Listen to Mellencamp's "Jack & Diane": In your mind's eye, are the two star-crossed Midwestern lovers wearing jean shorts or cargo shorts? I was greatly disappointed this morning to learn that my Twitter followers overwhelmingly prefer cargo shorts to jean shorts — no doubt evidence of coastal elite bias. You can trace the contours of this divide by examining the record of Google searches for "jean shorts" and "cargo shorts" going back to 2004. As it turns out, there is a stark geographic divide in preferences for cargo shorts and jean shorts. This has prompted a backlash from men of questionable sartorial judgment who believe the right to cargo shorts should be enshrined in the Constitution.

Source: Washington Post August 05, 2016 16:26 UTC