Rough guess: what would it suggest? Nothing, unless the picture is derived on the principle of matter analyses, which would mean that every peace of matter is in some way affected by every other piece of matter in the universe. Then, in theory it would be possible to extrapolate the particular individual`s social standing from the time difference in consideration of the fact that a group of people decides to see a midnight showing of Metropolis (at 30 light years distance). This would also imply the information of that individual`s social standing and the group`s decision to see metropolis was already around, when it all started with the big bang.
This closes the logical loop, because we are at that “nothing” point again.

This is supposed to be funny, but it is arguable if Germans (like myself) even understand what humor really is.

Think of the things you do that you tend to feel proud of, and you’ll probably resist the idea that you do these things to raise your status.

I agree that I am proud of things that raise status, but I think there’s an important distinction:

I am proud of the things I think should raise my status, and I am often “anti-proud” of things which actually raise my status (that is, more than they should).

Wow, you guys have waaaay too much time on your hands. But, having said that, perhaps you can consider the following:

“If you had ten cameras focused on the same person on Earth (at intervals of ten light years distance), [1,000,000,000mp resolution], what would the time difference suggest about that individual’s social standing if a group of people decided (at 30 light years distance) to go to the local alternative movie house and view a midnight showing of, “Metropolis?”

I was also thinking that for utilitarians, there is a philanthropic minimum per status increase. For every status increase, there is dis-utility created for other people who lower in status in exchange. So depending on how far up your status is from subsistence level (or the level where all wealth/status is shared equally by the world), there is a minimum amount of philanthropy you must do (minimum amount of utility to others).

If we find a function to calculate this minimum contribution, maybe we can reach some equilibrium.

Note* you might think that if everyone contributed their minimum amount, we would all go back to subsistence level. However, this is not taking into account economies of scale higher status people can take advantage of in contributing their minimum utility.