# Butt Crack Warning - Better Not In Virginia, Especially If You Are Black **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2005, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-crack-warning-better-not-in-virginia-especially-if-you-are-black/289156 "2005-02-09T07:04:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-crack-warning-better-not-in-virginia-especially-if-you-are-black/289156/21 "2005-02-09T23:17:12Z")
Reminds me of a Bizarro cartoon about the “progression of male fashion in the early 21st century” or something that shows the pants going lower and lower until they are around the dude’s ankles and the wife-beater T-shirt got so large it exposed the guys chest but covered his ass like a skirt with suspenders. Ah, Bizarro. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-crack-warning-better-not-in-virginia-especially-if-you-are-black/289156/22 "2005-02-09T23:21:37Z")
Oh and for my own bad fashions I’ll throw in blue mascara, _rolled_ socks and crimped hair. And how about the shirts made of heat sensitive fabric that didn’t last long because the area around your armpits stayed the same color? Or layered T-shirts of different colors with the sleeves rolled to show the under-colors. And don’t forget acid-washed stirrup-pant jeans in various colors like teal and pink. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-crack-warning-better-not-in-virginia-especially-if-you-are-black/289156/23 "2005-02-10T04:17:50Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Oh, yes you did. I don’t know when you were a teenager, but you (or your peer group, at least) looked every bit as stupid as the kids today. > > What I want to see is a fusion of bad youth culture styles. I’m thinking droopy, boxer-revealing bell-bottoms, a nehru jacket, and a Flock of Seagulls hair cut. What else could we add to that? The jacket could be a neon green Hypercolor nehru jacket? Oh, and he could have his face painted in goth punk style. Damn, the guys were wearing their pants like that when I was in seventh grade-1990/1991. Apparently, this is the style that just WILL NOT DIE. Of course, I also had a mall claw back then. _hangs her head in shame_ ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-crack-warning-better-not-in-virginia-especially-if-you-are-black/289156/24 "2005-02-10T04:56:16Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Oh, yes you did. I don’t know when you were a teenager, but you (or your peer group, at least) looked every bit as stupid as the kids today. I’m 24. When I was a teenager, I wore jeans, t-shirts, and tennis shoes, and they weren’t usually just hanging off of me like a shower curtain. For some reason, most of the people I knew in high school weren’t very fashion-conscious. 😉 But seriously, I get your point. I’m just not a great example…unless t-shirts and jeans suddenly go completely out of style. > [@Miller](#): > > What I want to see is a fusion of bad youth culture styles. I’m thinking droopy, boxer-revealing bell-bottoms, a nehru jacket, and a Flock of Seagulls hair cut. What else could we add to that? A large chain for one’s wallet, shoes with the toes cut out, and a tie. And more piercings and tattoos than one should be allowed to sport. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-crack-warning-better-not-in-virginia-especially-if-you-are-black/289156/25 "2005-02-11T02:34:37Z")
> [@](#): > > RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) – Virginia lawmakers dropped their droopy-pants bill Thursday after the whole thing became just too embarrassing. > > The bill, which would have slapped a $50 fine on people who wear their pants so low that their underwear is visible in “a lewd or indecent manner,” passed the state House on Tuesday but was killed by a Senate committee in a unanimous vote. > > Republican Sen. Thomas K. Norment said news reports implied that lawmakers were preoccupied with droopy pants. > > “I find that an indignation, which dampens my humor,” Norment said. Source: [http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/droopy.pants.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/droopy.pants.ap/index.html) Well, at least we now know who wears the pants (properly) in the Virginia legislature. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-crack-warning-better-not-in-virginia-especially-if-you-are-black/289156/26 "2005-02-11T03:42:35Z")
Well, when you chase all the gay people out, what do you expect? ---
**Author:** ![mza662](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mza662](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mza662)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-crack-warning-better-not-in-virginia-especially-if-you-are-black/289156/27 "2005-02-11T04:18:26Z")
> [@ZebraShaSha](#): > > Now, I’m not saying that every single black person is continually forgeting to wear a belt, I’m just saying that in almost all cases it will be a male hip-hopper, with most hip-hoppers being black. > > Whites are, however, just as susceptible to this ridiculous fashion trend as they are to being a hip-hopper. this just depends where you are. being in australia and being a ‘hip-hopper’ for more than half of my 22 years, i wear baggy jeans, almost religiously, as i find them extremely comfortable, but initially it was a fashion statement, and until the last few years, a unique one where i lived. i used to wear my jeans a little low, but nothing ridiculous, and this used to really be because the jeans were baggier being a little oversized. nowadays i wear baggy cut jeans that actually fit and wear them properly and they dont look stupid. but the majorioty of people who wear the jeans so low nowadays are ‘skaters’ and ‘punkers’ and are the far worse offenders. i find it ridiculous how low and have always found more than a few cm low to be stupid. so primarily here in western australia its a white non-hiphop thing. strange how trends flow into different groups in different areas of the world. ---
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-crack-warning-better-not-in-virginia-especially-if-you-are-black/289156/28 "2005-02-11T04:37:38Z")
I could be wrong, but I doubt that there will be a slew of arrests for this. There are a lot of laws on the books that the police won’t bother to enforce. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-crack-warning-better-not-in-virginia-especially-if-you-are-black/289156/29 "2005-02-11T05:05:08Z")
> [@](#): > > RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) – Virginia lawmakers dropped their droopy-pants bill Thursday after the whole thing became just too embarrassing. > > The bill, which would have slapped a $50 fine on people who wear their pants so low that their underwear is visible in “a lewd or indecent manner,” passed the state House on Tuesday but was killed by a Senate committee in a unanimous vote. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/droopy.pants.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/droopy.pants.ap/index.html) I’m not sure this is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-crack-warning-better-not-in-virginia-especially-if-you-are-black/289156/30 "2005-02-11T06:40:46Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Well, when you chase all the gay people out, what do you expect? Who says VA chased out the gays? There’s at least one on this board who’s a helluva good man and lives in VA. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-crack-warning-better-not-in-virginia-especially-if-you-are-black/289156.md?page=1)