Behaviors and artifact displays that reassure observers that despite acting weird in public you won’t violate the order of civil inattention
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I’m just starting to notice it - one of mine is archaic-style headscarf (1950s or 1850s?) with sunglasses
it’s not normal but it’s the imaginary normal of old hollywood and amish country, “weird but anti-threat”
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I was hoping people would fill in examples I hate doing work
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Amish are not weird in public. They are, in weird public.
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yeah it’s just a way people describe it, not a reference to the actual amish anymore than disneyland is the old west
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Yes prime minister had an episode where BBC producer tells Jim Hacker: if you’re announcing conservative policy, wear modern suit with abstract art in background. If radical policy, conservative suit with oak panel background
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