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slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you don’t “look the part” then people will judge harshly regardless of how (in)capable you are at something.

  Goes for a lot of things in life.

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  • queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t wear a black hoodie to indicate that I know computer stuff, but it is remarkable how much more receptive non-techies are when I wear one. It’s like a lab coat for computer doctors.

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    • Danquebec@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s funny and fascinating.

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• saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I never clean mine or have bothered fixing panel damages and paint scrapes. But I take the time to oil and fluid change every 5000 kms lol

  It wasn’t made to be pretty, it was made to be reliable and capable.

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• Malyca@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because you’re not, in fact, a pavement princess.

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  • Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If I wash the mud off my truck I’m a pavement princess in the eyes of the public for the duration of the trip from the car wash back to the garage.

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    • Tiresia@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Base rate’s a bitch.

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