While some things people do are genuinely impressive, many others are not; but that doesn’t stop the latter group from bragging nevertheless. Be it the minuscule number of hours they slept or the number of social media followers they have, such “achievements” might not be the flexes they think they are.
These and many other examples were shared by members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community, after the user ‘LeatherFruitPF’ started a discussion about it. They asked the netizens about things that aren’t the flexes people believe they are, and the redditors had plenty to share. Scroll down to find their answers on the list below and see for yourself what’s simply not worth bragging about.
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Being proud about being uneducated. Bragging about having never read a book. "Went to the school of hard knocks" type of s**t annoys me. I have no problem with someone who isn't educated. But if you're flexing about it, you're a moron.
The School of Hard Knocks has just as many drop-outs and failures as any other school. Probably more.
well I still prefer those who has never read a book over those who has only read one (or lets be honnest, they have only had certain chaptors of it presented to them) and now they think that it is capable of providing all the answer to anything that could ever come along in their life.
This is how we get MAGA. The people who think their YouTube research makes their opinion equal to an expert with a masters degree or a PhD and 20 years of experience in their field. Here's a hint: There is no such thing as an 'intuitive genius,' that just *knows everything* without ever cracking a book!
"I'm fick me" - no, darling, you're revelling in your stupidity which is not cute.
You must have met some Mennonites. I have known dozens of them. They love to brag about not having a college education and being "just a simple farmer".
We have one ex-president who stated that he had not read a book in 40 years, proud of his ignorance.
My dad did this ... and died in poverty. At one stage he asked me why I studied so much. I said "to avoid being as poor as you." He never ever bragged about "not reading" again.
Alright... it's very fine to be opposed to anti-intellectualism... but I'm gonna tease out a distinction here based on the reference to "the school of hard knocks." I totally respect someone who takes pride in having accomplishments in spite of being disadvantaged, the person who says, "I made it here in spite of not having had $100,000 to spend on getting a degree from a fancy private college." My brother-in-law believes some goofy conspiracy theories, but the dude knows a ton of stuff, and it pisses me off when people dismiss him as "uneducated."
Being proud about being “brutally honest” when they’re just rude.
A great wise saying..Does this need to be said. Does this need to be said right now. Does this need to be said by you.
"It's A Dangerous Thing To Mistake Speaking Without Thought For Speaking The Truth." ~Benoit Blanc (Glass Oinion)
My brother always said that people think he is an a*****e, but he is just brutally honest. No, he really is an a*****e.
that's what I always tell those who brag about being brutally honest.... Like, yeah.... If your brutal honest opinion has nothing good about me then f**k that opinion is the counter brutal honesty I would not hesitate to show. Surprisingly they are salty when their own medicine is shoved up their tushes
I only know honesty. People think it's bad because it doesn't suit the narrative that they were looking for. Nor does it give rhe validation that they may have been seeking or suit their beliefs. Honesty isn't rude in of itself. Being mean spirited or actually rude is different. If someone asks for honesty, I ask do they want me to say what they want to hear, or the TRUTH.
Load More Replies...Or when people say, “Don't take it personal” just before making a rude/insensitive remark (thinking it's going to soften the blow)
Aaaah, but turn the tables with the brutal honesty and they curl up and cry.
Load More Replies...Those who claim to be brutally honest are more interested in being brutal than being honest.
To people who proudly declare "you either love me or hate me", guess what, I can guarantee you are universally hated.
They're brutal but somehow never find time to get around to the honest part.
Oh yes!. Why not just announce that you’re an insensitive a-whole instead?
Declaring yourself an alpha male. I guess that means something in your little subculture, but to the rest of us, that's just head-scratchingly silly.
Especially since the thing this is based on (alpha wolves) is nonexistent in nature.
Yes! It is a coping behavior only seen in wolf packs in captivity! *Which adds a certain flavor to people who think Alpha describes them.* Also, in wolf packs with a dominant male, the male HAS to be accompanied by a dominant female as his equal and mate and they become the main breeding pair. Which, for humans who are looking to this for inspiration, you had best be in a committed relationship and a successful dad in order to lay claim to your alpha status. Lone or single wolf =/= alpha male.
