You know, some of the things that you do
are the adult version
of giving somebody else
the ick.
Fortunately for you though, we're here
to help make sure that doesn't happen.
Some of these are strategic while others
are just about being a basic human being.
Here are 15 Things That Instantly Lower Status
First up,
bad hygiene
Don't stink.
Don't stand too close to people
unless they specifically asked for it.
Nobody wants to feel your breath anyway.
Shower, brush
your teeth, clean your hair.
Don't touch other people.
Don't throw garbage on the floor
or on the street.
Wear clean clothes and no.
Okay.
The same T-shirt You're walked yesterday
no longer counts as clean.
Fix your teeth,
fix your cavities
as well as that root canal.
This is rooted back in the gilded ages,
where people who had bad hygiene
usually were festering with disease.
So as humans, we learn to stay away from them.
Poor hygiene tells people.
You don't take yourself seriously.
You don't take the situation seriously.
And you couldn't take the time
to do the bare minimum
of washing yourself.
People realizing you're
talking nonsense.
The moment someone realizes you're full of shit,
nothing you ever say
will be trusted.
Society will give you the benefit of the doubt
in the first place.
But once they realize
you've been capping, you're done in their eyes.
Not only do you have the audacity
to waste their time by talking about something
you know nothing about,
but you're actively
trying to deceive them
by positioning yourself
as something you're not.
We learn to do better after the Emperor's
Clothes story came out.
Digging with
personal questions.
Some things aren't meant to be shared
with the public, and to most people,
you count as the public.
If you're not close enough
that someone would volunteer that information,
you best not ask them
unless you do it for personal gain.
Which is why most people
will be reluctant.
You've met people who just want
to stick their noses
in as deep as they can into your business,
and it always leaves you wondering
what the hell is wrong with them.
If you cross the line, you're done.
They will look down on you.
You look physically tired
or ill.
Now, this is a counterintuitive idea
because you would think tired
people are hard working.
But that's not how it works.
The more tired you are,
the more you had to work.
Meaning you don't yet
own your freedom
in high society.
Telling someone they look tired
is actually an insult.
As for the ill part, it's
the stay away from sick people example.
All over again.
Being bad with money.
Being bad with money
is a car crash in the making.
It's just a matter of time.
Bad with money
signals, poor self-control
and poor understanding
of one's priorities
in relation to time.
If you're being bad with money,
it also puts the circle's
resources at risk
because we
tend to associate ourselves with those who can
contribute to the circle's
well-being.
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Allowing others
to speak down on you
and not standing up
for yourself.
Aluxer the world treats you
how you treat yourself.
If you let others walk all over you,
you might draw sympathy,
but not respect.
And how much other people respect you is a key
piece of where you place
in the social hierarchy.
More respect equals
higher status.
We actually made an entire video similar to this one
that breaks down in detail the small things
that immediately increase status.
You can check it out in the top
right corner or in the description.
Not being able to read a room
saying the wrong thing
at the wrong time, trying to be funny
when you shouldn't and failing
not being able to tell
how other people feel.
All of this builds this avatar of
what kind of person you are
in the minds of other people.
If you want to be invited
into the room again,
learn to read the room you're in.
Believe it or not,
your status is
what grants you access
to certain rooms.
If you feel like other
people are gatekeeping you
from your dream life,
well, you might be the real reason
they don't let you at an
lack of emotional control.
Somebody
who cries all the time.
Somebody who can't pull
themselves together when you need them to.
Somebody who loses themselves to anger.
Someone who's unpredictably violent.
If they don't contribute to the room
or they've got the ability to change
the vibe of the room for the worst
because of their inability
to control themselves.
It's an immediate red flag
that nobody wants to associate with.
Life is already complicated, okay?
We don't need to be wary of those
we allow inside the castle
walls.
Excessive behaviors,
excessive drinking,
shoving too much food in your mouth.
Severely overly
religious or severely
anti-religious,
too woke, too conservative.
