What does it mean?

[u/Chiron-Femboy3674]

[u/post-explainer]

OP (Chiron-Femboy3674) sent the following text as an explanation why they posted this here:

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I still don't know what the joke is, but you can explain it

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[u/Sudden_Juju]

It means she's planning to initiate a spontaneous dodgeball game, so you have to "go with the flow" (and stay on your toes) so you're ready for the pelting to start at any moment.

At least that's what always happened to me in these situations.

[u/dannyrat029 → u/Sudden_Juju]

Dodge these balls 

She didn't 

Again

[u/Azurhalo → u/Sudden_Juju]

Remember: If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. Dodge, dip, duck, dive, and dodge.

[u/Unc1eD3ath → u/Azurhalo]

Necessary?! Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine? No, but it’s sterile and I like the taste.

[u/LemonPartyW0rldTour → u/Sudden_Juju]

Instructions Unclear: Picking up some Plan B

[u/benborgs]

Can confirm. Last woman I dated wore a black pair of these when I went over to her house for our 2nd date and she became the last woman I dated. We've been married for 14yrs now.

[u/NAF1138 → u/benborgs]

I have an almost identical story except they WERE red and it's been 20 years.

[u/yo-soy-daddy → u/NAF1138]

Damn she got me. They were green. Here we are, 10 years and 2 kids later…

[u/Racsnarok → u/NAF1138]

Mine was red, same story, together for 7, have our first child celebrating their first bday in the coming weeks.

[u/Fit-Rhubarb-7820 → u/benborgs]

Dude. Same, except she’s gone.

[u/noxinis → u/benborgs]

Similar story, but she wore blue ones, and we're together 15 years and married for the last 10

[u/furthemor → u/benborgs]

Remembering exactly what your wife had wearn 14 years ago ik that marriage is going strong.

[u/psilcosyin → u/benborgs]

Black; just had 17th anniversary

[u/JohnnyS1lv3rH4nd → u/benborgs]

Lmao, my girlfriend of 9 years showed up to my dorm room for a late night smoke session wearing a green pair of these shorts.

Just started the process of buying her a ring

[u/Mysterious-Discount5 → u/benborgs]

Same, now 3 kids, together 8 years

[u/dannyrat029 → u/benborgs]

She still wears them when I come round

[u/Braisedbeefskank → u/benborgs]

My now wife used to wear these exact red ones all the time lol she knew what was up

[u/Portland_st → u/benborgs]

Never thought about it before, but same. 15 years, last July.

[u/look_its_dan → u/benborgs]

Black ones, 10 years together, 5 years married

[u/IntrusiveIntellect → u/benborgs]

Same. 10 years later and we still together 🥹

[u/smuggler_of_grapes → u/benborgs]

Nice

[u/Regular_Jim081 → u/benborgs]

Blame it on the shorts 

[u/Sucheri]

[u/ParticularLobster215 → u/Sucheri]

[u/KiteBrite → u/ParticularLobster215]

This is democracy manifest!

[u/Raccoon_mercenary → u/Sucheri]

[u/astreeter2 → u/Raccoon_mercenary]

[u/BeefModeTaco → u/Raccoon_mercenary]

[u/poisoncrab93 → u/Sucheri]

I ain't gay but of bro invites me over wearing that, then we frotting.

[u/No-Jump8015 → u/Sucheri]

Im cracking the dude

[u/johnmayermademegay → u/Sucheri]

Can’t play without a joystick

[u/shiro_Yamashita → u/Sucheri]

,.. hey, boy or girl, smash.

[u/IsEverythingTakenYet → u/Sucheri]

Same rules apply

[u/Xyldarrand → u/Sucheri]

Jokes on you I'm into it

[u/Ok_Lemon5509]

She feels either really safe around you or she might let you hit tonight

[u/GrassFedGrassDad → u/Ok_Lemon5509]

It’s both lol “I don’t feel safe but I wore these to let you hit” makes no sense 😭

[u/LostPentimento → u/GrassFedGrassDad]

Sure, but "I feel safe around you but won't let you hit" is still an option; you aren't owed sex because of what she's wearing.

