Allston
2011-04-30 04:12:57
I suspect it’s all due to something I have heard people say, repeatedly, as if a mantra: “Appearance is everything.”
Not reality. Appearance.
Consider our Hollywood culture. For example, a Veteran may have an occasional person thank them for their service – their real service in the real world with real consequences – but then watch how people fawn, scream, weep, tremble, in the presence of a Hollywood star – who pretends for a living.
I have literally met people who answer the question, “who would you want in a foxhole with you? Me or Brad Pitt?” with “Brad Pitt.” They have lost the ability to distinguish fine-looking superficialities with the actual, visceral, real world.
Insane.
(Sorry, that was a bit of a ramble)
