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'You are Expected to be Clean' — Oregon Card Shop Suspends Yu-Gi-Oh Tournaments Due to Smelly Players (www.ign.com)
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[–] 12 points 4 months ago (4 children)

It is, yeah. It's also what they believe. It's sort of a sour grapes situation.

For most people, this kind of behavior is socialized out of them by the time they reach adulthood. But a lot of YuGiOh players, and players of other kinds, do not leave their house. To such a person, getting ready to go out requires maybe an hour or more of prep time, mostly because they don't know what they're doing, for what feels like 5 minutes of play at grocery store. They would think of this as superfluous and pointless.

A point of similarity I know will ruffle a few feathers: do you make your bed every day?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

    No I don't. Why should I? My bed sheets being made or messy doesnt impact anyone else and it barely impacts me. It's just not a valid comparison to having simple bodily hygiene when going outside.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Hold your horses, there's no need to get defensive.

    I didn't bring that up to suggest people should—I don't—I'm just provoking a bit of thought.

    You don't see any similarities at all between making sure you're shaved, showered, well-dressed, maybe perfumed a bit, before going outside; and making sure your bed is clean, well-kept, and presentable?

    You probably don't invite friends into your bedroom.

    So let's ask a similar question: do you clean your living room before inviting guests over? What is the purpose of that? There's a good chance you care about it being clean more than they do, so why bother?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    That wasn't in a defensive tone lol. Sorry about not writing clearly enough.

    I don't really see many similarities between making sure I'm clean before going outside and keeping my bed made. Keeping my bed clean? Sure. But spesifically keeping the bedsheets made? Not really. (Messy bedsheets doesnt make a bed "dirty")

    I would clean my living room before inviting guests, yes, however I still dont think thats much of a comparison to bedsheets specifically. The purpose of cleaning the living room before having guests is so that I have a nice space for my guests. There's a social incentive. I ain't presenting my bed to anyone often, so there isn't really a social incentive for me to make the sheets.

    I guess it comes down to what makes an individual feel orderly and clean. We clean our bodies to be presentable, but also to feel clean (and be healthy). The former reason isn't very applicable to making the bedsheets most of the time, but the latter can be.

    Edit: I just realised the absurdity of my end conclusion somehow being "I guess ppl have preferences huh"

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    There's a social incentive.

    My point exactly. :p

    It's been so many hours, so I don't know if I really remember my purpose, but I think it was something like: can you get yourself into a headspace where making your bed seems like a pleasant thing to do?

    'Cause I can, even though I don't.

    I don't live in the 1600s, so it's hard to imagine what consequences not making my own bed would have; and though I think they're wrong, the unshowered yugioh player probably feels similarly. They'd have to be taught otherwise.

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