In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I hate to be treated as if I'm invisible. I get incensed when people talk across me or refuse to catch my eye in a restaurant or shop.
I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
Presence is more than just being there.
There are all kinds of people who continue to be largely ignored by advertisers, whose lives largely go unseen. They deserve their moment.
It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for.
People also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there.
You know, some people fall right through the hole in their lives. It's invisible, but they come to it after time, never knowing where.
I used to play in the subway. If everyone tossed in a quarter, at the end of the day it would add up. It shows you aren't invisible. And it's better than being ignored, or kicked in the head, or worse.
Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.
The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.
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