ANATOLY IVANOV / PROSE / 2024-03-19

DOES ANYONE CARE HOW YOU LOOK, DAY-TO-DAY?

by Anatoly IVANOV

GADGETS / PSYCHOLOGY / SOCIETY / ESSAYS

Wear the same outfit for a month to notice that no one notices. If it’s clean — no one cares.

Even if your jeans got holes. Even if you’re a woman, certain that you need a new dress and a matching handbag every day.

People are so absorbed by themselves and their screens, you’re not there, unless you owe them money, sex and fame.

Same for cars. Clean? Quiet? No one will notice you’re driving the same Mercedes. Or a different BMW each morning. Or switch from a Tesla Y to a Tesla 3. On the same day.

Does getting out of an air-cooled 911, wearing a su misura jacket, impact the first impression? Yes. But only in certain milieux. And only once or twice.

That’s how aware people are. You can do whatever you want. Like, get back to your screen. 😉

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