# How are you supposed to wear tube socks? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 7, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958 "2014-11-07T05:31:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/21 "2014-11-07T16:26:49Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Don’t know what they are really called. Socks that do not extend up the ankle. They only cover your foot? My son introduced me to them a few years ago. Like these? No show socks. > **[No show socks + FREE SHIPPING | Zappos.com](https://www.zappos.com/no-show-socks)** > > Free shipping BOTH ways on no show socks from our vast selection of styles. Fast delivery, and 24/7/365 real-person service with a smile. Click or call 800-927-7671. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/22 "2014-11-07T16:47:15Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > I don’t understand why you don’t just make your own socks. Fresh woven is the only acceptable choice for the IQ level of any true Doper. This. I can make better socks at home than anything you can buy at the store. The ones in the store were probably made on the other side of the country months ago and then frozen as it was shipped out to your local sockery and then probably microwaved before being sold to you. Why would you want that when you can make fresh woven socks and wear them right out of the loom? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/23 "2014-11-07T17:12:52Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Like these? No show socks. > [No show socks + FREE SHIPPING | Zappos.com](http://www.zappos.com/no-show-socks) Exactly! I have a brand of these at home marked “left” and “right”. I wear as directed, but have no idea why. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/24 "2014-11-07T17:58:25Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Exactly! I have a brand of these at home marked “left” and “right”. I wear as directed, but have no idea why. Maybe it’s to remind you not to put two on the same foot. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/25 "2014-11-07T18:14:43Z")
Mine are all crusty! WTF?? ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/26 "2014-11-07T18:19:32Z")
> [@stretch](#): > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > Don’t know what they are really called. Socks that do not extend up the ankle. They only cover your foot? My son introduced me to them a few years ago. > > We called them “footies” back in the day (1970s-80s), but now I think they call them ankle socks. Strange to relate, ankle socks actually cover the ankles. Which is why they’re called ankle socks. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/27 "2014-11-07T18:23:13Z")
My tube socks say “TGIF” on them. Toes go in first. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/28 "2014-11-07T18:57:19Z")
Now the big question: When wearing tube socks and baggy sweat pants, should I tuck the pant legs into the tube socks? ---
**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:** [November 7, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/29 "2014-11-07T19:24:02Z")
> [@stretch](#): > > We called them “footies” back in the day (1970s-80s), but now I think they call them ankle socks. Or anklets. (I always found them hella uncomfortable) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/30 "2014-11-07T20:50:54Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Now the big question: When wearing tube socks and baggy sweat pants, should I tuck the pant legs into the tube socks? Are cowboy boots involved? btw, the boots need to be made at home from the freshly tanned hides of bulls you slaughtered yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/31 "2014-11-07T21:00:55Z")
If you left-right people are serious, it’s because a lot of nice running socks are actually woven to fit one foot or another. Because obviously your feet have sides (shorter on the outside, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/32 "2014-11-07T21:25:30Z")
Hey I like tube socks! \>:( ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/33 "2014-11-07T22:03:17Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Are cowboy boots involved? Don’t be ridiculous. I’m a Texan. _Of course_ I wear cowboy boots with my sweat pants. > [@](#): > > btw, the boots need to be made at home from the freshly tanned hides of bulls you slaughtered yourself. 😕 Isn’t this how everybody does it? Though, I’ll admit, sometimes we use hides from feral emus and snow monkeys. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/34 "2014-11-08T00:43:19Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > If you left-right people are serious, it’s because a lot of nice running socks are actually woven to fit one foot or another. Because obviously your feet have sides (shorter on the outside, etc.) Thank you. I was truly perplexed. I put a pair on wrong tonight and it doesn’t feel any difference. Then again I never can feel the pea, either. ETA: I thought maybe they were marked so they would stretch over time to fit better. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/35 "2014-11-08T00:56:45Z")
Snow monkeys are delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/36 "2014-11-08T03:57:07Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > I don’t think you’re really supposed to wear tube socks. I think they exist solely for the making of sock puppets. And masterbation ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/37 "2014-11-08T03:59:48Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > Mine are all crusty! WTF?? Someone beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/38 "2014-11-08T04:17:32Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Someone beat me to it. Errr, I think you mean he beat himself to it. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/39 "2014-11-08T04:21:56Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Snow monkeys are delicious. So are tube steaks. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958/40 "2014-11-08T05:07:11Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Snow monkeys are delicious. Especially after they’ve been soaking in the hot springs for awhile. Makes the meat fall-off-the-bone tender. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-wear-tube-socks/703958.md?page=3)