‘i do not participate in the unvirtuous activity. therefore I am superior to those that do’.
people love to virtue signal based on what they do/don’t do, and do/don’t consume.
dating profiles on dating apps are loaded with virtue signal nonsense, because it makes the signaler feel they are ‘above’ other people, or that such signalling will ‘prevent’ the non-virtuous heathens from trying to date them.
There are lines though and it can get blurry. As an example, my family accuses me of virtue signaling because I refuse to engage in their racism. That I refuse to judge people by the color of their skin or their religion, I am called every name in the book.
Now, this is clearly not my problem, and I am not virtue signaling, but it’s a semi-loaded term these days, used CONSTANTLY by reactionaries.
Maybe the article is a bit, I’ll give you that. However, I can’t condemn her for her lines, no skin off my nose. I’m not upset by virtue signalling, if anything it’s good information on how to treat and interact with those people. The virtues my family signals for example, have been quite valuable to how I interact with them (as little as possible).
people love to virtue signal based on what they do/don’t do, and do/don’t consume.
Hmmm that depends… if I don’t participate in sex trafficking, I think that’s beyond virtual signaling and into being plain old decent.
Personally I have no issues watching TV (for example) but I wouldn’t want to date someone who tells me their #1 hobby is to watch TV.
Particular to this case, I hate AI but I would not discard people in my life if they use AI… however, the people that claim out loud that ChatGPT (or any other) is their best friend would raise serious red flags in my head.
I mean, I feel like signaling the things you value to people you are actually going to potentially date is the entire purpose of dating apps? Like if you are just doing it on social media to people at large then sure I agree, but dating apps seems like the perfect place to say what you value in other people.
it’s virtue signalling.
‘i do not participate in the unvirtuous activity. therefore I am superior to those that do’.
people love to virtue signal based on what they do/don’t do, and do/don’t consume.
dating profiles on dating apps are loaded with virtue signal nonsense, because it makes the signaler feel they are ‘above’ other people, or that such signalling will ‘prevent’ the non-virtuous heathens from trying to date them.
There are lines though and it can get blurry. As an example, my family accuses me of virtue signaling because I refuse to engage in their racism. That I refuse to judge people by the color of their skin or their religion, I am called every name in the book.
Now, this is clearly not my problem, and I am not virtue signaling, but it’s a semi-loaded term these days, used CONSTANTLY by reactionaries.
Maybe the article is a bit, I’ll give you that. However, I can’t condemn her for her lines, no skin off my nose. I’m not upset by virtue signalling, if anything it’s good information on how to treat and interact with those people. The virtues my family signals for example, have been quite valuable to how I interact with them (as little as possible).
Hmmm that depends… if I don’t participate in sex trafficking, I think that’s beyond virtual signaling and into being plain old decent.
Personally I have no issues watching TV (for example) but I wouldn’t want to date someone who tells me their #1 hobby is to watch TV.
Particular to this case, I hate AI but I would not discard people in my life if they use AI… however, the people that claim out loud that ChatGPT (or any other) is their best friend would raise serious red flags in my head.
I mean, I feel like signaling the things you value to people you are actually going to potentially date is the entire purpose of dating apps? Like if you are just doing it on social media to people at large then sure I agree, but dating apps seems like the perfect place to say what you value in other people.