We're gonna drop shit on our pants, it's gonna be ketchup, or grease, or oil, or something, you wanna walk around with stained pants, or do you wanna walk around with stained shorts. It's a no brainer.
Same! I had a few leg surgeries as a kid and liked to cover the scars, but even now that they're faded, I like just picking out some jeans and not having to think about it. I've never really had an issue with my legs getting too hot, either, though where I live it's cold more often than not.
I won't speak for all "white dudes" but I know why I do it.
First, my thermostat is just different from average. If it's 70F/21C, there's a very high chance I'm going to be sweating, especially if I'm indoors and there's limited air movement or I'm outdoors and there's any bit of direct sunlight. Shorts make that a bit more bearable.
Second, given my warm nature, the climate where I live and my lifestyle make wearing shorts practical for much of the year. In the "colder" months of the year, it's usually a case where it's cold in the morning but warms up to a reasonable extent during the day. Guess what? I have an indoor, office job. I don't give a flip about how cold it is during the early parts of the day because I'm going to be indoors where the temperature is pretty much guaranteed to be above the 70F/21C limit I mentioned in my first point. By the time I'm off work and out of the office in the evening, it's warmed up to the point where shorts are totally appropriate and comfy (for me). Sure, I could waste time and energy doing multiple wardrobe changes throughout the day, but that's just bullshit and quite frankly, stupid, if I don't have to do it.
Third, who gives a fuck? Apparently a lot of people -- as it's very common to get questions or comments when I wear shorts during colder weather that lesser humans can't tolerate in shorts. I don't go around acting as the fashion police for your stupid crocs or question your multiple changes of clothes per day like you're Beyoncé doing a concert. So leave my cargo shorts in the middle of winter alone.
Man I have the exact opposite problem I'm always wearing long pants in even the hottest of days because I'm constantly doing physical labor wether it be firewood collecting or shoveling gravel I'm always having shit scraping my legs so I always want some protection also my job has me outside all day long so when winter comes around I'm wearing my pants for the cold it's a part of my company dress code ultimately I've grown accustomed to work clothes to the point that comfort wear like slippers hoodies and shorts are pretty weird and uncomfortable for me for those reasons I just don't own many shorts because I rarely use them ever
simply live in a colder home. Boom, shorts problem solved. Now you can have twice the amount of irritating clothing issues that you already experience.
Third, who gives a fuck? Apparently a lot of people – as it’s very common to get questions or comments when I wear shorts during colder weather that lesser humans can’t tolerate in shorts.
As a teenager, I used to go to the gym in shorts when there was a bunch of snow outside. The amount of looks I got was amusing.
Nowadays my thermostat has adjusted a bit, I even put on a sweater when it's below 5C. No jacket until -20 though.
I went to the gym in shorts last time it snowed here. When I stopped off at a convenience store an old lady asked why I was wearing shorts and I explained the gym thing. She said "well, you have nice legs so you might as well show them off." My annual compliment!
I’m going to be indoors where the temperature is pretty much guaranteed to be above the 70F/21C
21°C is too hot for indoors at least during the winter/autumn/spring
During the summer I'd kill for 21°C
Anyways, I'd like to add that personally I just don't feel the cold that much on my legs. I'm much more likely to get cold ears, hands and arms. If they ever find me dead of hypothermia my legs will still be at room temperature, while the rest of my body, including my feet, especially my feet, will be at absolute zero.
I live in country side and have some farm work to do, but because I'm allergic to grass and dandruff ( don't know the exact word for english ) if I go out in short's I will end up with legs full of red spots and itchy af.
When working with hayballs I literally need to have long sleeves and a mask to not have red spots on hands and not start to have problems breathing at times when my allergy is in full throthle at 30-40 celcius weather in summer.
The irony of being in countryside and having a farm but being allergic to what you work with.
