Unaccounted for: the failure scenario.

You had integrity, put in the work, and failed. Life is brutal - anyone can respect your effort.

You tried to be the next Paris, and failed. You look like a fucking clown.

There's some survivor bias. But like a virus, the next strain will be stronger and more potent from those survivors.

Very few people in 2004 could pull off the Paris. It's a lot easier in 2024.

	▲	nextworddev 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		The real underlying trend is the great shift in what’s good “taste” and Overton window

Well who cares about looking like a clown, considering there’s millions of them on LinkedIn and TikTok. Shame is diluted every day and no one cares

> Well who cares about looking like a clown

A lot of people, almost instinctively, and for good reason.

	▲	nextworddev 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Playing devil’s advocate, but “clown” is subjective and relative, which means the most serious people are sometimes clowns unbeknownst to them lol