I never knew jean shorts were considered uncool until I got to university, where my frat brothers ribbed me for still rocking them a decade past their expiration date. It was embarrassing, but enlightening: For years, I had happily worked jorts into my regular wardrobe without hesitation.
What other social faux-pas had I blindly been committing the whole time?
Maybe you received the denim-is-dead memo long before I did. But I’ll bet you’re still following at least one of these rules from the douchebag playbook without realising it.
Luckily, we’re here to help you flag the problem before it festers out of control. Here are 25 of the lamest things you don’t know you’re doing.
Nip them in the bud now, and we’ll be one step closer to a douche-free world.