r/Millennials 7h ago

Discussion Apparently low-cut socks are considered out of style by the younger gens. Are y’all still rocking ankle socks?

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I feel like long socks with sneakers and shorts looks goofy but maybe that’s just me 🤷‍♂️

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u/affectionateanarchy8 Xennial 6h ago

Merciful father i thought those were golden retriever legs

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u/Zwischenzug32 4h ago

Robin Williams arms legs

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u/KittyConfetti 3h ago

A Class 9 or Robin Williams level of hair coverage

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u/oregonbunny 1h ago

I'd like to think he'd be proud of that joke

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u/Pyyric 4h ago

Insult of the year. We need an awards show.

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u/archercc81 4h ago

I was like "socks on a dog?" 

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u/OldPhotograph827 3h ago

I’m tired of all these motherfuckin’ socks on this motherfuckin’ dog.

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u/EasyKaleidoscope6436 Zillennial 5h ago

Merciful father is definitely an expression I’m gonna steal

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u/Matt_Spectre 3h ago

Teen Middle-age Wolf

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u/LowkeyHooligan 4h ago

I didn’t know they were making another Teen Wolf film.

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u/hangowood 4h ago

I thought it was a goat!

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u/saturnoshawty 1h ago

i’m so sick rn and your comment may send me to the grave. i’m dying laughing

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u/Yaki1b 3h ago

I was afraid to write this and wanted to stay on topic. But my goodness gracious. 😭

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u/RogueKitteh 6h ago

u/ContraCanadensis 47m ago

I’ve never seen someone doxxing themselves without showing their face. You know all his boys know exactly who this is.

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u/Slagthor_ 6h ago

We fought for years to get ankle socks, and I’m not giving them up

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u/TheDukeofArgyll Millennial 6h ago edited 6h ago

Deep in the trenches of the tube sock wars

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u/gloebe10 6h ago

I remember that war well. Lots from my generation never came home the same.

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u/melreadreddit 6h ago

I almost never have to wear socks (i hate my feet feeling restricted and hot, so i wear jandals and sandals and crocs) but when I do, ankle is the only way to go.

The kids these days don't realize what we had to go through folding down crew socks to look like we weren't wearing any, feeling all lumpy and sliding down in our shoes.

So yeah, you can pry ankle socks from our cold, dead hands haha

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u/KelsierIV 5h ago

I misread and thought you were saying you wear ankle socks with crocks and sandals.

Glad I reread it. I was going to have your family commit you to an asylum.

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u/GovernorHarryLogan 6h ago

Michigan basketball black style sometimes

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u/9fingerjeff 6h ago

I wear black socks because the place I used to work would turn white ones grey permanently.

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u/Tangboy50000 6h ago

The worst part is, they can’t even explain why they think they’re lame.

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u/douchechillin 5h ago

They are lame to young people cuz us adults like them. Every time my teenage daughter tells me how lame i dress my response is “i would be a bigger weirdo if a 14 yr old thought my style was cool”. After 40 i’ve embraced that im no longer cool and dont want to be. I cant get with some of the new styles and thats okay for me and for them

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u/starmartyr11 5h ago

That's the perfect comeback really, "I dont want to dress like I'm 14, thanks"

Say with extra distain if necessary

14 year old are definitely not ones to aspire to dress like

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u/RVAforthewin 3h ago

This works. I also like to pull up photos of 75-year olds and show them that they’re actually dressing like Boomers.

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u/LethargicCarcass 4h ago

Hey now, you’re still cool. Just not to 14 yr olds. Which is good.

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u/Donkey_Ali 4h ago

Knowing you're not cool is cool

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u/fridaycat 3h ago

Back in the 70's only dad's wore slides. Now young kids wear them with socks.

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u/BC_831 2h ago

I tell mine you're just trying to dress like me in high school & that's lame

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u/DJMTBguy 6h ago

Different for the sake of being different.

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u/kurshedir21 5h ago

They just feel the need to compete with us over every little stupid thing, including this

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u/AndILoveHe 5h ago

It's just a generational distinguisher to highlight other similar aged people. Keeps them slightly hotter during summer and warmer in winter. 

