The human brain constantly produces impulses of neural energy, kind of like a mini power plant or inner engine. People differ in the intensity of these impulses. Some have a high "voltage", others - "low". And this generated neural energy (excitation) needs to be spent on some type of activities. This energy can reflect in how "jumpy" or visibly energetic a person is, but not nesessary.
Both Mark and Doyoung have strong power plants within them. However, the way this energy is processed and spent varies significantly. Mark spends his a lot in a direct way - through work (long hours, big load), physical activity (the way his dance is super energised), loud voice and laugh, creativity (contemplating and writing, brainwork). I guess Christianity and faith help him to streamline his path as well, there are deep grooves to run along without unnesessary worry. He wants k-pop to be known around the world, the horizon is wide and there are many more mountains ahead, so he has no problem how to channel his energy. He juggles three teams, heh.
Doyoung is not a physical type, spending neural energy through pure physical activity (running, dancing) doesn't work for him. It tires him and the cells in the brain and muscles, eats up sugars, of course, but doesn't let him dispell the neural charge.
A normal active brain.
Doyoung's
The energy still sips through the body in physical manifestations: a bouncing leg, walking on heels, cracking of knuckles, chirps, jumps, poking of others. However, it's not an outlet, just the energy leaking through cracks. Doyoung can't sit still and can't tolerate boredome. He needs to make himself busy and active.
I actually started to write this post because of this 2Dongs moment. An example of a very happy Doyoung unleashing his positive energy on a person nearby. Literally rubbing off the excessive charge, lol.
These last couple of shows gave us a new Doyoung - a Doyoung free of worries in his pure excited and content form. His solo career progresses well and he is working on his second album, WayV and Wish are doing well (NCT as a brand), 127 as well (the motivation of the members) despite the absence of Jae and Tae. Evidently currently there is a good dialogue with SM (A&R team, a good director for the concert, Mark and Hyuk getting their solos, (I assume) an appropriate budget for 127, etc). Also, Jaehyun should be settling well and also not complaining.
In the past Do demonstrated his energy through sassiness and wit (self-protection, he was establishing his position in the group, fought in the hierarchy games), worry and irritation (127 had troubles and didn't progress in popularity as quickly as Do hoped, a constant burden to succeed with every comeback, a chance to change the tide that had to be seized), nagging and micromanaging (the desire to move things, to get to the destination), even a burn-out and tears (when the body couldn't take the high voltage that wasn't spent properly, and a dam had to be broken for a forced release).
Doyoung spends his energy through reshaping the environment, influencing it somehow, making it better for people around him. He is the most grounded when he controls or affects in other way (singing, empathically) a large crowd. Not for the power, for the feeling of others being taken care of/doing well. Then his brain energy is properly channeled, the outflow is big (and there is none to remain and damage him from within). He is social and society oriented, his drive is to interact not with the natural world (nature, animals) or inner world (art, knowledge/science), but the society, other people.
When he talked of being bored being a child, his way out was to join clubs (like an art club), become a class president and run for the school student body. He cooked and invited friends to his house. He was hurt by being ostracised a lot and found salvation in singing (not a musical instrument or computer games, animals). Already then he demontrated how it was most natural for him to apply his energy.
When Do doesn't have things to worry about and people to micromanage (who do everything the right way without the need for him to intervene), his energy naturally emanates in a positive way: goofiness/playfulness, wide smiles and giggles (in the end), lightness, being hyper and extra, and boldness.
This moment (when Do asked the crowd of this size to repeat "2 Baddies" after him) especially demonstrated well the "expansion" (of his kekkai, lol) he does when he is in a right place mentally and occupationally.
It's important that Do said in public during his award speech that he worked hard. He is a perfectionist, he can easily find fault in anything, he is very demanding of himself, it's the first place or you are a loser mentality. So the fact that he is truly proud of himself and content of his own achievements (enough to praise and thank himself) is a sign of him being in a good mental shape and generally satisfied with how everything is going, with his life.
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A part of 127 fandom is making another round of "SM ruined everything!" pity-party (it's been happening quite often lately), and in another corner of X new fans who joined during "Walk" are quitely wondering what are those people talking about, heh. What dicrease of popularity?
I'm an outsider on X. I don't write there, I only lurk. As such, my infobubble isn't as narrow as that of a solo-fan, I have a better airial view. At the same hour, side by side, I can see twits from solo fans complaining how everyone in the fandom is against their bias and twits from NCTzens or non-whiny solo-fans celebrating frienships in 127 or supporting solo-releases of not their biases, re-twitting pictures with them. I read comments on YT from real NCTzens who like all units and see there thousands of positive comments. In addition, I'm subsribed to many kfans and can read on Russian k-pop forums, so I can compare English-speaking i-fans with opinions of non-English-speaking fans, see the differences. Likewise, I observe beef in other fandoms, identify common current trends and problems shared by stans in general.
I can also notice how quickly X algorythm changes what it offers to me ("for you" feed) sometimes. How after using one key word or subscribing to one new account, I get bombarded with a new topic for a while.
