Danielle Vermeer
@daniellevermeer
Co-Founder & CEO of Teleport. Writer of Goodwill Hunting, a newsletter hunting the best pre-loved fashion finds, insights, and jobs. 11+ years of buying no new clothes.
Danielle Vermeer
Signaling and counter-signaling are hidden methods of communicating with each other. We do it all the time as a way to “prove” we are who and what we claim to be.
Farnam Street • Signaling: The Language Peacocks, Gazelles, and Humans All Speak
Off the rack clothes are not designed to fit you.
And I mean you, as in you specifically.
They are made to roughly fit 1000s of people who kinda-sorta share several similar body traits because it’s inexpensive, off the rack fashion, not bespoke custom and that’s how it works.
Cora Harringtontwitter.com
Given that everyone can now buy designer handbags and new cars, the rich have taken to using much more tacit signifiers of their social position.
bbc • The new, subtle ways the rich signal their wealth
"Grind culture thrives on us remaining in our heads, unable to allow the technology of our divine bodies to soar and develop. There is massive knowledge and wisdom lying dormant in our exhausted and weary bodies and hearts."
glennon doyle • How to Finally Rest with Tricia Hersey
We’re drawn to the products that signal they’re for people like us, and in turn, will signal our identities.
Farnam Street • Signaling: The Language Peacocks, Gazelles, and Humans All Speak
if you present yourself as someone who is genuinely earnest, curious, open to listening, non-judgemental, etc, people tend to share their thoughts and feelings. If you make an effort to perform little acts of service, encouragement, support, people will love you
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