Heck, I’ve got camo cargo shorts. They cost me a fiver and fit, and that’s all that matters.
Poor fashion is the least of my aesthetical problems.
You know what’s really convenient to have when you’re spending all day at Disney? 1000 pockets. You know what has a lot of pockets? Cargo shorts.
Boom. Problem solved for me.
Kidding aside on my part, I’m 45 and still wear mine. If I’m going anyplace nicer than a backyard barbeque I’ll wear something else, but otherwise I like the cargo shorts, I find them comfortable and most importantly, my wife thinks I look good in them.
This link shows chino shorts as an alternative to the cargo shorts but I think those look worse. Like there’s no character to them or something.
If I can’t wear cargo shorts, how the fuck am I supposed to carry my cargo?
I’m 53, and I’d wear 'em any time I wanted to reinforce to busybodies that their opinion means absolutely nothing outside of their heads.
Who gives a damn what people think? If you like them, wear them.
I like them.
I’m getting close to sixty years old, and I still wear cargo shorts in the summer and cargo longs in the winter. I *set *the trends, baby.
What else am I supposed to wear with my sandals and knee-high black socks?
Regards,
Shodan
Fashion is for people who don’t have style.
Cargo shorts are perfectly cromulent clothes at the right times. I have cargo shorts, jean shorts, khaki shorts, chinos, lightweight wool trousers, and blue jeans; each of which is the proper thing to wear at a given time.
Mid-fifties, recent transplant from Connecticut to the Sarasota Bay area, where it is in the mid 70s in the middle of February.
I do believe what we have here is a cargo shorts cult.
Or who don’t buy their clothes at Wal-Mart.
Besides, the outfit isn’t unfashionable - it’s post-ironic.
Regards,
Shodan
They’re great to play basketball in.
I’ve never been quick, maybe I should get cargo shorts with S’es on them.
And when they’re the absolutely right garment for the occasion, they’re clutch cargo shorts.
Now I’m picturing the zipper moving as it speaks.
flees screaming from the thread
Ugh, I first saw the “Cargo Shorts are Bad” thing crop up last year. I honestly feel like it was just one of those things that some hoity toity snot nosed kid published in a blog somewhere and a bunch of people glommed onto. :rolleyes:
OK, so they don’t look dressy, but that was never the purpose. They’re comfortable, and they don’t look bad in an embarrassing way. It’s not like wearing short short turd cutters around; Sorry to disagree with those that say they make you look like a kid. It’s just not true. What’s not to love? Inexpensive, comfortable, useful. I wish all my clothes could match all 3 of those criteria. 
I’m planning to be buried in mine.
If I’m in a particularly good mood I’ll get out the utilikilt! Cargo kilt beats cargo shorts every day of the week.
Why would there be an age limit? Color me baffled.
Depends on if he’s planning on celibacy or not.
I’m 71, and wear them all the time in warm weather, because pockets. How else am I supposed to carry wallet, keys, iPhone, emergency meds, etc.?