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narcissistic millennial

• diffeomorphism 7y ago
  Prime example of what the article is criticizing. > I think the issue is that when people say they’ve “worked hard,” they’re implicitly suggesting superiority. I’m deserving of reward, not like those people who are lazy (“those” people being immigrants, poor people, liberal arts majors, whoever it is you seek to contrast yourself against). I think we can add "narcissistic millenial" to "those".
  • dawg- 7y ago
    Is it possible to be proud of your own hard work, without necessarily making a contrast to others who you perceive as "lazy'? So goes the old saying, "The true test of character is what you do when nobody is watching". Sure there are plenty of people who wear their "hard work" as a badge. But that isn't everbody.
    • diffeomorphism 7y ago
      Sure, the article starts with those and then focuses on the "plenty of people". The person I was replying to however is clearly among those making a contrast.