Button fly's
from theupsanddownsof@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 18 Jun 17:43
https://lemmy.world/post/31597956

Who buys button fly’s and why if so?

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actionjbone@sh.itjust.works on 18 Jun 17:44 next collapse

Button fly is?

ccunning@lemmy.world on 18 Jun 17:49 collapse

A fly that uses a button closure instead of the typical zipper.

Levi’s 501s being the canonical example…

Quicky@piefed.social on 18 Jun 18:44 collapse

I reckon it was a grammatical joke based on the incorrect apostrophe.

ccunning@lemmy.world on 18 Jun 18:47 collapse

So we’re talking about their and why then?

actionjbone@sh.itjust.works on 18 Jun 20:26 collapse

Yes. There’s wrong words.

ccunning@lemmy.world on 18 Jun 20:31 next collapse

Whose?

Quicky@piefed.social on 18 Jun 21:01 collapse

The title of the post.

fly's

Belonging to fly, or fly is?

ccunning@lemmy.world on 18 Jun 21:05 collapse

No - I got it after your first reply. I was trying (and failing) to make my own joke about the ambiguity of “There’s wrong words” being possessive or a contraction.

CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works on 19 Jun 19:00 collapse

They shouldn’t’ve done that.

Flaqueman@sh.itjust.works on 18 Jun 17:48 next collapse

Less dangerous

SpikesOtherDog@ani.social on 18 Jun 17:57 collapse

I have never gotten my beans or my frank involved in my zipper while wearing underwear.

DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca on 18 Jun 17:57 next collapse

Once. By accident. Just grabbed a pair off a shelf that were labeled with my size and that was it. Hated them. So impractical.

thesohoriots@lemmy.world on 18 Jun 18:10 next collapse

I loved them back when they were popular in the mid-late 2010s. Why? Confused people at the urinals.

southsamurai@sh.itjust.works on 18 Jun 18:10 next collapse

A button fly’s what?

Diddlydee@feddit.uk on 18 Jun 18:14 next collapse

If the jeans look good, I don’t care if it’s buttons or a zip.

One thing I will say, you ain’t catching your foreskin on a button.

Thorry84@feddit.nl on 18 Jun 18:15 next collapse

I have both kinds and I don’t really care. I just buy the pants because I like how they look, don’t even check what kind of fly they have. I have the ones with a regular zipper and 1 button, zipper with 2 buttons, no zipper just buttons, a little hook thingy button and fly combination. There are more important aspects of pants for me, like the fit, feeling, price and how they look.

CidVicious@sh.itjust.works on 18 Jun 19:35 next collapse

They’re pretty common on raw denim, especially if it’s unsanforized (i.e. not preshrunk). It’s basically because when jeans stretch and shrink zippers can look weird (have you ever gotten that weird pants boner around the zipper?). They also have a fade pattern that’s pretty classic. I dont think they’re any less convenient than a zipper once they’re broken in and you’re used to them.

Lasherz12@lemmy.world on 18 Jun 22:15 next collapse

I use both, but I actually prefer the button fly. When you bust through the bathroom door and gotta take a piss, you’ll appreciate being able to unbutton them all instantly with one hand as opposed to the zipper which will break or jam.

Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 18 Jun 23:00 collapse

I once got to do a tour of a historic fort, and when we visited the magazine the guide told us that garrisoned soldiers were issued wooden button fly trousers. They couldn’t use a zipper because a spark might set off the gunpowder, and also they hadn’t been invented yet.