Tennis shoes?!

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23. why should anyone care about a t-shirt at a wedding? No, I've never cared

...I used to go without shoes all summer in my youth. Didn't own any, didn't want any.

In the 70's we were later-day hippies who eschewed material 'values' that society really insisted on at the time. Nothing like the casual nature of attire today. It was a badge of honor for so many to dress alike, short haircuts in the 80's, and that official sports gear that you couldn't get dirty came in the 90's.

I'm convinced that it was our pushback that loosened the fashion that we enjoy today. Jeans, t-shirts, different shoes - all strictly regarded by society when I was young.

Did your dad have a shoe shine station in the basement like mine?

I would blow it all up if I could, and remove all of the pretentious dress restrictions which intend to render us all into automatons which comport to someone's else's standard of propriety.

It's a mind crime that we still insist on things like ties, hard shoes, and shirts with collars. It's absolutely ridiculous and it has the feel of children with the clothes their parents laid out for them.