I can get behind this

[bmc]

I have to say this is the stupidest yet most entertaining look in years.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/12/us-jersey-shore-resort-bans-saggy-pants.html

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

 

[Ziltoid]

I agree with the motivation behind this but not the means they are employing.

 

[MatticusMania]

Yeah, I think pants sagging is pretty lame, but I dont agree that it should be a fineable offense.

 

[6jase5]

When I was a bouncer it would have been great. Pants down at ankles, pushed over, laugh.

Pure facepalm when I see a guy in his 40's or older (and yes it's quite frequent in SoCal) with a straight bill hat off to the side and saggin belted shorts or jeans. I'm quite open to whatever someone wants to wear, but I literally laugh out loud and don't try to cover it up. So does my wife and she told one guy "You know you look pathetic...right?". One tried to be a bit tough and started walking towards me (with teenage swagger) and I just laughed and said "Come over here Beiber and let's talk" with my smiling psycho look. He backed off.

Vanilla ice horrible, full circle. Again I don't have an issue with teenagers expressing themselves with bad fashion or funky hair, but 40+ yo, come on.

Worth of fines, I don't know. I wore Jamz and Jimmyz clothing but at least I was a new teenager at the time.

 

[Pandastylebass]

Think about it this way the faster people in their late 30s and 40s start adopting this trend the faster the kids will think it is not cool. I say we all wear our pants like this, so when the kids ask why we are trying to have "swagger" we can say, "It is one less step to take at out next prostate exam" TREND ENDED.

 

[Clark Dark]

I read somewhere that the sagging style came from the prisons. Only in the prisons, the hawks don't sag, the chickens do.

 

[Frank Tuesday]

I read somewhere that the sagging style came from the prisons. Only in the prisons, the hawks don't sag, the chickens do.

And that would be incorrect.

 

[chicago_mike]

I dont think the fine is enough....and only 40 hours community service?? they should do SWAP!!

 

[DwaynieAD]

or you know, hit em for indecent exposure, you know, enforce the laws we already have. a novel idea i know.

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Does it count as indecent exposure if it's underwear?

Thought it had to be bodyparts to be indecent exposure?

 

[Clark Dark]

And that would be incorrect.

I read the link you provided and it only bolstered my position lol lol lol...go halfway down the page
"the practice which did begin in prisons, worked its way from the hoosegow into hiphop culture"

 

[Mysterion]

So, law enforcement intervention for wearing the wrong clothes? New meaning to Fashion Police.

Is a ban on dancing next? Kevin Bacon really needs work...

I read the link you provided and it only bolstered my position lol lol lol...go halfway down the page
"the practice which did begin in prisons, worked its way from the hoosegow into hiphop culture"

If you continue reading past the second paragraph, you'll find your position refuted.

 

[chicago_mike]

I think NY has a ban on dancing....seriously

pants down means available. Take your pocket out meant you belong to another inmate.

 

[stratovani]

Pull your damn pants up, punks, I don't need to see your dirty underwear. :scowl:

 

[Clark Dark]

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http://thesizeableperspective.blogspot.com/2008/08/history-of-sagging.html

here's an excerpt from the last link

"One theory of how sagging pants originated is from prison in the 1990s. Prisoners are given oversized uniforms without belts. Belts are a popular way to commit suicide; by hanging oneself, to hang others, or to be used as a weapon in fights. Other reason is that when they wear their pants below the waist is that it is sign that says that they are homosexual.
Sagging pants were not meant to be trend for the males. The other reason was that wearing your pants below your waist states that you were another inmate’s property. The inmate who related the story was an elderly black gentleman who had been sentenced to life in prison and had been there for over fifty years. He marveled how such a mark of shame has become a fashion statement. He says “that younger inmates don't believe him when he tells them, but swears it's the truth”."

I'm just saying
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[Munjibunga]

or you know, hit em for indecent exposure, you know, enforce the laws we already have. a novel idea i know.

Does it count as indecent exposure if it's underwear?

Thought it had to be bodyparts to be indecent exposure?

How about hit 'em with doofus exposure then?

 

[Relic]

That's in Wildwood NJ. I'm quite familiar with the area. IMO, it's more about trying to dissuade certain folks from going there than it is trying to stamp out a fashion. The Jersey shore areas seem to be under a constant battle of "family friendly vs "party central" and that mentality tends to creep up in the weirdest ways. I can see both sides of the issue, just not sure if I'm in 100% agreement with either.

 

[Munjibunga]

That's in Wildwood NJ. I'm quite familiar with the area. IMO, it's more about trying to dissuade certain folks from going there than it is trying to stamp out a fashion. The Jersey shore areas seem to be under a constant battle of "family friendly vs "party central" and that mentality tends to creep up in the weirdest ways. I can see both sides of the issue, just not sure if I'm in 100% agreement with either.

They're so hoity-toity up there in the Wildwood, ain't they.

 

[ShredderMaximus]

That's in Wildwood NJ. I'm quite familiar with the area. IMO, it's more about trying to dissuade certain folks from going there than it is trying to stamp out a fashion.

Yeah, this is what it obviously about. Never been to the Jersey Shore, but I imagine its not too different than other beaches and is populated by people in swimsuits. What about girls in bikinis or even men in speedos? Those are far more revealing, shouldn't they be banned too? No, because its not about "indecent exposure," its about keeping the perceived "trash" of their beaches via discrimination.