Load More Replies...Alpha as in alpha version, like bug ridden and not fit for public release
People always prefere the stable versions, even beta is quite a questionable state for some
Load More Replies...If you have to tell people you're alpha, you definitely aren't one. Generally, alphas are more like Navy SEALS and less like incels.
Fun fact: the 'alpha wolf' myth was based on studying wolves in captivity. So it's like claiming to be an expert on human interaction because you studied a bunch of prisoners. In a real pack, the 'alphas' are the parents, and it is their job to make sure the pack is safe, happy and well fed. So that guy you see at the theme park making sure his kids have water with the waistpack full of snacks? He is the truest alpha male you will ever find.
First, no such thing, its just an ego twitch. Second, and most importantly, if you have to declare you are, you aren't.
Men bragging that they've never changed one of their kids' diapers in their lifetime. Basically you've just outed yourself as a s****y, uninvolved parent and a s****y partner.
Or the no way am I attending the birth...aside for the one known to be squeamish at the sight of blood, they're forgiven but the ones flexing that it is women's place, no place for a man...screw you.
Interesting but only tangentially related bit: In norse mythology, women who died giving birth were believed to go to Valhalla as equals to the warriors who died in battle.
Load More Replies...As a father of three, i am quite proud of having changed more diapers than their mum.
4 kids and I probably only changed 4 diapers total during our maternity stays in the hospital. I was a SAHM so I changed more than he did at home, but he was still very involved.
Load More Replies...I know a terrific dad who has never changed any of his three children's diapers. Of course, he did adopt them when the youngest was 10.
Well I never changed one.......I changed many for my three kids. I really don't get why some men feel that it's a brag they never did anything like that
I'm old and many women didn't breast feed back then, but my mom says the main reason she didn't was so that my dad would be able to help with feedings. Especially nighttime ones. :) She needed a c-section and thought that would be easier while she was recovering. I don't blame her one bit!
It's best when they do it without being asked! See the need, do the deed
Being an influencer.
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Load More Replies..."Don't you know who I am?" I will absolutely punch anyone who says that to me. And the odds are "no I don't!".
The only thing more cringeworthy are all their followers. Come on people, thinking for yourself and making your own decisions is a good thing. Try it sometime.
This should be upvoted, at least for those idiots who pose in public. I was visiting a CONCENTRATION CAMP in Austria and some a*****e was posing on top of a memorial.
Not only that, the fact that it's a CAREER now. Evidently makes big bucks.
Together with most managers influencers are the most useless people in the work force.
Not just having a big or expensive car, but a loud one.
Nobody is impressed.
So....would it be fair to say those who have a raised truck with stacks coming up behind the cab are dickless? They sure are brainless to trash the value of a vehicle like that.
Load More Replies...I love the sound a V8 makes but when you put a huge exhaust on a Nissan Micro, you sound like a twat.
Why do muppets think that making their car louder will impress anyone 🤔
I kinda like it. An idiot announcing their presence like that should be mandatory, could save lives even..
Load More Replies...I know loud cars/trucks driven by men usually equates to them overcompensating for their small pèpè, but when women drive loud cars or trucks what does that mean? I've always been into cars as far as I can remember and my current vehicle isn't loud but I've had cars that are, (ie. Turbos with or without anti lag systems, which make the backfiring noise, louder exhaust, etc.) I've never heard the equivalent of what these means for female drivers of loud cars. I don't intentionally make my cars as loud as possible, but certain mods require other mods that will increase the noise from your car. I try to make it quieter especially don't want to be waking up my neighbors or seen as disrespectful.
I agree with this. When I hear a purposely - made noisy car, I think: “Here is someone who is such a loser in life that he only way that they can call attention to themselves is by making loud and obnoxious noises.” This person is the human equivalent of a fart joke.
My car is loud because I live in a state that does not require auto inspections and because I don't want to spend any money on my junky old car with the exhaust falling apart.
I lived on a dirt road full of potholes. Everyone on our road had a loud vehicle because all our mufflers fell off. When we went to gas station in town we' d know if the neighbors were pulling up lol.
And they always have those stupid porn mustaches and pit vipers 😂
Load More Replies...Ooo... Mr Cool... you have a poorly tuned engine that causes extra pollution!
The ceo of the company I work for was just featured on the cover of a magazine talking about how great their company culture is.
