You know, in my jealousy about the capacious pockets in men’s pants, I never thought about how they must weigh the pants down when they’re full of keys and wallet and phone and tampons and condoms and stuff. No wonder y’all need belts!

Reporting in with a similar problem. In my case, the crotch gets worn out because I have THICC footballer (soccer) thighs

That’s fascinating! Especially given thread-OP’s comment.

Are there any other fashion-related things you’ve noticed like that?

Ah yeah that’ll do it. I love mid waisted jeans. And a belt has the perk of looking great with them as well as keeping them on

Rawr xD, friend

It’s just one of those things. You never think about it. But we do it.

Something I accidentally did for myself as an adolescent is get a tailor. I cannot recommend enough!

Your clothes look nicer, but they also last a lot longer when they’re altered to work with your body instead of against it.

I remember seeing a post shooting interview with a victim and he was wishing that he wore multiple belts because he could have saved more people. It’s kind of sad I couldn’t find the video though… Too many shootings.

Thanks. The community must be very new.

This assumes they use the toilet when out of their home. I sure as hell don’t.

And Colby

I remember the jolly rancher story, but not the one where they broke both their arms.

I was expecting some rando to comment on this with his fediverse username related to something poop-knify. Might still happen.

Unfortunately it’s become part of internet lore, I think it will last a long time as a reference or old in-joke. Luckily Lemmy is also giving us new ones, like beans or the 3-day no-poop challenge.

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Fellow poop knife enjoyers i see!

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From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uppity:

The adjective uppity is an informal, somewhat old-fashioned word. When used to mean “arrogant” or “presumptuous,” it is no more offensive than either of these synonyms. In its meaning of “aspiring to a rank or position higher than one deserves or is entitled to” it is decidedly disparaging, the implication of the word being that the one described does not deserve or is not entitled to rise in standing. Beyond this denotation, however, uppity has a long history of being applied to members of racial minorities and especially to Black people. Its association with such uses, and the bigotry they represent, means that when it is used to describe a member of a racial minority it is likely to be considered especially offensive.

Huh. TIL.

As someone with a job involving regular public speaking before some potentially-sensitive audiences, I’m always afraid that some word I use will turn out to have a hurtful impact on people despite being completely innocuous to my ear. Thanks for pointing out another one to add to my “don’t say this word anymore” list! Potentially saved me some awkward conversations.

Bruh

All my leather jackets, belts, shoes get mouldy if left unused for some time. All you need to do is live in a humid country… that’ll do the trick!

Y’all are correct to wash your hands after touching mail and packages. I’m a mailman, and if I don’t wear gloves, I have to scrub my hands a few times to make them even visibly clean at the end of the day. That, and I’ve totally seen other mailmen leaving the bathroom without washing (mostly older white men).

I live in Ireland and was fairly slow to adapt to this cashless mularkey but my mind was blown when visiting Germany how many places were cash only.

Cash in the U.S. is the only way to pay for a certain plant which is legal in some states but still illegal federally for some stupid reason.

I’d say that’s probably true for most younger people in the US as well.

There are obviously exceptions though. I like to golf and it’s (unsurprisingly in the US) normal to tip the bag guy at the end of a round that wipes down your clubs and cleans out your cart, so I keep cash on me that I handle somewhat regularly for that. But really that’s the only thing I can think of that I use cash for these days.

I’d assume some people also prefer to use cash when traveling to other countries since (in the US at least), using your debit/credit card in a foreign country can accrue significant fees.

Only place I use cash for is the Fish and Chip shop. They did have contactless during covid, but the transaction fees from the bank are a big % if most of your custom is small orders, so they bite those for online orders and it’s cash only in the shop.

Public transport is the real killer for me. It seems bizarre to me now that there was a time I could stand on a bus or train and comfortably just hold the support handrail with a bare hand and not wash it afterwards or anything. These days I avoid them at all costs and still gotta carry disinfectant for mental health purposes.

There’s a lot of shitty “leather” belts that look great but fall apart rather quickly. I also tend to go through belts on my work pants, but I work construction and that is hard on the leather

I buy my clothing at Goodwill because Walmart over charges.

It really depends on the outfit/aesthetic. Some outfits are very much ruined by a belt and others will look very “weird” if you aren’t wearing one.

Everyone’s different, but I find that cargo pants and shorts look very much “I used to wear my phone on my belt” if you wear a belt. But jeans, slacks, and outright suits look REALLY weird if you don’t have that bar of color dividing pants and shirt.

Although, if you are wearing a more “outdoorsy” outfit (e.g. you shop at REI) then I find the belt very much becomes essential for aesthetics again.

i work in kitchens half your food is dirtier than that piss belt before it even makes it to a kitchen.

I had a roommate that did food prep for a restaurant. After sharing with me his typical day, I stopped going to restaurants for a while.