The same thing can be true about variable names, and it is often more time consuming and error prone to change a variable name to match its new meaning than to simply update a comment. Especially if the variable name is public facing through an API or library then there is a huge cost to change the name everywhere that might reference it.

Envy has existed far longer than social media, none of these things would go away if social media doesn’t exist. Social media just amplifies it.

Comparison has always been the thief of joy.

I think you might need to reread watchmen then