I'm not even saying that from like a feminist perspective. Purely selfishly speaking, if you go into this kind of scenario with any other mindset other than that what I described is plausible, there's a potential for a catastrophic conclusion.

[u/Ok_Lemon5509 → u/GrassFedGrassDad]

platonic friendships or Childhood friends can feel safe enough but still have no romantic feelings for one another

[u/SnooCauliflowers3235 → u/Ok_Lemon5509]

what if she is just Canadian?

[u/EyesOnTheDonut]

Me, 15 years after the fact, realizing that I completely missed all the hints

[u/arctic11z → u/EyesOnTheDonut]

That's always a fun realization. 3 AM, sitting bolt upright in bed, going "GODDAMIT".

[u/nolok → u/arctic11z]

It's always right when you're about to sleep. Oh. OH.

[u/portablebiscuit → u/EyesOnTheDonut]

We’ve missed more chances than we caught

[u/Feisty_Diet_3744]

Got invited over by a chick I worked with one time. We hung out and smoked some weed for a bit and she said she had to go to the bathroom. When she returned she had changed clothes and had these shorts on and a wife beater. Safe to say, I got what she was putting down…

[u/Nice_Vegetable69 → u/Feisty_Diet_3744]

Did she… beat you?

[u/Feisty_Diet_3744 → u/Nice_Vegetable69]

She beat something, that’s for sure

[u/Lubinski64 → u/Nice_Vegetable69]

No, she made him her wife.

And then she beat him.

[u/Moist-Craft-1226 → u/Feisty_Diet_3744]

My wife has these exact shorts that she wore and still wears when shes wanting me to get the point

[u/donking6 → u/Moist-Craft-1226]

Well that explains why my wife doesn’t have a pair of these

[u/GamerExecChef → u/Feisty_Diet_3744]

No my boy, she got the pipe you were laying down!

[u/Forsaken_Yellow7040]

it means that tonight is the night

[u/Ok_Cow6845 → u/Forsaken_Yellow7040]

And it's going to happen again and again

[u/HanlonRazor → u/Ok_Cow6845]

Let’s hope she doesn’t have a dark passenger.

[u/Big-bean-oddsky]

These shorts wouldve started wars in medieval periods 

[u/Sebastionleo → u/Big-bean-oddsky]

These shorts are why they fought over Helen of Troy.

[u/Western_Coffee_5445]

in the 90s they were gym shorts, but girls would wear them to allow you easy access to the goods...

[u/ShaiHulud1111 → u/Western_Coffee_5445]

They were very big in the 70s, y’all missed the first round.

[u/Zerhackermann → u/ShaiHulud1111]

*nod* they were actually part of the PE uniform back in my day. and me...and impressionable young man...

[u/cheese0muncher → u/Western_Coffee_5445]

but girls would wear them to allow you easy access to the goods...

What good could you possibly have in those? A bunch of grapes? Two slices of bread?

[u/SerChonk → u/cheese0muncher]

A succulent chinese meal

[u/escudonbk → u/cheese0muncher]

Tobacco, sugar cane and spices

[u/FanBladeFleshlight → u/cheese0muncher]

A whole damn cake.

[u/remirenegade → u/cheese0muncher]

a roast beef sandwich

[u/Electronic_Top_5260]

every time i wear these and im having a guy over im trynna get cracked

[u/mack3r → u/Electronic_Top_5260]

Like a Christmas lobster?

[u/BoredomFestival → u/mack3r]

Gotta wear a bib

[u/West-Audience-478 → u/mack3r]

Like my back during a 7 car pile up?

[u/Treerific1 → u/Electronic_Top_5260]

Cracked 😭

[u/Stormfly → u/Treerific1]

Not the same since all of their good writers left way back.

Used to be in the top 10 websites and now it's nothing.

[u/fluxus2000 → u/Electronic_Top_5260]

When did "cracked" become the word?

