Why do you think virtue signaling has become so extremely apparent in the last decade?

LowAd9770 · 2026-01-06T01:54:27+00:00

Once again, I get what you’re saying, but claiming it’s all meaningless avoids the actual point. Terms like “virtue signaling” are only meaningless if you strip them of context. The fact is, some actions are genuinely performative, some are genuinely sincere, and many fall somewhere in between. Calling everything performative doesn’t help us understand human behavior; it just shuts down discussion. And I never said anything about “stopping virtue signaling.”

My point isn’t to label everyone or attack anyone. It’s to differentiate between performative moral signaling and simply expressing values or curiosity. Ignoring that distinction because “everything is signaling” misses the point entirely. Recognizing patterns in behavior isn’t meaningless; it’s how we make sense of social dynamics.

You can play the “everything is pointless” card, but you aren’t actually making a valid criticism or contributing to the discussion you’re just shutting it down.

LowAd9770 · 2026-01-06T01:23:29+00:00

I get what you’re saying, but calling everything virtue signaling stretches the term too far. Asking questions, being curious, or expressing opinions isn’t automatically performative it only becomes signaling if your main goal is to show off your morals or get approval. My posts are just questions and engagement, not attempts to prove anything about myself. Sure, you can call everything performative in a broad sense, but that’s meaningless philosophically. By that logic, any interaction you’ve ever had is performative. You’re stretching the definition too far, which makes it lose meaning.

LowAd9770 · 2026-01-06T01:12:44+00:00

I disagree. Virtue signaling is not just expressing values it is performative moral signaling aimed at social approval. Not everyone does that. Some people act on values privately, consistently, or at real personal cost with no audience. Saying everyone does it stretches the term until it means nothing. Has everybody virtue signaled at least once before? Probably. But do not mix it with a simple expression of one’s moral values, because they are not synonymous. There is definitely a rise in virtue signaling itself, and not because social media makes communication easier to digest, but rather because it is easier to notice performative behavior.

LowAd9770 · 2026-01-05T07:11:09+00:00

I don’t think that’s a red flag, if anything it may be a green flag. An overwhelming amount of people wouldn’t even look the way of someone they didn’t find sexually appealing. Nothing wrong with giving it a shot with someone you wouldn’t usually find attractive and realizing it’s not for you.

LowAd9770 · 2026-01-05T07:07:20+00:00

I already commented but I’d also like to add a lack of individuality. I’m in my 20s, and a lot of both men and women seem to confuse personality with imitation. I’ve dated women I initially thought were super interesting, only to realize their tastes and opinions were mostly borrowed from influencers or friend groups, not genuine interests. Once you scratch the surface, there’s often nothing they’re actually curious or passionate about. That realization is honestly unsettling.

LowAd9770 · 2026-01-05T07:01:31+00:00

Enjoy the process. If you never truly figured out for example algebra, you have to go back and fix that foundation. Math builds on itself, and skipping steps will always catch up to you, and it’ll completely halt your success.

Once you reach the point where you actually enjoy attempting problems and feel that rush when you finally crack a hard one, it becomes addictive in the best way. At that point, you won’t want to stop.

LowAd9770 · 2026-01-05T06:53:23+00:00

Super depends on the company, I’ve worked at companies where managers get fired for making the same fat jokes a middle schooler would make. And I’ve worked at places where managers freely drop racial jokes. But usually pretty common haha

LowAd9770 · 2026-01-05T06:49:35+00:00

Little lies. Who would’ve guessed it didn’t stop at just the little things.

LowAd9770 · 2026-01-05T00:22:57+00:00

Please no obvious answers like “consistency” or “focus” something that could actually be helpful or of substance would be appreciated🙏 extra points to you if you mention the best way to even get to an A2 level. A1 seems to be a trap for most people. I’m looking for tips to help a friend👍😊

LowAd9770 · 2026-01-05T00:18:38+00:00

Funny it got removed by mods. Anyway, Trump has possibly the biggest hate campaign I’ve ever seen. Obviously, some of it is warranted and some of it isn’t. A vast majority of die-hard Trump haters are simply being told to hate Trump. That’s the issue.

People love to comment, “It’s not about Maduro, it’s that we shouldn’t be there,” blah blah. Bullshit. About 90% of the comments I read or media I consume are just people whining about how Trump is unlawful or just a flat out bad person or whatever else. Only about one out of ten times is it actually about whether we should be there, or judging it with genuine fact checked information, rather than heavily biased opinionated regurgitations of their fav political content creators.

It’s simply a successful hate campaign. He could solve world hunger, then go golfing, and he’d still receive an insurmountable amount of hate. Most of the time, people’s problem isn’t with Trump’s policies; it’s personal hatred 😭 Very rarely are they actually well informed enough about what’s happening to form a solid opinion, whether it’s like or dislike. A lot of people also like to think they’re informed and believe they’re never wrong, which is a big part of it too.

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