# How CAN'T you know the top of your ass crack is showing???? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 27, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cant-you-know-the-top-of-your-ass-crack-is-showing/511720 "2009-09-27T03:28:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cant-you-know-the-top-of-your-ass-crack-is-showing/511720/21 "2009-09-28T15:25:15Z")
Duct tape application [#173](http://media.photobucket.com/image/duct%20tape%20crack/woodsterman/Funny/540106de.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cant-you-know-the-top-of-your-ass-crack-is-showing/511720/22 "2009-09-28T15:35:32Z")
I hate asscrack on _anyone_. I’m old enough to remember when pants were cut to sit at your waist, and I don’t honestly see what the problem with that is. I can hear all the young girlies; “But pants that high look so groooooooosssss!” No, they don’t; they just look like pants. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cant-you-know-the-top-of-your-ass-crack-is-showing/511720/23 "2009-09-28T15:49:30Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I hate asscrack on _anyone_. I’m old enough to remember when pants were cut to sit at your waist, and I don’t honestly see what the problem with that is. I can hear all the young girlies; “But pants that high look so groooooooosssss!” No, they don’t; they just look like pants. +1 I am really _over_ the low-rise jeans. My daughter is a skinny little teenager and every pair of pants she tries on look like a funnel…tiny at the ankles and then just opening out wide at the top. Even her best fitting jeans have a kangaroo pocket at the small of her back. I’m constantly dropping in pennies. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cant-you-know-the-top-of-your-ass-crack-is-showing/511720/24 "2009-09-28T16:09:26Z")
In men, it is generally an effect of hanging on to pants with a smaller waist size than you can reasonably wear and mentally lowering where you consider your “waist” to be located. The suspenders/belt combo is the final stage of this denial. “I’ve had the same waist size since high school!” Yes, but it wasn’t all in the shade back then, I’ll bet. Unless you’re in a stiff breeze I don’t think it’s all that noticeable, it’s not a very sensitive area. And I can think of worse things than the top of a dude’s ass, even limiting it to masculine epidermal exposure. I’d take 20 butt cracks over prolonged exposure to a 300-pound hairy guy in a t-shirt with the sleeves cut off. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cant-you-know-the-top-of-your-ass-crack-is-showing/511720/25 "2009-09-28T16:10:42Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I hate asscrack on _anyone_. I’m old enough to remember when pants were cut to sit at your waist, and I don’t honestly see what the problem with that is. I can hear all the young girlies; “But pants that high look so groooooooosssss!” No, they don’t; they just look like pants. I’m old enough to remember hip huggers in the 70’s. I think low rise doesn’t look too bad on a person who has the body for it. ---
**Author:** ![G.Pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@G.Pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.Pie)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cant-you-know-the-top-of-your-ass-crack-is-showing/511720/26 "2009-09-28T16:59:21Z")
> [@Ichbin\_Dubist](#): > > I’d take 20 butt cracks over prolonged exposure to a 300-pound hairy guy in a t-shirt with the sleeves cut off. Yeah. That’s not a good look. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cant-you-know-the-top-of-your-ass-crack-is-showing/511720/27 "2009-09-28T17:12:17Z")
It could be [worse](http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?p=3769). Much, much worse. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cant-you-know-the-top-of-your-ass-crack-is-showing/511720/28 "2009-09-28T18:17:14Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > +1 > > I am really _over_ the low-rise jeans. > > My daughter is a skinny little teenager and every pair of pants she tries on look like a funnel…tiny at the ankles and then just opening out wide at the top. Even her best fitting jeans have a kangaroo pocket at the small of her back. I’m constantly dropping in pennies. Man, really low-rise (butt-crack, “need to shave”) jeans haven’t been In Style for a bit. Mid-rise (which is most flattering for most people, honestly. High-rise is usually way too high and makes your butt look reaaallly saggy) [jeans](http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=407493&CategoryID=42839) [are](http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2921470/0~2376776~2374327~2376057~2384994?mediumthumbnail=Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=2384994&P=1) [all](http://www.avenue.com/clothing/Divine-Denim-Bootcut-Jean.aspx?PfId=175295&DeptId=19939&ProductTypeId=1&PurchaseType=0) [over](http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=48607&vid=1&pid=690465) [the](http://www.target.com/Mossimo-Black-Denim-Trouser-Rinse/dp/B002GYNJKG/ref=br_1_14?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&searchView=grid5&searchNodeID=2168899011&node=2168899011&searchRank=salesrank&searchPage=1&searchSize=30&id=Mossimo%20Black%20Denim%20Trouser%20Rinse) [=AB-7C3707&startColor=&dept=shopwomen§ion=shopwomen&category=Jeans"]place]([http://applebottoms.com/nshop/product.php?view=detail&groupName=Jeans&productid](http://applebottoms.com/nshop/product.php?view=detail&groupName=Jeans&productid)[). Note that I linked everthing from hip-hop trendy Apple Bottoms to plus-sized Avenue to bargain-chic Target. Even the lower-rise jeans I generally see aren’t the plumber’s butt cut. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cant-you-know-the-top-of-your-ass-crack-is-showing/511720/29 "2009-09-28T18:38:14Z")
> [@Who\_me\_1](#): > > I’m old enough to remember hip huggers in the 70’s. I think low rise doesn’t look too bad on a person who has the body for it. I don’t recall seeing cracks in the 70’s. Either the shirts being sold to go with the hip huggers were longer, and/or the hip huggers were cut to stay with the hip, and/or I was young and blissfully unaware. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cant-you-know-the-top-of-your-ass-crack-is-showing/511720/30 "2009-09-28T19:40:41Z")
Or possibly overweight grownups weren’t trying to dress like fashionable teenagers. But that’s a whole 'nother complaint. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cant-you-know-the-top-of-your-ass-crack-is-showing/511720/31 "2009-09-28T19:46:20Z")
Yeah, there must be a happy medium between the crack-show and the horrific “Mom” jeans! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cant-you-know-the-top-of-your-ass-crack-is-showing/511720/32 "2009-09-28T19:48:36Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Yeah, there must be a happy medium between the crack-show and the horrific “Mom” jeans! Seconding the recommendation of “mid-rise” jeans. And whenever possible, get ones that fit your shape properly - one-size-fits-all (when it comes to hip/waist shaping)… doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cant-you-know-the-top-of-your-ass-crack-is-showing/511720/33 "2009-09-29T00:22:42Z")
I’m a big fan of ice in the coin slot. Then again, I only do that to someone I know… but I love to do it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cant-you-know-the-top-of-your-ass-crack-is-showing/511720.md?page=1)