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> Colour is one of the few things we've got to express ourselves Oh people find all other sorts of mildly yawnworthy ways "to express themselves", from oddly-p
by dualogy 9y ago
> Colour is one of the few things we've got to express ourselves
Oh people find all other sorts of mildly yawnworthy ways "to express themselves", from oddly-placed piercings to full-face tattoos to half-baldshaved-half-manbun hairdos to oh-so-snowflake band t-shirts to rainbow-colored socks... among all the noise and clutter, "more colorful pants" wouldn't particularly stand out to me as expressive, whereas by now an unadulterated unmutilated well-nourished clear-eyed non-screen-zombified come-as-you-are face, nowadays, would. In fact, the blander and minimal the clothes and peripherals, the more one's face and head will stand out on its own! That's today's ultimate self-expression, allowing your natural self to shine through in full glory absent all the countless "customization options" people go through to carve out their "unique" avatars =)
- throwaway12a123 9y agoAh, Normcore.
- dualogy 9y agoExcept in the big cities among the millenials, "normies" seem to become "the intriguing minority" by now =)
- antognini 9y agoI remember my anthropology teacher saying that people assert their uniqueness in culturally constrained ways: tattoos, piercings, dyed hair, etc. You never see someone rebel against mainstream culture by, say, slicing off their nose, scarring their face, or putting a stick through their cheeks. (The latter two, at least, are done in some other cultures.)