I think the justifications here come from people attempting to resign themselves to an inadequate world by trying hard to think of reasons why the world actually isn’t inadequate, eg the same sort of psychological bias which causes deathism.
Therefore I also expect that its mostly people on the receiving end of signals who try to justify their behavior, and not people sending the signals.
I’d guess that people trying to send the signals don’t so much try to (intellectually) justify their behavior, but instead just feel put off and annoyed you didn’t pick up on the signal.
I think the justifications here come from people attempting to resign themselves to an inadequate world by trying hard to think of reasons why the world actually isn’t inadequate, eg the same sort of psychological bias which causes deathism.
Therefore I also expect that its mostly people on the receiving end of signals who try to justify their behavior, and not people sending the signals.
I’d guess that people trying to send the signals don’t so much try to (intellectually) justify their behavior, but instead just feel put off and annoyed you didn’t pick up on the signal.