One of his points was how the company set up a program to annually nominate a coworker who can’t afford Christmas where their other employees donate to them. He used this to brag about our amazing culture
To me this reads as, we pay our employee so poorly that on an yearly basis we have so many employees who can’t afford Christmas we have to nominate who needs help the most and then we guilt trip our other grossly underpaid employees to compensate for it.
So basically any company that brags about culture due to their employees helping out other employees when it comes to financial stresses most likely cause by poor pay. I would say “donating” PTO falls into this category as well.
There was a time in the 80s and 90s when many companies had family Christmas party days that included a roast meal or BBQ and every employees child getting a gift from Santa....now, it's just how do I screw another penny out of my underpaid staff by Scrooge McScrooge and his executive evil minions.
Growing up in the 70s, Dad took us to the General Electric Christmas party every year. Always got excellent gifts from Santa there.
Load More Replies...Meanwhile, they're voting themselves huge raises for basically just doing nothing constructive.
The huge raise is for all the profits they made the company and the shareholders by not paying their employees enough to have Christmas. It's disgusting.
Load More Replies...I read another American company where one worker had cancer and other workers were emailed and asked to donate sick days to him. Everyone outside USA. Wtf???
Sadly this is true and happens far too often. I've personally donated some of my earned sick time to fellow coworkers when they were out of work for an extended period of time. Life happens and once your time has been used, you're no longer getting paid. So if someone has an emergency and in the hospital for weeks/months, they might literally have no home to go to once they're discharged from the hospital. Unfortunately bills still need to be paid, so anytime I was asked, depending on the situation, I would donate what I could, but was cautious to save enough for myself bc life happens. There were a couple coworkers who always seemed to be begging for donations, not due to actual emergencies tho. These people were just lazy or too hungover to show up. Bad enough they were already screwing us by calling out constantly but now you want to ask for handouts on top of it. Nah, F you bro.
Load More Replies......but what if you feed them pizza every now and then? E.g. when you want them to work all night to complete an important project (without extra compensation of course, just provide them what they need to survive). Then it should be fine, right (for those of you who did not catch it, that was heavily sarcastic)
Load More Replies...I'd feel a little more sympathy if the CEO was paying to help the employee out of his own pocket. I'd feel even more sympathy if all the employees had a solid living wage and it was only bad luck that meant the employee needed help in the first place.
Working yourself to the point of having absolutely no time for yourself.
Work ethic is good, strong work ethic is great. Living to work is not great.
Well tell that to the powers that be cause we all out here just trying to afford to live
Sadly. They'll just tell you to get back to work.
Load More Replies...I did this when I worked as a nurse. I retired during the pandemic when both my physical health and my mental state were badly broken. I don't recommend it.
One of my childhood friends runs/owns a tow & mechanic shop. And his family finally had to sit him down and beg him to take a break. He was doing that close to 100 hours a week.
Did that, paid for it with my health and lack of meaningful relationships for more than a decade. Not doing that ever again.
Ditto, ended up dry-retching in the shower every morning at the thought of another day in hell. Do not recommend.
Load More Replies...Westerners moving to Dubai and flaunting their new lavish lifestyle. You’re basically validating the use of slaves to build that dystopic s**thole.
That is one seriously non sustainable locale for a civilisation to be, every bleeping drop of life giving water needs to be either shipped in or created via desalinisation plants, the soil is barren so all soil needs importing to grow anything, the temperature is so hot huge amounts of electricity, solar power, whatever is needed to stay cool enough to survive...good luck if there is an emp strike, the power grid fails, the desalination plant fails, all 2 or 3 highways and routes in and out are bombed or blockaded, you all dead in under a month, bye byes.
Now there’s a plotlune for a superhero movie. I would be rooting for the villain so hard
Load More Replies...I hear that they're not welcome after the age of 50 anyway, contracts aren't renewed.
I think one of the main reasons celebrities go to Dubai is because paparazzi are banned there. Honestly I think moving to Dubai was one of the healthiest things Lindsay Lohan ever did for herself.
