Came into this thread wondering "who the hell wears belts?". Then saw everyone in here was taking belt wearage as a given. Then looked over at my husband and saw he's wearing a belt.
TIL, all men apparently wear belts and I just never noticed before.
Men's pants can be a lot more loose around the waist and we typically have no butt to hold things up.
It's to leave space for full pockets
You know, in my jealousy about the capacious pockets in men's pants, I never thought about how they must weigh the pants down when they're full of keys and wallet and phone and tampons and condoms and stuff. No wonder y'all need belts!
Do some squats my brother, everyone loves a good ass.
You have probably noticed but never appreciated that men don't usually have big hips to keep our pants up (or more specifically our waists and hips tend to be very close to the same size). Some men do, but even well fitting pants slide down on me without a belt. My wife is always amazed when we take our measurements and the hip to waist ratio is so wildly different. She's like "I knew women's hips were bigger but Jesus Christ".
I mean I'm trans and even though I have massive hips to keep my pants on, wearing a belt still helps me pass better since they're so ubiquitous
Not just men, I’m a woman and I wear a belt regularly. It keeps my pants from drooping because I’m thin with wide hips.
I hate that I know this now.
This reminds me, I need to go see if Lemmy has a Thanks I Hate It (TIHI) community yet.
You never wash your belt? I bet you never wash the poop-knife either.
Sheesh.
This will outlive us, no matter the platform.
If you wash your belt you lose all your jiu-jitsu knowledge and have to start from white again. Everyone knows this.
Wash your hands in the bathroom, nobody bats an eye.
Scrub down your belt buckle in the sink and people lose their minds!
If someone gets uppity in a bathroom when you are practicing good hygiene, ask them why they don't. And don't let up.
Here's me running ass naked after pooping to wash my hands before pulling up my pants
Jokes on you, I wash my belt all the time!
...which is definitely not because I leave it on my pants and forget to take it off before I throw them in the laundry.
Why can't the TSA ever be there to remind me to remove my belt when I actually need them!?
Leather and steel are anti-microbial. If something does get on it, it won't survive for very long.
Tell that to the mold covered belt I just found in my closet.
Do you live in a retention pond? How on earth does a belt get and stay damp enough to grow mold? How long has it been sitting undisturbed? I didn't know about leather being antimicrobial until just now. Even then, a moldy leather belt just seems wrong lol
You guys aren't washing your belts?
Alright.
I’ve never even thought about it. I use leather belts and I throw them out after they wear out.
You can’t exactly toss them in the machine.
Now, the belts I’ve had over the years that were made from cloth went in the laundry with everything else.
I don’t know why I never thought about this.
Here is another shower thought. You touch things other ppl who don't wash their hands touch all the time... That is worse in my opinion. Because you can wash your hands before touching anything else (belt included) it isn't as easy to wash your hands everytime on the go. Corona made me very aware of this
You don't clean your belts? 🤢
You don't need to throw it in the washing machine to clean it. That's not the only way to wash clothing, guys. At least hit that shit with a spray on sanitizer like Lysol or something once in a while.
Saddle soap for all leather belts and saddle soap then shoe grease for leather work belts/suspenders/boots.
Maybe I'm a weirdo, but my belts are leather and I wipe them down with sanitizing wipes when I get home and take them off, for this exact reason.
I would like to travel about a minute back in time so I could undo reading this!
Well, as far as I know it hasn't gotten me sick yet.
Thanks for the new fear, though 🙃
Lick it and report back in few days.
You gotta keep your belt clean.
You never know when it's going to be used for a naughty time
The people that don’t wash their belts are probably also the people that never wash their winter coat regularly.
You're supposed to wash winter coats?! Next you are going to tell me that you have to wash blue jeans!
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