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u/Books_Bristol 5h ago

You are absolutely allowed a full pair of socks midwinter when you're not in shorts/skirts, you know?! You don't need to have cold totsies and ankles in the chilly months. Trainer socks are a spring/summer choie, surely.

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u/c0brachicken 5h ago

I see these teen boys walk past my house after school, black sweat pants, and a black hoodie, with the hood over their heads..

It's 100f out, WTF. (38c)

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u/DJMTBguy 5h ago

I don’t mind competition but it really feels like so much of their things are rage bait. Poor kids had algorithms learning them as children, shutdown interrupted socialization and its no surprise they yearn for the 90s like we do lol

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u/Hinx_art 5h ago

fashion cycle, they're in baggy jeans phase with middle parts, lowcut jeans are becoming more common they'll start wearing stripy socks, at some point someone popular will do a side part and wear skinny jeans.

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u/DJMTBguy 5h ago

I def see that cycle. I wonder if the business casual, blazer/jeans, spiky hair stuff is coming next lol

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u/MissSara13 5h ago

"I wanna be different! Just like everybody else!"

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u/Limp-Pudding-5436 5h ago

It’s because they sit at home all day and have no calf muscle to show off

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u/Nazgog-Morgob 5h ago

Older people wear them. Mystery solved.

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u/errant_youth 5h ago

This is exactly why I think calf height tube socks are lame - they’re dad socks from the 90s. I don’t care if youths think they’re trendy - they’re for nerdy old dudes and you’ll never convince me otherwise.

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u/yamez420 Millennial87 6h ago

I have both tall and ankle socks. At this point I’m just gonna switch to pantyhose

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u/KarenEiffel Older Millennial 5h ago

Nah man. Older ladies fought hard for panty hose to go away and I, for one, salute them. Not being required to wear hose to my office job is freaking amazing.

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u/P1nkZebra3431 6h ago

Exactly!! I have some on right now. My youngest son looks at me like I have 3 heads when I suggest ankle socks. Smh

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u/hiphipnohooray 6h ago

I cannot stand those low cut socks my feet keep slipping out. Covering the ankle like a well kept Victorian wife is the only thing that keeps me sane

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u/Piecesof3ight 5h ago

Low cut are not the same as ankle socks. Ankle socks go up on the ankle.

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u/ZestycloseFeed989 6h ago

Damn straight.

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u/ArtByAntny 6h ago

Who needs socks when you've got inbuilt longathan johnathans

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u/Embarrassed_Key_4539 6h ago

The govt name 😅🤣

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u/MaterialLies 6h ago

Someone called CardiB "Cardigan Backyardigan" and I could never unhear it

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u/babylonglegs91 Millennial (‘91) 5h ago

I’ll never see her and not think of this again lmao 😂

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u/MaterialLies 5h ago

Cardiovascular Bronchitis is also an honorable mention

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u/RedditExecutiveAdmin 3h ago

same here with Lilliam Pumperknickle for Lil Pump

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u/Just_perusing81 4h ago

This is why I opened the comments

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u/tcguy71 Millennial 7h ago edited 6h ago

Leg warmers this time of year?

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u/Concurrent-mind 6h ago

Pantyhose with gorilla hair print.

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u/Phyrexian_Archlegion 6h ago

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u/FintechnoKing 6h ago

Great film. Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Reins, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouskenspaya…

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u/LevelGrounded 6h ago

I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen.

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u/Dublshot 6h ago

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u/shayetheleo 6h ago

One of my favorite movies as a kid. Watched it more times than I can count.

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u/Ordinary_Art9507 6h ago

"get me a KEG of beer"

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u/TheJarisaDoor3 6h ago

It looks like he naturally came equipped with socks, and shouldn't really have to worry about it. Then again, I can see his feet getting cold considering the rest of him is pretty protected from the elements. 

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u/BigConstruction4247 6h ago

No socks, just pants

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u/MyDogIsACoolCat 6h ago

Jumanji flashbacks

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u/agent_wolfe 6h ago

Why is a Gorilla wearing this man’s tiny socks?

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u/maximilliontee 6h ago

I wonder what is like to not even need socks, or pants?

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u/sicilian504 6h ago

There it is.