Load More Replies...Yeah, it's not hard to guess why nobody want any palestines in their country as refugees or workers, usually it's trouble everywhere they show up (and I mean that in historical context)
Load More Replies...Sorry this comment was to stupid to ignore Yes places have some s****y history but there is a different between a place that would be fine if everything went down and a place that would literally collapse in a week because it's so freaking unlivable it's unsafe not talking dessert here even. It's quite literally The place that starts to fall apart in a hour if anything goes down it's a Play ground for the rich and stupid may it get raised to the f*****g ground one day
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Not taking Sick days.
I've had co-workers that come to work with a runny nose, constant coughing and the need to go to another room to make vomiting noises brag about how they never take days off. Thanks for spreading your germs around work. Just stay home asshat!
One person did that in an open plan office of around 50 people. He was there, and working (ineffectually) each day. Think about a stone being dropped in a pond... ripples of sickness spread out from him, and about 75% of the people there had to take sick leave as they were too sick to work, and considerate enough of other people to keep their bugs to themselves. One accountant worked out this one person had caused around 140 days of sickness. When explained in those terms, the instruction given was to 'stay at home if you are ill'.
Load More Replies...I'm currently back at university and the number of classmates and students that come to school sick is appalling. I'm quite a bit older (by 15-20 yrs) than my classmates and I don't have the best immune system, so when I see all these younger people sneezing and coughing w/out covering their mouths really pisses me off. Idk if it's a generational thing or what, but if you must come to class sick do your best to try and contain it, wear a mask, try to keep a distance from others, sanitize,etc. One of my lab classes only allows you 1 absence per semester and it must be a "documented" absence. These kind of absences are not for acute illnesses, more like emergencies, death in family, or religious reasons and you must submit documents and a form that can be approved or denied. If you miss class and or denied approval you automatically get a 0 for that day, and we only have 16 weeks/classes per semester so it's significant. All said, if sick think of others, don't be selfish.
Out of curiosity: how does "sick days" work? Do you have like a budget of days your allowed to be sick? And is this only in the US?
In the US we don't have a set amount of mandatory sick days, it's up to each individual employer. In many jobs you can accrue hours, that can be used towards sick leave, every week you work, usually 1-2 hours earned per every 30-40 hours worked. Technically if you're sick and don't have any sick leave, doesn't mean you must come into work. Say you need a sick day, 8 hours, but you only have 6 hours of sick time on the books, you will only be paid for those 6 hours. If you have no sick time, you can still miss work but you won't be paid for it.
Load More Replies...Stay at home if your sick, one day off is better than forcing yourself into work when the result will be you ending up being off work for a longer period
Not to mention exposing all your coworkers to whatever illness you have.
Load More Replies...If they can afford to take sick days (by either having enough money or enough PTO), then coming in sick with something contagious says you hate or don't respect your coworkers. It's then a brag that having more money by working sick is more important than your coworkers well being.
Or they play it like they're tougher than you because they didn't take a sick day. Like no bro, you're just being a selfish prick.
Load More Replies...I've worked from home for so long now that the very first time I travelled after the pandemic I immediately got sick. My immunity was low due to not being exposed to selfish coworkers who come to the office hacking and snorting. Not sure if that was really a good thing, but no way in hell am I going back to sitting in a petrie dish of an office all day!
I *do* flex about how little time I've had off work sick, but only to emphasise the fact that I'm one of the lucky few who is literally almost never ill. I seem to either be completely fine or I've had an accident that's led me to end up in hospital. There doesn't seem to be any middle ground with me!
I once went 18 months without taking any sick days (managed to avoid major illnesses and usually when I was under the weather was a free day anyway), but then covid happened and right after that I I fell and broke my arm. To be honest I was little smug about the record inside my head, but would never flex it aloud. Bragging about it would be wrong againts my workmates who didn't choose to get sick.
Load More Replies...I work with a guy who had the audacity to talk s**t about another coworker for calling off sick. He rolled his eyes and said in a condescending tone "it doesn't matter if ur sick. Come to work." I was pissed. I said. " absolutely not. I do not want him to make me sick. We do not live to work and we get sick days for a reason and no one should work when they are sick." He tried to say about his upbringing. I said I was sorry he was brought up that way but they were wrong to make it so hard.
To be fair alot of places resist employees taking sick days. Before I got a union job I was used to "come in and we will decide if you are really sick" being the norm. Even here I ended up working with covid for a day before I got tested. Jobs low key support this behaviour. Also since alot of places dont do paid sick days you have the choice of working sick or not being able to pay your bills.
