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> yes, everything is signaling. Cynical observation. Not every human action is automatically designed to impress upon others. > If you get a brandless tshirt,
by sridca 8y ago
> yes, everything is signaling.
Cynical observation. Not every human action is automatically designed to impress upon others.
> If you get a brandless tshirt, you are also signaling that you are too smart to buy the luxury brand.
As a matter of fact I buy "brandless" shirts -- actually I own about four black woolen shirts from Costco. It is simply a fact of the matter that a) I am smart enough not to fall for luxury brand marketting, and b) I prefer not to have to choose which 'design' of shirt to wear every day.
A fact is just so; it does not need to be signalled. I perfectly understand that some people value fashion more in line with their values. To each their own.
- Erlich_Bachman 8y ago> Cynical observation. Not every human action is automatically designed to impress upon others. That is not what the word signalling means. Signalling is a means of communication. Singalling is much more efficient in many contexts than other communications methods like straight up talking and describing one's life. Communication has many reasons for it, only one of which (quite minor for many people) is "impressing upon others". Saying signalling is done for "impressing upon others" is a gross simplification of this phenomenon and is just inaccurate.