Barnacles! That's an awesome sock!
In terms of cycling clothes, I do prefer cycling socks to just regular socks, for long (>20mi) rides. The overall medium thickness, and the well-elasticked medium-height cuff, just work well. Regular white socks sag, and although I usually wear ankle-free socks with shorts, for cycling I need a little height.
Anyways, my favorite pair of cycling socks
have sharks on the ankle, and on the sole they say "SHARK ATTACK". Maybe if I run into you someday my sharks can fight your spongebobs.