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It's human nature to feel uncomfortable, even angry, when a taboo is violated. Talking publicly about your income is taboo.
by Agathos 14y ago
It's human nature to feel uncomfortable, even angry, when a taboo is violated. Talking publicly about your income is taboo.
- clarky07 14y agoWhy? Just because lots of people don't do it for their own personal reasons doesn't make it taboo. Lots and lots of people really like seeing these posts (as evidenced by this and patio11's post being at the top of HN all day) and they can be very useful. Patio11 for instance said he started doing what he is doing in part because of a similar post by someone else. I think it's more likely that it's human nature for people to be jealous. Some people keep it to themselves, and others lash out on forums like this one.
- adrianhoward 14y agoTalking publicly about your income is taboo. Depends on where you are. In my experience it seems to vary quite a bit - generally a complete no-no in the US, a little less extreme but uncommon in the UK, can be talked about among friends/co-workers in France/, topic of casual small-talk in Japan.