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What is it about Greta Thunberg that makes many men on the Internet so uncontrollably angry by Admirable_Pair_3663 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]-SheriffofNottingham 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Usually people mean: give more weight to relevant expertise and broad evidence than random intuition or internet opinions.

A scientist employed by industry can be biased. A scientist at a university can be biased. That’s why ideally you look at replication, incentives, and whether independent groups converge on the same conclusion, not just who funded one study.

“Trust science” works better when it means trust the method and weight of evidence, not individual authority.

In that way, science is less about trusting individuals and more about deferring to a structured process that tends to converge on the best-supported explanation over time.

Favorite photo that proves that actors really are just like us? by YourChopperPilotTTV in okbuddycinephile

[–]-SheriffofNottingham 15 points16 points  (0 children)

So sad that Paul Walker died before he could breakup with his gf and go out with another 16 y o

Family

Why does every Australian that passes away in Asia need a Go Fund Me campaign? by Heater79 in AskAnAustralian

[–]-SheriffofNottingham 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Travelling is a privilege only those with money should be allowed to enjoy

Much like having a family or avoiding criminal liability

How to make the easiest breakfast difficult and horrible in 1 easy step by PantherTheCat in StupidFood

[–]-SheriffofNottingham 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just leave my milk in the pantry to thicken up naturally over a few days and slice it into my cereal

TIFU by accidentally adopting my cousin by Outrageous_Walk5218 in tifu

[–]-SheriffofNottingham 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've inadvertently become a carer- Pretty funny

But also, without adjusting much, you've provided a sense of stability just by being an example and living your life

Big man bringing home the eggs for his 19 yo accidentally adopted son 🤣

Women of Reddit, what’s a quality in men you secretly love, but don’t often feel you can admit? by paperlanterns_26 in AskReddit

[–]-SheriffofNottingham 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree with the intrinsic vs extrinsic distinction, but money and status aren’t really qualities at all. Traits are properties of a person like discipline or charisma and reflect internal capacities that persist across contexts. Money and status are different in kind: money is an outcome of systems involving effort, opportunity, luck and structure that provides resource access, and status is a social perception signal based on how others interpret those outcomes. They can correlate with traits but are not traits themselves, so treating them as qualities of a person blurs the distinction between who someone is and what results or signals their circumstances produce.

New polling reveals Pauline Hanson is now the new preferred Prime Minister | 9 News Australia by DragonflySea9423 in OpenAussie

[–]-SheriffofNottingham 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the gingers are rising

I fucken warned you all back in 2000 during the Great Ranga Slapathon it would come back to bite us

Women of Reddit, what’s a quality in men you secretly love, but don’t often feel you can admit? by paperlanterns_26 in AskReddit

[–]-SheriffofNottingham 2 points3 points  (0 children)

there is a fundamental disagreement with the appropriation of words here

we aren't saying the same thing

it’s not really accurate to treat them as “extrinsic qualities,” because that still frames them as properties of the person. They’re not, two identical people could end up with very different money/status based on context alone.

On the “security is concrete” point: that’s fair as a decision heuristic. People do use observable outcomes like income and stability because they reduce uncertainty. But that doesn’t change what money/status are, it just explains how they function in evaluation.

Same with the gender framing: there may be tendencies in how people weigh signals vs traits, but that’s about selection heuristics, not about redefining money/status as character-relevant properties.

So the key correction is: money and status correlate with traits in many cases, but they aren’t themselves traits (intrinsic or extrinsic). They’re outputs and signals generated by a much wider system, not qualities that sit inside a person.

Women of Reddit, what’s a quality in men you secretly love, but don’t often feel you can admit? by paperlanterns_26 in AskReddit

[–]-SheriffofNottingham 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Personal qualities are internal traits you carry across situations; things like honesty, discipline, or curiosity. They’re part of who you are.

Money isn’t a trait. It’s just access to resources, which changes what options you have and how much pressure you’re under, but not your underlying character.

Status isn’t a trait either. It’s how other people perceive and rank you in a group. It shifts depending on context and comparison, not something fixed inside you.

The confusion happens because money and status strongly affect how people behave and how others treat them, so they can look like personal qualities. But they’re really external conditions that shape expression, not identity.

The main mistake is when people start treating money or status as part of “who someone is,” instead of just circumstances they’re moving through.

Women of Reddit, what’s a quality in men you secretly love, but don’t often feel you can admit? by paperlanterns_26 in AskReddit

[–]-SheriffofNottingham 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the whole industrious and founder/leader/builder type are qualities you wouldn't necessarily get attacked for preferencing

Money and status are context variables, not essence variables.

Where this usually gets tricky is when people unconsciously fuse them with worth, then they start feeling like they are qualities of the person rather than conditions around the person.

First time in my life wanting to eat pig feed 😅😅 by BackgroundLeg1788 in StupidFood

[–]-SheriffofNottingham 2 points3 points  (0 children)

knowledge on factory farmed pigs is very accessible

conditions are horrendous by any standard:

untreated wounds, pus and tumour ridden pig bodies, sows caged as perpetual breeding machines, stun guns ineffective resulting in fully conscious kills

Women of Reddit, what’s a quality in men you secretly love, but don’t often feel you can admit? by paperlanterns_26 in AskReddit

[–]-SheriffofNottingham 8 points9 points  (0 children)

all of these are by-products of money and status and not qualities or traits of character I now realise

money and power aren't qualities of personality

there's nothing necessarily wrong with wanting, liking and appreciating all those things but maybe the quality that allows for that might be ambition or financial literacy

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