# Kid shot in ass in argument over sagging pants **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-shot-in-ass-in-argument-over-sagging-pants/556164 "2010-10-05T19:28:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-shot-in-ass-in-argument-over-sagging-pants/556164/41 "2010-10-07T03:18:22Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > I figure these guys are the least likely to mug me. Because they _can’t run away_. Yes. I’m actually convinced that all gangsta fashions are secretly started by clever law enforcement. Saggy pants make the wannabe muggers fall over when they try to escape, and holding their guns sideways makes it harder to aim if they try to shoot someone. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-shot-in-ass-in-argument-over-sagging-pants/556164/42 "2010-10-07T03:54:54Z")
I read the thread title to Mr. S, and he said, **“Shoot the moon, eh?”** I love that man. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-shot-in-ass-in-argument-over-sagging-pants/556164/43 "2010-10-07T14:54:14Z")
> [@filling\_pages](#): > > So his pants are sagging - so what? It shows less skin than bathing suits. It seems to impede movement less than really high heels. Yeah, but I don’t see people in bathing suits on the subway often, and I think really high heels are just as stupid. But I do get a laugh out of the guys who can’t actually climb stairs without shuffling like a penguin. Now me, I of course wear baggy pants because I’m so terribly well-endowed. My manhood swings around by my knees, dontcha 'know. YMMV. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-shot-in-ass-in-argument-over-sagging-pants/556164/44 "2010-10-07T16:35:17Z")
> [@filling\_pages](#): > > I flat don’t understand the anger that sagging pants brings out in people. So his pants are sagging - so what? It shows less skin than bathing suits. It seems to impede movement less than really high heels. I get that some people think it looks stupid, but that’s generally true of all fashion. Whence the violent hatred? I don’t understand the anger, either. I find the saggy pants phenomenon amusing, myself! It is just a funny visual image. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-shot-in-ass-in-argument-over-sagging-pants/556164/45 "2010-10-07T16:48:55Z")
Nothing exactly new, either. Any of you remember that subset in school, the hoods? A lot of those guys wore their Levis so low that the crotch hung down around their knees, although the legs of the pants weren’t quite so wide. I still occasionally see those ducktailed guys in their sixties and seventies wearing their pants like that. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-shot-in-ass-in-argument-over-sagging-pants/556164/46 "2010-10-07T21:11:52Z")
US gangsta chic seems to have a certain following in NZ among young folks from the lower socioeconomic bracket (like many in the area I live in). Getting off the bus a few weeks back two young Polynesian guys were shuffling along the footpath, no laces, pants crotch at knee level, boxers showing, sunglasses hanging below their chins and, just to top it off, sideways turned baseball caps. I carefully put on the most neutral expression possible and tried so very hard not to become incapacitated with laughter. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-shot-in-ass-in-argument-over-sagging-pants/556164/47 "2010-10-07T21:25:20Z")
It’s not even cool amongst that group to wear sagging pants anymore- at least with the younger guys. You almost never seen teenage boys/ college aged guys wearing super baggy pants anymore. Tight pants are in- just watch some rappers on TV sometime. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-shot-in-ass-in-argument-over-sagging-pants/556164/48 "2010-10-07T21:33:34Z")
This happened not just in Memphis, but in my old neighborhood (for somewhat broad definitions of neighborhood). My father still lives nearby. I’ve driven down that street twice this week. :(:mad: ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-shot-in-ass-in-argument-over-sagging-pants/556164/49 "2010-10-07T21:43:05Z")
What about the female version of this (low cut, skintight jeans, with exposed thong)? Much better scenery, IMHO!🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-shot-in-ass-in-argument-over-sagging-pants/556164/50 "2010-10-08T09:52:52Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > It’s not even cool amongst that group to wear sagging pants anymore… It takes a while for new fashions to make their way to the antipodes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-shot-in-ass-in-argument-over-sagging-pants/556164/51 "2010-10-08T14:53:57Z")
And some people hang onto “their look” for a lifetime. Guess they aren’t just doing it to go along with their crowd but have found something that suits them. Think how convenient low slung pants will be in the nursing home. The staff will love it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-shot-in-ass-in-argument-over-sagging-pants/556164.md?page=2)