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Ultimately this title is just another persons opinion of what they think I should be doing. I wish titles could be phrased less condescendingly such as "Reason

Ultimately this title is just another persons opinion of what they think I should be doing. I wish titles could be phrased less condescendingly such as "Reasons to consider not allowing your self-worth to be defined by others". It better allows for a position in which the reader may actually already be doing this.

Towaway69 3y ago
HN rules are such that the original title should be preferred over rephrasing or reintrepretation. In this case, the original title is at fault. It does seem to be another self-improvement article.
- ttymck 3y ago
  Where did you get the idea GP was suggesting HN is somehow at fault?
  - Towaway69 3y ago
    How am I suggesting HN is at fault? I was explaining the situation, at least that what it seems to me.
madaxe_again 3y ago
He also doesn’t consider for one moment that this cuts both ways. Others think the world of me - I am almost incessantly praised by friends, strangers, family, and even adversaries. You’re so smart. You’re so handsome. You’re so together. I disagree with them, profoundly, as I am just this guy, you know? I came to be here through a series of (for me) fortunate accidents. So I don’t derive my worth from others, and in my view correctly assess myself as a transient sack of mostly water, temporarily imbued with this thing we call consciousness. I honestly think that the majority of people suffer from delusionally elevated self worth, when they too are little more than interchangeable parts. You’re not precious and unique. You’re not that smart. You’re not special. You’re just another human. You eat, you shit, you fuck, you die. So do we all. This whole cult of the glorious, unique individual is pathological, in my view.