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This whole article is the epitome of "Just do X, bro", or things that solves a problem that is completely irrelevant. https://incels.wiki/w/Just_x,_bro

Or alternatively, James Clear and Scott Young noted that a lot of behaviors are just prestige signals. In some cases it is wastefulness ("flex") but dirtywork avoidance ("let them eat cake") and tribalism (e.g. Linux vs PC) are more relevant in this case. https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2019/06/06/prestige-copying/

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