I think that signaling, “See, I read the sequences!” was not 0% of your motivation in phrasing that way.
That’s probably fair. More than “See, I read the sequences!”, it was probably something like “Look, I fit in with you guys because we know the same obscure terms! And since I consider LW posters who seem smart high status this makes me high status by association!”. I didn’t verbally think that, of course, but still.
That’s probably fair. More than “See, I read the sequences!”, it was probably something like “Look, I fit in with you guys because we know the same obscure terms! And since I consider LW posters who seem smart high status this makes me high status by association!”. I didn’t verbally think that, of course, but still.