View topic - Things that make them better than you (Or so they think)
Why do people take such immense pride in things that really aren't a big deal?
Example 1: People who hate certain fandoms. I'm not saying I don't hate things like Twilight and Lady Gaga, but I don't think I'm better than people who do happen to like those things. It's all opinion and yes, I rag on how awful I think both are and criticize the crap out of them, but for some haters this seems as if it's a mark of their status, like it elevates them in the world. It doesn't, it just makes you a hater, and there's nothing wrong with hating on things but it's nothing to get egotistical about.
Example 2: People who are obsessed with certain fandoms, this is the other side of the fandom spectrum and within this category lurk such strange and unpleasant things as twitards and weeaboos. These aren't just normal fans who like things, these people are obsessed, they eat, sleep and breath their fandom. This is that guy who goes to school dressed like Naruto and constantly has a piece of pocky hanging from his mouth and randomly shouts "believe it" and insists that all anime is good because it came from Japan. He will refuse to watch your Hellsing OVA with you because you prefer the dub to the sub. They are different from haters only because they think that liking something makes them superior.
Example 3: Causes. Oh my lord these are the absolute worst about having unwarranted pride. For example, people who are vegetarians and people who go out of their way to be Eco-friendly, and not even all of them, just certain ones. They act like they're single-handedly saving the world and will sit on their special Eco-friendly bicycles, nomming a mung bean sandwich while they sneer down at you as you sit in your car at the drive thru waiting on your double bacon cheese burger with onions.
Example 4: The absolute bottom of the "Proud to have a Cause" crowd are the "awareness" activists, people who wear stickers or like things on FB so that they can pretend that they're doing something by bringing things that are already in the public eye to peoples attention. Um yeah, I know that breast cancer exists, it was on the news....nice to see that you can point and click and copy and paste so you don't have to leave your chair to do something about it. Being proud of your ability to copy and paste what someone else said just makes you look lazy and I'm not going to care about your cause because I'm to busy shaking my head at your lazy ass. I bet your's sitting there right now, copy/pasting some self-righteous quote on your status while your flabby ass sticks to your chair and you stuff your face with Cheetos and get orange powder all over your pizza stained keyboard! AREN't YOU?!!! *bitch fit*
Example 5: Religious and non-religious people. These are the people that fight with each other over the existence or non-existence of a deity. There's not much to be said here, rabid Theists think they're right, Rabid Atheists think they're right, neither side can be proven wrong or right and the poor theists and atheists in the middle just have to sort of ignore them and get along on their own and hope that the rabid ones aren't making them look too bad.
So those are my top five examples of people who are proud of things that don't matter. Is there anything anyone else want's to add to the list?
Example 1: People who hate certain fandoms. I'm not saying I don't hate things like Twilight and Lady Gaga, but I don't think I'm better than people who do happen to like those things. It's all opinion and yes, I rag on how awful I think both are and criticize the crap out of them, but for some haters this seems as if it's a mark of their status, like it elevates them in the world. It doesn't, it just makes you a hater, and there's nothing wrong with hating on things but it's nothing to get egotistical about.
Example 2: People who are obsessed with certain fandoms, this is the other side of the fandom spectrum and within this category lurk such strange and unpleasant things as twitards and weeaboos. These aren't just normal fans who like things, these people are obsessed, they eat, sleep and breath their fandom. This is that guy who goes to school dressed like Naruto and constantly has a piece of pocky hanging from his mouth and randomly shouts "believe it" and insists that all anime is good because it came from Japan. He will refuse to watch your Hellsing OVA with you because you prefer the dub to the sub. They are different from haters only because they think that liking something makes them superior.
Example 3: Causes. Oh my lord these are the absolute worst about having unwarranted pride. For example, people who are vegetarians and people who go out of their way to be Eco-friendly, and not even all of them, just certain ones. They act like they're single-handedly saving the world and will sit on their special Eco-friendly bicycles, nomming a mung bean sandwich while they sneer down at you as you sit in your car at the drive thru waiting on your double bacon cheese burger with onions.
Example 4: The absolute bottom of the "Proud to have a Cause" crowd are the "awareness" activists, people who wear stickers or like things on FB so that they can pretend that they're doing something by bringing things that are already in the public eye to peoples attention. Um yeah, I know that breast cancer exists, it was on the news....nice to see that you can point and click and copy and paste so you don't have to leave your chair to do something about it. Being proud of your ability to copy and paste what someone else said just makes you look lazy and I'm not going to care about your cause because I'm to busy shaking my head at your lazy ass. I bet your's sitting there right now, copy/pasting some self-righteous quote on your status while your flabby ass sticks to your chair and you stuff your face with Cheetos and get orange powder all over your pizza stained keyboard! AREN't YOU?!!! *bitch fit*
Example 5: Religious and non-religious people. These are the people that fight with each other over the existence or non-existence of a deity. There's not much to be said here, rabid Theists think they're right, Rabid Atheists think they're right, neither side can be proven wrong or right and the poor theists and atheists in the middle just have to sort of ignore them and get along on their own and hope that the rabid ones aren't making them look too bad.