X as a platform offers multiple benefits, however, it is not well-suited for fandom discussions and fandom experience. It skews "the reality" of a user by creating and maintaining a personal infobubble too well. Your initial belief is reinforced there. If you say aloud "everyone hates my bias", X will echo "yes, you are correct" and offer you a hundred anti-twits to answer and support your claim. And it's in human nature to react to something unpleasant (retwit, subtwit) more often than to something nice. The memory works the same way. One anti-twit will criss-cross ten praising ones. Not to mention, we filter incoming information on a default mode and pick out what we were focusing on before (you probably can't tell the number of staircase steps leading to the door of your apartment/house, but you actually know, you don't lift up your leg high from the last step).
People are not immune to cognitive biases and instinctual social programmes. They normally work within us without being noticed. Including the "I can't be wrong" protection of one's belief after that belief had been challenged.
The second reason that social media may be harder on girls is that girls and boys are aggressive in different ways. Research by psychologist Nicki Crick shows that boys are more physically aggressive—more likely to shove and hit one another, and they show a greater interest in stories and movies about physical aggression. Girls, in contrast, are more “relationally” aggressive; they try to hurt their rivals’ relationships, reputations, and social status—for example, by using social media to make sure other girls know who is intentionally being left out. When you add it all up, there’s no overall sex difference in total aggression, but there’s a large and consistent sex difference in the preferred ways of harming others.
From "The coddling of the American mind".
This passage caught my attention. Maybe that's the reason behind fangirls of k-pop idols going out of their way to destroy reputation of other idols? I mean creating temporal accounts, releasing personal information, spreading falsifications, twisting words of an idol, etc.
If a bias and his "rival" belong to the same group, the hated "enemy" goes nowhere, agression pents up and is released in a "natural" way?
There is also a talk about more and more people developing external locus of control (the events outside of personal control and other people drive one's actions and the outcomes). Meaning, fans with the outside locus of control will think it's not the bias' lack of singing skills or lazyness that is to blame, but the company or fellow members. All the blame is then directed at the "rival" with a conclusion that if he is eliminated, the bias will prosper.
On tribal mind and why fanwars happen for no real reason
There’s a famous series of experiments in social psychology called the minimal group paradigm, pioneered by Polish psychologist Henri Tajfel, who served in the French Army during World War II and became a prisoner of war in Germany. Profoundly affected by his experiences as a Jew during that period in Europe, including having his entire family in Poland murdered by the Nazis, Tajfel wanted to understand the conditions under which people would discriminate against members of an outgroup. So in the 1960s he conducted a series of experiments, each of which began by dividing people into two groups based on trivial and arbitrary criteria, such as flipping a coin. For example, in one study, each person first estimated the number of dots on a page. Irrespective of their estimations, half were told that they had overestimated the number of dots and were put into a group of “overestimators.” The other half were sent to the “underestimators” group. Next, subjects were asked to distribute points or money to all the other subjects, who were identified only by their group membership. Tajfel found that no matter how trivial or “minimal” he made the distinctions between the groups, people tended to distribute whatever was offered in favor of their in-group members.
Later studies have used a variety of techniques to reach the same conclusion. Neuroscientist David Eagleman used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the brains of people who were watching videos of other people’s hands getting pricked by a needle or touched by a Q-tip. When the hand being pricked by a needle was labeled with the participant’s own religion, the area of the participant’s brain that handles pain showed a larger spike of activity than when the hand was labeled with a different religion. When arbitrary groups were created (such as by flipping a coin) immediately before the subject entered the MRI machine, and the hand being pricked was labeled as belonging to the same arbitrary group as the participant, even though the group hadn’t even existed just moments earlier, the participant’s brain still showed a larger spike. We just don’t feel as much empathy for those we see as “other.”
The bottom line is that the human mind is prepared for tribalism. Human evolution is not just the story of individuals competing with other individuals within each group; it’s also the story of groups competing with other groups—sometimes violently. We are all descended from people who belonged to groups that were consistently better at winning that competition. Tribalism is our evolutionary endowment for banding together to prepare for intergroup conflict. When the “tribes switch” is activated, we bind ourselves more tightly to the group, we embrace and defend the group’s moral matrix, and we stop thinking for ourselves. A basic principle of moral psychology is that “morality binds and blinds,” which is a useful trick for a group gearing up for a battle between “us” and “them.” In tribal mode, we seem to go blind to arguments and information that challenge our team’s narrative. Merging with the group in this way is deeply pleasurable—as you can see from the pseudotribal antics that accompany college football games.
(From "The Coddling of the American mind" by Greg Lukianoff)
Bold by me.
"Moral matrix" and "team's narrative" are easily observable in kfandoms. Some untruth (our bias is mistreated) or story (this member is the reason out bias is mistreated; all 127zens are bigots and care not for DJJ) gains support by those who can't resist the tribal pull, who find the satisfaction in "merging with the group".
