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Most egregious example are the 'status' updates by young entrepreneurs on how humbled they are to appear within Forbes 30 under 30, etc. Always written as if th
by lhnz 10y ago
Most egregious example are the 'status' updates by young entrepreneurs on how humbled they are to appear within Forbes 30 under 30, etc. Always written as if they are congratulating their peers (the future world leaders).
It's the opposite of being humbled. It's amusing (and a little disturbing) that it can be dressed up the way it is.
- freddyc 10y agoThe emergence of these '30 Under 30' lists is troubling in and of itself!
- babygoat 10y agoOh come on! The number of people on the list is greater than the number of years any of those people have been alive. Doesn't that amuse you?
- w1ntermute 10y agoLook up one of the lists from 10 years ago. How many of the people listed are still relevant?
- irpapakons 10y agoOften it's the exact opposite: a way to brag and draw attention to things that people would otherwise not much care about or consider admirable. Pretending to be humbled is basically lying about the amount of recognition you receive in the hopes that new people will be tricked to really consider you important. Perhaps similar to tagging everything with #blessed on instagram. "I'm so humbled and honored and surprised to be/serve as X and I want to thank my parents / offer mentoring to the less fortunate of you" often after aggressive pursuit, self-nomination or unacknowledged massive help / connections to get whatever the thing was.
- JangoSteve 10y agoI had this exact thought once getting an award. I actually opened my acceptance speech with, "This is when I'm supposed to get up here and tell you how humbled I am by this award. But that's the exact opposite of how I feel. According to you, I'm awesome! In fact, I should probably apologize now to my co-workers for how much more difficult I'm going to be to work with after tonight." EDIT: messed up some grammar... this mistake has humbled me.
- amirmc 10y agoI love this! If I'm ever in a position to accept an award I'm going to steal this opening. It's certainly more entertaining than the affected humility we see. Of course, even this approach will have its own shelf life — meaning that, if used widely, it will also become a parody of itself.