My Mother was in her fifties in the 1960s when Rock-N-Roll and the Hippie culture became the norm. Her complaints may have influenced me to keep my hair length at an inch at my nape instead of my former clipper cut. My music choice is now called the golden oldies of the 60s. My hair is thinner and my music is the same so that is what I consider the norm should be.

I cannot understand why anyone would want to shave their head to look like what the movies made aliens look. To be fair we used to use the Dick Tracy term of “Cue Ball.”

Millions of men are growing long beards which can only be to show their masculinity. Are they taken in by some actors trying to look rough cut. I would think hygiene and sex would be a problem.

Why do man and women cover themselves with tattoos that they can’t see? I don’t sit at a table with servers with tattoos up their neck or on their arms. My generation is very likely to associate those people with poor hygiene and therefore holding our plates abhorrent. A big business has sprung up on removing or covering them up. A friend’s daughter put a tattoo on her hip to remind her of a dead cousin. Does she think of him sitting on a commode?

People seem to go out of their way to look tough and gangster-like. Why can’t people look normal now or is this just a fad that will die out in a few years? If the media caused this behavior then perhaps it can bring it back to the normal American Culture. Is the result of, or cause of, the divisiveness today?