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My personal theory is that it is a symptom of societal decay. People would dress nicely and look good when going out, so others would see and be impressed or attracted.

Now i have literally not worn anything else but different sweatpants for the last year or so, because i could not care less what other random passerbys perceive me as, since i am decidedly not interested in them either.

Nobody cares about real life impressions any more because the people that matter to them are in their phone. Friends and family are not necessarily in the same location as you, and romantic options are for the most part also in your phone now. Why brother looking good when potential partners are expected to judge you by your social media presence anyway and i’m just here for groceries.

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MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

so others would see and be impressed or attracted.

People get more ware of the shallowness behind it. Which is a good thing imo.

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surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

symptom of societal decay.

Nah. We just realized that the people wearing suits all the time are villainous cunts. #finance

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- spicehoarder@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The world is also much warmer now…
  
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TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I would say not caring what strangers think of you is an enormous improvement.

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- GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Eh, i kinda miss it. Of course its carefree living, but it also is a symptom of our individual detachment from society at large. We don’t relate to the people around us, we handpick those connections digitally for the most part, where shit is just as shallow as it supposedly was in reality before that.
  
  Sure, you dont care what you look like in the street. But if you have mainstream social media as well i would bet you have made an effort for your profiles that other people can see. Good looking pics, possibly edited too, relatable posts and personal information.
  
  We just shifted most of our presentation online.
  
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  - Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Or we realized wearing a 3 piece suit when it’s 98°F outside with 95% humidity is fucking stupid.
    
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- FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  There’s a difference between not caring about what strangers think about you and showing a little respect for everyone you’re going to encounter when you’re out in the world
  
  It’s not about airs and graces, but that little bit of effort is indicative of how people behave when interacting with others generally
  
  At a minimum, I don’t want deal with people who haven’t worn clean clothes or washed themselves (and I do volunteer work washing homeless people’s clothes for them, so that they can at least enjoy the feel of warm, clean and dry clothes)
  
  It’s not snobbish to expect people to put some effort into the interactions they’re going to have during the course of their day
  
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Zexks@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I see it almost the opposite way. A lot of what you’re describing is exactly why I don’t put much value in dressing fancy or performing “respectability” for strangers.

Wearing a nice suit to the lodge once a week doesn’t make someone a good person. Plenty of people can dress up, look impressive in public, shake hands, say the right things, and then go home and be cruel, abusive, miserable, or drunk. I saw enough of that growing up to lose any belief that polished appearances are proof of character.

So when people stop treating suits, fancy clothes, and public image as moral signals, I don’t see that as societal decay. In some ways, I see it as growth. People are realizing that looking respectable and being respectable are not the same thing.

If anything, when I see someone using appearance, tradition, or status as a mask for behavior I don’t respect, it makes me want to be the opposite of what they stand for.

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- treesapx@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  It’s one of the most egalitarian things. Dressing down is inclusive of people who can’t dress up. And as far as society goes, the world was very well dressed through the period it couldn’t stop declaring war on itself.
  
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DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
That makes a lot of sense.

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