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Post by swamp on Oct 6, 2013 15:05:07 GMT -5
Oh yeah. And I really love the ones I call "brag-plainers", you know - bragging by complaining. Like, "Oh, the cost of oil has made my European cruises so expensive" or "you just can't get a good maid for less than $$$ a week" or "they've increased the hangar fees for my private plane again". You should see what it costs to,service my BMW. And the docking,fees for my boat are increasing again next year. It's so unfair that they charge by the foot.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2013 15:07:42 GMT -5
Oh yeah. And I really love the ones I call "brag-plainers", you know - bragging by complaining. Like, "Oh, the cost of oil has made my European cruises so expensive" or "you just can't get a good maid for less than $$$ a week" or "they've increased the hangar fees for my private plane again". That might be little painful to hear! Maybe they are talking to themselves....
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Oct 6, 2013 15:11:09 GMT -5
I wasn't going to bring this up, but I once frequented a message board where the average IQ that posters reported for themselves and their relatives was roughly 140. They weren't all delusional braggarts, though. Just... Well, they were just... s... You have to understand, they were really d... S... They were essentially good people. Good people, and that's really all that matters. Mine was a pretty average 109 if I remember correctly. I never said I wasn't a dumbass. If you click on the word 'IQ' in my post, it links to the full table of what people reported. You reported 108. Despite being above average with respect to the public at large, it was the lowest numeric value reported in the thread. Technically none of the reported values qualify as bragging, since the thread solicited the information.
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Post by Nazgul Girl on Oct 6, 2013 15:37:31 GMT -5
Well, that's nice, but she's trying out new paradigms re: her eating and exercise behaviors. Maybe, she's looking for encouragement ( from you, perhaps ). I'm going through the same changes as she is. If you look down on her, it's just harder for her to maintain those changes. Maybe you're there to learn to give out compliments to help another person with their struggle. Have you looked at it that way ? It never ends. I simply cannot do it. Well, maybe she just is that totally annoying. Can you get your desk moved ?
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Post by motherto2 on Oct 6, 2013 16:30:41 GMT -5
I used to work with one of those. It got to be a game, where we would start out small, and work our way up some outlandish things to see how far she could top them. She always had it better, worse, you name it. She left several years ago and for some reason I was invited to her daughter's wedding last summer. I took DD with me since I don't date and I had a +1 invite . Even after all those years, she had to tell me how well her daughter did in college, grad school, blah, blah, blah. Seems not much had changed. The strange thing is she'd do anything for you! I absolutely don't think it's bragging though if you are in a conversation and you/the other person tell how things are going for you. We do have a younger (around 28) that will try to one up you. Excuse me, I'm pretty sure I'm quite a few years older than your mother . Funny part for me though is I have another lady at work that we have developed a friendship, and she and I think a lot alike in so many ways. We've actually laughed about how some people think we are weak because we don't engage in the challenge of one upmanship, when in truth, we don't care enough about it to exert the energy. Just don't care!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2013 17:23:05 GMT -5
The giril who cleans for me is another homeschooling mom, so she cleans in the evenings. When she started it was rock climbing nigh, so she came while I was schlepping kids... That has changed. Now the night she comes I send husband and kids to take papa out to dinner and I go to yoga... Flame away edited for inept pecking
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Oct 6, 2013 17:28:26 GMT -5
The giril who cleans for me is another homeschooling mom, so she cleans in the evenings. When she started it was rock climbing nigh, so she came while I was schlepping kids... That has changed. Now the night she ones I and husband and kids to take papa out to dinner and I go to yoga... Flame away What?
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Post by mmhmm on Oct 6, 2013 17:37:17 GMT -5
One's IQ only counts as far as the way in which the individual uses any advantage accrued. You can have an IQ of 170. If you do nothing with it, it's meaningless. You can have an IQ of 110. If you create success for yourself through your own efforts, you've proven yourself smarter than those who do nothing.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2013 17:38:58 GMT -5
The giril who cleans for me is another homeschooling mom, so she cleans in the evenings. When she started it was rock climbing nigh t, so she came while I was schlepping kids... That has changed. Now the night she ones comes I and my husband and the kids to take papa out to dinner and I go to yoga... Flame away What? Is that better?
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Oct 6, 2013 18:16:30 GMT -5
What? Is that better? I can at least understand it now, hence thank you. The first paragraph still doesn't make any conceptual sense. Is schlepping-kids-night a different night from rock-climbing-night? Never mind. It sounds like mom lingo that everyone besides me no doubt understands.
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Post by zibazinski on Oct 6, 2013 18:21:14 GMT -5
One of my LEAST favorite people we ran into last night in a restaurant after Jersey Boys. I commented on how much I enjoyed the show trying to be social. But of course SHE'S seen it 3 times and in major cities and yada yada yada. PITA.
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Post by Shooby on Oct 6, 2013 18:39:49 GMT -5
I think it depends on how you tend to think about people. For the most part I think most people are simply just trying to make conversation and it doesn't always come out right but why make some issue of it in your mind ? I dunno maybe i just don't care enough about what others are doing!
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Oct 6, 2013 18:59:29 GMT -5
I think it depends on how you tend to think about people. For the most part I think most people are simply just trying to make conversation and it doesn't always come out right but why make some issue of it in your mind ? I dunno maybe i just don't care enough about what others are doing! That sounds like braggart talk to me, Shooby. You're too good and wonderful to stoop to smearing anonymous strangers on the Internet? Your high horse so high that you won't dirty your hands mocking others' lack of social grace? We're all just piggly wigglies wallowing in the muck below the good and pure Shooby? We're your peers, Shooby. We demand you stop with this "but why make some issue of it" nonsense and join us in talking about how exceptionally rotten people are. We also demand that you present their sins as dramatically as possible so that we can truly despise them. And thirdly we demand that you end your tales with something bad happening to the braggarts, to provide us all with a sense of justice and closure. "I think most people are simply just trying to make conversation." Pffft. Faith in humanity? Really? Maybe they all want to bake us cupcakes, too?
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Post by Shooby on Oct 6, 2013 19:49:42 GMT -5
Let the World Die!
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Post by Shooby on Oct 6, 2013 19:51:18 GMT -5
I can't win. If I complain I am too harsh and a debbie downer and when I try to pump some sunshine I get smacked back to earth. Thank you for proving my point! Lol.
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Post by Shooby on Oct 6, 2013 19:58:18 GMT -5
Ok. How about some skinny in shape boitch complaining about her weight right after you scarfed down 2 donuts in the break room!
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Oct 6, 2013 19:59:59 GMT -5
I can't win. If I complain I am too harsh and a debbie downer and when I try to pump some sunshine I get smacked back to earth. Thank you for proving my point! Lol. It's because you're too focused on consistency. The secret isn't consistency; it's making sure you're presenting material or viewpoints as similar as possible to what other people are posting.
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Post by Shooby on Oct 6, 2013 20:02:05 GMT -5
Oh I see.
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Post by moneymaven on Oct 6, 2013 20:46:47 GMT -5
I try to remember that people relate to each other through similar experiences. I try to think that they're trying to relate as they tell these stories instead of trying to brag or be boastful. How I interpret the input is also affected by my experiences.
Not always the case, but most of that banter is harmless and unintentional.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Oct 7, 2013 9:03:04 GMT -5
We are obligated to feed the "human condition" machine. We either have to complain or to brag for the machine to function. People who are content with their lot in life and are secure in their own skin screw everything up for the rest of us.
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