Anything in the extremes
is bad.
The problem with excess
is it indicates who you are.
Even if the early signs
are positive,
the first piece of chocolate tastes great.
The second one as well.
But if you keep going, it'll make you sick
and even kill you.
Once again, it boils down to your ability
to self-control
and take the value
in everything you touch.
People who are lost
and lack purpose in life.
Have you met people
who just aren't going anywhere?
People who don't know
what to do with their lives.
People who have no purpose.
They just are.
There's nothing about them
that's interesting.
You know how they say
everyone is a hero in their own stories?
Well, these people are
the closest thing to end
pieces.
The reason why we look down on people
without drive or goals
is because we want to know
others are incentivized
to perform.
They'll give it their best because it would get them
closer to whatever it is
they desire.
Lacking purpose
is like an unlit candle.
It's there. Sure.
But it's not helping anyone.
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Cruelty.
Look, any
kind of cruelty is
low status
behavior, cruelty toward animals,
cruelty toward people
you deem below you.
To those less lucky than you are.
Cruelty is an unnecessary cause of suffering,
and only low status individuals
can get themselves to make
someone or something else
suffer with a no reason.
A disregard
for the rules of the House.
The House sets the rules.
If you walk into the house,
you make a choice to follow
the rules of the house.
You are a guest.
Behave like it.
The host should be accommodating
to the guests.
They've invited in, but never should the guests
who run the show.
Always remember what position
you occupy in the room.
Any break of this unspoken
rule will immediately
get you labeled as low class.
This right here is
why modern society looks down
on many immigrants who
fail to assimilate,
Making one thing your
entire personality.
Being a one trick
pony means that once
the trick is done,
people have no reason
to keep you around
making one thing
your entire personality is just
another form of extremism.
There's nothing left to discover about that person.
You know where they'll stand on any issue.
Plus they become incredibly annoying about it.
And, you know exactly what we're talking about.
If you've met any newly minted
vegans
lacking basic skills,
even if you were born
with a silver spoon in your mouth,
not being able to take care of yourself
and your basic environment shows
that you failed at becoming
a complete adult.
Cooking, Changing
a light bulb, washing
and ironing your own clothes,
shopping for yourself.
These are just essentials.
How are you?
28 and don't know how to pay your taxes.
How are you? 33.
And you need your mommy or your wife
to get you a doctor's appointment.
How are you?
41. And you don't own
an electric screwdriver
or a grill?
Low status, that's how.
And going
against the consensus
and being wrong.
It's the one thing to go
against the crowd and be right.
Society will label
you as a visionary, as someone able
to see things that nobody else could.
If, on the other hand, though,
you go against the crowd and the crowd is right,
then you're just going to be labeled as stupid.
That's the cost.
High status comes from
being right.
The more rights you are,
the more people are going to be willing
to follow your lead because of your excellent
track record of decision making.
Low status
comes from being mostly wrong,
especially in situations
where it matters.
You've met people
you internally labeled
as low status.
What triggered that
label for you?
Let us know in the comments
and as thank you for watching until the end.
We've got a bonus
even though it ain't a Sun video.
One last little indicator that you might be
low status.
How comfortable you are
with unnecessary discomfort.
The biggest sign of a low
IQ is being comfortable
with annoying background noises.
Things like smoke alarms, beeping water
jumping from a tap, a loud speaker,
phone calls, screaming children, doors
opening and closing in the wind,
dogs barking, Bluetooth speakers
outside, loud conversations.
You know, Schopenhauer, he really knew it
well with people
screaming from one side of the house
to the other with blatant disregard for other people.
The running theory
is that these people are okay with it
because there's no inner monologue happening
inside their head, so there's nothing to
disturb in the first place.
What an academic way
to call somebody dumb.
If you had fun with this one,
Alexa, make sure to answer the
question we asked earlier,
and we'll see you back here on Sunday.
Take care.