Wouldn’t dyeing your hair a color that stands out and immediately gets noticed be for attention?

As a kid I thought about dyeing my hair one day because nair dying and gay culture were big, and i definitely wouldn’t have been doing it “for attention” - rather just to see how it looks, and in case it looks better than my natural hair colour.

I don’t think people like looking better for the sake of more attention, but rather to be perceived better when they do get noticed, which hopefully continues to happen at the same rate.

People tend to think in terms of “how will my current social circle respond to this change”