I also want to point out that the experiments demonstrated how easy it is to divide people into "us" vs "them". Even just a name, a label is enough. Today ifans of WayV were super offended that the albums of other NCT units will be sold at WayV's fanmeets in Japan. As if it's not the same big group and it's not more comfortable for fans who like and support several units (and they exist) to be able to buy all albums they want at once.
A good example of how "fake news" are created in kpop fandoms. Dream's alleged empty venue (a lie). Read the qrts.
People on twitter spend one second on a twit, repost it with their comments without actually collecting information about the event or the person. Just keep it in mind, you know your own biases and won't be fooled about them, however, you too can fall victim to such false statements outside of the body of your knowledge. Don't take twits at face value without real proofs and checking for arguments from the other side.
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I'm listening to a philosopher about the current crisis of identity, the absence of guaranteed reward for hardwork, true media dissapearing, etc. And he says that the reason why people attack others online is because they want to put the moral guilt (from "narcissistic shame") they feel themselves on someone else, and that the prominent figures naturally become easy targets. That the people who feel overwhelmed (by the demands of the current world) want to take off the burden, and joining "the right cause"/"the right side" (becomnig a part of it) is a quick and easy way to feel oneself good, ethical and superior, it's a wicked form of therapy. This "joining the ranks" is a simple step, that requires no hard work (like collecting information, investigating, thinking, asking questions, pondering, making a choice, a decision). A Noname with no own achievements can feel above famous people (who worked and achieved or created something).
The morale of an online group is situational, it has no basis, and constantly changes. There are no fixed norms, morals, values. People can change their values everyday because they don't announce them (they are not public firgures, but anonymous online), thus there is invisibility.
He also says how the ones who start the hate take things (a quote, an action) out of context and surround it with trigger words, make an association or a direct comparison to a painful topic (that instantly evokes strong negative emotions and halts any rational thinking).
I think among neos, jeongwoo is the one that I can’t seem to understand how his mind works. Others i can sometimes understand them.
And how is it in life, we can understand other people’s action? Is it because we find it relatable or maybe we can make sense of the action when we know the reasons? Why do want to understand others?
Jungwoo plays a role for the camera, and his role is shaky, he still tries this and that, looks for ways to appeal. He is getting better at variety and the balancing game, but it's still work in progress. Notice how many neos say "Jungwoo is more charming/funny off stage, I wish you could see".
Jungwoo was added several years after debut, he had to quickly find his own spot, win over the fans. Freshly debuted idols are not ready to be themselves, in Korea people are not praised for being unique individuals, speaking their own mind, on the contrary. And an idol has to be a perfect being: funny, pleasing, talented, etc. Remember how during MarkWoo's relay cam Woo said he is afraid to come off as boring. He is still surprised when he is approached and recognised on the streets. He doesn't think he is famous as Kim Jungwoo.
Read on "theory of mind". We assume another human has a soul and a mind (like us), and as a result this human does what we do in the same situation. It is a common trap, people attribute motives and thoughts to other people taking themselves as originals (I will do this and this in this situation, so he must do this and this).
Because we have this programme of putting a soul/mind in objects, we anthropomorphise animals and rivers, create gods of trees, give personal names to cars and swords.
To understand another person you either have to be very similar in brain anatomy (look how musicians or geeks "get" each other), experience the same event (like an earthquake) or study people like a species and document motives and reactions, behaviour, the reasons for this behaviour. For example, everyone is looking at current Russians (take interviews, write down events, the evolution of propaganda, etc) to try to understand how and why Germans in Nazi Germany supported fashism.
That's why I say learn neurobiology, it will help in real life, the science will give you tools to understand human behaviour and will explain how different types of brains function.
As to why we want to understand other people. We are social animals, we have to live and work with other people. To do this we need to have mutual understanding, people around us need to be predictable, reliable. We need stability of our environment, we want simplicity. We can't do anything if we are afraid for our safety, for example. We need to get close to a new person first, to start to trust him. That's why there are so many biological and cultural mechanisms. Greetings, polite speech, smiles, hierarchy, having dinners together, small talk, going to karaoke, getting drunk together and what not. Everything to make sure that another person isn't interested in killing or exploiting you.
When people don't understand another person's behaviour, they can't predict that behaviour, which makes them feel uneasy, fearful, they start to dislike that person.
Doyoung's habit of pinching his arm, and especially this last video example, is a good illustration of why body language is honest.
1) Habits are hard to control, and sometimes hard to take notice of. People do stuff involuntary. As an idol Doyoung wants to project a clean image, but he fails to keep his hands in check amidst activities. His other two noticeable habits are shaking of a leg and snapping of knuckles.
2) Different body parts can work independantly, execute different commands. Doyoung himself is focused on the people around him, he uses his left arm to make a gesture, at the same time his right arm continues to pinch the skin without a pause. A person can say one thing, but do another. It takes time to stop an action. Doyoung needs first to remember that his right arm is pinching skin and give it a command to stop. Because he is very focused on talking and reacting to the surrounding world, his arm works on autopilot.