Last lot of sick days I used was coz I had covid. I didn't wanna pass that s**t around my workplace
Being disrespectful to the disabled or weird kids as a joke.
One of my brothers are disabled and in a wheelchair. One of my friends thought that because he was my friend he was allowed to bully him for being in a wheelchair. Jokes on him, my brother is now into wheelchair racing and my friend got kicked out for being to rude to everyone. He literally pulled out the Uno reverse real quick.
Sweetie, that person was never your friend. A friend would never disrespect or abuse your family like that.
Load More Replies...It's never, "I was just joking"... Nope, by saying that you're just trying to cover your a**. If it's offensive? It's not a joke. You meant it, got called on it and now are backtracking... No doubt the next words out of your mouth will be saying that I'm being "over-sensitive"/"overly-sensitive"... 🙄
And what a person thinks is "funny" tells a whole lot about them. What offends me is that they assume I'll think it's funny too.
Load More Replies...Seriously. Making fun of his competitor's stutter was one of the ugliest things I've seen him do, in a sea of ugly things.
Load More Replies...I once had to be held back by co-workers from punching a guy who made a comment about it being "r****d day" at the pub. We had one customer at the bar who had cerebal palsy, one guy with autism and one guy in a wheelchair (he had been hit by a bus but think symptoms of a stroke) I was so angry I got sent to the kitchen for the rest of the night
I forgive you. One should be angry at such behavior.
Load More Replies...I tend to have a bit of a dark sense of humor cultivated from life being an a*s to me and have certainly gotten some (probably deserved) head turns from it. Me and my friend both have different chronic pain disorders and like to joke about it quite a bit. We were shopping together and she usually takes the elevator because it's easier on her legs and I far too loudly called her a "loser cripple" as the doors of a very full elevator opened in front of us. That was the most awkward elevator ride in my life and she found it absolutely hilarious. (And before anyone asks, she is perfectly fine with my ribbing and also says similar things to me. I check with her about it rather regularly.)
It's a good thing political candidates never do this, it would shame the whole country.
Literally anything you have to try flexing. The most genuinely impressive things by nature do not require you to rub them in peoples faces.
Individuals with genuine strength in whatever form, don't boast about. Attention seeking erodes what qualities you have and compromises your choices.
Just saw something like that on YouTube where 6 people had to stand in line based off what they believed their IQ to be after taking the test. Well a woman put herself first and a younger guy last. And she was humbled very quickly having scored the lowest of the 6.
It is quite common. If you are not very intelligent then you don't know that you only know very little, and feel confidence in you abilities. If you are very intelligent you know that there is a lot you know nothing about, and that is humbling.
Load More Replies...I dunno, I love that flex when people brag about an amazing deal they got shopping/thrifting/etc.
Anything you had zero choice in. Your sex, skin color, nationality, sexual orientation.
Unfortunately certain parts of most cultures force a choice on those with differences from the norm (usually "be closeted and safe or be out and be able to find happiness", and use that "choice" as justification for discrimination.
Yeah, I'm proud to be Dutch! What did I do to achieve that? Absolutely nothing! It's just so senseless to be proud of such a thing..
Exactly. I'm happy to be italian (often, not always), but I'm not proud of it, I was simply born here.
Load More Replies...Hard disagree here. It's okay to be proud of who you are. Unless you're an arsehole, of course. Also being proud of who you are doesn't mean you're better than anyone who doesn't share those traits.
Being an arsehole is a choice, being white or jewish or gay is not. So, I don't agree with being proud of being white. Or black, same thing. That's what the OP says. Be proud of whatever part of your culture, say the sabbath meal --- again, culture is a choice so be proud of it. Haircolor or shoesize is not.
Load More Replies...I think on this one that regarding gay people and pride, there's a good reason because before they had to hide it so as not to get bullied, bashed up, put in jail or murders by the state. So to say I'm gay and proud is a reflex to past grievances.
Persecution of gay and especially trans people is still a HUGE thing in the US and Republican legislators are introducing hundreds of anti-lgbt laws every year. So Pride is about mutual support and the refusal to be eradicated
Load More Replies...Well s**t. I guess it's totally my fault for being born a white female in Scotland. I'm sorry guys.