So those are my top five examples of people who are proud of things that don't matter. Is there anything anyone else want's to add to the list?
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People who habitually use illicit substances. I find it extremely annoying when they keep bragging for eons about how interesting marijuana makes them.
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Ubiquitous: Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; Omnipresent. Quite a pompous name, I know.
I actually thought about those but didn't really have enough to say. But you're right, people who smoke weed to be cool are totally dopes. XP Yay for Mary Jane puns...
I've been guilty of all of them at some point or another to some degree. D : *hides signature*
I dunno though just about anything a person can dream up as a reason for being better than another person can be taken out of context and put the holder of such an opinion on a massive ego trip. People are people though, we all are a mix of 'bad' and 'good' qualities that come together to make the overall person. And generally speaking at least we can often find the things we hate in other people in ourselves somewhere where we hide it and hope no one sees it.
I dunno though just about anything a person can dream up as a reason for being better than another person can be taken out of context and put the holder of such an opinion on a massive ego trip. People are people though, we all are a mix of 'bad' and 'good' qualities that come together to make the overall person. And generally speaking at least we can often find the things we hate in other people in ourselves somewhere where we hide it and hope no one sees it.
Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him? ~Chuang Tzu
lateralus es helica wrote:I've been guilty of all of them at some point or another to some degree. D : *hides signature*
I dunno though just about anything a person can dream up as a reason for being better than another person can be taken out of context and put the holder of such an opinion on a massive ego trip. People are people though, we all are a mix of 'bad' and 'good' qualities that come together to make the overall person. And generally speaking at least we can often find the things we hate in other people in ourselves somewhere where we hide it and hope no one sees it.
Well this is true, but there's a difference between feeling a sense of accomplishment or even a little pride in yourself and actually thinking that all of these things make you a better person than everyone else in the room.
Oh I know it's excessiveness you're referring to, people can still do it for just about any reason. For instance another common one people see all the time is age bias. An older person thinks they're better than all younger people, that youth are just idiots and there's no hope or salvation for them. A girl in her twenties thinks she's better than all older people because she's got a hot body and can do whatever she feels like without responsibilities hampering her down. Teenagers thinking they're better than old people who are only a bunch of useless bodies that need changed and are bad drivers. It goes on and on.
People do it with gender all the time as well. Or political affiliation. Spirituality. Income and wealth. Hell I know someone that's been a mooch all his life think he was better than everyone else for joining the Occupy protests.
Just about anything under the sun people can take massively out of cntext and use it to fuel their ego to collosal heights.
People do it with gender all the time as well. Or political affiliation. Spirituality. Income and wealth. Hell I know someone that's been a mooch all his life think he was better than everyone else for joining the Occupy protests.
Just about anything under the sun people can take massively out of cntext and use it to fuel their ego to collosal heights.
Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him? ~Chuang Tzu
Lat: Yeah, I get the age bias one a lot, I go to a community college and of course all of the older people there think the youth is are bunch of irresponsible rabble rousing punks and back in their day....yadda yadda.
Oh god, the drunk party people. "If you don't get drunk, you must be boring. How can you have fun if you're not smashed?" Gimme a break...
And one I've encountered numerous times: the porn-watchers who simply don't believe that it's possible to exist in a life without porn or to have a relationship without being interested in other people or watching other people have sex. To them, anyone who says he does is just lying and/or insecure, has terrible relationships, and lives with a giant stick up his ass because he's clearly some sort of repressed religious nut.
And the list goes on and on, but it can all be summed up with the fact that these kinds of people somehow missed the memo that said "YOU =/= EVERYBODY ELSE". They think everyone should be like them and that anyone who isn't is wrong and silly and beneath them.
The only time anyone should honestly give a damn what other people do/like is when what those people do is seriously having a negative effect on others. And I don't mean "Like, OMG that fat chick should not be wearing that little shirt because my eyes are gonna explode!" No, that is bullshit and you need to get over yourself.
It's fine to be annoyed by this or that and it's fine if you prefer only to associate with people that have something in common with you. But if you are rude about it for no good reason or if you take it to the extreme of insisting that you're right and everyone else is stupid because of X thing that doesn't actually affect anything... That's when it becomes a problem.
And one I've encountered numerous times: the porn-watchers who simply don't believe that it's possible to exist in a life without porn or to have a relationship without being interested in other people or watching other people have sex. To them, anyone who says he does is just lying and/or insecure, has terrible relationships, and lives with a giant stick up his ass because he's clearly some sort of repressed religious nut.
And the list goes on and on, but it can all be summed up with the fact that these kinds of people somehow missed the memo that said "YOU =/= EVERYBODY ELSE". They think everyone should be like them and that anyone who isn't is wrong and silly and beneath them.