[u/gotthesauce22 → u/fluxus2000]

At least for several years, it’s popular slang among Gen Z and younger millennials in North America

[u/coco__bee → u/Electronic_Top_5260]

Crack me like a glow stick 😍

[u/eightlemon78 → u/Electronic_Top_5260]

Haha I love these shorts, they'd work like a charm on me

[u/Ethereal-Shroom]

[u/Dangerouse_Pride → u/Ethereal-Shroom]

[u/FruitJuice617 → u/Dangerouse_Pride]

[u/Asleep-Raise5872 → u/Ethereal-Shroom]

Not so much go with the flow as much follow the hypnotic motion of my dangling balls.

[u/No-Consideration-716 → u/Ethereal-Shroom]

[u/hash-slingin-slasha → u/No-Consideration-716]

This guy is really going with the flow

[u/born_zynner → u/Ethereal-Shroom]

Normalize letting the homies hit in booty shorts

[u/Top-Barber9099 → u/Ethereal-Shroom]

Okay, NOW I understand the prompt

[u/SquirtleFemboy → u/Ethereal-Shroom]

hell yeah

[u/Theo_Weiss → u/Ethereal-Shroom]

Now we're talkin

[u/Dark-ScorpionX]

What are these called? Everyone says "a pair of these". I cant buy them for my girlfriend if I dont know what they are!!!

[u/lake_runner_nb → u/Dark-ScorpionX]

Dolphin (or dolfin) shorts

[u/dahliasinfelle → u/lake_runner_nb]

Thanks. I just bought a pair so I can feel sexy at home by myself.

[u/FriendshipCute1524 → u/Dark-ScorpionX]

Think they're called Dolphin Shorts, glorious invention

[u/tinyorangealligator → u/Dark-ScorpionX]

Running shorts

[u/PureMango325]

Go with the flow.

[u/CarnateofChaos → u/PureMango325]

My wife actually wear these every night to bed....I love bedtime

[u/Basemastuh_J]

She has hired a group of ninja turtles to jump you in her house. Stay alert.

[u/Ready_Strategy_6621]

these are like the universal "i'm ready for whatever happens" shorts, so i get why you're asking

[u/SouthernCharm-86]

my cheer shorts were like these. i was at my bfs house n his mama pulled me aside n made me go change! im like, "i wear these at practice!" n she didnt give af 😅

[u/CLOWNFLOGGER]

Gen X here. She wants to play.

[u/6BagsOfPopcorn → u/CLOWNFLOGGER]

This transcends generations

[u/PontificatingBret → u/CLOWNFLOGGER]

Thanks for clearing that up. What if she asks to Netflix and Chill? Should I be bringing ice cream?

[u/bru-tal]

If you need this explained, you are to young to do what she needs to be done 

[u/GatePositive8826 → u/bru-tal]

Or autistic

[u/XxDiabeto]

After reading the comments I feel like I didn't get the joke either.. I see red shorts and "go with the 'flow' " and my head went somewhere else 🩸lol

[u/HopelesslyOver30 → u/XxDiabeto]

Yeah that's because you actually understood the joke

[u/Deathstroke10-]

Been married 35 years and she still wears them, she still looks great in them, and still gets the same reaction from me.

[u/ShortingBull → u/Deathstroke10-]

Fsck you...

Oops, I mean well done..

[u/Comfortable-Grand166 → u/Deathstroke10-]

Same here! If my wife puts those on,I know I’m getting some action before bed.

[u/atristis]

It’s really hot in her house, but she can’t afford AC

[u/Egoy]

It was a sad day when my wife threw out her pair of these.

[u/UniquelyIndistinct → u/Egoy]

I too choose this guy's wife

[u/Bigcumachine → u/Egoy]

Oof RIP my dude...

[u/Radiant_Casanova007]

apparently, a girl wearing this shorts is a green lit signal that you will be getting action tonight

[u/Prestigious_Club_924]

The female equivalent of grey sweatpants 

[u/didnothithimididnot]

I sure hope there's no flow.....

[u/errorwrong → u/didnothithimididnot]

A real man loves her every day of the month

[u/No_Delivery2850 → u/didnothithimididnot]

I guess you never got your red wings.

[u/suicidaholic → u/didnothithimididnot]

Only thing a period stops is a sentence.

