The company you keep

Someone had mentioned to another person about the impact of the company they keep.

Does the choice of “the company you keep” impact your popularity with those of a group whose company you do not keep, and does it matter to you?

@divegeester said
Someone had mentioned to another person about the impact of the company they keep.

Does the choice of “the company you keep” impact your popularity with those of a group whose company you do not keep, and does it matter to you?

Popularity among people I associate with but do not respect is not important to me. The company I keep has nothing to do with popularity: it's about connections, commonality, and overlaps. I see popularity as being an effect that might or might not exist among strangers or people that don't matter. It serves no meaningful purpose. If I were a celebrity or a performer, and popularity was an economic factor, I'd see it differently, no doubt.

@divegeester said
Someone had mentioned to another person about the impact of the company they keep.

Does the choice of “the company you keep” impact your popularity with those of a group whose company you do not keep, and does it matter to you?

Q: Does the choice of “the company you keep” impact your popularity with those of a group whose company you do not keep.
A: It's possible, but it would depend on the circumstances and people involved.

Q: Does it matter to you?
A: No. The people I associate with (a few close friends and relatives) don't care what the company I do not keep (mostly former classmates) think.

the older I get the less I care whether I am Liked or not,I am marmite,some love others despise but marmite is still marmite.

@mchill said
Q: Does the choice of “the company you keep” impact your popularity with those of a group whose company you do not keep.
A: It's possible, but it would depend on the circumstances and people involved.

I concur, wise words as usual!

-VR

@david-burton said
the older I get the less I care whether I am Liked or not,I am marmite,some love others despise but marmite is still marmite.

I share this perspective.

@divegeester said

popularity, does it matter to you?

i imagine the number of moms in this world that use me as an example when screaming at their kids

and i laugh and laugh and laugh

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I keep asking him if he brought enough for the whole class, but

he just laughs and laughs and laughs.

@suzianne said
I keep asking him if he brought enough for the whole class, but

he just laughs and laughs and laughs.

LOL....

-VR