Our new obsession with wide-leg pants is causing a crisis of soggy bottoms [Sad]

Skip to content Try Ads-Free Fark It's Not News, It's Fark How To FarkLog In | Sign Up » Forgot password? Turn on javascript (or enable it for Fark) for a better user experience. If you can read this, either the style sheet didn't load or you have an older browser that doesn't support style sheets. Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page. Discussion Entertainment Our new obsession with wide-leg pants is causing a crisis of soggy bottoms (slate.com) More: Sad, Science, The New York Times, Rain, Trousers, Wear, Clothing, Textile, Want 912 clicks;posted toMain »on 26 Oct 2025 at 12:05 PM(1 hour ago) | Favorite | Watch | share: Copy Link 52 Comments Enable JavaScript for Fark in order to vote for entries. Log in (at the top of the page) to enable voting. View Voting Results:SmartestandFunniest | Show all (1) Funniest 4 hours ago Ma'am, you're too old to be wearing baggy pants. Martian_Astronomer (22) Funniest 3 hours ago We lived through the early 2000s; you will survive this. kittyhas1000legs (15) Funniest 3 hours ago Wow, just like high school. Wait until the whole bottom is tattered so you just cut or rip the whole hem off weddingsinger (0) Funniest 3 hours ago WoolyManwich (4) Funniest 2 hours ago I miss JNCOs Jake Havechek (0) Funniest Karla_Jean (5) Funniest "You will probably be tempted to blame my age when I tell you I've been reluctant to join the wide-leg revolution that has been sweeping pants for several seasons now." There's a reason for that. (2) Funniest WoolyManwich: I miss JNCOs Safety pins all up the legs. Ahh the 90s. senor peacock (0) Funniest Back in the day, pocketless jeans for men were the fashion, that was even worse, only place to put your wallet was to stuff it down your underwear Allen. Again. (0) Funniest I really hope this was pooped out by AI, otherwise this "author" should get into accounting. /too young to remember JNCOs? //sold a TON in the 90s ///& that was just one pair! TrepanningForGold (10) Funniest (6) Funniest (8) Funniest Baggy pants are simply one of the least practical, most absurd items of clothing a person can wear when it rains or snows. If your answer to that is "Well, don't wear them when it rains or snows, then," I would only point out that they're the main pants available right now. Yeah, now you know how I felt through the whole skinny leg trend. Cry me a damn river and use your tighter old clothes as under layers. If you dress for the weather you have, you'll rarely have a problem. foo monkey (2) Funniest I've lost a lot of weight the last few years and decided to get my next set of skinny (ok, not so skinny) jeans professionally hemmed. OMFG, it's been life-changing. They don't get wet. They don't fray. They look so much better. Not sure how that'd work with bell-bottoms, but I'm never wearing those. whither_apophis (2) Funniest Bell bottom jeans are back? Solid HenchmanNumber1 (4) Funniest I was going to post some vintage pics of JNCOs as a joke and say "these kids today can't even handle wide legs final form", but JNCO is not only still around, their jeans are even WIDER. I've seen jean dresses with less wingspan. So this old man has to cede the stage to the kids. Those insane designs by 90s kids trying to win free JNCOs in a design contest that we're all rejected are now reality, because those kids grew up, got jobs as designers at JNCO, and dusted off their old trapper keepers to bring us the current crop. tricycleracer (1) Funniest What happened to apple bottom jeans? And the boots with the fur? (0) Funniest Back in the day... before the USA became Trumpturdistan: WashingtonCNN - Riding high off a strong debate performance, Marco Rubio went after Donald Trump on Friday with new vigor - even mocking the real estate mogul for worrying that his pants were "wet" Thursday night at the CNN GOP debate. The Florida senator spent the first roughly 10 minutes of his rally in Dallas, Texas, on Friday morning relentlessly attacking Trump, including reading off misspelled tweets and turning Trump's attacks back on the reality TV star. "He called me Mr. Meltdown," Rubio said, smiling and saying that Thursday night during the commercial breaks, "he went backstage, he was having a meltdown." He said Trump had "one of those little sweat mustaches," borrowing Trump's "sweating" line of attack against Rubio, and said he wanted a full-length mirror. "Maybe to make sure his pants weren't wet," Rubio said. SurelyShirley (0) Funniest When wearing pants, it's either skinny jeans or flowy wide leg pants, so I constantly get crap from one side or the other. Don Cherry's tailor (0) Funniest Has the belt onion cropped out. (1) Funniest NM Volunteer (0) Funniest Or perhaps don't wear shoes with paper-thin soles? Unless it's a few inches of snow (in which case snow boots are needed anyway), my work boots are tall enough to keep my legs from dragging. (1) Funniest The problem is too long, not too baggy. I guess skinny jeans would bunch up like an accordion on your calves if they're too long and not get wet, but that also seems very undesirable. (0) Funniest OtherLittleGuy (1) Funniest one of Ripley's Bad Guys (6) Funniest Martian_Astronomer: We lived through the early 2000s; you will survive this. 1979 says hold mah Tab. raerae1980 (3) Funniest tricycleracer: What happened to apple bottom jeans? And the boots with the fur? You can still order a pair ;-) https://applebottoms.com/collections/bottoms waffledonkey (0) Funniest whither_apophis: Bell bottom jeans are back? Solid MythDragon (0) Funniest 31 minutes ago tricycleracer: What happened to apple bottom jeans? And the boots with the fur? They hit the flo, and next you know, they got wet wet wet. Didn't you read the article? The Exit Stencilist (2) Funniest 35 minutes ago Finally! A bit of liberation from American's love for squeezing their morbidly obese sausage bodies into super tight stretchy clothing putting their