Should we abolish player's wearing wasictoasts and trousers?

SnookerFan wrote:

LeonD123 wrote:Just try to enter a public place wearing a nice suit, and do the same with flip-flops and cargo trousers. People's reactions will be very different.

People who give you approval based on what you wear, are not worth seeking approval of.

It's a subconscious thing.

Everybody does it even if they don't realise it. Your brain makes assumptions about people based on how they dress and how they present themselves.

SnookerFan wrote:

LeonD123 wrote:Just try to enter a public place wearing a nice suit, and do the same with flip-flops and cargo trousers. People's reactions will be very different.

People who give you approval based on what you wear, are not worth seeking approval of.

You're right to a certain extent.

But going for a night out at at the Crucible or a the restaurant, dressed like a potatoe, is a complete lack of respect for yourself and others.

You also judge things by it's cover. When you enter a restaurant that looks absolutely filthy. Maybe the owner is a fantastic person and the food is good, but you will not eat there. (not saying that people dressing bad aren't clean)

Suit is snooker's uniform and I think it is important to keep it.

LeonD123 wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

LeonD123 wrote:Just try to enter a public place wearing a nice suit, and do the same with flip-flops and cargo trousers. People's reactions will be very different.

People who give you approval based on what you wear, are not worth seeking approval of.

You're right to a certain extent.

But going for a night out at at the Crucible or a the restaurant, dressed like a potatoe, is a complete lack of respect for yourself and others.

You also judge things by it's cover. When you enter a restaurant that looks absolutely filthy. Maybe the owner is a fantastic person and the food is good, but you will not eat there. (not saying that people dressing bad aren't clean)

Suit is snooker's uniform and I think it is important to keep it.

Just add a jacket and you could be a jacket potatoe. Bobs your teapot.

SnookerFan wrote:People say; "We judge people after seeing them for three seconds."

I have no doubt that's true. I'm sure I do it. Won't deny.

However I don't believe that's a good thing. Humans, a supposed intelligent species, should work to eradicate this flaw from ourselves. It's certainly not a thing we shouldn't consider good about ourselves.

And I sure as hell ain't dressing in a way that isn't comfortable for me just for the approval of others. I can't understand why I would.

Others can, that's fine. We're all different. But it's just the way I am. Work and funerals, you kind of have to. Any other time I dress like me. Not for the approval of others.

Good post. Me too.

Snooker players are at work.

SnookerFan wrote:People say; "We judge people after seeing them for three seconds."

I have no doubt that's true. I'm sure I do it. Won't deny.

However I don't believe that's a good thing. Humans, a supposed intelligent species, should work to eradicate this flaw from ourselves. It's certainly not a thing we should consider good about ourselves.

And I sure as hell ain't dressing in a way that isn't comfortable for me just for the approval of others. I can't understand why I would.

Others can, that's fine. We're all different. But it's just the way I am. Work and funerals, you kind of have to. Any other time I dress like me. Not for the approval of others.

You sound like a whiny idealist.

"However I don't believe that's a good thing. Humans, a supposed intelligent species, should work to eradicate this flaw from ourselves. It's certainly not a thing we should consider good about ourselves."

Seriously? Enough with the cod philosophy.

SnookerFan wrote:I probably am a whiny idealist.

I'm sure there are worse things.

Big up for the tracksuit mafia!

Cloud Strife wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:People say; "We judge people after seeing them for three seconds."

I have no doubt that's true. I'm sure I do it. Won't deny.

However I don't believe that's a good thing. Humans, a supposed intelligent species, should work to eradicate this flaw from ourselves. It's certainly not a thing we should consider good about ourselves.

And I sure as hell ain't dressing in a way that isn't comfortable for me just for the approval of others. I can't understand why I would.

Others can, that's fine. We're all different. But it's just the way I am. Work and funerals, you kind of have to. Any other time I dress like me. Not for the approval of others.

You sound like a whiny idealist.

"However I don't believe that's a good thing. Humans, a supposed intelligent species, should work to eradicate this flaw from ourselves. It's certainly not a thing we should consider good about ourselves."

Seriously? Enough with the cod philosophy.

He's right though.

Unfortunately it's an evolutionary trait and likely impossible to eradicate completely.

SnookerFan wrote:People say; "We judge people after seeing them for three seconds."

I have no doubt that's true. I'm sure I do it. Won't deny.

However I don't believe that's a good thing. Humans, a supposed intelligent species, should work to eradicate this flaw from ourselves. It's certainly not a thing we should consider good about ourselves.

And I sure as hell ain't dressing in a way that isn't comfortable for me just for the approval of others. I can't understand why I would.

Others can, that's fine. We're all different. But it's just the way I am. Work and funerals, you kind of have to. Any other time I dress like me. Not for the approval of others.

But dressing smart doesn't mean it's not comfortable. Of course, wearing an oversized 30£ synthetic suit right out a gypsy market is not comfortable.

If you go to a restaurant wearing a pyjama. It's gonna be comfortable for your body maybe, but you won't feel good about yourself. I have suits that are more comfortable than a pyjama or jeans/football jersey combo.

