The other side of the coin to virtue signalling; rather than angling for praise by performatively proclaiming their support for certain causes, vice signalling involves attempting to show off their good person credentials by performatively approving of harm or other bad things that have befallen others.
Like virtue signalling, vice signalling is a largely tribal act; a way for the speaker to associate themselves with certain other groups, causes or ideals. Also like virtue signalling, vice signalling is a means of doing this without actually showing any follow-through or doing anything tangible for the cause it apparently supports; much like adding a filter to your Facebook profile to support Group X doesn't actually accomplish anything, tweeting your support for violence against Group Y serves to gain edgy clout without actually taking any meaningful action. Finally and also like virtue signalling, it is not so much the morals behind it as the smug and performative nature of vice signalling that make it irritating: a reasonable person might for instance agree that at times, the use of force has been necessary to stop people from committing terrible acts, but when someone makes a great deal of effort to be seen revelling in physical harm done to someone else however necessary it may have been, it ceases to be about the morals and becomes instead an exercise of preachy autofellatio.
Like virtue signalling, vice signalling is a largely tribal act; a way for the speaker to associate themselves with certain other groups, causes or ideals. Also like virtue signalling, vice signalling is a means of doing this without actually showing any follow-through or doing anything tangible for the cause it apparently supports; much like adding a filter to your Facebook profile to support Group X doesn't actually accomplish anything, tweeting your support for violence against Group Y serves to gain edgy clout without actually taking any meaningful action. Finally and also like virtue signalling, it is not so much the morals behind it as the smug and performative nature of vice signalling that make it irritating: a reasonable person might for instance agree that at times, the use of force has been necessary to stop people from committing terrible acts, but when someone makes a great deal of effort to be seen revelling in physical harm done to someone else however necessary it may have been, it ceases to be about the morals and becomes instead an exercise of preachy autofellatio.
Steve never fails to post on Reddit about how great it is every time some celebrity he doesn't like dies. A classic case of vice signalling.
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A: "Is that girl your girlfriend?"
B: "We haven't had 'the talk' yet, so I just assume she's seeing other people, like I am."
A: "Oh, I see. You're New York single."
B: "We haven't had 'the talk' yet, so I just assume she's seeing other people, like I am."
A: "Oh, I see. You're New York single."
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when you come up with a fucking stupid rhyme so you make a 3 minute song where you read them out in a monotone voice as a garage band beat plays in the background.
Riley: "Boba Fett, Boba Lett, Boba want, Boba get.
Boba’s son, Boba’s gun, Boba lost, Boba won.
Boba sperm, Boba squirm, Boba eaten by a worm.
Boba chew, Boba true, Boba coming for you.
so yeah that's part of my new rap single."
Everybody else: "what the fuck is wrong with you."
Boba’s son, Boba’s gun, Boba lost, Boba won.
Boba sperm, Boba squirm, Boba eaten by a worm.
Boba chew, Boba true, Boba coming for you.
so yeah that's part of my new rap single."
Everybody else: "what the fuck is wrong with you."
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Guy 1: Are you a National University of Singapore student?
Guy 2: Yes, I go to NUS.
Guy 1: How many girls have you sexually harassed?
Guy 2: Yes, I go to NUS.
Guy 1: How many girls have you sexually harassed?
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Wow! That girl's asshole was so loose I could actually pull the Singapore Highwaywith a 3" wide pvc pipe!
by the euro wonder March 5, 2007
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Debator: Remember when we all used to get along? At least it seemed that way. Now social media is perpetuating shock value and BLM seems to have been hijacked by violence.
Virtue signaler: You're just racist. Black Lives Matter!
Debator: Yes they do! What you don't know is that they matter more than your virtue signaling.
Virtue signaler: You're just racist. Black Lives Matter!
Debator: Yes they do! What you don't know is that they matter more than your virtue signaling.
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