on vacation?

ewwtoes 10y ago

I appreciate you wearing socks with your sandals because frankly I never want to see a man's toes. Thanks for that. Also, your sister-in-law is right unfortunately. [1] [1] http://observer.com/2015/09/7-pieces-of-shoe-advice-for-men-from-434-single-women/ http://observer.com/2015/09/7-pieces-of-shoe-advice-for-men-...