They are for sports and mentally challenged people. It's like wearing a helmet to the grocery store. It's a good way to annouce that you are retarded.
I never wear them now. Even when I was playing baseball, I felt they were very uncomfortable and usually tried to avoid them. Looking back I guess I was lucky nothing severe happened. I guess I just trusted my instincts. Though I did get a head butt to the balls in basketball, going up for a rebound, I was at the apex of my jump and someone else tried to get the rebound..but they were a little to late, to clumsy and not very strong legs so they connected as I came down. ouch. I also got a tennis ball to the balls during practice. But i don't think many people wear cups for tennis. I think its mostly baseball and football.
If I was in danger of this huge threat,I'd just put a little sign on my belt with an arrow pointing down saying "DO NOT KICK HERE!"Or get a motel sign"DO NOT DISTURB",hang it over my plums and hope for the best.If she's illiterate,I'm in trouble.
OK, but I was rather thinking about wearing them in daily life situations, not 24/7 but when you think you need them.
Now THATS a great idea - so that there is more place in the gene-pool for the scum and the braindead like you, right ?
Actually, though off topic, thats not a bad idea... Perhaps instead instead of spikes some kind of nails, with the stinging side pointing outwards of course... And then just very thin trousers above them, just to disguise them, and if a girl would try such a move then she would surely remember not to try it ever again ))
I practice Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, a martial art similar to wrestling. Originally I wore a cup for it, but half the time it just got in the way of hip movements. Now I just rely on good judgment to protect myself. It usually works, but when it doesn't...
I don't but there have been a few times I wish I had.. some sports unrelated...ask if you really want to know
When I was younger I was a coal miner. We had to get "dressed out" in coveralls, mine belt, light, hardhat, etc. and stand around waiting to be taken underground to the workplace. One dickhead got the idea that it was funny to ease up to people and backhand them in the crotch ... not too hard, just enough to hurt like hell. You couldn't start a fight at the mine without getting fired so we couldn't punch his lights out, and we got tired of having to constantly stay on guard. So, one fellow had an idea. He picked up a cap wedge (thin piece of wood about 4" by 8"), and drove a bunch of short sharp nails through it so they stuck out about an inch. Then, he slipped it into his coveralls at his crotch, and stood around intentionally unguarded. Along comes our asshole, eases up to him, and backhands his crotch .. yelps, and draws back a bloody hand. We didn't have any trouble out of him after that.