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Amen, Rob. I'm 63 and have been complaining about this for years, always ending with: " Why would anyone want to make themselves look uglier than they already do"...and one of my friends always answers: "They think they look good and that we look ugly."

I HATE tattoos. They look like a brand on a heifer...and heifer is the operative word here. Weak-minded people follow stupid trends. I've been called "negative" for years, and I always answer the same as your dad.

For about the last five years I have been playing game to deal with the tidium of grocery shopping. I count anyone in the store not wearing black, spandex or denim. I rarely make it to one, and it is invariably a foreigner. What is this thing about wearing black ALL the time? I don't even own any black clothing. An old man standing next to me in line recently made a snide remark about an obese woman, covered in piercings and tattoos in front of me. I told him it often felt to me like everyone was on their way to a funeral. When one watches old movies (fifties, sixties...the only movies I watch) the riot of colorful clothing jumps out at you. Colored clothing used to only be worn by the rich, because dye was so expensive. Now when anyone can afford to wear beautiful colors, people opt for black???

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When one watches oldish scenes with automobiles, the riot of colours jumps out at you as well 🙂🤔

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