Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id HAA20701 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 15 Jan 2002 07:44:32 GMT To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Message-Id: <AA-36D2D8805EF94F0B8D9F9E9A8FF8285E-ZZ@homebase1.prodigy.net> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 02:40:34 -0500 From: "Philip Jonkers" <PHILIPJONKERS@prodigy.net> Subject: RE: playing at suicide Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Grant:
>A fashion craze or a fad is a tool for impressing
your friends and showin=
>g=20
>that you belong. It can also be used for other
things, but my point is t=
>hat=20
>it is used. Why do people feel like they have to
have one? If they don'=
>t,=20
>it lessens their status (at least in their own eyes)
and means they're "o=
>ut"=20
>rather than "in." In this case, perception is
reality. National magazin=
>es=20
>keep track of what's in and what's out as well as
who's in and who's out.=
> =20
>This creates heavy pressure on some people to
conform. The meme is a too=
>l=20
>for the magazine as well as the people who read it.
This sounds remarkably similar to the substance of the
fitness increment hyp I posted earlier.
Philip.
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