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79 T-Shirts

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Today I cleaned out my childhood dresser. There were 79 t-shirts in there, from every activity I've ever done. Almost all of them reflected my desire for status. Shirts from schools that admitted me. Shirts from events I won. Shirts from groups that I wanted to feel included in. Shirts

Feb 19, 2021 (Updated: Feb 21, 2021) · 1 min read Today I cleaned out my childhood dresser. There were 79 t-shirts in there, from every activity I’ve ever done. Almost all of them reflected my desire for status. Shirts from schools that admitted me. Shirts from events I won. Shirts from groups that I wanted to feel included in. Shirts from companies that people have heard of. Shirts from hobbies that felt cool. Now I wear only solid color shirts. It’s not that I’ve finally moved away from status. It’s that now, the high status thing is just to disassociate yourself from high status shirts.

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