In the course of wearing pink flip-flops, I have come to some truths which I would like to briefly present:
1) If you're wearing pink flip-flops, you get odd looks....alot.
2) The reaction that people have towards one's pink flip flops (after the initial weird looks) depends almost entirely upon one's reaction to those weird looks/questions.
3) A lame attempt to hide flops from view will almost certainly illicit snickers and general ridicule of a non-conformist experiment gone too far.
4) An air of nonchalance and total casualness usually produces positive responses ranging from shrugs signifying an acceptance of eccentricity to downright admiration. =]
These being my observations I shall endeavor to list a few things I've learned from wearing pink flip flops.
Everything depends on your reaction to people's reaction.
When buying pink flip flops, the expensive ones are rarely as comfortable as the cheap ones I get in Hong Kong. =]
People are really so conditioned to go with the flow that if you surprise them with something that is out of the ordinary you can pretty much shape what they think of it by letting them know what you think. I myself fall prey to this weakness. I have (I am ashamed to admit) been influenced to think ill of a person I've never met simply by what people have said of that person. Now this is not always bad, only it is very easy to make generalizations and thus you can end up subscribing to falsity rather than reality. All in all, I suggest you try wearing pink flip flops...it makes things just a wee bit more interesting. *wink, wink*
1 comment:
:-) I'll try that someday..Although, I wonder if it would be better for me to wear a polka dot tie instead? Hmm..that would be an interesting experiment. I wonder why it is that people are more likely to accept something, such as pink flip flops, the more confident you are about it? Bah, that's a rather obscure question. (OH no! Obscure! Sublime! Terror! Gahh! *runs*)
Sorry if I'm asking something that you addressed in your post..:-[
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