@MRSHINYSHOES – I’m afraid we see things so differently that every word that goes into every statement either of us makes should probably be qualified. I can hardly recognize anything but flame from your last post, but it could be some kind of cultural or language thing or both.
Can we agree that fake psychobabble is a horseshit excuse for an answer to any question here on fluther – especially when the person spewing it has no fucking idea what he is talking about?
Just because my gaydar is going all ape-shit at your whole scene (which I’m not even sure is real, by the way), doesn’t mean I’m right. And it would be crap for me to claim that you are. Is it possible that there are people out there who don’t fit into your 5 options above? Let me walk through a couple of possibilities that you might have left out:
6) They do not feel that keeping up with the joneses is morally, environmentally, or spiritually defensible. They do not need to impress anyone, and they couldn’t give a fuck about what anyone in this superficial, consumerist culture thinks about their appearance. They are clean and comfortable.
7) They do not have the ability – financially – to keep up with the latest styles, so they may appear to be dressing like a slob. So, they work hard and put money towards things that really matter, like food and education for their kids. They may or may not give a shit what the pathetic, shallow sheep of the American public thinks about their appearance.
8) They have a style that fits in with their current social group. Within their circles, the way they dress is the appropriate way, and a man-child walking around with a scarf tie around his neck is ripe for ridicule and pity.
9) hmm..I don’t know, maybe you should ask someone who doesn’t dress as “nice” as you. Maybe you’ll learn something.