I guess that to answer your question, I’d have to say that things are not always as they seem. Take hair for example, it can be completely faked, and even when real, it can be manipulated so as to appear different than nature intended.

I have observed that some people, when presented with a check will cash it. Now, it can be argued that this is exactly what should be done with it – but I’m not really in the mood to argue.

That said, I have been reading extensively over the past few days about the latest in that very long line of hair replacement products, and I’m considering actually giving one of these a try. They have a “natural” appearance, are inexpensive to buy and can actually be customized to some degree.

It is a little funny to me that over and over, throughout all of time, and across many human or social needs and platforms, the “latest” thing turns out to be something that has been around for a very, very long time; but which was never visualized as being a solution to some other problem, or being thought about in terms other than the limited things for which it was being utilized initially.

I’ve seen it happen before, and I’m sure we will see it again, I mean Minoxodil was originally intended to treat people with high blood pressure, and today it is most widely used to help regrow hair.

Birth control pills were intended to minimize unplanned pregnancies, yet today they are normally prescribed to control the raging hormonal tsunamis that cause all most women not on said pills to be evil little Hitlers, endangering every living thing on this planet, and possibly beyond (fall of Rome = NO BIRTH CONTROL PILLS!).

Candles were invented to bring light into the darkness but are now primarily used for sex games.

So, history repeats itself again… deja vu, part deux…

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