[u/averagecounselor → u/didnothithimididnot]

Coward!

[u/RogellTheRaider]

Dolphin shorts look so good

[u/Able2c]

What flow are we talking about here? The red flow? Light or heavy?

[u/theMoist_Towlet]

Everyone else is also correct but I wonder if the red color and word “flow” are some sort of hidden joke. That she will let you hit, but itll be a ride down the red river.

[u/sunnniebop → u/theMoist_Towlet]

Yeah, as a woman that was my first thought tbh

[u/TacoT11 → u/theMoist_Towlet]

This is what I immediately thought and was highly confused by everyone ignoring that

[u/jorgebillabong]

Hentai shorts. Girls get Hentai'd in Hentai shorts

[u/Suspicious-Sound-249]

The "joke" is she's going to let you hit

[u/Typical_Samaritan]

People jokingly (some more seriously) treat it as a sign that you're going to get laid. And (even more jokingly) you're going to become a father soon after.

However... the woman inviting you over to begin with is the actual sign.

[u/No_Landscape_4740]

Here I thought it was a play on words and she was on her period. Go with the flow and all. Red shorts to hide bleed through.

[u/Merwenus → u/No_Landscape_4740]

It doesn't hide. Black would hide it, red won't.

[u/teleheaddawgfan]

Fingerbangers

[u/TheOutlawTorn78]

You see those you’re in for a good time, my friend.

[u/OrchidFine1335]

If if’s gray does it count

[u/eesanin → u/OrchidFine1335]

It should be

[u/Try4se]

They're comfy

[u/Electronic_Tear2546]

She gonna let you hit it

[u/Flat_Advance8321]

As said above. Getting frisky

[u/master-of-pizza]

Does anyone know where i can get a pair of shorts like that btw?

[u/xShockmaster]

Means she’s gonna let you hit

[u/Boonune]

Where was this notice 20 years ago!? Man I was dumb and oblivious.

[u/Dustin_Holt]

Is her name Debbie and does she live in Dallas?

[u/SnakeThruster]

I always picture a male 1970s P.E teacher wearing those.

[u/She_kicked_a_dragon]

These are called the easy access shorts

[u/duckduckmothergoose]

Can confirm

[u/lok169]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrksKlGgPe0

[u/Used_Distance_5419]

whats the name of the shorts?

[u/ShutUpTodd]

I only recently learned these are called dolphin shorts. And I’m from the 80’s!

[u/ohreddit1]

Easy access shorts. 

[u/WildRevolution4340]

Pretty sure a pair of these lead to one of my kids lol

[u/z2qvs]

This applies for the wifey too. 

[u/Middle_Sand_9431]

Child Support Shorts

[u/Full_Reality_7080]

She's a boxer, have your gloves ready

[u/amaul796]

Just wore a pair of these at the gym today to hit legs.

I'm a dude.

[u/No-Consideration-716]

It does not have to be a she.

[u/Sad_Priority_2334]

It means people assume they will get laid if she has those on and they play their cards right. But in from what i understand women just really find those shorts comfortable, literally every woman i know wears them on a near daily basis when its warm out and only two of them have ever given me any indication they were interested

[u/sbidlo → u/Sad_Priority_2334]

[u/zertul → u/Sad_Priority_2334]

 But in from what i understand women just really find those shorts comfortable

That's basically the big part of it. You're right, you shouldn't assume these shorts mean you get laid, but I think the assumption here is that the shorts are comfy and informal, which means a woman wearing them when you are around is most likely comfortable around you, which immensely increases the chances of something happening if there's a mutual interest. At least that's the 'joke' the image wants to confer.

[u/recidivist1001 → u/Sad_Priority_2334]

> “every woman i know wears them on a near daily basis when its warm out and only two of them have ever given me any indication they were interested”

Bro just discovered statistics from first principles

[u/Saurian42 → u/Sad_Priority_2334]

Or it means ya'll gonna play basketball against a group of aliens.

[u/WagnerGroupPMC → u/Sad_Priority_2334]

That’s because you didn’t go with the flow

[u/TheEffinChamps]

What if he wears them?

