For writers, they say "show don't tell," but this applies to so much more than writing. In all aspects of life--over time--we show our true selves in how we behave. Many people try to claim interesting titles and labels that they think will make them more alluring or give them gravitas, but just boasting about something doesn't actually make it true, does it? If we don't truly embody the avatar, we are only trying on a mask, or blowing smoke. Real is always better. Honesty is always superior. Authenticity is always felt. The truth is always shown. Regardless of what anyone wants to portray, the truth just...is. - Viv
After making news selling rocks for $85, Nordstrom has lit the internet on fire with mud-covered jeans for $425.
Nordstrom has lit the internet on fire with another expensive product that many are calling ridiculous.
On its website, the department store is selling a $425 pair of jeans that is covered in fake mud.
The Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans feature obvious splashes of what Nordstrom calls "caked-on muddy coating," giving the effect of being worn on a day in the dirt.
In its description for the pants, the company says they "embody rugged, Americana workwear that's seen some hard-working action" and that, when worn, they show "you're not afraid to get down and dirty."
When he discovered the product this week, "Dirty Jobs" host Mike Rowe posted about them on his website, saying the Nordstrom jeans were proof of "our country's war on work."
"They're a costume for wealthy people who see work as ironic — not iconic," Rowe wrote on Monday in a post titled, "Jeans made to look like you work hard so you don't have to."
On Fox News Tuesday, "Fox & Friends" co-hosts Brian Kilmeade and Ainsley Earhardt criticized the jeans, with Kilmeade saying "if you're going to wear muddy jeans, you should earn the mud."
Earhardt said she thinks the pants are "for the kid who inherits the millions of dollars, the kid who doesn't want to work hard and wants to go into Nordstrom, pay a lot of money and act like they work."
Nordstrom got ripped by critics in 2016 for selling average rocks wrapped in leather for $85 each. The store also recently started selling $95 "mom jeans" that have clear plastic panels on the legs to allow the wearer to show off their knees.
Phoniness reflects insincerity or artificiality in speech, behavior, or identity. It’s a cultural mask worn for approval or survival, exposing a tension between fitting in and staying true to oneself.
No phoniness, I thought, was the code of the new generation, at least the ones who were worth anything. It was a fairly decent ideal, but it sometimes worked out cruelly in practice.
