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    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Oct 2019

    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Misha. Angel Investor, Photographer, Shitposter

    at HUN several folks had fun t-shirts which I quite enjoyed seeing and was glad that they wore I, OTOH, only ever wear one shirt: Carhartt model K87 black T I used to wear "fun" shirts when younger; not sure what changed. hypothesis 1: fun -> serious 2: my history is my brandhttps://twitter.com/drethelin/status/1188448757676990464 …

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    Misha. Angel Investor, Photographer, Shitposter @drethelin
    The specific question that brought this to mind is t shirts where to me it feels obvious that a plain black one is “cooler” but less “fun” than one with any design or text on it.
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      2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Oct 2019

        2/ I lean towards #2. I think people (reasonably) spend more time on external signalling when they're young bc they have not yet built up a track record. When you're 16 you need to wear the emo t-shirt to let people know the real you. At 32 they can just see your cutting scars

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      3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Oct 2019

        3/ At 19 home on leave you need to wear your uniform or a T-shirt talking about how you're a patriot and you've served, death from above, one brotherhood, combat tested, blah blah blah. At 45 folks just know you're a solid guy who can be counted on, vaguely recall you served.

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      4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Oct 2019

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Isegoria

        4/ I could signal to everyone I meet via clothing, but my wife already knows and the dogs don't care...https://twitter.com/Isegoria/status/1188452530755461120 …

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        Isegoria @Isegoria
        Replying to @MorlockP
        There’s also the fact that you live on a farm now, not a campus.
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      5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Oct 2019

        5/ someone - @robinhanson ? @bryan_caplan ? @tylercowen ? - made the observation that mindsets change over age in exactly the way we'd expect from different get / hold power strategies. Young turks gonna young turk, talk about need for change. Old guard gonna talk about wisdom. >

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      6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Oct 2019

        6/ and it strikes me that signalling via clothing dovetails into this.

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      7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Oct 2019

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Misha. Angel Investor, Photographer, Shitposter

        7/ Concur! But in a historic environment (or even current one) younger you are, higher the percent of people you meet who are strangers. So it makes sense that young spend more effort displaying their brand. Oldsters inherit their own prev investmenthttps://twitter.com/drethelin/status/1188453693538131968 …

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        Misha. Angel Investor, Photographer, Shitposter @drethelin
        Replying to @MorlockP
        Age might also be a proxy for “giving a shit how strangers see you”
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      8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Oct 2019

        8/ tired: the idle old / rich are living off the interest from their stocks and bonds wired: the idle old / rich are living off the interest from their reputational investments 40 years earlier

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      9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Oct 2019

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Robin Hanson

        9/https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1188454497053560832 …

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        Robin HansonVerified account @robinhanson
        Replying to @MorlockP @bryan_caplan @tylercowen
        Its an old observation, not original to any of us.
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      10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Oct 2019

        10/ Hanson totally missed an opportunity to harvest some of the reputational gains from inherited memetic wealth right there. 😉

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      11. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Oct 2019

        11/ "If I signal further it is because I stand on the reputational investments of giants"

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      12. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Oct 2019

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        12/ This also dovetails with an observation @sonyasupposedly made a few days ago about "how to build a rep on twitter". It was a good thread she pointed to, if taken DESCRIPTIVELY, but if taken as a recipe it seems sociopathic. https://twitter.com/Wu1fAxe/status/1188455567960035328 …

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