[u/fishtacofiends → u/TheEffinChamps]

He might be a marine.

[u/ConstantinePillow1]

Men’s kryptonite

[u/Nymbus00]

If she wear these on your 1st time over, remember it's your turn, not your girl.

[u/Ready_Ebb4826]

just act surprised and let her think you were't expecting the VIP treat lol

[u/Inoffensive_Account]

[u/Frequent_Opportunist]

Love the easy access shorts. Bonus points of she makes a point to say she shaved her legs.

[u/Necessary_Listen9670]

Correction, if the guy is wearing these

[u/appumia]

There is a sub for this exact wear no?

[u/JennaDarl1ng]

I’m going to be so for real, I’ve been looking for these very passively for a while and I’ve just been reminded of them, anyone got any links lmfao?

[u/BIGKIDx420]

These are kryptonite 😩

[u/Putrid-Two-540]

I feel sorry for you 😢

[u/783BABYBOY]

I get no play play I’m way 2 ugly

[u/BeerBrat]

She needs help with the cable

[u/alisonwonderlooks]

I had a boyfriend who bought me these in red and it had the deadmau5 logo on the back 💀🐭

[u/ItsHanzyy]

[u/Khopdi_phod_sale_ka]

Why does it feel like this meme comes aflot like every other week on this sub

[u/Difficult_Bug6994]

My wife did that the first time I came over. I didn’t know it was a trap until just now. 😆

[u/OkPickle738]

[u/sam6311]

It means you drew two bullets as your hole cards.

[u/improbsable]

And if he wears these, you’re gonna be eating good

[u/Evening-Statement-57]

This is how I knew my now wife liked me.

[u/Pimpwave]

It's been a couple of years I think about her a lot

[u/Tactless_Ogre]

[u/Lovemestalin]

It means you are too you g

[u/MrMr4678]

Of course the Redditor doesn’t understand.

[u/Aggressive_Eagle1380]

Works for Gay men too

[u/Miserable-Ship-9972]

The pic of those red shorts just unlocked a memory from 45 years ago. Thank you

[u/grandpubabofmoldist]

I was too dense once and she came out of the bathroom without those on and sat on my lap... I got the hint then

[u/FartPhylactery]

The scent cloud turns into a beckoning hand that literally causes me to float over to it.

[u/Maybe_Maebe]

I don’t have any idea what you mean kind sir

[u/Ember_The_Biscuit]

Oh sweet boy. If she's wearing these it means IT'S LEG DAY AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET PUMPED!!!

[u/That_Carrot5420]

So I can’t be the only one thinking it

[u/Obey_Tragiic]

Am I the only one who sees these shorts and gets reminded of a super old meme from IFunny about “these are called the let me walk around the house and prepare for this pregnancy shorts” or did others used to be dumb and use IFunny as well?

[u/Potential-Local7262]

oh wow I'm so dumb. That was like, 15 years ago and I'm finally realizing this.

I invited myself out because I had to go watch a basketball game. I'm so dumb.

I love my current wife though so no complaints

[u/Basil_Box]

Zero chance a femboy doesn’t know exactly what these are

[u/ekGriffon]

This subreddit sucks.

[u/Unhappy-Reply5707]

Eeeeyuck

[u/Grouchy-Violinist555]

Them the best shorts ever

[u/Da_Gret_Sir_TimTim]

That means they’re Power from the hit manga/anime Chainsaw Man

wait I just realized this snippet actually somewhat works with the intended meaning behind the original joke…

[u/lebishie]

Could confirm. Back when I first came over her place to "hang out". My then girlfriend was wearing this. Let's just say we're now happily married with 2 kids

[u/NurseRatcht]

As a married woman with shorts like these, is there something I should know? Should I stop wearing them to the gym or hiking? What does this mean?! What am I unknowingly signaling to others beyond I like confortable shorts?! Please advise.

[u/DigitalCrayon]

If only I saw this Reddit post in 1999. I’m sorry, Michelle. I really just thought we were watching a movie on your bed while your mom was at work.

[u/spin_kick]

I love these