Have You Noticed A Lot More Americans Look Like A Frightful Hot Mess? | In my town, it looks like public slovenliness and disarray have become more of a norm than a subculture in the last three years
... For Gen Z and others who didn’t catch the site years ago, the blog People of Walmart posts humorous pictures of people whose life choices clearly began going south many years before they ended up making a spectacle of themselves in public. ... This is notable because there is indeed a correlation between one’s outward appearance and our inner state. I’m not talking about the things people can’t control, like being born with Grandpa’s large nose or a broader body frame than most women. I’m talking about the things people can control... All people have better and worse versions of themselves, and lately it seems a shockingly large number of people are descending into the latter.
I've recently notice people in church (!!!) wearing pyjamas and was wondering if this is something like a new trend.
... But it’s obvious lockdowns accelerated, and likely amplified, terrible preexisting trends. It will take years to quantify the damage, but just go outside and look around. It’s visible in Americans’ bodies, in their clothing, in their behavior, and in their faces. ...
Yep. The collective psychological damage caused by lockdowns has not even begun to be assessed.
... But advertising and movies are now going far beyond showing realistic imperfections or the diversity of beauty to pushing truly repulsive images. We’re not being encouraged to find beauty in reality, but to believe that what’s ugly is in fact beautiful. ...
At that point, we've got from mental health (a physical thing) into spiritual health.
It's one thing to end up looking awful because of poor mental health; it's another order of magnitude to SEEK OUT that which is objectively ugly, and actively DESIRE it.
Beauty -- along with truth and goodness -- are all aspects of God. That which destroys beauty ON PURPOSE is obviously something demonic.
Yes. We stay to ourselves. Our family are our friends, for the most part. Thank God almost everyone is on the same page. They listen to me and my Q info. I keep getting “It’s taking too long” from a couple of my kids. I tell them it takes a long time to cast this big of a net. Praise God, all six of my kids have jobs, and good ones at that. Still, what was once excellent income is now barely middle incomeEdit: CA transplants have ruined this state. It’s sad.
It's not the same place I grew up in, that's for sure. Whether others in our area realize it or not, the Cali transplants have greatly destroyed it, and it's barely recognizable now. I've even had some conversations with some conservative Cali transplants, and they even admit it feels like they never left for the most part.
I agree. My wife and I fled the Bay Area for NV almost 15 years ago, and it’s concerning seeing how things have been changing here recently.
And I barely have to leave the house to notice it (!) — more and more solar panels appearing on the neighborhood roofs; Teslas & Subarus in driveways … 🙄
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