First spotted it at the age of 8. TV commercial bullshit. 5th
grade, it was "teachers are bullshit" when I saw the teacher's
textbook and saw she was just parroting the answers in there.
Moved on from there. == Excellent analysis. I value comfort,
which is function. I walk outside in the morning, determine the
weather as best I can. I dress accordingly yet also prepare for
the warm up later on. Now when I worked in an office up north, I
had a uniform. Business suit. Tie, nice jacket, I could get away
with dockers thankfully. In that environment, I expressed myself
via my ties. Yet, I'd often walk around with shirt half
untucked, indicating an IDGAF I'm working on something important
here. They called me "the pony tail guy" even though I had short
hair then. They "got" my message. == I didn't like the pinching
feeling on my shoulders. When I was in 3rd grade, I had a
chronic habit of adjusting my belt and socks in school. Of
course it branded me but by 4th grade I got rid of the branding
and thickened up my attitude against foes. So, comfort /
function was 1st. Yet, in order to *keep* my comfort status, I
had to develop a clothing "attitude" I wanted to express the
following: "I will do whatever you ask me to, *if* you respect
my personal comfort. If you do not respect my personal comfort
in some way, you will not get the best of me". I prove it
through my work. If appearance for them is paramount, I slack
off to normal person levels or below. But if they allow me
crooked tie, untucked shirt and do not object even the
slightest, I will move mountains for them. == Well, you asked an
interesting question. I hadn't put it to words before. Imagine a
conscious gift which can control their own contents. Gifts are
wrapped. That's clothing. If someone expects my wrapping to be
perfect to their specifications, contrary to my _own_
specifications, they will get the perfect outer wrapping. But
they will have an empty gift when they open it. But if they
allow me my own wrapping, they will get the contents inside. ==
So, I use clothing consciously as a test : it serves multiple
functions: For comfort and also as a person judgement tool. ==
Hm, I don't think I have much in common with the Romani. But
unconventional? Well, I'm conventional for me. I don't know
what's conventional for everybody else really, although I
haphazard guesses now and again. == I do as well. Men aren't
allowed a wide range of mood expression, but we're allowed
several different grunts, each with their own meaning. ==
