# Sagging. Can we just point and laugh at these morons? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452 "2011-06-14T16:22:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/1 "2011-06-14T16:22:51Z")
I am now seeing extreme [examples of this](http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/may/09/florida-ban-sagging-jeans-underpants) in (wait for it) Milton Keynes. You might be making a statement if you’re in Brixton or LA, round here you’re just wearing a sign that says I’M A FUCKING IDIOT! and I HAVE TO WALK LIKE A PENGUIN! Variations on the buttock-covering aspect seem to be 1) wear a _really long_ tee shirt or 2) flapping boxers. Where is this going? Belts a knee level? Wearing BVDs to cover the arse? Clown trousers? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/2 "2011-06-14T16:35:23Z")
[Hey, one guy died from it. He committed murder, then tripped from his baggy pants and fell to his death.](http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/massacre_on_the_8nRYonxHaQa5NK3tgccbqN) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/3 "2011-06-14T16:37:13Z")
Here is the relevant quote from the article I just linked to. He tripped once, allowing one girl to escape while he got back up…then: > [@](#): > > Fleeing empty-handed, Quinones ditched his gun, a .380-caliber semiautomatic pistol loaded with hollow-point bullets, and made a dash down a rear fire escape. > > But again, his low-slung pants fell to his ankles, tripping him and sending him falling three stories to his death, authorities said. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/4 "2011-06-14T16:42:50Z")
Let the sagger know that in some prisons, you are advertising your services when you sag your pants… That should make them pull 'em up… ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/5 "2011-06-14T18:07:04Z")
A few months ago I saw a guy with his pants belted just above his knees. I could see between his legs over his belt. He looked freakin’ ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/6 "2011-06-14T18:32:26Z")
Am I the only one who gets the urge to sneak up behind these morons and either de-pants them or give them an Atomic Death Wedgie? ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/7 "2011-06-14T19:15:25Z")
The killer was 44-years old. It is bad enough when a punk kid does it, but if you are older than me and still doing it, you deserve to fall off a fire escape because of it. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/8 "2011-06-14T21:38:20Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > Am I the only one who gets the urge to sneak up behind these morons and either de-pants them or give them an Atomic Death Wedgie? No, stomp down on their belt-area so it pantses them, then shove em over. I saw this trend back in high school, I thought it was stupid then, and it’s stupid now. It makes them look like they’re so lazy they can’t be bothered to dress themselves all the way. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/9 "2011-06-14T22:11:07Z")
You know, part of me hopes that this fashion trend never dies. It is just so funny! And I like to laugh… ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/10 "2011-06-15T00:50:58Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > Let the sagger know that in some prisons, you are advertising your services when you sag your pants… > > That should make them pull 'em up… That’s what I tell them … it doesn’t help. They’re ign’nt and they’re too stuck on conforming with their peers that it’s not important. What do you think they’re going to do - run around telling this to everyone? Not a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/11 "2011-06-15T01:01:04Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > No, stomp down on their belt-area so it pantses them, then shove em over. I saw this trend back in high school, I thought it was stupid then, and it’s stupid now. It makes them look like they’re so lazy they can’t be bothered to dress themselves all the way. Awesome! It’s like cow tipping, only more satisfying! I remember it in high school too, as part of the whole grunge thing. Stick-thin guys wearing 50 inch waist pants, so not only were they hanging off their asses but the legs would drag on the ground and get all torn up and frayed. Blechhhh. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/12 "2011-06-15T01:30:25Z")
Wow, I didn’t know that there were still threads from 1995 in the site database. what the hell is an “Asbo”? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/13 "2011-06-15T01:36:06Z")
I just felt this was a good time to post about these [handy new inventions](http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhH06ytFRLS57zB504). (web site, but the video starts when you open it) ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/14 "2011-06-15T01:57:30Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > what the hell is an “Asbo”? ASBO = Anti Social Behaviour Order - essentially a UK court order to stop the recipient from continuing to behave in a way, which is not a criminal act, but is deemed objectionable by the man (like wearing hooded sweatshirts in a mall, or having loud sex at home). Breaching the ASBO is an offence and can lead to criminal sanctions. And no I’m not making those examples up. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/15 "2011-06-15T03:16:52Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Hey, one guy died from it. He committed murder, then tripped from his baggy pants and fell to his death.](http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/massacre_on_the_8nRYonxHaQa5NK3tgccbqN) And it happened shortly after a gunfight in Times Square. He was shot by the cops after his gun jammed by… wait for it… holding it sideways, gangsta-style. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/16 "2011-06-15T03:18:55Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > ASBO = Anti Social Behaviour Order - essentially a UK court order to stop the recipient from continuing to behave in a way, which is not a criminal act, but is deemed objectionable by the man (like wearing hooded sweatshirts in a mall, or having loud sex at home). Breaching the ASBO is an offence and can lead to criminal sanctions. > > And no I’m not making those examples up. Huh. Here the fashion police only has the power to soundly mock the offender. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/17 "2011-06-15T03:25:26Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > Let the sagger know that in some prisons, you are advertising your services when you sag your pants… > > That should make them pull 'em up… i have a better idea. Make these losers wear their pants like this if/when they become incarcerated themselves. I’ll bet that wakes up a few of these idiots. I don’t mind a little fashion individuality, but this is the dumbest trend I’ve seen in a long while. And it has been for the 10+ years it’s been around. Disco died… why doesn’t this? ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/18 "2011-06-15T04:52:47Z")
Just about the time I had come to grips with the notion that sagging, baggy pants were here to stay, at least among a certain segment of the population, I walked behind a young lad the other day sporting sagging, skinny hipster jeans. I didn’t think it was possible, but I believe they actually looked even more ridiculous than the old-school baggy, sagging pants. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/19 "2011-06-15T07:19:39Z")
I think kids are still doing it because they know that it drives adults crazy. Seems like a good enough reason for most teenagers. Around here, the sagging trend seems to be fading away. I live in an urban area and haven’t seen super saggy pants in a year or more. Make way for the next trend that will drive adults mad! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452/20 "2011-06-15T07:34:16Z")
Point and laugh? OK, but I prefer to fire rubber bands at the exposed pant-covered buttock. I mean- it’s not like they’re going to be able to give chase, is it? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sagging-can-we-just-point-and-laugh-at-these-morons/585452.md?page=2)