I absolutely LOVE that you included sexual orientation in that list <3 More people need to understand IT IS NOT A CHOICE.
This is a hard thing my son is going through right now. He's 6 y/o. And he's trying to say every innate quality he has makes him better than others. He's tall, so tall people are better. He's a boy, so boy's are better. His hair has gold highlights so gold highlights are better. No son, we're all made different. Everyone is equally good. No one is better or worse bc of any of these things. It's a weird way to try to gather self-esteem but I can see how it happens.
Bragging about not wearing sunscreen. Enjoy your premature aging and wrinkles, dumb**s!
I can only imagine that it's someone who thinks that wearing sunscreen is an admission of weakness. A lot of these so far seem tied to perceived masculinity.
Load More Replies...I wouldn't brag about it but my Mediterranean skin loves the sun. In my mid 50s and no wrinkles with reasonably soft skin. I find any creams icky on my skin and sunscreens have seriously damaged my natural barriers. Now I use clothing to cover up if necessary, which in Australia is often. I am browned well and it definitely gives resilience to the sun. Careful management can give the same robustness for most people, but anyone with red hair genes in the last three generations should never expose themselves to the sun. You will get melanoma - guaranteed.
Disagree. I'm not bragging. I just believe sunscreen in not needed and can be counterproductive. The problem is not sunlight, it is getting too much of it at one time. 7 Health Benefits Of Sunlight https://selecthealth.org/blog/2020/07/7-health-benefits-of-sunlight
I use an app called D-Minder. You enter your GPS coordinates and elevation, and it tells you when the beneficial UVB rays are available for this time of year.
Load More Replies...I have some very fair haired relatives who never put sunscreen on themselves or the kids. I cringe a little every time. But they're never burned. We, on the other hand are dark haired and white as snow. We burn in about 2 minutes without sunscreen. I'm not leaving it to chance to see if we'd tan up like them. No one needs the old shoe leather skin.
Not doing something. Like not watching a popular show, not drinking coffee, etc etc. the amount of people who say these things as if they want a f*****g medal for it is astounding.
Then again, the amount of people who go on about watching things like GoT is also annoying
I think it's more the way you say it. I don't have facebook and sometimes it comes up in a conversation. When it does, I just say I don't have it. I don't say it in a way people might interpret as boasting or as implying those who do have facebook are a sandwich short of a picnic. I just mention it, that's all.
Load More Replies...I don't drink coffee but I ascribe it to not really having grown up. I don't like the taste of it, and hence I don't see the point in continuing to drink it just because that is what everyone else does. However I don't really see that as flex, just a matter of personal taste.
or the people who insist you have coffee when you have politely declined and they keep asking and give you a hard time for not liking coffee or even the smell of it - yes, we do exist
The only time I ever talk about how I don't watch this or that or TV in general is when someone tries to drag me into a conversation about some show that *EVERYONE* is talking about.
Why is not drinking coffee suddenly ‘cringey’? What if someone doesn’t like it, or they have a heart condition?
I love coffee and drink it like it's water and also joke sometimes that my veins are probably more coffee then blood at this point (again, joking) but would never give someone c**p or calling it "cringey" for not drinking coffee. I didn't even know that was a thing now. What happened to "everyone has their own preferences and tastes"?
Load More Replies...I like telling people I don't watch popular shows because it's fun to watch the hardcore fans trip over it (at least for a minute or two)
When someone offers me a drink, I simply say, No Thank you. But they persist so then I say, I don't drink. When I say that, I get all kinds of comments. OOOOOh that's good. Or you must be a goody 2-shoes. I don't say it to get compliments. It's not good or bad. I just don't.
Boasting about how much something they’re wearing costs even though you know they can’t afford it.
I talk about the deal I got on something or how excited I was to find something cheap
What is with that jacket?! Somewhere some poor muppet is wandering naked and alone, wondering what the hell just happened
It doesn't make any difference if they can afford it, boasting is still rude.
Actually, if the can afford it, it makes it (and them) a little worse.
Load More Replies...The only time i talk about the pricing of my clothing is when i got at a thrift store/on sale and am happy with the deal i got 🤣
I love it when people boast about how little they paid for an amazing find though, especially if it ends with the words "and it has pockets!"