full-body "curve" on full display I mean FFS, do you know how farking disgusting you look? And no, obesity is not normal! It's not beautiful and you aren't born with it. It's a demonstration of your dietary ignorance and your complete farking lack of self awareness Allen. Again. (2) Funniest 35 minutes ago *sigh* I miss the 90s. The biggest JNCOs were called Double Cannon iirc, & practically came with MDMA in the pocketses. bucket_pup (1) Funniest 32 minutes ago SpdrJay: [Fark user image image 425x430] SoundOfOneHandWanking (0) Funniest 34 minutes ago Very disappointed about the direction the article went. fullyautomatic (0) Funniest 34 minutes ago Saw this coming, my gay looking feminine bellbottom khakis from the early 00's are still boxed up in the closet waiting for the day they are cool again. I still await the day the silky dragon shirts from the late 90's become cool again, I have like 10 of those and are legit awesome. Can't step out in those yet though, just wholely uncool and look like a reject star of a pilot for a Kid Rock / Guy Feiri reality show lol. Maybe one day. nah (0) Funniest 31 minutes ago Crocs, now baggy pants are back? Will we survive this fashion disaster? 😱 /do something original ffs fullyautomatic (0) Funniest 31 minutes ago The Exit Stencilist: Finally! A bit of liberation from American's love for squeezing their morbidly obese sausage bodies into super tight stretchy clothing putting their full-body "curve" on full display I mean FFS, do you know how farking disgusting you look? And no, obesity is not normal! It's not beautiful and you aren't born with it. It's a demonstration of your dietary ignorance and your complete farking lack of self awareness Agreed and see it daily. The user base has shifted though. It used to be mostly obese white girls in yoga clothes. Now it's like 30% obese white girls and 70% obese latina girls in yoga clothes. Like honey, you ain't seen a day of exercise ever. Stop playin. You look rediculous. It's not hot. (0) Funniest 34 minutes ago OTOH bell bottoms were designed to keep the pants legs dry. Before stepping into water, a sailor could grab the flared hems and pull them up over their thighs, turning the bottom half inside-out. The relatively narrow knee helped keep these instant-shorts in place. Gordon Bennett (2) Funniest 34 minutes ago Madness - Baggy Trousers (Official 4K Video) Gordon Bennett (2) Funniest 33 minutes ago fullyautomatic: The Exit Stencilist: Finally! A bit of liberation from American's love for squeezing their morbidly obese sausage bodies into super tight stretchy clothing putting their full-body "curve" on full display I mean FFS, do you know how farking disgusting you look? And no, obesity is not normal! It's not beautiful and you aren't born with it. It's a demonstration of your dietary ignorance and your complete farking lack of self awareness Agreed and see it daily. The user base has shifted though. It used to be mostly obese white girls in yoga clothes. Now it's like 30% obese white girls and 70% obese latina girls in yoga clothes. Like honey, you ain't seen a day of exercise ever. Stop playin. You look rediculous. It's not hot. They're dressing for their own comfort, not for your personal viewing pleasure. (0) Funniest 32 minutes ago Listen I don't need Jncos but I HATE narrow/skinny/stretch jeans because my legs aren't toothpicks. Prof. Frink (0) Funniest 34 minutes ago tricycleracer: What happened to apple bottom jeans? And the boots with the fur? Boots with fur seem pretty popular among college students right now. (0) Funniest less than a minute ago If your bottom is getting soggy it may be time to switch him out for a tighter sub (0) Funniest less than a minute ago gunther_bumpass (0) Funniest less than a minute ago puffy999: Listen I don't need Jncos but I HATE narrow/skinny/stretch jeans because my legs aren't toothpicks. Guy-who-is-followed-around-by-a-tuba-player-like typing detected. (2) Funniest less than a minute ago SurelyShirley: When wearing pants, it's either skinny jeans or flowy wide leg pants, so I constantly get crap from one side or the other. I don't have that problem. I'm not wearing any pants. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (3) Funniest less than a minute ago waffledonkey: whither_apophis: Bell bottom jeans are back? Solid (0) Funniest less than a minute ago The Exit Stencilist: Finally! A bit of liberation from American's love for squeezing their morbidly obese sausage bodies into super tight stretchy clothing putting their full-body "curve" on full display I mean FFS, do you know how farking disgusting you look? And no, obesity is not normal! It's not beautiful and you aren't born with it. It's a demonstration of your dietary ignorance and your complete farking lack of self awareness You sound fat. PirateKing (1) Funniest less than a minute ago New obsession? I'll have you know I've dressed like a pile of rumpled burlap sacks for decades. Busta Clown Shoes (0) Funniest less than a minute ago wrenchboy: The Exit Stencilist: Finally! A bit of liberation from American's love for squeezing their morbidly obese sausage bodies into super tight stretchy clothing putting their full-body "curve" on full display I mean FFS, do you know how farking disgusting you look? And no, obesity is not normal! It's not beautiful and you aren't born with it. It's a demonstration of your dietary ignorance and your complete farking lack of self awareness You sound fat. They do, but they're not wrong. Jake Havechek (0) Funniest 1 minute ago Displayed 50 of 52 comments | Show all Enable JavaScript for Fark in order to vote for entries. Log in (at the top of the page) to enable voting. View Voting Results:SmartestandFunniest Redisplay/refresh comments If you're having problems voting, quoting, or posting comments, try disabling any browser add-ons that might disable Javascript (NoScript, AdBlock, etc).See our FAQ. Forgot password? 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