>>11114695Being disagreeable is positively associated with socioecojomic success, however it also scales positively with criminality.
Because of this. Being disagreeable can be seen as a high risk, high reward strategy, but for most low status people carries mostly negative consequences.
So putting a threshold on what it takes to exert disagreeable behaviour is a good way to take advantage of the trait while limiting the negative repercussions of being your "go to" strategy.