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Solid color or benign logo, probably OK. Band, sports team, anything jokey, college -- no, they aren't taking you seriously. Star Wars related -- they are laughing at you.

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I’ve always said when you’re paying the bill you can wear whatever you want. I don’t need anyone to take me seriously, I’m not a politician.

of course you can. nobody is requiring you to be taken seriously. you seem a bit sensitive, however

You're the only person in the thread taking this at all seriously.

I cannot take you seriously with that poor grammar.

I'm not sure what circles you frequent but no one in my social sphere would laugh, or even care really, if someone would wear Star Wars clothing.

Yeah, mine either. But then, my circle of friends and acquaintances aren’t hung up on social signals like clothing.

And if they wore a MAGA hat? Just a piece of clothing, right?

You can take my band tees from my cold dead hands.

don't worry, nobody wants your old, sweaty, mustard-stained shirts. nor is anyone impressed that you were there in '88 before anyone else thought they were cool

Umm... they very much do. I regularly go to markets here in a capital city in the midwest and those old band shirts are selling for triple digits by the youth.

"the youth"

And here I felt silly for having a strong opinion about something that doesn't matter.

That depends on context and location.

Where I'm from, wearing your football's team shirt is nothing to be scoffed at. That is, except by your rivals, but they're not taking you any less seriously - just not liking your choice of team.

And yes, it's very normal to wear that to work, especially (but not exclusively) after a big match where your team won or played particularly well, or at least bravely.

Differs from country to country. It's obvious as soon as you land in some countries that people dress in a certain style. I noticed that in colder climates people tend to use less vivid colors more darker tones, single color tops while in hotter climates people wear colourful tops and shorts almost everywhere and it's considered normal.

The irony is, I work for a huge sporting goods manufacturer. I’d be taken more seriously at work if I did wear sport team t-shirts.

That's alright. When you wear chinos, an argyle vest, and those hideous warby parker glasses, I think you look like a 20 year old waiter desperate to be thought of as some wealthy stock investor.

Don't even get me started about the Clarks Desert Boots.

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