The problem is that stoic people can suffer a serious social penalty to their interests and the cooperation they get from others. It&#x27;s expected that, once you are in a bad situation, you fight in an outwardly visible fashion. If you don&#x27;t display the markers of frustration in an easily understandable way, people will think you just don&#x27;t care enough. Meanwhile, there is little downside to histrionics and unreasonable demands, putting the stoic at a severe disadvantage.