See it all the time now. Whats the deal...sign of being tough?

Stupidity is what you are seeing.

Have a neighbor that goes shirtless year round. He’s in his 70’s.

Sign of a person who likes wearing shorts and tee shirts in cold weather?

You tell em. lol

We have trappers that check beaver traps in shorts and a tee!? And flip flops too?

Not thinking about what could go wrong. You don't need to wear anything more than shorts and a T to take your garage kept car to Walmart until some idiot t-bones you at the intersection and you are standing out in 20F weather talking to a cop freezing your boys off. See it all the time.

Yeah. Won't cut it around here in da wintertime. You introduce your truck to a telephone pole or an oak, you gonna need something more than your swim trunks while you wait, might be a good 30 minutes til some bird drives by to help ya out.