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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Strivers are people who want to do better whether it is in their marriage, child rearing, career etc. Yes, striving too hard can become a negative especially if it just career focused at the expense of marriage and family. [/quote]

It's mostly the 40-something social media moms, who want everything to look "perfect", while sh&t is literally hitting the fan behind the scenes. [/quote]

I think this article does a good job of defining a striver by what a striver isn't.

https://www.businessinsider.com/wearing-casual-clothes-at-work-to-show-wealth-2017-2

"Americans at the top have become the experts in countersignaling, because they don’t feel they have to impress anyone."

"Countersignaling is when you go out of your way to show you don’t need to go out of your way. The boss doesn’t have to wear a tie or even dress up.

If he did, that would suggest he had something to prove, which would be a negative rather than a positive impression."

"In an art gallery or some other high-end retail outlet, the dealers and directors know that very often the biggest spenders walk in the door wearing jeans and sneakers. Those who show up in the suit and tie are less likely to drop $10 million on a Basquiat, as the choice of formal garb signals they still have something to prove.

But if you’re just hanging out in a train station and watching travelers pass by, you probably won’t think the same lofty thoughts about those people in the jeans and sneakers; instead, you would sooner assume that those with the suits and ties have more money.

The upshot is this: When it comes to signaling and judging status, significant parts of America are becoming more like the art gallery and less like the train station."

[u]Recognition is never more than an act of Google away, and so the American notion of class is based all the more on what a person already has done, and the class distinctions are enforced ultimately not by snobby matrons who run social circles but rather by the act of Googling itself.
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A striver is someone who isn't at the top and is trying way too hard to signal that they are and often clueless about how things have changed in terms of social status.[/quote]

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