Some people are consistently more focused on status signalling than actual communication. They're difficult to be around. I've never figured why, maybe it's in

Some people are consistently more focused on status signalling than actual communication. They're difficult to be around. I've never figured why, maybe it's insecurity? But I honestly can't say. In general the people I know like that aren't just that way about projects or work though, they're like that about everything... I have to admit that I just spend no more time with them than I have to, although cousins is a trickier situation.