I know all the jokes about d4 players but personally I would still respect it as an opening. I used to play the queens gambit until everyone started learning it (when the show came out on Netflix lol). I play e4 now but will go back to d4 sometimes if it is a really important game just because I know it so well
Let’s hear this argument begin I start all my games with e4, I never liked d4 I found it too unstable for my style of play.