Originally Posted by
Lucky27
If people judge you by how long you hair is/your appearence, they probably aren't worth your time/respect anyways. But I almost wonder if thier judging you is all in your head? Do they actually say, "Hey you long haired rascal, who do you think you are?" (or something of the like?)
I'm sure this doesn't apply to you but,
If you're caked in goofy make-up, I can see why it would cause an older generation to do a double-take, because it's probably not something they're used to (I can't honestly say i'm down with the "emo", "goth" and "punk" looks, but i'm more open-minded about it than I was a couple years ago.) But some people are not open-minded, they were taught that "this is how things are and this is how they always should be." I think it's just going to take people some time to get used to--it's all a part of change.
I almost feel like dressing/acting like this is a sign of disrespect towards elders, because it totally goes against what they were taught, and how they taught their kids to act. (that's we dress like that it isn't it? "no rules dude, we have to go against the grind.") I'm not saying it's a bad thing; people should be able to look how they want to without being judged by others. But it might be useful to look at it from other people's perspective. If an older person sees some demon-child walking down the street, what do you expect them to think?
And again, i'm not saying this applies to you in particular because I obviously don't know you. But it's just something to think about.
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