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It never occurred to me that he was social signalling anything other than pride in what he accomplished. It's not like "look at my Porsche, I'm rich." It's more
by merpnderp 10y ago
It never occurred to me that he was social signalling anything other than pride in what he accomplished. It's not like "look at my Porsche, I'm rich." It's more "look at the callouses on my hands, I accomplished something real."
- projektir 10y ago"Proud to be a marine" is one thing. "You are worse than me" is another.
- mwfunk 10y agoSome people are both, it's just easier to project bad qualities onto some expressions of pride than others. There are plenty of people for whom their nice car is just a nice car that they enjoy, and there are plenty of people who take pride in their sacrifices but that pride manifests itself as a feeling of superiority over others.