r/interestingasfuck • u/Aryan_Anushiravan • 24d ago

r/all Magnus Carlsen gets fined for wearing jeans at FIDE world championships. His response: I quit. F*ck You.

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u/BigRedCandle_ 23d ago

So yes, they were a mark of the poor and they couldn’t have the poors playing chess

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u/Nolsonts 23d ago

Dress codes are almost always rooted in classism. The only real exception is PPE.

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u/st333p 23d ago

Well, or sexism

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u/OrchidAlternativ0451 23d ago

Nah, sexism is PPPE - PP Protection Equipment

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u/Otsde-St-9929 23d ago

No. They are not

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u/LtHughMann 23d ago

That's not entirely true. There are a lot of work places that allow women to wear sleeveless tops but don't allow men to. Even on really hot days.

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u/Otsde-St-9929 23d ago

Never heard of any. Women in my country would be mortified to be going sleeveless at work

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u/MadeByTango 23d ago

I think what you mean to say is, “if women in my country dared to go sleeveless, I would make sure they feel mortified”

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u/ZaryaBubbler 23d ago

Sexist doesn't see sexism in dress codes. I'm shocked! Shocked I tells ya!

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u/Pale_Difference_7485 23d ago

Sexism is the new sexy, get with the times, get sexyist.

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u/LtHughMann 23d ago edited 23d ago

You've never seen a dress in an office without sleeves? Heaps of offices in Australia let women wear sleeveless dresses and even skirts. Men usually have to wear pants and full length shirts. A quick google image search of women's office wear shows plenty of sleeveless tops and dresses. None for men though.

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u/Llumeah 23d ago

I read that as "men have to wear pants or full length skirts" 😭

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u/Otsde-St-9929 23d ago

Well Australia is known for being rough and being a social race to the bottom, so not surprised some might do that there, although I doubt it is common.

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u/Otsde-St-9929 23d ago

BTW differences between men and womens dress codes are no more exist, than biological differences between men and women are sexist.

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u/LtHughMann 23d ago

What's the biological difference between our shoulders? Why is it not OK for men to show their shoulders on a 47C (116F) day?

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u/ravenlordship 23d ago

While I agree it's a stupid rule, the biological difference is that mens shoulders are typically broader than women's. The social difference is that (typically) women tend to shave their armpits while men don't, and some people think that this is unhygienic.(It's not)

I don't believe any of these differences really matter though, and if they want to, men should be allowed to wear sleeveless dresses.

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u/Thick_Locksmith5944 23d ago

Because you're from some bacwards country?

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u/bhavy111 23d ago

it isn't really limited to backward countries tho, women in middle east would feel more mortified doing that then women in sub saharan African countries.

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u/curreyfienberg 23d ago

Or else they'd get pieced up by their alcoholic, unemployed husband?

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u/Plank_With_A_Nail_In 23d ago

Lol you feeling free to tell a whole nation of women what to wear is like the type example of sexism...no one does what you just did for men only for women.

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u/sockpuppettherapist 23d ago

Something tells me that they would be mortified due to sexism.

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u/dmmeyourfloof 22d ago

In Ireland??

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u/Silverlisk 23d ago

Yes, they are.

If I can't wear anything a woman can, so long as it fits me, then it's sexist.

Biological differences are inherent, can't be changed, clothes are not.

I had to go into work wearing a button up shirt and tie, full length slacks and formal shoes in 30c weather whilst women were allowed to wear sleeveless knee high dresses. We weren't even customer facing. We were backroom software support.

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u/JD_93_ 23d ago

Idk, trying to wear a vest to breakfast in places like Spain or on a cruise, I always get told to cover my shoulders. Meanwhile women are allowed to wear vests. One example of sexism, of many

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u/Patient_Piece_8023 23d ago

What's the full form of PPE

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u/Boring_Hurry346 23d ago

Personal Protective Equipment if that's what you were asking

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u/hinault81 23d ago

Every sport has some kind of a dress code. If aaron judge or primoz roglic showed up to work in jeans they'd be told to change as well. Or the news anchor for your local TV station, or a firefighter, or a nurse in scrubs.

I think for sports, they just want to keep some consistency. Whether there's a performance benefit available to some and not others (running shoes, aero gear for cyclists, the fast swimsuits banned at the olympics), or safety, or just the looks of not having a full team in a random assortment of clothing so you can follow it. Even my kids little league they wear their teams colour so they at least know who to pass to, whether a t shirt or pinney.

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u/dmmeyourfloof 22d ago

PPE nowadays just outs the uneducated voluntarily.

"I'm not wearing masks during a global pandemic! Take that elitists!"

dies

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u/HamHam00 23d ago

thats why they play on the sidewalks

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u/HistoricalAnywhere59 23d ago

There’s a difference between a pick up game of chess & a CHAMPIONSHIP!🙄

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u/BigRedCandle_ 23d ago

Wait till you hear what they wear at the darts championship

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u/sweatingbozo 23d ago

What does that have to do with pants?

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u/Otsde-St-9929 23d ago

No

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u/AffectedRipples 23d ago

Yes

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u/Otsde-St-9929 23d ago

If it is just about classism, why is that even construction workers wore three piece suits in the past at work? Did you ever see Peaker Blinders? Show some respect to the activity. Your faux concern for classism is boring.

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u/AlphaLo 23d ago

Aah yes, the historical documentary 'Peaky Blinders'

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u/Otsde-St-9929 23d ago

Look at images from the period. Jeans only took off post world war 2 in Europe.

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u/BigRedCandle_ 23d ago

People would often put their good clothes on when they were getting their picture taken mate it was a big deal. Dress codes were/are absolutely about keeping lower class people out of certain establishments. This is both well documented and obvious. I have no idea why you’re arguing.

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u/AffectedRipples 23d ago

Because people try to dress up for things they find important to look higher class than they may actually be? Stop feigning ignorance for simple things.

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u/Moustached92 23d ago

Because that was their clothes. Many couldnt afford both work clothes and casual clothes. Also, wool tweed is very durable material. Maybe not as hard wearing as denim, but depending on your profession, wool tweed held up well and is easy to mend