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Re:Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (2010) by stjohnswarts on Sunday August 01, 2021 @02:10PM (#28028532)
I'm kind of in the same boat. I never cared about fashion much. It always seemed hollow and vapid to me. Even as a kid/teen-ager/20s when it's supposed to matter the most.
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Re:Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (2010) by TeMPOraL on Monday August 02, 2021 @05:13AM (#28034491)
Perhaps your circle of friends didn't care either.

For kids/teenagers/early-20s, what matters is belonging - observable patterns of behavior that follow are whatever gets amplified when everyone looks at everyone else in their vicinity for signals of approval.

FWIW, I also didn't care about fashion, and neither did my friends. I expect this to be the case with quite a lot of HNers - this comes from being a nerd and having nerd friends. We amplified each other on different patterns of behavior.

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