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I never understood this mentality. I am genuinely happy when I see someone on, say, "Who wants to be a millionaire" win big. It's exciting! Why would I begrudge
by mdpopescu 11y ago
I never understood this mentality. I am genuinely happy when I see someone on, say, "Who wants to be a millionaire" win big. It's exciting! Why would I begrudge that?
On the other hand, I'm one of these braggarts who don't realize they (apparently) upset others so maybe I'm just weird.
- linhchi 11y agoI feel similar to you. Even if someone else is blatantly bragging, it has nothing to do with me. If i feel annoyed, it's either i have some weakness in my psyche or that person is standing in my way. If it's my weakness, i try to fix it via introspection. If the person is trying to mess with me, i'll go for the conflict.
- throwawayaway 11y agoWinning a tv show is not self promotion. Do you regularly win tv shows, and unwittingly upset others by doing so? Plain old begrudgery is quite different to the annoyance at people self promoting. Though I can see one trait being 'correlated' with the other.
- pekk 11y agoIf I win the lottery, and I tell people, that's not really bragging. It doesn't really mean I'm great or better than others, just that I had good fortune.