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Ghettoboom767
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That's hilarious Nicole! I can't stand it when people wear there crap like
that(clothes)!
That's how the degenerative skid youth
wear it over here!!
that(clothes)!
That's how the degenerative skid youthwear it over here!!
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It reminds Me of when babies have those saggy diapers full of Poop 
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Then it's no coincidence that in this part of the world, those are known as "sh*t catcher" pants and wearing them is illegal for straight males. 
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serene lodi
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We as adults are to blame for this weirdness. Believe me. I saw a kid running across the street with his pants down to half way between his knees and hips. At first, as I and my inlaws sped by laughing our own asses off, I thought that we had merely caught a gimps of the spectacle of what it meant to be hip these days.. Then I got caught a red light seconds later. In my rear view mirror I was astonished to see the same child criss cross the street five times! This this wasn't happenstance at all! It was a deliberate attack upon our sensibilities. It's so clear to me now. It's not about them and their idiotic fashion sense. It's all about us as adults freaking out about their fashion sense. Every time an adult covers their mouth in disgust over some kid hanging his ass out to the wind, it strengthens that kid's street cred and continues the cycle that we ourselves perpetuated against adults in our own youth. I'd like to hear anyone argue this point.
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superlew said:The Origin of the Trend (as told to me by an Old School Martin County, FL Sheriff's Deputy):
20 years ago, when a young man went to prison, he would lower his pants so that the waist was just below his a$$ as a display of "availability."
Now, that's quite a statement.
I'd heard - from a family member who stays in South Carolina and is very, very gullible
- that the lowered waistline came about accidentally as a result of prisoners' belts being taken from them when they were being processed on arrival at the gaol. Fast forward a couple of decades and a generation or two of kids think it's cool to look like they just came out of gaol. I see a flaw in this theory however: Surely if they'd been released, the gaolers would give them back their belts?
Us hillbillies in the South, attribute the "droopy pants" thing to Stringbean, a country artist / comedian who started the look back in the 1950s.
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Actually I think the whole "baggy" trend (starting with baggy jeans in the 90's, baggy down jackets later, and now this) was due to people trying to look like they can't afford clothes that fit them, so they wear hand-me-downs or Goodwill stuff.
Serious, most American kids like to look and act lower-class than they really are. It's a self-esteem thing. They don't want to look like nice suburban kids, because that's too boring in their opinion. It's the same reason most kids hide how smart they are. They don't want to be dorks. They'd rather sit in the back of the class with the "cool" kids.
The trendy/urban city people who wear those quilted puffed down jackets? See, it's like this: Those jackets used to be exclusive to rural areas......redneck country boys, hunters, ranchers etc....... because they're cheap yet effective against the cold. 30 years ago, upper-class people wanted nothing to do with them. The only reason those jackets started being seen in big cities is because winos & skells received them as a donation from the homeless shelter, or dug it out of a garbage can. And then rappers started wearing them, to try and look like they stay close to their ghetto roots. And then all the well-to-do suburbanites and trendy Hollywood types start wearing them too, because they are self-conscious about their wealth, and want to look like they're "down with the stuggle".
Serious, most American kids like to look and act lower-class than they really are. It's a self-esteem thing. They don't want to look like nice suburban kids, because that's too boring in their opinion. It's the same reason most kids hide how smart they are. They don't want to be dorks. They'd rather sit in the back of the class with the "cool" kids.
The trendy/urban city people who wear those quilted puffed down jackets? See, it's like this: Those jackets used to be exclusive to rural areas......redneck country boys, hunters, ranchers etc....... because they're cheap yet effective against the cold. 30 years ago, upper-class people wanted nothing to do with them. The only reason those jackets started being seen in big cities is because winos & skells received them as a donation from the homeless shelter, or dug it out of a garbage can. And then rappers started wearing them, to try and look like they stay close to their ghetto roots. And then all the well-to-do suburbanites and trendy Hollywood types start wearing them too, because they are self-conscious about their wealth, and want to look like they're "down with the stuggle".
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