Posted on 10/22/2007 2:36:26 AM PDT by Caipirabob
I’m sure poor Travis is suffering from the effects of ADHD - Absent Dad/Husband Disorder.
I call those Minnie Pearl hats...straight out the box with a flat bill and the price sticker hanging off.
Hater. :)
That's what keeps the pants from sliding all the way down. There is a silver lining here: the little darlings can't carry as much stolen loot while running from the cops.
Nothing like mimicking prison behavior for popular culture is there? First it was the untied shoes look, now its the “I am available to be violated” prison bit** look. Wonderful!
At the take-out counter, the young man slinging the pizzas was exposing his boxer undershorts close to the hem. It seemed unhygienic to me, but upon consideration I concluded that it was probably not any moreso than if his underwear had not been exposed. Sometimes it's best not to focus on hygeine.
At another fast-food takeout, a young man ahead of me in line also had most of his underwear exposed. He perceived my reaction, a mixture of amusement and disapproval I suppose, and pulled his trousers up. I appreciated this courtesy.
Do you suppose these people will make a shift to jocky underwear? What after that?
I think it started that way in some inner-city schools, but since then the phenomenon has really "jumped the fence" and spread far and wide (including crossing class and racial boundaries).
These are not the sort of people who look for meaningful employment.
But I am deeply concerned about the low standards of the adult world, and obviously this carries over to teenagers and children. This "fashion" may be a reflection of that.
When the hippie crowd swelled to an unignorable size in America, the country took a major downturn toward decadence, and popular culture cheapened and downturned along with everything else.
Now that these decadent hippies have taken over the Democrat Party, the "Mainstream Newsmedia", university campuses, and large enclaves of the population, decadence is more all pervasive than ever.
The effect was predictable. What wasn't predictable is that millions of Americans would empower these decadents and that their empowerment would reach such a dangerous magnitude.
Wife's family was too polite to say anything. Being an in-law and a Republican (shock, horror) to boot, I spoke up. I asked him if he was gay.
When I got a *very* indignant "NO" for an answer, I asked him (approximately) "When you go out in public looking like a complete crudball - like you do now - what girl do you think would look twice at you?".
I could see the wheels turning. Last few times he's showed up at family gatherings, he's looked a little more respectable. Shaved, showered, clean correctly fitting clothes. Still hasn't mastered tucking in his shirt yet, but we're getting there.
I *am* an employer. I *have* had people show up to interviews dressed like this (and worse).
And no, I haven't hired them. :-)
Those tight, just above the pubic hair pants that have come into vogue for women make their butts look gross.
Yep, but they should do it on their own dime. When my son was a teen I never purchased anything for him that I would have preferred he not wear. He didn't like it of course, but I told him if he wanted me to pay, he'd look the way I wanted him to.
He got a job and ended up getting over the 'rebellion' thing really quick when he realized how much of his own hard earned money it was going to cost.
of those in the employable age, I wonder what the employment rate is for that subset of saggy pants? - maybe close to 100%.
With what I've seen come through the interview door, perhaps a little desperation is understandable. I'm not sure if there's anything that I *haven't* seen worn to an interview...perhaps full nudity. That's about it.
My fav is a recent phone interview that I did with a young lady where every other word out of her mouth started with "F" and every statement ended in a question mark. As in: "I'm calling about the F'ing Interview? I'll F'ing email my resume over?"
Best part (if you'll please pardon the expletive in the story) of the interview was when she said that she "Liked to work on Computers and Shit?". Putting the phone on mute, I wondered aloud to my co-workers in the interview room if she took the PCs in the bathroom with her, or if she just did it right at her desk. It's still funny, even a few months later.
Needless to say, it was a short conversation. Honestly, I thought that it was a put-up job, maybe someone playing a joke on us. Nope. And, I'm sure that somewhere, this foul-mouthed woman is smearing my company and I to everyone within hearing range for not "giving her a well-deserved chance" or some such nonsense.
I behold the outlandish clothing as a warning sign, just as the stripes on a coral snake that say “Beware!”. The same goes for tatoos, facial/body piercings and other tell-tale signs of defective thinking. I avoid those cretins.
So, like, dude, did you, like, hire her?
just kidding.
Actually the saggy pants mean “I am unarmed”.
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