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The defending champion said he quit as a "matter of principle" after being told to change his jeans.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241229085023/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98lkrdkz70o

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fc98lkrdkz70o

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[–] quixotic120 78 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The difference is you need ice skates to skate on ice, you need baseball gloves to protect your hands, and while you don’t explicitly need running shoes you generally benefit from wearing a proper shoe for running if you are competing at a certain level. There is a function behind every one of your other examples.

What fucking pants you wear during chess is utterly meaningless unless you specifically want to create an air of superiority over people who do not dress “formally” (whatever that means). It is merely a means to exclude people who do not meet an arbitrary standard of appearance, which historically has just been a way to oppress lower socioeconomic classes and minorities. Fuck meaningless dress codes and props to him for standing his ground

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There are Olympic runners who compete barefoot, you should be able to play chess without pants!

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart 8 points 4 days ago

It should be mandatory because it’ll make the buttplug check easier.

[–] Kbobabob -4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

You need golf pants to golf!

Should we even go into the women's category for what is required dress apparel?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Required for what logical, and good reason?!? It's irrational power trips, no matter how you slice it. Period. The end.

[–] Kbobabob 7 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I don't care all that much for golf, but if someone wanted to wear jeans while golfing, I would not give two shits. Anyone who does is just gatekeeping their boring-ass networking scheme, err sport.

[–] Mojave 4 points 4 days ago

Damn I golf in shorts, suck it nerd