It's all the Dress' fault
“This dress shows all my flaws!” I heard that sentence through a changing room curtain and it resonated in my mind because it was said so “matter-o-factly.” Like: this -is -a -fact. How dare this dress do this!!
It made me think: Who determines what a flaw is? No, really. In this case, I’m thinking specifically of physical flaws…
Our physical appearance is the result of genes and lifestyle - there’s only so much pull there, right? Sans plastic surgery. Nonetheless, innately “flaws” are opinions.
I don’t see how “flaws” can be fact (like a math problem). How do we know 100% for a fact that shouldn’t look that way?
That sentence just made me think about “flaws” and how our opinions are shaped. You can change your physical appearance and you can change your opinions, but I’m sure there will still be people 1,000 years from now saying “Ugh, this nebulatic space jumper shows all my flaws…”
Maybe the 100% certainty is people will always think there is something wrong with them. Maybe that’s innate so we will want to improve ourselves. I think that desire, however, shifted to superficial aspects, like physical appearance and away from other things that may be more beneficial and valuable. That’s my two cents.
Side Tidbit: In the elevators at my work there are plaques that say, “If the elevator doors fails to open, do not become ALARMED. Press the button marked ALARM to summon aid.” I think that’s funny…