Same if you go to a job interview wearing a swimming suit or ripped jeans.

I understand your point of view with judging people by their cover. But life in society requires uniforms. If you're waiting a policeman or a plumber at home, you want dudes dressed like policemen and plumbers, not like a rasta-man from Jamaïca.

Iranu wrote:

Cloud Strife wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:People say; "We judge people after seeing them for three seconds."

I have no doubt that's true. I'm sure I do it. Won't deny.

However I don't believe that's a good thing. Humans, a supposed intelligent species, should work to eradicate this flaw from ourselves. It's certainly not a thing we should consider good about ourselves.

And I sure as hell ain't dressing in a way that isn't comfortable for me just for the approval of others. I can't understand why I would.

Others can, that's fine. We're all different. But it's just the way I am. Work and funerals, you kind of have to. Any other time I dress like me. Not for the approval of others.

You sound like a whiny idealist.

"However I don't believe that's a good thing. Humans, a supposed intelligent species, should work to eradicate this flaw from ourselves. It's certainly not a thing we should consider good about ourselves."

Seriously? Enough with the cod philosophy.

He's right though.

Unfortunately it's an evolutionary trait and likely impossible to eradicate completely.

I'm not disagreeing with him. I'm just struggling to understand how we got from snooker player's clothing to evolutionary traits, human behaviour and pseudophilosophy.

Cloud Strife wrote:

Iranu wrote:

Cloud Strife wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:People say; "We judge people after seeing them for three seconds."

I have no doubt that's true. I'm sure I do it. Won't deny.

However I don't believe that's a good thing. Humans, a supposed intelligent species, should work to eradicate this flaw from ourselves. It's certainly not a thing we should consider good about ourselves.

And I sure as hell ain't dressing in a way that isn't comfortable for me just for the approval of others. I can't understand why I would.

Others can, that's fine. We're all different. But it's just the way I am. Work and funerals, you kind of have to. Any other time I dress like me. Not for the approval of others.

You sound like a whiny idealist.

"However I don't believe that's a good thing. Humans, a supposed intelligent species, should work to eradicate this flaw from ourselves. It's certainly not a thing we should consider good about ourselves."

Seriously? Enough with the cod philosophy.

He's right though.

Unfortunately it's an evolutionary trait and likely impossible to eradicate completely.

I'm not disagreeing with him. I'm just struggling to understand how we got from snooker player's clothing to evolutionary traits, human behaviour and pseudophilosophy.

By being a forum full of geniuses.

SnookerFan wrote:

LeonD123 wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:People say; "We judge people after seeing them for three seconds."

I have no doubt that's true. I'm sure I do it. Won't deny.

However I don't believe that's a good thing. Humans, a supposed intelligent species, should work to eradicate this flaw from ourselves. It's certainly not a thing we should consider good about ourselves.

And I sure as hell ain't dressing in a way that isn't comfortable for me just for the approval of others. I can't understand why I would.

Others can, that's fine. We're all different. But it's just the way I am. Work and funerals, you kind of have to. Any other time I dress like me. Not for the approval of others.

But dressing smart doesn't mean it's not comfortable. Of course, wearing an oversized 30£ synthetic suit right out a gypsy market is not comfortable.

If you go to a restaurant wearing a pyjama. It's gonna be comfortable for your body maybe, but you won't feel good about yourself. I have suits that are more comfortable than a pyjama or jeans/football jersey combo.

Same if you go to a job interview wearing a swimming suit or ripped jeans.

I understand your point of view with judging people by their cover. But life in society requires uniforms. If you're waiting a policeman or a plumber at home, you want dudes dressed like policemen and plumbers, not like a rasta-man from Jamaïca.

I understand a restaurant you're kind of expected to, and I would to extent dress up.

Not sure I'd feel good in a shirt and trousers. I'm a slob like that. I probably would feel good like that.

I understand I am weird though. Very few people like me.

A restaurant where everyone is in pyjamas sounds awesome though. You must admit.

There are restaurants where you eat in total penumbra.

Aim for the stars...



...And you'll need a spacesuit.

#uniforms

SnookerFan wrote:Have we just hit on a business idea?

Pyjama Themed Restaurants. Everybody comes in their pyjamas. Change out of your shoes into slippers. Confy chairs to sit, waiters/waitresses bring you lovely food.

No formality. Just good times.

We live in the age of the hipster. I guarantee you those restaurants already exist.

Girls ( and woman ) wearing pyjamas on the streets of Dublin became a fashion trend for many years. Especially in the flat complexes in the city centre. You could wander into a shop at 3pm and find girls in pyjamas. Never got it myself but they sure as hell looked comfy.

SnookerFan wrote:

Chalk McHugh wrote:Girls ( and woman ) wearing pyjamas on the streets of Dublin became a fashion trend for many years. Especially in the flat complexes in the city centre. You could wander into a shop at 3pm and find girls in pyjamas. Never got it myself but they sure as hell looked comfy.

Is it bad that that turns me on a bit?

Haha

I’d like to see players in catsuits