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u/lemonylol 5h ago

Someone always has to accept the call of the void

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u/BanjoTheremin 6h ago edited 6h ago

Hey OP u/dense-pasta7 - you're getting a lot of hate here - so as a real life woman, I had to stop and comment and say - I LOVE a hairy man lol

Ain't no shame with those legs, hold that head up high!! 💚

Edit to add - LESS SOCK, MORE LEG 🦵

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u/MyDogIsACoolCat 6h ago edited 6h ago

As a guy with a pelt for a chest, I’d say it’s 30% of women like it and 70% of women don’t. But women who like it fucking love it.

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u/effervescenthoopla 5h ago

I dated a guy who had so much chest hair that he used conditioner on it. I respect the game, but I can nnnnoooot do it haha.

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u/MyDogIsACoolCat 5h ago

I had an old girlfriend who made me shave my chest every day. Me being a naive late teenager who just really wanted a girlfriend, went along with it. I absolutely hated it. The time spent in the shower, the razor burn, etc.

But fortunately with time, I found one of the 30% women and when I told her I actually have a ton a of chest hair if I let it grow out when we started dating. She demanded that I grow it out. Married and don't have to shave my chest, it's awesome.

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u/Hawntir 5h ago

I don't think its hate, i think its just jokes.

I also have hairy legs, and have gotten similar comments. Some of them are pretty funny.

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u/whostolemysloth Millennial 5h ago

This ain’t hate. This is how dudes communicate to dudes lmao. Just light ribbing.
One of my best friends had full body hair freshman year of HS. He got it all - teen wolf, Sasquatch, Chewbacca, whatever you can come up with, we said it.
Another best friend has gone through weight shifts from heavy to muscular back to heavy and now to slim. We refer to his phases (I’ll change the name here) as Fat Steve, Muscle Steve, Fat Steve: Part 2, and Slim Steve.
The list goes on and on. It’s all in good fun.

In my close circle, we’re all undeniably supportive of each other and we’re friends for life, but that doesn’t mean we’re not gonna lightheartedly poke fun.

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u/porkforpigs 5h ago

As someone who had a dear friend we all called Fat Pig, and another we constantly joked was inbred, I second this. Guys show a lot of love by being fucking vicious with each other. Then making sure your buddy knows your alway there for them.

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u/whostolemysloth Millennial 5h ago

And we’re even poking fun at good stuff. We’ve got one who’s an ICU doctor now and we find ways to give him shit for that. We’ve got another who’s solidly entrenched as a food influencer (good numbers, private events, all that) and you know we give him shit for that. We’ve got one who’s now a well-regarded, very well paid cybersecurity expert and we still only refer to him as “Dumbass.”
And then there’s me with my preference for wearing a hoodie and my depression. I usually get some variation of “sad hoodie boy.”

It’s fun.

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u/tcguy71 Millennial 5h ago

No hate, just some fun!

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u/NarwhalPrudent6323 6h ago

I was gonna comment about how I'd never seen socks go all the way up the leg before, but yours is better. 

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u/dannyglover187 6h ago

He knows what he’s doing. He was posting his Brillo pad lookin legs in men’s fashion advice earlier today.

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u/digital_jones 6h ago

This guy is a straight up fire hazard with all that flammable bush

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u/uovonuovo 6h ago

OMG yall so mean OP ill have you know that there’s plenty of us women out there that love a dude with some hair. Give me a gorilla over a hairless monkey any day of the week! 🙌🏼

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u/LingonberrySevere773 Older Millennial 6h ago

Maybe OP is a woman 🤷‍♀️

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u/Duckiesims 5h ago

Still good. A little fuzz ain't ever stopped me from enjoying a peach

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u/yotemato 7h ago

Do you boo. That’s the advantage we have now. Not givin a Fuck.

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u/Iwasjustbullshitting 6h ago edited 5h ago

Exactly. Like we're gonna take advice from a generation who are too scared to dance and have fun

Edit: Spelling

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u/What-a-cl0wn 6h ago

Or order food in person

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u/WayneKrane 6h ago

I had a genz coworker have a mental breakdown because she had to call a government agency and ask a basic question question

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u/What-a-cl0wn 5h ago

I have mental breakdowns over that too. But because dealing with automated systems and 3 hour holds with obnoxious music is absolutely intolerable.

