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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

A “cell phone” still sounds like something you’d have hidden up your bum to me.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 4 hours ago

Please tell me those are not a real thing.

[–] shaggyb@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Truly the devil's panties.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 25 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I remember watching this TV fashion contest thing quite a long time ago. The host of this contest was this old, wrinkly French lady who was a long time veteran in women's fashion (apparently).

So in the episode the upstart designers had to create... I think... Three fashionable pants for women. One of the contestants created all three of her pants with pockets, and I think one of them had some excessive pockets.

She was dismissed by the host immediately, before the model even wore any of the pants. Basically the episode was already decided, as that contestant got eliminated on the spot.

The reason? Well, that veteran fashion designer stated something along the lines of; "The female form is the most beautiful and powerful thing we have, and we can't have pockets ruin that. It's for women to accessorise with a handbag".

This stuck with me for all these years, because I was so revulsed when I saw that. What a load of bullshit. A load of pretentious garbage.

[–] scratchee@feddit.uk 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Well now I have rage directed at some ancient French lady that I really don’t know what to do with.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

She's probably long dead. But her out-dated idealogies are probably still alive everywhere in fashion.

Not that I think she created that ideal. But she certainly did her part in propagating it.

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Fucking scabs, I feel a similar sense of disappointment that I felt talking to women who said they didn't vote for Kamala Harris or Hillary Clinton because their voices were too shrill.

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world -4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

If there was a market for it I'm sure some fashion company would jump on selling pants with pockets to women. It's most likely women want to complain about this but won't actually buy clothes with proper pockets

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I know lots of women excited when they have clothes with functional pockets. If you want to get conspiratorial, the better reason to pick is bag sales.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Skill issue. Buy men's clothes. Problem solved.

[–] munk@lemmy.world 1 points 8 minutes ago

Why should women have to buy clothes that fit poorly and are uncomfortable just to get functional pockets?

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

All clothes are gender neutral clothes if you're not a little bitch about it.

Codpieces are not gender neutral. Wearing a codpiece is a statement about your gender, no matter what it is.

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (8 children)

I've never seen men's underpants with pockets. But I'm also not researching the topic extensively, so it's possible this is a development in undergarment tech that I'm not aware of.

[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

They exist, I've seen them at the store. Here's a picture:

Hanes underwear with pocket

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

My swimming trunks has pockets. Does that count as underpants?

This just reminded me. I bought a skort a year or two ago because it had awesome pockets. I didn’t realize til I bought it, but it was technically a swimsuit bottom (albeit with a skirt much longer than I’d expect on a swimsuit.)

It has a pocket like in the comic - against the leg, normally hidden under the skirt portion. It also has a zippered pocket on one of the sides of the skirt fabric. These pockets are superior to those in any of my regular pants.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 6 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I once came across a pair of some kind of synthetic silk man thongs. That had three pockets. One for your junk, another for your phone and the third for your dick and balls.

They were like 90 dollars a pair.

I guess it's for when you need to be sexy and functional.

One for your junk … and the third for your dick and balls.

It took me a moment to realize you first meant “junk” as in “belongings.”

My first thought was, ”His junk’s so big it needs two pockets? Brag.”

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago
[–] guynamedzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if it’s talking about the fold in the front to piss through

[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

No, there's boxers with pockets at the store. Hanes makes some.

[–] y0kai@anarchist.nexus 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I dated a girl once who was amazed by the "pocket" in my boxer-briefs until she found it it was actually just the weird hole thing they put in the front that acts as a fly.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 35 minutes ago

I have a theory that that's not actually what that's for. Like, men's briefs are sort of double-breasted, there's one flap that comes from one side almost all the way across, and then another outside of that that goes from the other side almost all the way across. It's not really positioned or shaped in such a way that makes digging your dick out for dick-related activities easy or comfortable. But it does make for a functional expansion joint that allows a 100% cotton garment snugly house a bulge that changes size and position throughout the day.

There often is a pocket-like area between the layers where they're both attached to the sides down to the cross-ass seam, but I'm confident in saying men don't store things there. You look REALLY STRANGE accessing that compartment, and objects placed there will rest uncomfortably against the scrotum, and come out smelling of taint sweat.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have compression shorts that I run in that are the closest thing. Otherwise, if I'm just in underwear, or maybe a pair of gym shorts with no pocket, just throwing the phone in the waistband is sufficient. Just need something better for running.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Yep, just fold your waistband over your phone/wallet/whatever. Instant pocket

Picked up a pair at American eagle that did without even realizing it. Best pair of underpants

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[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Just buy the pants that have pockets then, problem solved.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sure, sure, but women get two prison pockets.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

With enough cleavage, women get other places to stash stuff too.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 5 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

May I request at least that money not be stored in any of these places.

Iv delt with boob sweat, ass sweat and unfortunately blood money in my time as a pizza boy years ago.

Women please don't hide money in your bra/panties. It's disgusting.

Men this goes for you too. Foot sweat money after you fish money out of your God forsaken sneaker is not appreciated

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago

Wait, do people actually keep money on their shoes?

[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

But I swear putting my bills in my gooch makes it smell nice!

[–] valen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

Concealment Crevices

[–] murvel@feddit.nu 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is like the tap water of comics, yum!!!

edit: lukewarm tap water

[–] tal@lemmy.today 14 points 1 day ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket

In medieval Europe, early pocket-like openings called fitchets appeared in the 13th century. These vertical slits, cut into the outer tunic, allowed access to a purse or keys suspended from the girdle beneath.[3] Historian Rebecca Unsworth notes that pockets became more visible in the late 15th century,[4] and their use spread widely in the 16th century.[4]

Later, pockets were often worn like purses on a belt, concealed under a coat or jerkin to deter pickpocketing, with access through a slit in the outer garment.

By the 17th century, pockets were sewn into men's clothing, while women's remained as separate tie-on pouches hidden beneath skirts.[5][6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticule_%28handbag%29

reticule, also known as a ridicule or indispensable, was a type of small handbag or purse, similar to a modern evening bag, used mainly from 1795 to 1820.[1]

The reticule became popular with the advent of Regency fashions in the late 18th century. Previously, women had carried personal belongings in pockets tied around the waist, but the columnar skirts and thin fabrics that had come into style made pockets essentially unusable.

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