Dying of LOL: Guys in Tide Commercial: "Sweatpants Are Not Pants"

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If you thought women were the only ones forced to contend with the burgeoning sweatpants-in-inappropriate-situations trend, then check out this new Tide commercial, sent to us by an eagle-eyed Racked tipster, where one guy tries to pass off his sweatpants as "sweatslacks" and his buddies give him grief about it:

"What are those, sweatpants?"
"They're grey, cotton pants."
"Sweatpants are not pants."
"Comfortable, low key, cool, grey slacks."
"Slacks?"
"Yeah."
"On this planet, we call them sweatpants."