Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat is a human behaviour you've never understood?message-squaremessage-square236fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down16
arrow-up1138arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a human behaviour you've never understood?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square236fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoIt’s social signalling, and it’s supposed make the curmudgeon seems better than the common rabble and therefore high-status.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoThat is a reasonable explanation of people who announce their refusal to participate in a fad. What of the people who just ignore the fad, without publicly declaring their refusal?
It’s social signalling, and it’s supposed make the curmudgeon seems better than the common rabble and therefore high-status.
That is a reasonable explanation of people who announce their refusal to participate in a fad.
What of the people who just ignore the fad, without publicly declaring their refusal?