It has been a while since I wore them like that but when I did, that's the way I liked to wear them. Everything was covered though, if only barely, at least when I was standing. Still, I got my share of double takes and even a couple of comments. The comments were more in the nature of surprises rather than downright negative but at least they noticed, which may have been the idea.
I also loved the nylon split-side running shorts, naturally with the lining removed, but I only wore them for hiking. They are certainly still popular with real runners and joggers, by the way.
I've never had a lot of shorts of any kind at one time and these days I am managing with a pair of thin knit gym shorts with a short inseam. They had no lining to begin with so I use them without modification. They are stretchy and I can put them on over any kind of footwear I might be wearing, including boots, because I like to use them as a handy cover-up when hiking and wearing, well, nothing but boots.
I also have another pair of very stretchy knit shorts that has more spandex or some other wonder material that works nearly as well, though it fits much more snugly when I put them on but they stretch out eventually and fit rather looser (but nothing like the other) between washings. I don't think it is necessary to wear anything under either of these shorts even if some things can be rather obvious, although I wouldn't wear them just anywhere. In any case, they're for warmer weather than we're having at the moment anyway.
Cut-off denim blue jeans in any length are rather more practical if you are doing something rough that might result in tears or if you are doing a lot around rocks, including just sitting on them. But if the shorts are just for wearing only when you have to wear something, then the others are better, especially thin nylon.
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