So what kind of shorts is real man supposed to wear?

Precisely! When I think of real men, I think of fashion trend setters.

This straight girl is looking for real men to go back to jogging shorts. I miss your legs, guys! sob

Kilts.

Shorts should be given up the same day you give up velvet jackets, peter pan collars and the nursery.

What MOL said.

Once the weather turns nice, I wear Ex Offcio Amphi shorts almost every day.

huh - I thought women were supposed to look better with LONG legs!

If you’re under the age of 25 (or if you’ve managed to keep an attitude like Matthew McConaughey), you should be wearing these.

According to the movie ‘Superbad’, “No one has gotten a hand job in cargo shorts since 'Nam”. Can any of the cargo short boosters here attest to the veracity of that?

I wear what my wife tells me to. She’s the only person whose opinion I care about, shorts-wise.

shakes fist

Are you going to listen to some silly movie you saw about teenaged losers, or are you going to listen to me, a representative of the internets?

This statement is false. And messy.

I wear cargo shorts in the summer because I keep my cell phone in my pocket and not on a holster, and their baggy nature accommodates that quite nicely. Not meaning to hijack this thread, but who here holsters their phone? That could answer some questions about the jorts/pants/cargo shorts preference.

I’m with you! There’s a reason my interest in NBA games has waned since the Larry Bird days.

The collective disdain for shorts on men confounds me. I don’t mind at all when the weather turns warm and the UPS and FedEx drivers who deliver at work switch to shorts. There are places and occasions where I find shorts, even denim ones, on grown men perfectly acceptable. Some of my inlaws host a barbecue every summer. Most of the men wear shorts. None of them look ridiculous or out of place. I do agree that too tight and too long are both detractors.

Holstering your mobile phone is the ultimate way to drive people away from your penis.

The only people who still holster their phone are the same people who still wear jean shorts.

Holstered phone + jorts + mullett FTW!!! http://30.media.tumblr.com/8SSCHLfDSq2u5er3Xah17Igfo1_500.jpg

That guy has a PhD in quantum mechanics.

That is quite possibly the worst haircut in the history of mankind. And that includes that photo of the Mullet Family.

Pfft. Real men don’t wear pants. That’s just silly. It’s too freakin’ hot to wear pants. Shorts just make sense. Big, baggy denim shorts with huge pockets, preferably.

Women wear pants. Us men wear britches. Just ask my grandpa.

A man wears trousers, but a dog pants.