OP comes in asking for help virtue signalling so they can feel OK about flying.
The majority of other posters have to virtue signal even harder about how terrible flying is and if you don't bike everywhere from your 100 square foot vegan solar paneled lean-to that you are a terrible human being.
Worked out like most of these threads. Well done everyone!
HA! I was wondering if someone was going to point that out. Best quote all day.
I had to look up "virtue signal" since I'd heard the term but didn't know its definition. I think
@davisgang90 was implying I was virtue signaling so I wanted to know what it meant. It seemed snarky and cynical, but I wasn't sure.
Wikipedia says, "Virtue signalling is the conspicuous expression of moral values. . . . In recent years, the term has been more commonly used within groups to criticize those who are seen to value the expression of virtue over action."
Maybe Davisgang90 wasn't referring to me, but I was sharing actions I've taken and how they led to joy, discovery, and personal growth that I think is available to anyone. I didn't imply anyone was a terrible human being. I didn't read others expressing virtue over action. Being in my 4th year of not flying doesn't feel like inaction.
I also don't think of joy and discovery as moral values. I feel like if someone asked how to make dessert with corn syrup and I suggested fresh fruit. Is that virtue signalling or just sharing what I found works?
Davisgang90, or
@insufFIcientfunds , if by virtue signalling you mean people are expressing virtue over action, what would constitute genuinely, authentically acting, since I thought I was? Should we give up on environmental issues and not do anything?
Or did I misinterpret?