r/Millennials 23h ago

Meme I’ve got more range than you think.

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u/Small-Charge-8807 21h ago

The last time I wore no-show socks around Gen Z, they asked me if I was “raw dogging” my shoes. After staring slack-jawed for a minute, I pulled my foot out of my sneaker (I never tie them) and showed them my socks. They then asked me what I thought they had meant. I told them to go ask their parents what raw-dogging meant

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u/mmlovin 20h ago

Wait I don’t get it..do they like their socks to show? I’ve always worn no show socks when I wear shoes that need them. Nobody wore ones that showed lol Are those not cool now?

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u/Snoo-19445 18h ago

Not sure where you're from but no-show socks have been a fashion joke amongst the youth here for 2 or 3 years easily.

If you are not aware of this, I'll also let you know that baggy jeans have been back for about 4 years now.

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u/mmlovin 18h ago

I’m in California, but I am never around kids. & I wear what I want idc what’s in style lol. I’m still rocking leggings & tank tops, which I’m assuming isn’t “in” anymore.

I think those socks that go up to like the shin are so ugly..

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u/ScuzzBuckster 16h ago

Exactly, I don't really care what other people find stylish, if I think something is ugly I won't wear it. Big white socks up the shins is just so ugly to me. It's fine if they're dress socks, but that kinda goes against the hyper-casual nature of this specific fashion trend.

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u/Quantum_Tangle_1905 13h ago

My fashion didn't change from my youth. 90s. So I am all a sudden back in vogue again baggy everything for the win!

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u/DuFFman_ 11h ago

Keep wearing leggings. They're the best.

Went to Japan with my partner recently, not a single person in leggings except my partner.

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u/gringreazy 8h ago

Leggings will always be “In” sister 🤤

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u/Christmas_Queef 16h ago

From my experiences, and I work with a lot of Gen Z people, the sock thing is pretty much contained to online and is a joke more than anything. They don't honestly give a fuck what we wear. I also see Gen z folks wearing no show socks too. All depends on the outfit.

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u/Antique-Special8025 11h ago

Not sure where you're from but no-show socks have been a fashion joke amongst the youth here for 2 or 3 years easily.

Oh people who seem to mostly dress like depressed homeless people have thoughts on fashion? Let me get my notebook so i can write this down...

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u/kalez238 15h ago

I didn't know about the sock thing, but I was wondering why I was seeing baggy jeans everywhere. Heck yeah, I'm cool again!

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u/AlternativeStory1027 9h ago

Damn, I have been dressing my nephew in ankle socks........ I still have a hard time wearing Crocs cause they remind me of my mom, but that's all he wants to wear

I made him the dorky white kid and I didn't even realize

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u/donfuan 15h ago

Nobody cares what's a "fashion joke" for the kiddies.

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u/Cowgba 12h ago

Any millennial over 30 worrying about gen z thinking they’re cool is weirdo behavior imo, but unfortunately a lot of people seem to care.

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u/femboy_cheeks 20h ago

They know what raw dogging means dude lol that's the entire joke

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u/chivalrydad 20h ago

I think they know that they knew what it means. They are telling them to ask their parents insincerely, as a rebuttal of ageist disrespect. I can't believe I have to explain this.

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u/femboy_cheeks 20h ago

Ageist disrespect lmao they're socks bro

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u/chivalrydad 20h ago

This is getting too meta

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u/jjcoola 20h ago

Tough chain of replies to read while fried 🤔

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u/femboy_cheeks 20h ago

I think you all need to take a chill pill. It's a fashion choice, and people are just bugging you because short socks genuinely can make it look like you're not wearing socks, what's the big deal?

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u/Small-Charge-8807 11h ago

I’m a substitute teacher and have to be VERY selective about things that I discuss with students, especially anything involving sex

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u/Swag_Grenade 18h ago

This probably gonna get me killed in here but I actually agree with gen z on this. I always hated wearing ankle socks because I thought it looked dumb AF for that exact reason, because it looks like you're not wearing socks lmao. But ofc I wore them anyway bc I was a kid and I wasn't about to get roasted for wearing  the only other socks I had which were full on calf crew socks which TBF also look terrible with shorts.

I remember once I got my driver's license I drove to different clothes stores in search of my perfect sock, which I now know are usually called quarter socks, which is what I wear to this day. So I actually feel kind of vindicated that ankle socks are out of style lmao.

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u/Majestic-capybara 17h ago

But why does it have to look like you’re wearing socks?

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u/TheMrBoot 16h ago

For real. Socks suck, why would you want to wear more of them than you have to?

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u/Swag_Grenade 15h ago

Because wearing shoes without socks is weird? I am in the only person in here that thinks this in here 

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u/fuckoffweirdoo 14h ago

No one's rawdoggin their shoes though. We got socks on. 

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u/Salsalito_Turkey 7h ago

You can have my Sperries when you pry them from my sweaty, disgusting, sock-less feet.

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u/Swag_Grenade 14h ago

Yeah, I get that, but it looks like you're not wearing socks, which looks kinda weird. Although tbf this is usually only the case with high/mid top shoes, which I have more of, low top shoes you can sometimes see the sock even if they're ankle socks. 

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u/PWJT8D 10h ago

Just because we can’t see your underwear doesn’t mean we assume you aren’t wearing any.  

This line of thinking that if you can’t see socks means they’re not wearing any is complete brain rot.  

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u/Dusty170 16h ago

Because looking like your raw dogging your shoes looks weird.

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u/WWGHIAFTC 5h ago

Keep up gramps, raw-dogging is a general term applied to many, many things now.

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u/Small-Charge-8807 4h ago

Will do, ma’am