Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 days agoWhat is a human behaviour you've never understood?message-squaremessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down15
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a human behaviour you've never understood?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·10 days 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-up9·10 days 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?