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Lmao, had the same thought. Also, did you get a lot of those participation trophies when you were a kid? I read a take on those recently, along the lines of, "
by Kluny 5y ago
Lmao, had the same thought.
Also, did you get a lot of those participation trophies when you were a kid? I read a take on those recently, along the lines of, "if the adults always praise everyone, then their praise is meaningless and can't be trusted". Ie, a recipe for impostor syndrome in later life. I certainly experience that. Anytime I participate in an activity that I'm naturally talented at, I figure it's just not that difficult and I've done nothing special.
- saalweachter 5y agoParticipation trophies weren't a big thing for GenX or Millennials, according to Google's N-gram Viewer, showing up instead for Boomers and Zoomers (and the Silent Generation). https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=participation+trophy&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cparticipation%20trophy%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Cparticipation%20trophy%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=participation+...
- Kluny 5y agoDid OP mention their age? I assumed, without any other info to go with, that they're about the same age as me - 30's and millennial. And my cohort got participation medals for every goddam thing you could think of. Looking at the 6th place ribbon winner of the third grade spoon race right here. Not to pick nits or anything!