For example, where in a (communal) closet one hangs one’s coat, or what direction one faces when in the shower.
I can imagine people bring this up in conversation in order to signal camaraderie (showing equal status) or caring about what the person says. In order to find activities that don’t have any signaling power, you have to consider the value system of the group you’re in. It’s wrong to ask this question to people who may live in cultures or have friends with different value systems.
I don’t think there exists a “universal non-signaling activity.” I can imagine any activity be signal-worthy given a value system that values it.
A better question to ask: “What are your least signaling activities?”
Most of the ways I can think of for that require a very solid sense of self-awareness (would you keep doing X if every social group you were currently involved with, or had recently been involved with, mildly disapproved of it, but you still found it useful?) and thus probably aren’t very useful to most people.
Things you’d be surprised to find that others had noticed at all, while a small subset of non-signaling things, seems like one of the more robust ways of finding accurate ones, which is what I was trying to get at in my original comment. And yes, that’ll vary widely from one social group to another. (Implication: Picking your social groups wisely is important.)
I can imagine people bring this up in conversation in order to signal camaraderie (showing equal status) or caring about what the person says. In order to find activities that don’t have any signaling power, you have to consider the value system of the group you’re in. It’s wrong to ask this question to people who may live in cultures or have friends with different value systems.
I don’t think there exists a “universal non-signaling activity.” I can imagine any activity be signal-worthy given a value system that values it.
A better question to ask: “What are your least signaling activities?”
Good point.
Most of the ways I can think of for that require a very solid sense of self-awareness (would you keep doing X if every social group you were currently involved with, or had recently been involved with, mildly disapproved of it, but you still found it useful?) and thus probably aren’t very useful to most people.
Things you’d be surprised to find that others had noticed at all, while a small subset of non-signaling things, seems like one of the more robust ways of finding accurate ones, which is what I was trying to get at in my original comment. And yes, that’ll vary widely from one social group to another. (Implication: Picking your social groups wisely is important.)