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When I was a Kid I used to make these insanely long youtube videos in my mind. I would get lost and spend the whole day kinda mumbling to myself. When I would go hiking with my family I would have socratic debates with my lonesome. I didn’t know that at the time though it’s just a pretentious rewriting of the story. Walking, I would try to move my hips to develop a sort of walk. I wanted one of my own. Many years later after a myriad of leg injuries I find myself indeed with my own signature walk. Although I don’t quite know what to think of it. It seems to work. I put in the effort.
Good Taste What the hell is it? - Good taste - a good tasting definition of which would be something that is striking to a certain person, though the term is often used in a qualifying sense where the more widely the thing is accepted as striking or charming (eh?) the more goodness is associated with good taste.
You have to be interested in multiple things and you have to let yourself believe multiple different views about life and you have to hold multiple core beliefs. If they conflict they conflict. That’s just one more discovery. Most of the time I just do as I please and make small adjustments you know based on what I want or what seems to be getting me what I want. Like if I care about if people like my outfit or if I don’t why not try to find out if what I’m wearing is anything cool and if I maybe have good taste.
Field Guide Sometimes I get competitive or just want something to do so I tune into that and I start making small adjustments just going with what I like and can puzzle together. At the end of the day I don’t really care what I wear so I might as well change it. A common misconception of people who actually are self conscious about the way they dress is that it any way defines who you are.
Here’s a hypothetical: “She changed her whole style just to be cool”
I just dont think its the insult you think it is. Its not worth anyones time. But do I say that all the time? yes. And I say it because I actually think she looks cool and how dare she have the courage to do that. Maybe I miss her.
Moral of the story is good taste is arbitrary and more about the way it makes people feel rather than where it came from. There is no reason not to try to have good taste because it doesn’t matter. You’ll end up doing a lot of shit for yourself you always didn’t know you wanted.
I love these pens I have that I bought to feel like an adult with a more sophisticated than a bic pen, pen. They write very smoothly. How are they different from others? I have no clue. But they sure are nice.
So why not just lean into it and write more. Or like be a little more confident or have something nice to think about myself. It’s so specific. I can do all of that anyways but now I have this little token too. It’s all so simple.
You can still be anti-capitalist and have things that you want. Even if you want them purely because of capitalism. You know you don’t need it and it isn’t any different from the less preferable one. But you want this one. That also means it doesn’t matter where it comes from. So buy secondhand what you really want. Put yourself in the position to see secondhand things more often. Or like get crafty. Make it yourself. But don’t feel like you can’t have what you want. Maybe not everything all the time, but you know what I mean. half of it is marketing. And all of the people are all right part of the time.