r/unpopularopinion • u/Zromaus • 12h ago

Wearing pajamas in public isn't wrong or disrespectful

There's nothing wrong with wearing pajamas to the store, park, casual restaurant, or really anywhere that doesn't have a posted dress code. As long as someone is appropriately covered and not offending children, there's no valid reason to care what other people are wearing.

People act like wearing pajamas to the grocery store is a personal insult, when really it's the opposite. What is insulting is judging others by what they wear. I'm here to be comfortable, not to please your standards ripped straight out of the 50s.

I've been told my standards are low for this perspective and frankly I take that as a compliment. You should never set standards on how other people dress.

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u/Chaosmusic 9h ago

Yes, there are social norms, but they also change over time. People no longer wear a dress and makeup or suit and tie to go buy milk. People don't wear PJs to 7-11 to thumb their nose at society. They do it for ease and comfort.

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u/TimeDuke 9h ago

All of that is true. And none of it changes anything that I said, nor what the people around you will think tomorrow when you leave the house.

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u/Chaosmusic 8h ago

Oh absolutely, as you say people are going to judge on dress, appearance, skin color, etc. But should that be encouraged or discouraged?

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u/TimeDuke 7h ago

I suppose that depends on the judgement. It’d be a big blanket statement to call it all good or bad.

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u/Chaosmusic 5h ago

That's fair. Judging on race, gender, sexuality, etc. should definitely be discouraged. I'd like to think that was pretty universal but judging on a number of YouTube videos it isn't always. Hygiene, on the other hand, definitely affects other people (speaking as someone who has spent time at conventions). But clothing and hair, I really don't see the big deal.

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u/Traditional_Yam9806 8h ago

No one every wore suits to get milk, lol. Also, PJs are still considered weird by most of society. Wearing sweat pants is very similar, but seen as normal. People are just too lazy for even that. I'm just out of college, but when I was in it and high school, people used to do it all the time and that shit was weird as hell.

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u/itrustmyownlies 6h ago

Yes, also, people complain exponentially more about not being integrated in society, being chronically lonely, not finding an SO. Unrelated I'm sure /s