Strange Garb by rongo rongo, Listener, bunny dragon
April 8th, 2008 7:28 AM6 vote(s)
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We're in Boston.
New England? C'mon. We're *masters* of the "nod and smile... nod and smile" approach to Not Asking About That Strange Thing.
Well, unless we're flipping out about terrorists installing Lite-Brites on our bridges. Lite-Brites is serious business, after all.
*cough*
Actually, one guy did come up and compliment Listener on his outfit. But he didn't say anything to the rest of the group.
Actually I don't think that's true, Scienceguru. It isn't that people don't care, it is that people don't usually speak up about it. In today's society it is deemed most polite to quietly tolerate even the strangest of goings on. They don't express their opinions, generally, even when things get ugly.
Try making strange and menacing sounds... hell, even be abusive... on the bus sometime, and watch the people around you. It is clear they care. They have opinions, but they won't approach you or share their feelings... they'll just go on their merry.
What's needed in tasks like these is confrontation (and I don't necessarily mean that in a negative way). If you confront others directly with your magically dressed self, you'll get plenty of response. You just can't expect them to share of their own accord. It ain't polite.
The interesting thing about all these dress funny and go somewhere praxes is that the consistent thread through all the reports is that nobody else ever gives much of a crap what you guys wear :>