combination of two things here, refinement culture and costly signalling (which share a common root)
black is cool, simple, elegant, the ultimate reduction of color, ie its absence; light degreebled
quite admittedly, it can get bleak living grayscale, sans a vibrant inner life
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RT @USA_Comrade
Looks like shit. Only a rich asshole disconnected from reality would want a black doom pit in their backyard
https://twitter.com/USA_Comrade/status/1401566942138441735
w/o a strong sense of self & purpose, an internal source of motivation & drive, one naturally looks to their environment for such, which is a big part of why people tend to decorate their homes with cozy knickknacks which recharge their happiness
this is, however, inelegant