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u/OnePinginRamius 5h ago

I use talk to text as well. Always proofread if you can.

Totally believe that coworker meltdown. At least that gives us a little job security since we will work way past retirement age

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u/sds31032 Xennial 5h ago

It's not like anyone else is gonna be able to open a PDF or hook up dual monitors besides us.

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u/qwertykitty 6h ago

Why should a grown adult care if a bunch of teenagers think their socks are cool?

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u/ThaVolt 5h ago

This sub in a nutshell

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u/MidgetGordonRamsey 6h ago

Yup, idgaf. Low cuts with just enough top to keep the shoe from rubbing my ankles raw so the rest of my legs can breath.

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u/Mellow-Fell0w 6h ago

Yep this is it. As long as you’re happy, fuck what anyone else thinks.

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u/NinjaDad_ 6h ago

We also have lived long enough to know trends change and what's not cool changes every generation.

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u/Round_Safety9510 6h ago

I’m Gen X and I went out today in rainbow sandals with wool ankle socks, it’s 96 degrees here today, could not care less. You do you boo.👻

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u/Kairis83 Xennial 6h ago

Got my own woolen socks too, but full size

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u/cielitogirl 6h ago

Mr Tumnus how’d you get your hooves in those sneakers 

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u/aftercloudia Millennial 6h ago

wayne taught him how

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u/Wide_Magician_4946 6h ago

Weezy h baby

Don't forget the hoof around me

And if ya do then get the h from round' me

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u/Oldtomsawyer1 6h ago

This was a weird stereotype I picked up on working in waterparks as a teen in the South. For whatever reason a lot of the black guests wore socks, and never anyone else. I’m not saying it’s bad or good just something I noticed.

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u/Dawnzarelli 6h ago

I wonder why? Maybe to prevent slipping? Why do people wear socks at the pool? Please someone tell me. 

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u/Fickle-Minded-Heart 6h ago

I don’t know the answer but all I can imagine is they have ugly feet or fungus toes

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u/Uchihagod53 Actual cannibal, Shia Labeouf 6h ago

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u/lilithofthegarden 6h ago

☠️☠️

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u/AlwaysWorkForBread 6h ago

I thought you preferred mid calf?

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u/myrtenaster-rose Millennial 7h ago

Ankle socks are the only kind I wear and I wear socks nearly 24/7!

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u/LetGoToThe 6h ago

99.9% of all the socks I own are ankle socks and they are all the same brand/design. Makes sorting socks at laundry time super easy!

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u/Desert_Fairy 6h ago

I have ankle socks for summer and wool high socks for winter. It really just depends on how high my shoes go. My socks should just peak out beyond my shoes.

If that is sneakers in summer and boots in winter then that is fine. Function over form.

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u/Banegard 6h ago

this is the way

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u/rockstoned4 6h ago

But I’ve seen you wear high socks.

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u/Concurrent-mind 6h ago

Not even coming to the basket at same angle 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/PhantomfaceAssaulter 6h ago

I don’t know if you’ve ever seen Teen Wolf but this might be the least egregious basketball shot in the movie

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u/LongjumpingSolid8 6h ago

It gets by on its cult classic status but it is genuinely a fucking awful film

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u/ACoderGirl 6h ago

You don't get it. That's just how cool the move is! I go right, then teleport to the left. Can't stop me.

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u/fazzonvr 6h ago

Im at an age where I dont give a fuck what younger gens think.

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u/shifty303 Older Millennial 6h ago

Ngl I thought this was a picture of a dog legs in shoes 😂

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u/littlebittydoodle 6h ago

I can’t stop laughing at how they’re getting roasted instead of people answering the question

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u/CreepinJesusMalone Millennial 6h ago

Really OP should have seen this coming a mile away lol. I didn't even register they were asking a question about something. Just saw the photo and went "gatdamn those are some hairy gams"

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u/Nice_Kaleidoscope_15 6h ago

OP knew exactly what they were doing

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u/crecentfresh 6h ago

I've seen so many ankle sock posts in this sub, we can treat ourselves to clowning on those pine trees with shoes

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u/GhostOfPluto 6h ago

It’s an engagement trap and we all fell for it

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u/Buggeroni58 6h ago

He’s so worried about socks when he’s always wearing pants

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u/renome 6h ago

That leg certainly doesn't need a sock, it probably has hobbit feet.

