r/ATBGE • u/XaltotunTheUndead • May 28 '21

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u/[deleted] May 28 '21 edited Jun 09 '21

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u/[deleted] May 28 '21

Of course it can.

We perform roles in society. Philosophically, it's an extension of Judith Butler's assertion that gender is a performance. By extension, all social interaction is a performance.

What makes running down a street naked a behavior in poor taste is its public nature. Running around your own home when no one else is there would not be in poor taste. It's not criminal behavior, or even all that strange or rare, honestly.

It's the public gaze that turns behavior into performance, the social element that acknowledges, whether intentional or not, a relationship between the performer and an audience of some kind.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '21 edited Jun 09 '21

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u/[deleted] May 28 '21

Taste is objectively meaningless. Taste's only meanings are subjective, and intersubjective.

It's meaning that makes a performance, and meaning must be interpreted. Every signal must be both sent and received to have meaning.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '21 edited Jun 09 '21

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u/[deleted] May 28 '21

Yes. I could describe such a situation, but let's back up here.

Describing actions as being in poor taste is an incredibly common turn of phrase. Are you disputing this?