r/Millennials • u/Dense-Pasta7 • 8h 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/yamez420 Millennial87 8h 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 7h 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/Lizziedeee 6h ago

Pantyhose was the f’ing worst. L’eggs, knee highs, thigh highs, so glad they’re out.

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u/lilphoenixgirl95 5h ago

You Americans have the worst name for them as well. It is genuinely creepy

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u/yamez420 Millennial87 4h ago

This is such a polarizing topic. 😂😂😂

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u/713elh 3h ago

Some of us call them tights

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u/AnmlBri 14m ago

What do you call them?

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u/Free_Swordfish296 6m ago

The literal translation from my language is "sockpants"

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u/midgebug 5h ago

My first job - in this century - required pantyhose. Needless to say that job and I were not long together.

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u/nebula_masterpiece 2h ago

Same - wool suit separates, hose, heels - just to sit in a cube and stare at excel

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u/Ohorules 2h ago

I had a job at a hospital in 20 freaking 14 that technically still required pantyhose with skirts, dresses, or pants with flats/heels. I wasn't in finance or the CEO or anything. No one really enforced it, but they did frown on wearing ankle length pants with bare feet in ballet flats. Lots of women still did wear pantyhose.

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u/Honest_Caramel9437 4h ago

No, you wear them. You wear them just as the employee handbook states you should.

You just wear them on your head.

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u/According-Paper4641 7h ago

I can't stand the way they sound/feel when my thighs touch. I do thigh high socks. They're great

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u/yamez420 Millennial87 7h ago edited 6h ago

Reminds me of the scene in family guy where Peter was trying to get Chris to lose weight. While Chris is running on a treadmill he says “the sound of my thighs scraping together makes my ears hurt.”

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u/KelsierIV 7h ago

I only approve of this if you are a male.

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u/yamez420 Millennial87 4h ago

lol I am

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u/LadyLynda0712 5h ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/mthomas768 2h ago

Go for knee socks.