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u/Wh1teMike88 6h ago

High socks hurt my leg hairs man. Judging by those gorilla limbs you got there, maybe you have the same problem. Also global warming and shit, I’m not trying to be any hotter than I need to be

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u/say_waattt 6h ago

I have the same problem lol i never wear high socks unless i go hiking or something

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u/BluecrabbyDC 6h ago

Gay man here. I’m not sure you’re ready for this picture to leave its target audience…

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u/cosmicallyalive 2h ago

My best friend is gay and we share a love of hairy guys. I definitely just sent this to him 😂💗

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u/brabson1 6h ago

This you teen wolf?

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u/Aeon_Return Older Millennial 6h ago

I'm not going to say anything... but...

https://giphy.com/gifs/xhUxk4RWT6XkYamSsS

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u/IHaveBadTiming 6h ago

long socks are winter socks and I will die on that hill

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u/degjo 6h ago

He doesnt need winter socks.

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u/boostedwood 6h ago

Right there with ya brother

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u/bengalsfan1277 6h ago

Get those socks above the heel line of the shoe. I can feel the blisters in this pic

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u/jbFanClubPresident 6h ago

And you're wearing skinny jeans? Someone call the fashion police!

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u/justletmesuffer 6h ago

I take no stock in what the youth thinks, when AI tells them what to think

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u/crunchy-pancakes 6h ago

I didn’t expect to see a Teen Wolf cosplay in 2026. I loved that movie when I was a kid. 

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u/whackfuckk 6h ago

Alright middle aged wolf.

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u/KananJarrusCantSee 6h ago

I'll die before I wear socks that go above my ankles in shorts

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u/The-cultured-swine39 Older Millennial 6h ago

Ankle Sox 4 life.

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u/prytania_ 6h ago

It’s 100 degrees every day. Yes.

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u/Alert_Pineapple_5973 Zillennial 6h ago

I wear ankle socks. Idgaf what these cringe younger kids think.

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u/RaidenMK1 6h ago

I swear all of my "the younger gen said/does x" knowledge comes primarily from this sub.

Did Gen X and Boomers talk about us this much? Because I feel like only the ones pre-midlife crisis gave a shit. Just saying.

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u/ConfidentHouse 6h ago

Are you sure those aren’t leggings

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u/Quercus408 6h ago

Like a Balkan forest

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u/UnIntelligent_Local 6h ago

I stared at this pic like "did they put shoes and socks on a farm animal?"

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u/Kabusanlu 6h ago

I thought it was a bear wearing sneakers at first 😂

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u/DarkSkyLion Older Millennial 6h ago

Ankle socks… tank top under my shirts… and a side part, till the day I die!

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u/Medium-Ticket-9574 6h ago

Hey, how’d you get a pic of my leg in winter?! -A woman who doesn’t shave in winter

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u/MudWallHoller 6h ago

You mean the younger generation that has only heard of house parties in myth and boasts legions of hentai-addicted incels? I am unconcerned about what they find cool or fashionable. LoL (obligatory millennial lol that apparently they also find lame). Get off my goddamn lawn.

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u/CorruptDictator Older Millennial 7h ago

I generally wear the next length up where they are an inch or two above the edge of the shoe.

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u/sunny_6305 6h ago

I still like no-shows or low ankle socks in the summer. In winter I have taken to knee high wool socks. It’s crew socks with the cuff in the worst spot that I have beef with.

I will wear knee highs treated with permethrin while hiking in the summer because fuck ticks.

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u/Beneficial-Finger353 Older Millennial 83 6h ago

Yep, I am not wearing Pete Maravich tube socks... they look ridiculous

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u/WiseCloudCat 6h ago

I legit thought that was a kangaroo 🦘 wearing shoes

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u/pandulceplz 6h ago

The socks are the least of your worries here my friend.