The only time anyone should honestly give a damn what other people do/like is when what those people do is seriously having a negative effect on others. And I don't mean "Like, OMG that fat chick should not be wearing that little shirt because my eyes are gonna explode!" No, that is bullshit and you need to get over yourself.
It's fine to be annoyed by this or that and it's fine if you prefer only to associate with people that have something in common with you. But if you are rude about it for no good reason or if you take it to the extreme of insisting that you're right and everyone else is stupid because of X thing that doesn't actually affect anything... That's when it becomes a problem.
- People who think they're better than others because they "don't think they're better than others." :P
Just kidding.
But no, I don't really mind any of them.
Though I hate all vegetarian speakers, which is funny, since for a long time I was one, and I still only eat wildlife fish. But they just get on my nerves. xD
And watching drunk people is much more fun when you're sober. xD
Umm.. people with better writing skills? xD
As if having a debate over the internet, then a person points any & every grammatical error in your text so they can feel like they've "won." And then they go on and on with a big ego.
If that makes any sense. I have poor writing skills myself so.. grr. =0=; Idk.
As if having a debate over the internet, then a person points any & every grammatical error in your text so they can feel like they've "won." And then they go on and on with a big ego.
If that makes any sense. I have poor writing skills myself so.. grr. =0=; Idk.
Well to you they appear pointless, but to others, it's not.
I mean, who cares if they care about things really? :\
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Chunnbay wrote:Umm.. people with better writing skills? xD
As if having a debate over the internet, then a person points any & every grammatical error in your text so they can feel like they've "won." And then they go on and on with a big ego.
If that makes any sense. I have poor writing skills myself so.. grr. =0=; Idk.
- I love how in debates, whether your language skills are good or bad, someone has to comment on them.
You're either guilty of pretension and use too many 'big' words, or you're guilty of stupidity and don't use enough.
The brilliant part is that people don't agree on which you're doing. xD
i'd say the most annoying thing is when they shove their (almost always self-diagnosed) mental disorders in "normal" people's faces because they're oh so super unique and special for """having""" a mental disorder that nobody else has
the reason this bugs me is if that 99% of the people who do this (and people do, i see it all the time) have never even been diagnosed with anything, they just see something online, think it's cool, and take some crackpot internet test to tell them "YOU HAVE X"
i mean if you were seriously mentally ill why would you brag about it? i can understand being open about something, but it's the people who act like they're ever-so different and special for having (cough) a severe mental problem that make me want to tear my hair out (for realz i have trichatillomania it's like this thing where i pull on my hair yeah it's painful i do it because i hate myself and this is how i self harm i used to cut because i r emo but now i just pull my hair out when i'm upset yeah you're lucky you don't have this you priviledged pig normal people r boring lol)
the reason this bugs me is if that 99% of the people who do this (and people do, i see it all the time) have never even been diagnosed with anything, they just see something online, think it's cool, and take some crackpot internet test to tell them "YOU HAVE X"
i mean if you were seriously mentally ill why would you brag about it? i can understand being open about something, but it's the people who act like they're ever-so different and special for having (cough) a severe mental problem that make me want to tear my hair out (for realz i have trichatillomania it's like this thing where i pull on my hair yeah it's painful i do it because i hate myself and this is how i self harm i used to cut because i r emo but now i just pull my hair out when i'm upset yeah you're lucky you don't have this you priviledged pig normal people r boring lol)
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Chunnbay wrote:Umm.. people with better writing skills? xD
As if having a debate over the internet, then a person points any & every grammatical error in your text so they can feel like they've "won." And then they go on and on with a big ego.
If that makes any sense. I have poor writing skills myself so.. grr. =0=; Idk.
from what i just read, it doesn't seem as though your writing skills are bad at all (in comparison to your average internet dweller)
i can see both sides because yeah, it is really annoying when people pick out every single misplaced comma and stuff like that, especially when it's something like just texting or casual conversation
but also it's really hard to take somebody seriously in a serious discussion when
for instance, i once had somebody trying to argue with me over the internet that education wasn't important and that it shouldn't be mandatory after elementary school while tehy ddnt have evenn dnt bascic gramer skilz and dont, no what to spel the must basic thinjs and ddnt no wut there even tawking abuot,
but anyways, your grammar isn't nearly as atrocious as most people on the average forum site and you're actually quite easy to understand so i can see where you're coming from
i can see both sides because yeah, it is really annoying when people pick out every single misplaced comma and stuff like that, especially when it's something like just texting or casual conversation
but also it's really hard to take somebody seriously in a serious discussion when
for instance, i once had somebody trying to argue with me over the internet that education wasn't important and that it shouldn't be mandatory after elementary school while tehy ddnt have evenn dnt bascic gramer skilz and dont, no what to spel the must basic thinjs and ddnt no wut there even tawking abuot,
but anyways, your grammar isn't nearly as atrocious as most people on the average forum site and you're actually quite easy to understand so i can see where you're coming from
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