Your Appearance Matters

Thanks to MAINGEAR for speeding up everything for us. Check out the VYBE line that’s making up the core of Matt’s new studio -- and use code CREATE for a free additional year of warranty on desktops: https://maingear.com/ref/656/ Join Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecreateunknown We’re back again with another Matt and Kevin solo episode, and this week we’re tackling a topic that’s been on our minds for over a decade now – appearance. How much does what you wear matter? Do you owe it to anyone to change how you look? What does your appearance communicate to the people around you? We dive into all this and more, so buckle up folks. Kevin kicks off the episode with a story from his time working in a Manhattan office. He thought he was dressing casually, but his boss thought he was a SCHLUB. We talk about how what you wear sends signals to the people in your life, and how to handle the consequences of all of it. You may not think too much about what you wear, but in reality, you’re putting on a sort of “costume” every day. It’s not as bad as it might sound, though, and we talk about how you can actually use that to your advantage. All of this is a game, and everyone’s playing it, it’s just a matter of taking control. Then we talk a little bit about some situations where other people are making these decisions for you. Matt brings up the strangely specific dress code of the New York Yankees and Kevin gives us a baseball story of his own. These restrictions are far from arbitrary, though, and we explore all the questions that these types of guidelines set out to answer. We round out the episode by discussing the parts of your appearance that you may not have as much control over, and how those can impact your daily life. Kevin comments on the importance of fairness in all of this, and we talk about the real implications of counter-signaling that everyone has to deal with. Thanks to everyone who joined us live this week, and thank you to our patrons who make this show happen. We really enjoy bringing our conversations to everyone with these solo episodes, and we hope you all take as much away from it as we do. We’ll be back again next week, see you then! You love anime. You love tea. Get 10% off your order with code CREATE at The Dragon's Treasure: https://www.thedragonstreasure.com/ Buy our T-shirts: https://www.thecreateunknown.com/store/ Join our Discord to talk with artists, creators, and fans of the finer things in online life: http://discord.gg/tcu Apple: http://bit.ly/TheCreateUnknownApple Spotify: http://bit.ly/TheCreateUnknownSpotify Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/TheCreateUnknownGooglePodcasts CREDITS:  Hosts: Kevin Lieber and Matt Tabor  Produced and Edited by Ben Webster → https://twitter.com/benwebsterTCU  "Created in the Unknown" theme by Basswaite: https://linktr.ee/Basswaite   Theme by Mega Drive → http://megadrivemusic.com   Opening Animation: Kidmograph  City Animation: Eric Langlay  "The Create Unknown" is produced by Unknown Media.  CONNECT WITH US:  » Chat with us on DISCORD: https://discord.gg/qAQV3Jw   » Follow us on TWITTER: http://twitter.com/createunknown   » Follow us on INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/thecreateunknown   » Follow us on FACEBOOK: http://facebook.com/thecreateunknown   » View our website: https://thecreateunknown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices