I’ve been thinking about this myself, how certain - shallow - ignorant by choice - people perceive, how they decide what they like.
You mention Mar-A-Lago face but I often thought more broadly how they perceive beauty or how they are attracted to other people.
Or music, that’s another big one to me.
There’s a few signifiers, as you said, and that’s what makes them like or dislike things. E.g.: “oh, it’s got that 80s sound, so you like 80s stuff?” - “That’s not why I listen to this, can’t you hear beyond that, how perfect this is?” or red lips or full breasts (or 6-pack) being more important than, idk, the overall beauty of the whole person.
I’ve been thinking about this myself, how certain - shallow - ignorant by choice - people perceive, how they decide what they like.
You mention Mar-A-Lago face but I often thought more broadly how they perceive beauty or how they are attracted to other people.
Or music, that’s another big one to me.
There’s a few signifiers, as you said, and that’s what makes them like or dislike things. E.g.: “oh, it’s got that 80s sound, so you like 80s stuff?” - “That’s not why I listen to this, can’t you hear beyond that, how perfect this is?” or red lips or full breasts (or 6-pack) being more important than, idk, the overall beauty of the whole person.