← Back to context Comment by cjbgkagh 1 day ago Signals must to be costly in order to be effective 6 comments cjbgkagh Reply neaden 1 day ago Also also hard to fake and easy to slip in. You throw in a Latin quote in your conversation and either the other person gets it and you both know you're the proper class, or they don't and you both know you're higher up the ladder than they are. vulcan01 14 hours ago This is repeatedly used in Yes, Minister to demonstrate the large class gap between Sir Humphrey (and Bernard) and Jim Hacker. sadboi_fandango 13 hours ago si tacuisses philosophus mansisses ;) GJim 4 hours ago > Signals must to be costly in order to be effectiveUtter bollocks.A safety pin though ones nose and a pair of ripped tights costs nothing, and signals who one is (or wishes to be) very loudly and clearly. cjbgkagh 2 hours ago That signal certainly sounds pretty costly to me, it would not be effective at signaling intelligence though. madaxe_again 9 hours ago Yup. It’s the shibboleth. Cuius regio, eius religio, and all that.Spent my childhood at boarding school having my head stuffed full of Latin and Greek. Forgotten all of it.
neaden 1 day ago Also also hard to fake and easy to slip in. You throw in a Latin quote in your conversation and either the other person gets it and you both know you're the proper class, or they don't and you both know you're higher up the ladder than they are. vulcan01 14 hours ago This is repeatedly used in Yes, Minister to demonstrate the large class gap between Sir Humphrey (and Bernard) and Jim Hacker. sadboi_fandango 13 hours ago si tacuisses philosophus mansisses ;)
vulcan01 14 hours ago This is repeatedly used in Yes, Minister to demonstrate the large class gap between Sir Humphrey (and Bernard) and Jim Hacker. sadboi_fandango 13 hours ago si tacuisses philosophus mansisses ;)
GJim 4 hours ago > Signals must to be costly in order to be effectiveUtter bollocks.A safety pin though ones nose and a pair of ripped tights costs nothing, and signals who one is (or wishes to be) very loudly and clearly. cjbgkagh 2 hours ago That signal certainly sounds pretty costly to me, it would not be effective at signaling intelligence though.
cjbgkagh 2 hours ago That signal certainly sounds pretty costly to me, it would not be effective at signaling intelligence though.
madaxe_again 9 hours ago Yup. It’s the shibboleth. Cuius regio, eius religio, and all that.Spent my childhood at boarding school having my head stuffed full of Latin and Greek. Forgotten all of it.
Also also hard to fake and easy to slip in. You throw in a Latin quote in your conversation and either the other person gets it and you both know you're the proper class, or they don't and you both know you're higher up the ladder than they are.
This is repeatedly used in Yes, Minister to demonstrate the large class gap between Sir Humphrey (and Bernard) and Jim Hacker.
si tacuisses philosophus mansisses ;)
> Signals must to be costly in order to be effective
Utter bollocks.
A safety pin though ones nose and a pair of ripped tights costs nothing, and signals who one is (or wishes to be) very loudly and clearly.
That signal certainly sounds pretty costly to me, it would not be effective at signaling intelligence though.
Yup. It’s the shibboleth. Cuius regio, eius religio, and all that.
Spent my childhood at boarding school having my head stuffed full of Latin and Greek. Forgotten all of it.