Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihnss.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihnss!warren From: warren@ihnss.UUCP (Warren Montgomery) Newsgroups: net.social,net.singles Subject: Re: makeup Message-ID: <2196@ihnss.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 10:27:11 EDT Article-I.D.: ihnss.2196 Posted: Tue Aug 14 10:27:11 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Aug-84 00:46:41 EDT References: <1315@wateng.UUCP> <2693@allegra.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 28 I think that this is about the third time I have seen this topic on netnews, with very similar results every time. I think that makeup is a little like smoking, designer jeans and cadillacs. I'm not trying to comdem all or all by the association, merely pointing out parallels. It's part of an image that people create about themselves. Most of us nerds (no offense intended) in the computer business value ourselves and others by our brains, not by an image based on appearance. Thus you don't tend to find much of what is sold on the basis of image. (You do, however, find all kinds of high tech gagetry which we buy to enhance our self images by our standards). The culture in this regard is very different in different fields or different areas. In a business or sales environment, image means a lot, and people do a lot to play roles. I think a lot of people who are initially reluctant get caught up in it and come to feel that they need all of these things. (This probably sells more unnecessary merchandise than madison avenue or hollywood). It's not that people who use them are compensating for feeling inadequate, it's just natural to them, just as sending electronic mail or using the telephone to communicate with someone in the next office is natural to many of us. -- Warren Montgomery ihnss!warren IH (8-367) x2494