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I guarantee you do it too. Possibly in a way you're blind to, but you're doing it. If you're an American, did you watch the Superbowl yesterday? Or did you smug
by jff 13y ago
I guarantee you do it too. Possibly in a way you're blind to, but you're doing it. If you're an American, did you watch the Superbowl yesterday? Or did you smugly tell people you're not interested in sportsball?
- BlackDeath3 13y agoI usually don't watch football (even the Superbowl), but I did actually watch it yesterday. I don't really see what that has to do with fitting in. I could just as easily have not watched it. And by the way, even if I do do it, that's just as silly as anybody else doing it. Don't confuse the philosopher with the philosophy.
- jff 13y agoMy point is that people do a lot of things as signals to groups. When someone (apparently not you) goes out of his way to tell people he doesn't watch the Superbowl, maybe because "European football is so much better" or "grown men playing with balls", he's making a statement about himself to others. Same with those people who are so eager to tell you they don't even own a TV--they're projecting an image, they might as well wear a t-shirt that says "too cultured for television". When you posted here wondering why people try to hard to be accepted, that was your way of telling others "I am the kind of person who doesn't care about expensive clothes or following popular trends".
- BlackDeath3 13y agoYou see equivalent actions and ascribe equivalent intent. You can say what you want to about me, but I think you're overlooking a key difference here.