Came into this thread wondering “who the hell wears belts?”. Then saw everyone in here was taking belt wearage as a given. Then looked over at my husband and saw he’s wearing a belt.
TIL, all men apparently wear belts and I just never noticed before.
Men’s pants can be a lot more loose around the waist and we typically have no butt to hold things up.
It’s to leave space for full pockets
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!
Before I transitioned I used to wear cargo pants. (When presenting male, I didn’t give a fuck what I looked like lol). I put so much stuff in those pockets, including a charger for my laptop. My pants were so heavy I had to wear suspenders to hold them up - a belt wouldn’t cut it.
Yarp. I have a pair of shorts I wear around the house, no belt no problem. The moment I put anything in a pocket, though? They’ll be 'round my knees if I don’t watch out!
I finally started doing squats despite bad knees to make my pants fit better.
Man I miss my high school ass, it was glorious.
Yeah it definitely makes sense when I think about it!
I tell you hwhat
Do some squats my brother, everyone loves a good ass.
A lot of jeans don’t have a good cut for an athletic man butt that I have built from 30 years of sports, mostly hockey. I end up tearing out the crotch on all my pants because I can’t find the right cut.
Reporting in with a similar problem. In my case, the crotch gets worn out because I have THICC footballer (soccer) thighs
massive phone, wallet, keys, car keys, airpods, tape measure; all kinds of stuff on the pockets, need a belt to hold the pants up
The belts keep the pants up, the pant loops let the belt up. Who is the real hero?
Not just men, I’m a woman and I wear a belt regularly. It keeps my pants from drooping because I’m thin with wide hips.
Possibly my love of high waisted everything has helped me avoid that particular pitfall. This is a whole new world :D
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
What’ll really blow your mind is look to see if the belt color matches his shoes.
That’s a fashion rule that I think is stupid but obey 100% of the time.
It’s just one of those things. You never think about it. But we do it.
I’m an elder emo… I still wear my studded belts. D:
Same here! Rarely leave the house without it
Rawr xD, friend
Katy : You guys going to be wearing belts? Wayne : Hard no. Dan : Why donts yous guys wears belts? Wayne : Because we buy pants that fucking fit.
3 years ago I didn’t wear any Then I did for work for like a week
I where one every single day now, it makes me feel Soo well in my clothes
Not all of us.
That is the style at this time.
all men apparently wear belts
Not me. I used to wear them once upon a time, but I learnt to just buy better fitting pants, or get them altered at the tailors so they fit well.
Look at Rockefeller over here with their tailor.
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.
How much do they cost?
It varies. You can find some very affordable tailors that do really good work. It depends a lot on what you want done. Take in a shirt? Maybe $30. Tons of alterations on a suit jacket? Could be $150+. It really depends.
I’ve found that a good tailor is worth every penny, though. I have many 20 year old clothing items that still look good and aren’t overly worn because they fit well.
Alright, so probably not for me, as the only upper body wear I like is plain red t-shirts, which come pretty cheap anyways.
Yeah, I don’t think t-shirts are necessarily bigtime tailoring candidates, but pretty much all pants are!
I currently have a brand of OTR pants that fit me nicely, so I don’t have every single pair of pants I buy tailored. But the difference is noticeable when I do have a pair done. I like Levis 514 jeans, but they’re cut for wider hips than I posess. A little take-in and maybe a different hem length drastically changes the way I look in jeans. It adds a tidiness that makes them more versatile.
You have probably noticed but never appreciated that men don’t usually have big hips to keep our pants up (or more specifically our waists and hips tend to be very close to the same size). Some men do, but even well fitting pants slide down on me without a belt. My wife is always amazed when we take our measurements and the hip to waist ratio is so wildly different. She’s like “I knew women’s hips were bigger but Jesus Christ”.
Also the buttons and zippers on pants that aren’t jeans are usually kinda flimsy, so the belt gives an extra layer of security ._.
I mean I’m trans and even though I have massive hips to keep my pants on, wearing a belt still helps me pass better since they’re so ubiquitous
That’s fascinating! Especially given thread-OP’s comment.
Are there any other fashion-related things you’ve noticed like that?
I’d say the main other thing I’ve noticed would be angular, (like a sharper rectangle) smaller glasses, since they sit in front of your browline and (I think) make it more pronounced, at least at a glance.
That’s purposeful I think. The difference between men and women’s glasses is fairly subtle, but I have definitely noticed that men’s glasses lend a more masculine look to someone and women’s glasses lend a more feminine look to someone.
Hell, half the trousers I buy come with a belt. (It’s a problem for vegan trouser-customers actually, as many of the free belts are crappy cheap leather, meaning you can’t buy the otherwise cruelty free trousers.)
I’m learning so much! 😄
Generally speaking men pants are not form fitting.
Gotta be prepared with a tourniquet just in case!
Plus, most of us have flat grandpa asses that can’t hold our pants up naturally.
I did not think of the first aid implications!
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.
I hate that I know this now.
This reminds me, I need to go see if Lemmy has a Thanks I Hate It (TIHI) community yet.
Thanks. The community must be very new.
Thanks
Perhaps one could even say… you hate it?
Cursed knowledge
Am I the only person that washes hands before putting the belt back on?
