LizzieMaine
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Maybe the way to think about it is this: when did being in any way uncomfortable become unacceptable? It was uncomfortable to be a six year old in the first grade in a starched dress, sitting straight upright on a hard wooden chair bolted to the floor, but the experience taught you to accept that some things in life were not going to be comfortable whether you liked it or not. And if you didn't feel like learning that, the teacher would come around and clip you one with her ruler. And I don't remember anyone ever asking "why?" unless they wanted to get clipped again.
So when did that change? When did people become unwilling to tolerate any inconvenience or discomfort in daily life? Find that answer, and you'll figure out where the Slide Toward Casual really began.
So when did that change? When did people become unwilling to tolerate any inconvenience or discomfort in daily life? Find that answer, and you'll figure out where the Slide Toward Casual really began.