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[-] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Are (over)pants underpants if you don’t wear something under them?

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 week ago

How long does your pubic hair have to be to qualify as underpants?

[-] GhostPain@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Depends on how fat your ass is. But anywhere from 3 to 6 feet.

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

What if you wear underpants over your pants? Does that makes pants overpants underpants pants.

[-] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

That makes you Superman

[-] GhostPain@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

You're gonna need to check with a kindergarten teacher. They're actually trained to answer questions like that.

[-] GhostPain@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

That's called free balling and no.

[-] Bhaelfur@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

How many pants could underpants pants if underpants could pants pants?

[-] GhostPain@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Six.

Seven if it's a woodchuck in underpants.

[-] Apeman42@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

The brits neatly sidestep this quandry by calling them pants and trousers respectively, and I think they've honestly got the superior system there. I mean one of our American gods (Superman) wears them on the outside, how can we continue in good conscience to call them "under"-pants?

[-] t0fr@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago

Are they still underpants if you're wearing them over pants?

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Superman enters the chat.

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 week ago

Well they are not overpants

[-] GhostPain@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Akshually, those are tights, not pants. And those "underpants" are short pants.

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 week ago

What about the waterproof overpants that keep your regular pants dry?????

[-] GhostPain@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Look man, I'm trying here. I don't have all the answers so you'll have to figure some things out for yourself. Good luck.

::jumps onto sky cycle and flies away::

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago
[-] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

You're right, they're just over legs at that point.

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Should my dog see a vet if it underpants?

[-] GhostPain@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Not if it's nose is still wet.

But they shouldn't drive to the vet, just in case.

[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Is it still an underpass if you're not passing anything?
Is it still an overpass if you ain't over shit?

[-] witty_username@feddit.nl 3 points 1 week ago

The yanks had it wrong; underpants never existed. Just pants and trousers

[-] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Inpantception 2: Under the Underpants

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I suggest establishing a formal hierarchy of *-pants, with individual terms to distinguish shape, purpose and colour in conjunction with effective and/or absolute layer. And you should be the one to do it, because I don't have time for that.

[-] konalt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

4th dimensional pants (Hyperpants)

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Layer-0 pants are the ones touching your arse.
Layer-1 pants cover Layer-0 (tights, stockings, trousers).
Layer-2 pants (optional) cover Layer-1 (shorts over tights, trousers, etc..)

Simple

[-] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Layer-3 pants (optional, temporary) - Protective legwear. (Snow pants, motorcycle/horseback chaps, shin guards)

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago

Layer -(-1) privledged layer, accessible only through permission system

[-] watson387@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

With diagrams explaining, in detail, the purpose and function of each layer. By Monday, or you're fired.

[-] url@feddit.fr 2 points 1 week ago

They are panties

this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2025
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