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    • seawolfS
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      @Giles this is honestly the best way to describe it, in my opinion. To me, it’s not about clout, it’s about acknowledging appreciation. At least that’s how I see it here. Other corners of the internet use upvoting much differently. This community is more about sharing common interests than it is about being a social media platform.

      “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

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      • goosehdG
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        This conversation makes me think about a few narcissistic family members that I have/and deal with. They are the happiest when everyone is kissing their asses and stroking their egos, even if it’s making everyone else around them uncomfortable and miserable.

        As my wife likes to point out, true happiness comes from inside of yourself and it’s not what someone can give you.

        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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        • endoE
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          @mclaincausey said in upvote:

          psychologically damaging

          I don't know

          si tacuisses

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          • mclaincauseyM
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            Be all that as it may, there’s a rich body of peer reviewed evidence that observation of social media likes creates a dopamine spike, and in turn that has been tied to self esteem and anxiety issues.

            You can say all you want to say about it out of your cerebral cortex and you can generally believe what you’re saying, but you can’t outmaneuver the lizard brain or brain chemistry.

            I am self assured and all that, but I’m not so arrogant as to think I’m immune from this dopamine spike, thus I avoid looking at Likes. I’d prefer it to be gone entirely but it’s not my forum and I understand how validation addiction drives engagement.

            Think it, be it.

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            • ?
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              Social media is something elso imo. Here we’re nerds with all the same purpose.. our denim and especially IH addiction. We share but we also care for each other. There’s room for a healthy discussion and overall this place is fun. Social media on the other hand is tricky mostly cause people believe it’s normal to break down someone else with words.. or people who are mirroring their ‘perfect life’ which can give some insecurity or worse. But when we get back to the core of this thread then we’re talking about upvotes on this forum. Then i say it’s cool! I trust us to be nerdy denimheads and that status is not something we’re after but just: dude is this size right? And sometimes i just hope that i get a comment on my booty but hey that’s just me..

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              • OaktaviaO
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                I've loved the upvote ever since we moved to this new platform. I upvote the shit out of anything and everything I like. I do it to get others stoked on their IH. There have been more than a few instances when I have reached my limit of 25 upvotes in a day. This isn't social media this is a common and active interest forum. Much different in it's own right.

                IG: electricindigowizard

                "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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                • ?
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                  @Oaktavia +1 and well said! 🧙‍♀️ wisdom

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                  • OaktaviaO
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                    I upvote every Filthy Mike post I see too.

                    IG: electricindigowizard

                    "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                    WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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                    • GilesG
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                      hahahahahahahahah

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • endoE
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                        I like upvotes, can be everything between 'hey nice item', 'good to see / hear from you again' to 'you little cunt'. And, as @Oaktavia said, this isn't usual social media. We're much nicer. 😁

                        si tacuisses

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                        • ARNCA
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                          Generally agree with the positive views. A half-upvote would be useful though (mainly for @Matt when he basically looks great but 🐊).

                          “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                          • endoE
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                            And btw, I've been doing neuroscientific research for almost 30 years. So, I've drawn a graph of what I think the dopamine spikes of an upvote vs. the purchase of a new IH item are in comparison, consider the y-axis logarithmical. My synapses are in constant dopamine overflow since I've joined this forum and I like it.

                            IMG_2480.jpg

                            si tacuisses

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                            • SKTS
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                              I may make this chart my new avatar

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                              • GilesG
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                                @endo I read that one out loud to @Madame-Buttonfly 😂😂😂😂😂

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                • MizmazzleM
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                                  @endo I was going to comment on the dopamine spike I get when I get the UPS app notification that my package from Gosport is out for delivery 🤤

                                  In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                                  • Tago MagoT
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                                    @endo typical MD graph - neither unit nor scale on the axis 😉

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                                    • goosehdG
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                                      @Tago-Mago …but he gets points for it’s legibility 🤣

                                      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                      • Tago MagoT
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                                        @goosehd maybe Mrs endo did the labelling?

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                                        • Tago MagoT
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                                          @Oliver_YO181 I think that sums up the esoteric approach that most medical students and MDs have to lab work and science, at least in my experience

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                                          • endoE
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                                            @Tago-Mago said in upvote:

                                            @endo typical MD graph - neither unit nor scale on the axis 😉

                                            @endo said in upvote:

                                            'good to see / hear from you again' to 'you little cunt'

                                            si tacuisses

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