I am definitely one really weird person. I do weird things, not drugs, but silly harmless things that get reactions. You may think it’s about attention, and don’t get me wrong, everyone likes to be appreciated, but I just do it to test people. I’m not talking about nude runs. I’m the kind of guy that’ll get a mullet hairstyle or shout out my obviously 'legit' pin number whilst buying something just to see what people think.
I just think it’s fun to get and test reactions. We shouldn’t exploit it but it’s a great way to see how human nature works. I believe that not enough people test what’s socially appropriate. Like dress sense or vocabulary. It’s not overly cool to wear a hawaiian shirt and a bumbag for some reason or another. Why isn’t that cool?
I’m not saying it is cool attire to bust out, but it’s interesting that people don’t think it’s cool. And it’s interesting to look at people and imagine the disgust going through their head whilst you’re wearing it. We should be able to wear what ever we want. And what makes something cool and something not? Who decides?
It seems that these days so many people want to be ‘alternative’ but they don’t really want to be that alternative because realistically, they don’t want to be alternative at all. Sure they want to be individual. Just like everyone else. For example, if a ton of indie dressed people who would call themselves individual all went to the same school. Then are they still individual?
People want to be different, but only barely. They want to be individual but still trendy and popular. They want to wear something different, but something that is still in fashion. And sure I don’t always wear ridiculous clothes, but i like to do it from time to time just to see what people think and I’ll wear whatever I want. I don’t care if people think I’m daggy or lame. I like to look my best - ‘what up?!’ - but I don’t let what’s apparently cool determine how I dress or hold myself.
You don’t have to stand out from the crowd if you don’t want to. But are you really as alternative as you say you are? We’re all individual inside, but a lot of the time we aren’t on the outside.
So step outside of the box and test some reactions. Watch how people interact and observe. Care less about what people think off you and just go for it and test what people do when you pull out the floral shirt. You never know, you might actually become the person that decides what is and isn’t cool.
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