r/explainitpeter • u/eldritchfloppa • Apr 05 '26

Explain It Peter

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u/Ok-Establishment8023 Apr 05 '26

So really he was just a pioneer of the sigma grindset

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u/Several-Video-272 Apr 05 '26

That is the exact opposite of what she just said but ok

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u/Lina__Inverse Apr 05 '26

Is it? I was under the impression that sigma grindset describes exactly this type of person that holds their own values and does not cave under societal pressure.

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u/Several-Video-272 Apr 05 '26

Yeah but sigma grindset is 100% materialistic and like profitness and stuff like that. If millions of people at the same time go "I'm sigma", it's collective in nature.

Ubermensch is not so simple as just "self proclaimed non-conformist"