seven- video

[futureleader]

[cue the brief roar of a shower before the sound of the water being shut off.]

Keeping up a profile is hard work sometimes. Not in an everyday sense of style and appearance but with notable features, like your face. [the feed clicks on to Quentin drying his hair out with a towel. it's relatively normal, until you take a closer look at the pink stains in the towel and streaked across his white shirt.] Since the first impressions come from the face, we look for a couple of key traits. But, no matter the judgement, we use these keys to support our impressions and info of the person.

Say you take a guy in glasses with well kept hair who dresses sharply. What would you think of him? Now take the same guy, shave his hair and dye it, and give him faded and raggedy clothing. Would your opinion change? [he pauses briefly to remove the towel around his head, unveiling his newly dyed pink hair.] Come on, don't lie. We're all a little biased.

It's the very principle of being judged or having that distinct face that we strive for appearances.

Comments

[currentcy]

Yeah, well. Anything can become a culture if it's enforced long enough.

[futureleader]

Exactly the point.

But there are ways of undoing culture.

[currentcy]

There sure are. Just takes a few sparks to set the whole thing blazing, so long as you keep the fire going.

[futureleader]

Spoken like a true professional.

[currentcy]

Obviously someone's got to do it.

[futureleader]

You've started revolutions?

[currentcy]

I've destroyed institutions.

[futureleader]

Not the same as a revolution, to be quite honest.

[currentcy]

No. But it's a starting point.

[futureleader]

Kinda lame for a fifty year old.

[currentcy]

Hey, it was a big fucking deal. I took a stand against an establishment and knocked it down. Like I wanted.

[futureleader]

I've done that too. But you're already fifty and you haven't started a revolution. Lame!

[currentcy]

I'm not fifty.

[futureleader]

Forty-seven, sorry.

[currentcy]

I've only been in the anarchy game for a couple of years now, anyway.

[futureleader]

I'll say. You reek like a newbie.

[currentcy]

Shut up. I've still done plenty.

[futureleader]

Such as...?

[currentcy]

Did you miss when I blacked out City hall?

[futureleader]

And yet, they made generators for that.

[currentcy]

Because they felt threatened.

[futureleader]

And you aren't doing anything to return the favor?

[currentcy]

Not yet. Next thing I do's gotta be calculated. They expect riots and blackouts by now.

[futureleader]

You've had a lot of time to calculate, smart guy.

[currentcy]

It doesn't all come together in a day, especially when I'm the one doing everything.