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Arrogance is not about actions or statements but attitude. It's not about what you say but how you say it. How good one's predictions of oneself are is irreleva
by akkartik 19y ago
Arrogance is not about actions or statements but attitude. It's not about what you say but how you say it. How good one's predictions of oneself are is irrelevant.
I don't understand people who say success justifies arrogance (or worse, makes it not-arrogance altogether). Success just shields you from the consequences of your arrogance.
- mechanical_fish 19y agoArrogance is not about actions or statements but attitude. Yes, but whose attitude? That of the "arrogant" person, or that of the person who interprets a certain set of actions and statements as "arrogance"? The problem is that there's only one (e.g.) Linus Torvalds, but he has thirty thousand critics, of all shapes and sizes and cultures, with a widely varying range of personalities. Some of his critics are bound to have no sense of humor. Some of them are bound to have a tin ear for dialogue. Some of them are bound to be jealous as hell. Some of them are enemies. Some of them are trolls.
- akkartik 19y agoYes, arrogance is subjective. I'm not contesting that. Successful douchebags (by whoever's standards) are still douchebags.