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Absolutely. At first I was intensely disappointed by the post ("why so wordy?", "why no pictures?"), but then I got to the design part and said "holy shit I wa

by ebg13 6y ago

Absolutely. At first I was intensely disappointed by the post ("why so wordy?", "why no pictures?"), but then I got to the design part and said "holy shit I want this". If people are happy with their cargo pants, no worries . It doesn't conform to a lot of current fashion aesthetic, but if that doesn't hit a person's radar, then cool, great. But a lot of people in the thread here are feeling attacked because someone doesn't like to wear the pants they like to wear. Fashion is aesthetic and therefore subjective, and it changes over time. At one point cargo pants might have even been "cool". I don't remember them ever being "office" though.

flanbiscuit 6y ago
I also really want these! I wear slim-to-skinny jeans and my phone eventually stretches the jean fabric above the pocket and you can see a white outline of my phone. As manufacturers kept increasing mobile screen sizes I'd have to make sure my phone could actually fit in my pocket when buying pants as not every brand consistently use the same pocket depth. Last time I wore cargo pants (probably the late 90s) I remember everything just annoyingly swing around as I walked.
- andrepd 6y ago
  That sounds like a problem with the obnoxiously large phones as well :p
  - saagarjha 6y ago
    Sadly the large phone thing seems here to stay, and it’s driving out small phone options :(
    - flanbiscuit 6y ago
      I get Pixel phones to get stock Android and reliable updates and the smallest I can get are ~6 inch phones. If a 5 inch Pixel was released I'd buy it in a heartbeat
      - eythian 6y ago
        Things like the Pixel 3a are ~5.5 inch, which is not 5, but better than the full size ones if you don't want a big one.
        flanbiscuit 6y ago
        I have the Pixel 3a right now. It's a 6" phone with a 5.6" display. I was referring to total phone size. On top of that I add a phone case because I've dropped previous phones and caused (slight) damage so it's an absolute must for me. I use the pixel fabric cases google sells which only increases my dimensions to 6.12 in (155.54 mm) x 2.93 in (74.33 mm) https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_3a_specs https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_3a_specs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_3a#Specifications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_3a#Specifications https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_3a_case_fabric https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_3a_case_fabric
msla 6y ago
This is denigrating cargo pants because they're associated with manual labor. It's classist, and, to some extent, racist.
- randomchars 6y ago
  So not wanting to wear cargo pants because I think they look like shit makes me classiest and racist? This kind of behavior where people are labeling anything and everything racist is very much harmful, and makes every sensible people less sensitive to racist claims.
  - msla 6y ago
    No, saying cargo pants are ugly because they look like what a laborer (or a "pretend-laborer" to use the article's wording) wears is classist.
    - randomchars 6y ago
      And? Is it not true? Manual labor is not a profession where you're dressing to impress. Their clothes are functional, but are quite ugly. I did manual labor for a while, and guess what: my clothes sucked too. No laborer is going to get offended if you tell them that their clothes are not good looking. Stop getting offended in the name of a random group of people.
      - vinceguidry 6y ago
        Not to detract from your point, but there are plenty of fashion-conscious people that do manual labor for a living too. They just look down on 'fancy' clothes. "How is that guy going to get any work done in those clothes?" And yeah, they will get offended if you tell them their Carhartt / Duluth Trading Company apparel that can potentially cost more than serviceable office wear doesn't look good.
    - pavlus 6y ago
      Well, jeans were invented for miners, pretty sure you see everyone who wears them as a manual laborer too, and by that extent, if you are ok with jeans, but not with cargo pants, then issue is not with the wearer.

by ebg13 6y ago

flanbiscuit 6y ago

I also really want these! I wear slim-to-skinny jeans and my phone eventually stretches the jean fabric above the pocket and you can see a white outline of my phone. As manufacturers kept increasing mobile screen sizes I'd have to make sure my phone could actually fit in my pocket when buying pants as not every brand consistently use the same pocket depth. Last time I wore cargo pants (probably the late 90s) I remember everything just annoyingly swing around as I walked.

andrepd 6y ago
That sounds like a problem with the obnoxiously large phones as well :p
- saagarjha 6y ago
  Sadly the large phone thing seems here to stay, and it’s driving out small phone options :(
  - flanbiscuit 6y ago
    I get Pixel phones to get stock Android and reliable updates and the smallest I can get are ~6 inch phones. If a 5 inch Pixel was released I'd buy it in a heartbeat
    - eythian 6y ago
      Things like the Pixel 3a are ~5.5 inch, which is not 5, but better than the full size ones if you don't want a big one.
      - flanbiscuit 6y ago
        I have the Pixel 3a right now. It's a 6" phone with a 5.6" display. I was referring to total phone size. On top of that I add a phone case because I've dropped previous phones and caused (slight) damage so it's an absolute must for me. I use the pixel fabric cases google sells which only increases my dimensions to 6.12 in (155.54 mm) x 2.93 in (74.33 mm) https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_3a_specs https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_3a_specs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_3a#Specifications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_3a#Specifications https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_3a_case_fabric https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_3a_case_fabric

msla 6y ago

This is denigrating cargo pants because they're associated with manual labor. It's classist, and, to some extent, racist.

randomchars 6y ago
So not wanting to wear cargo pants because I think they look like shit makes me classiest and racist? This kind of behavior where people are labeling anything and everything racist is very much harmful, and makes every sensible people less sensitive to racist claims.
- msla 6y ago
  No, saying cargo pants are ugly because they look like what a laborer (or a "pretend-laborer" to use the article's wording) wears is classist.
  - randomchars 6y ago
    And? Is it not true? Manual labor is not a profession where you're dressing to impress. Their clothes are functional, but are quite ugly. I did manual labor for a while, and guess what: my clothes sucked too. No laborer is going to get offended if you tell them that their clothes are not good looking. Stop getting offended in the name of a random group of people.
    - vinceguidry 6y ago
      Not to detract from your point, but there are plenty of fashion-conscious people that do manual labor for a living too. They just look down on 'fancy' clothes. "How is that guy going to get any work done in those clothes?" And yeah, they will get offended if you tell them their Carhartt / Duluth Trading Company apparel that can potentially cost more than serviceable office wear doesn't look good.
  - pavlus 6y ago
    Well, jeans were invented for miners, pretty sure you see everyone who wears them as a manual laborer too, and by that extent, if you are ok with jeans, but not with cargo pants, then issue is not with the wearer.