Apologies if this isn't really MRA-related, but looking for a safe space for men to post this into, anyways

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Something of a thought experiment that I been recently thinking, is with the hyper-vigilance of modern society, there is no denying you can't afford to some extent, be boring, vanilla or ''straight-edge'' anymore as a guy, meaning you have to really spice up your profile as a man within mainstream society, you cannot be basic and generic anymore, you really have to stand out

However I want and I repeat, I want to keep a nuanced perspective and discussion and avoid confirmation bias and over-sureness of my statements

So with all that out of the way, let's get going, shall we?
So what leads me to believe men have less social ability to be boring, vanilla or ''straight-edge'' in this day and age?
A couple of possible theories and contributing factors if that is the case

-The rise of celebrity culture, this is because with celebrity culture you swing the bat with people wanting to emulate their ''idols'' if you will, one could argue actually this is one of the reasons influencer culture came to even about in the first place. While some celebrities live relatively modest and normal-fashion lives, we all know for the most part celebrities always love spicing things up, whether it be thru wealth, accomplishment-honor, advertising or physique demonstrations

-The act of advertising, the role advertising plays on this is quiet significant. After all advertising counts a lot on depictions and portrayals of luxury and hedonism, not always, but mostly. Is there advertising focused on the practicality and utility side of things? Absolutely!, but the majority of themes in advertising are your typical attention grabs like luxury, hedonism, a catchy voice or just exceptionally attractive people being the presenters of the promos. The celebrity boom of the 90s definitely didn't help

-The lack of existential threats or adversity and hardship from everyday life for most people, this one is a mind-puzzle. On one hand humans are just pitted against each other as ever before, on another hand though, there is no denying humanity lacks existential threats, if you believe in climate change there's that, but it is not alarming enough for the populace to get a mind alert out of it: Talking more like wild animals attacking us, plowing through the open terrains to put food on the table before agriculture took off, dealing with adverse and uncertain weather conditions, etc. When I say adversity and hardship from everyday life, I mean that of the natural world, not human imposed social and societal ills. What the comfort and sheltering of everyday society do is it causes people to be easily mind-starved and de-stimulated, so we create wild shit all for the sake of getting a dopamine rush, kinda like the Jackass style challenges that pop up in social media[remember the Tide Pods and Ice Bucket challenges everyone? Sure, comparing the Tide Pods challenge to the Ice Bucket Challenge, may seem insulting, but the point is it is something we as a society created ourselves to fulfil our dopamine rush of overcoming adversity], as a result people are going to want someone more spiced up or adventurous

-The advent of social media, because social media once again relies on the over-doing of presenting a well-polished image to others, I mean you can present yourself on social media as you would like, but there is no denying your social media image plays as much of a role, as anything else

So, with all that outta way, have I presented enough convincing arguements? Let us know what you think down in the comments below