You think you’re anonymous here, but next time I see someone in a public toilet washing their hands with their pants down, I will know their Lemmy handle is @PopularUsername.
This assumes they use the toilet when out of their home. I sure as hell don’t.
Now we all know you touch your pants with your filthy poop hands.
You never wash your belt? I bet you never wash the poop-knife either.
Sheesh.
I’m sorry, the what now?
The poop-knife.
Fellow poop knife enjoyers i see!
wtf are you doing with your poop knife to enjoy it? Poop knifing should be all business, sir.
It’s fine, the poop-knife gets wiped off when I start cutting up my food
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This will outlive us, no matter the platform.
I have a family member that had to use a poop knife growing up and I always wondered if that story was him…
Some things probably should stay on Reddit. Like poop-knives.
Along with Jolly Ranchers and guys who break both of their arms.
And Colby
I remember the jolly rancher story, but not the one where they broke both their arms.
It goes way back. That one must be at least 8 years old.
Let’s see… according to Know Your Meme it’s from 2011. You’re probably better off not reading about it.
WHAT ABOUT MY TOE KNIFE
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Hopefully I never have to see or hear “poop-kinives” ever again.
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.
Wash your hands in the bathroom, nobody bats an eye.
Scrub down your belt buckle in the sink and people lose their minds!
Bruh the sink be nasty AF
If someone gets uppity in a bathroom when you are practicing good hygiene, ask them why they don’t. And don’t let up.
might wanna rethink using the word ‘uppity’ it has deep-rooted slavery connotations. just fyi.
try ornery/agitated instead
Haven’t seen a minority get uppity about bathroom behaviour in the bathroom.
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
If you wash your belt you lose all your jiu-jitsu knowledge and have to start from white again. Everyone knows this.
Prestige mode. Excellent.
I don’t know who started this idea but I want to find them and wrap their smelly ass belt around their face.
The sport is gross enough without people dragging their MRSA strips all over the mats.
Is that why no one at the gym will spar with me as a brown belt!?
Maybe if you’d put on something beyond the belt Mr “Sumo Jitsu”
Here’s me running ass naked after pooping to wash my hands before pulling up my pants
I do that too. That is the most annoying point for using public restrooms
Pooh bear!
That’s the spirit
Last time I wore a belt was for a costume party like 10 years ago. Dresses and sweatpants don’t thankfully need belts.
Interesting point. I have started not wearing belts, I just choose pants that fit and the shirt is big enough to cover the belt area so nobody notices. And then the belt doesn’t get caught on the shirt… and it doesn’t get icky. Win win!
Well, as far as I know it hasn’t gotten me sick yet.
Thanks for the new fear, though 🙃
If your colon has hep A, you have hep A.
Lick it and report back in few days.
There’s not much of a risk of getting sick by your own germs, relatively speaking. I think the primary reason for washing your hands after using the restroom is that it’s gross and you want to get it off your hands before having contact with others. That, and you ought to wash your hands for health reasons at some point anyways, so you might as well do it then. So I guess unless you’re going to be touching your belt much throughout the day, it should be fine.
Just don’t touch anyone else’s belt.
Lots of food borne illnesses are spread through poop. I think it’s the most common form of food borne illnesses from restaurants, at least it was 8 years ago when I did a servsafe course.
Well, you wash your hands before cooking, so don’t touch your belt then either.
Also, thanks for the information. I didn’t consider that.
Leather and steel are anti-microbial. If something does get on it, it won’t survive for very long.
Neither of those are true. Some steel and leathers may be treated to make them anti-microbial, but they are generally not
Tell that to the mold covered belt I just found in my closet.
Do you live in a retention pond? How on earth does a belt get and stay damp enough to grow mold? How long has it been sitting undisturbed? I didn’t know about leather being antimicrobial until just now. Even then, a moldy leather belt just seems wrong lol
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!
I wash my belts
how do you wash your belts?
Leather cleaner/conditioner and a brush.
Power washer.
I have a cloth belt. I throw it in the laundry when I go to wash all the pants.
When i forget to take them off my pants mostly. I don’t wear like nice leather belts though I just throw them in and let them clank around
Lmao this is gold. You gave me a nice chuckle. Thank you
I use saddle soap.
In the washing machine. Then, I throw them out because they are ruined and buy some more.
I don’t actually do this, but I imagine that’s what the response will be.
lol i saw somebody else comment about cleaning their belts with wet wipes, now i wonder why i didn’t think of that.
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Doesn’t work well when you gotta poop.
Not with that attitude.
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Back zipper? You’re not wearing a kilt and just letting fall out on the street?
On Lemmy, we hold our poop for 3 days.
Girls wear belts, too
Nah the release of pressure from my belt lets my bladder know it’s go time 😎
Yes but I have to catch it with my hands otherwise it falls on the floor and cracks the tile.
Pants unbuttoned. Zipper down, belt buckled. Best of all worlds. Belt holds the pants up and you have enough room to really get at it
Give the belt a good ol’ wet wipe swipe
god damn… now I am acutely aware about how much I should wash my belt…
Jokes on you, I wash my belt all the time!
…which is definitely not because I leave it on my pants and forget to take it off before I throw them in the laundry.
Why can’t the TSA ever be there to remind me to remove my belt when I actually need them!?
