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Are programming socks actually a popular fashion in progrmming? I'm not sure i have ever seen anyone wear them in real life.

Edit: i didn't realize this was a term for anime-ish knee high socks. Regardless i think my point still stands.

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The only popular fashion (if you can even call it that) I've ever observed with any consistency is "hoodie" and "graphic tee". More rare, but worth noting, is shorts-when-its-pants-weather. The lack of dress-code just translated into whatever a person would be wearing if they had stayed at home.

I wouldn't notice a person's socks unless they asked me to.

Perma-shorts were definitely a thing for sysadmins back in the day, devops kind-of killed them off ...

Fashion leather "work boots" or jump boots (e.g. Red Wing, Danner). Oddball, usually lightweight, sneakers. Selvedge jeans with the cuff roll (maybe hipster, maybe tech hipster—need context and other clothing cues to tell the difference). Expensive hiking & bouldering/rock-climbing brands, for shoes, boots, pants, and jackets, especially (meanwhile, normal fans of hiking who aren't doing a lot of very long hikes just wear shit from Costco). Merino wool everything. $100+ hoodies.

This is the first time I've encountered the term. Had to search to find out WTF it means. Seems like it's mostly a joke?

I just googled based on your comment. I assumed this was just socks with programming jokes written on them, but appearently it is actually a term for knee-high socks https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/programming-socks

I certainly hadn't heard of this either.

I've never heard of this either and thought they were referring to a trend from 10 years ago with wearing brightly colored socks.

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/fashion/in-silicon-valley...

Nope, not to my knowledge. It's just a meme.

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