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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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[–] 5 points 4 months ago* (5 children)

Sure, but if they all end up looking similar to each other it's still another form of fashion just not mainstream fashion. They are still signaling, consciously or subconsciously, that they are part of the in-group they want to associate with by the way they carry and dress themselves. It's no different from what the Chads and Stacys, who they think are superficial, do.

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

    The difference is the ethic. Or lack thereof.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I'm not sure I know this use of the term ethic, but it sounds interesting. Care to define or illuminate?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Punks that dress in patched clothes do so because they don't want to support the industry of sweat shops, exploited labor, and fast fashion. They'd rather buy something used and patch it forever.

    That's an example of an aesthetic that comes from an ethic.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Okay but how is a smelly nerd who buys Pokemon tshirts more ethical than a Stacy who buys clothing from Nordstrom they both participate in the same consooming behavior, pleasing their corporate overlords.

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