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> ...humility is one of those words, like authenticity or (lately) resistance, that serves mainly to advertise the absence of the thing named... Humility is ha

> ...humility is one of those words, like authenticity or (lately) resistance, that serves mainly to advertise the absence of the thing named... Humility is having a realistic view of your own abilities and worth while being OK with it. It's not a vacuum of self-worth or something. We have other words for that. To illustrate, it's not humble for LeBron James to say he's bad at basketball. It would be humble for him to claim his ability while internalizing his limitations, both on the court and off. So, to bring this back to Midwesterners, a Midwestern might say, "Yeah, I'm a great programmer, but it's not like I'm going to change the world through constructing elegant hierarchies for maximum code reuse and extensibility. Pass the green bean casserole, please."

EADGBE 9y ago
I've found there's a lot of us talented in the art of programming; whom don't always take it so seriously. That doesn't happen much outside of here.
sp332 9y ago
I think it just meant that someone who claims to be humble is probably bragging. Not that no one is humble.
- mastax 9y ago
  Yes like the standard award acceptance speech "I feel so humbled..."
- Veelox 9y ago
  I see humility as having a proper understanding of your own ability without arrogance. If I am at Thanksgiving dinner and my mom tries to brag that I am the best programmer in the state it is humble to correct her in saying that even though I have a great job, there are a lot of things I still cannot do.
  - sp332 9y ago
    But look at the context. "Authenticity" has been made meaningless, so any mass-produced focus-grouped consumer product can be called "authentic". And it's now the same with humble, which mean that it should describe something small, frugal, or at least not-ostentatious. But now big, splurgy things or places call themselves humble.
- zanny 9y ago
  A humblebrag! https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=humblebrag https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=humblebrag

EADGBE 9y ago

I've found there's a lot of us talented in the art of programming; whom don't always take it so seriously. That doesn't happen much outside of here.

sp332 9y ago

I think it just meant that someone who claims to be humble is probably bragging. Not that no one is humble.

mastax 9y ago
Yes like the standard award acceptance speech "I feel so humbled..."
Veelox 9y ago
I see humility as having a proper understanding of your own ability without arrogance. If I am at Thanksgiving dinner and my mom tries to brag that I am the best programmer in the state it is humble to correct her in saying that even though I have a great job, there are a lot of things I still cannot do.
- sp332 9y ago
  But look at the context. "Authenticity" has been made meaningless, so any mass-produced focus-grouped consumer product can be called "authentic". And it's now the same with humble, which mean that it should describe something small, frugal, or at least not-ostentatious. But now big, splurgy things or places call themselves humble.
zanny 9y ago
A humblebrag! https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=humblebrag https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=humblebrag