I definitely don’t mean to imply that this is true. I personally don’t think that it is.
Your perception of them stays similar when you flip the signs? (“I don’t like watching TV, I only read novels” becomes “yep, that person is probably mistaken about what they want/like.”)
In the example of TV vs. novels, no, but there are other examples where I do think so:
Live-like-the-locals vacation vs. tourist vacation
Doing home improvement stuff yourself vs. paying someone to do it for you
Biking everywhere vs. having a car
On balance, I’m actually not sure of what I think about whether “high class” things tend to provide more happiness than “low class” things, so I spoke too soon in the previous comment.
Your perception of them stays similar when you flip the signs? (“I don’t like watching TV, I only read novels” becomes “yep, that person is probably mistaken about what they want/like.”)
In the example of TV vs. novels, no, but there are other examples where I do think so:
Live-like-the-locals vacation vs. tourist vacation
Doing home improvement stuff yourself vs. paying someone to do it for you
Biking everywhere vs. having a car
On balance, I’m actually not sure of what I think about whether “high class” things tend to provide more happiness than “low class” things, so I spoke too soon in the previous comment.