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> "What about people showing off their car, perfect pictures of their vacations on social media, some set of achievements or trophies, their perfect "battlestat
by liability 7y ago
> "What about people showing off their car, perfect pictures of their vacations on social media, some set of achievements or trophies, their perfect "battlestation" computer setup, etc. etc. etc."
You know plenty of people don't do any of this stuff, right? I get the feeling you meant that to be a broad list that would have virtually everybody covered in one respect or another, but if that was your intention you failed.
- colechristensen 7y agoI did say and mean generally, not virtually everyone. I do think people who are not particularly interested in status signaling are somewhat rare.
- liability 7y agoI think that opinion probably reflects your immediate environment more than anything else.
- Consultant32452 7y agoNoticeable economic status differences (read: status symbols) are one of the most motivating forces in social behavior. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-psychology-of-social/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-psychology-of... >...apart from economic payoffs, social status seems to be the most important incentive and motivating force of social behavior.” The more noticeable status disparities are, the more concerned with status people become, and the differences between the haves and have-nots have been extremely pronounced during the economic recession of recent years.
- refurb 7y agoYou’re not looking close enough. Most people signal status, even if subtle. Talk about a book you read? Talk about how a certain restaurant is terrible? Talk about where you went on vacation? Talk about your job? Talk about music you like? All those things signal status.
- liability 7y agoYes, but this discussion is specifically about materialist signaling.
- jeremyjh 7y agoEveryone demonstrates their status-seeking in different ways. A really common one is to emphatically state how little such things that commonly motivate others also interest you. I guess its ok if that is your thing.
- liability 7y agoStatus seeking, sure. Materialistic approaches to that? No, that is far from universal. Me snearing down my nose at people with materialist obsessions is certainly a form of status seeking, but not of the materialist variety.