"I'm a nice person unless you p**s me off. Then I go crazy" or something similar
If you're only nice when you're calm, you're not nice.
You can stand your ground without being mean or nasty.
Load More Replies...I'm more... I hope I'm a nice person but seriously, there's only so far that you can push me. It's called having boundaries as to how you allow others to treat you. P**s me off though to the extreme with your behaviour towards me or others? Where it's bordering on abuse? We've tried talking rationally to you and explaining, talking but it's not working? Then yeah, it's going to rile us up. That's when the big guns come out.
I'd like to challenge that. I'm a very nice person but as I get taken advantage of (because I'm a nice person) I take the dismissive snark from others to a point...BUT at some point I'll call them out on it. I don't go crazy but I will call them out on what they're doing. And since I'm a female, we're called a b****.
See also "if you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve my best".
"Your worst tells me that your best is not worth waiting around for."
Load More Replies...I have an ex who is always posting those super dark "I am the wolf" type memes about how if you tick him off you'll regret it. I don't want to go look but it's always something akin to "I am blessed. I bless those around me. I'm the kindest big hearted blah blah blah. But if you cross me or those I love *skull-and-crossbones emoji* you will meet my punishing God. I remember a summer where he was desperate for money and he wanted to do odd jobs for people. I was the only one who hired him and he did not understand that his facebook page (where he frequently reminded people how easily he could kill them with his bare hands) was TERRIFYING.
calm does not = nice... and nice does not = calm... this one you're looking in to a little too much. this is basically true for anyone though, p**s someone off and they will be mad. go figure :/
All their ex’s are crazy.
Or they can't learn from their past mistakes when it comes to partners... People who are abused can find it very difficult to find someone new who isn't abusive, as that may be the only "romantic" dynamic they've known.
This. Especially if abused in childhood, it's extremely difficult to find a "normal" partner.
Load More Replies...That may be true or it may not, but it's equally likely they are happier as an ex. Just saying...
That's not fair. Often the mental people go for the good guys because they know they can manipulate them. On the other hand, if I'm supposed to read it as a quote from this guy, like, "all my exes are crazy" 100% red flag. It's not me, its them"...
It really is. Of course there are exceptions, but in a lot of cases someone who complains like this has some serious problems of their own. Unless they have recognised this and put in the work, expect to be the next "crazy ex" they're complaining about in the future.
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Fighting in bars. Honestly, being the type to square up with anyone over anything that you could just as easily walk away from.
As a ex doorman, I have to pass on this one. By experience the dodgier and more colourful the joints I worked at (afterhours, brothels) the less problems we had. People respected you more. The Saturday night crowds in the fancy clubs were the worst. Mr. big who had done two months of kick boxing and thinks he can fight the bouncers after 10 pints.
I learned this years ago... "The best fight is the one that never happens."
Hey since we are best friends, lets go get drunk and see if we can kill each other over our favorite sports team losing the game.
I had a friend in my 20s that was like that. So much so that I would not go to clubs or bars with him. literally every other weekend he had a black eye or bruised face. I would take one look and say "Making friends again I see."
I was involved in a few because somebody always activley searched for trouble, never know why people would brag about such a stupid thing
"I tell it like it is." No you're just a b***h.
Also - "I call a spade a spade" (I've heard that a lot in the UK)
Number of followers you have on social media.
Don’t do social media. Don’t really see the point. The rest of the world doesn’t need to know what I’m doing on a minute by minute basis
... But how many of them would help support you if something really bad happened to you? I'm not really bothered about followers, so long as they're not stalkers? It's fine
Got kicked from Facebook for not being a real person although submitting a valid ID. So no follower for me.
I am over the guilt I feel about unfriending people on their birthdays which is the only time I have seen their name for a year. I've been unfriended too. We (, ok NEARLY all because someone is going to flex) all have a few empty "followers".
Showing up to work or class when you're deathly ill.
Got to admit, this one has changed with Covid I reckon. I used to have a ‘soldier on’ attitude nothing whatsoever to do with flexing, just I’ll be right let’s get on with it. Covid made us all rethink that attitude
I got forced to go to school when sick so that I won’t miss my exam and fail it. Was so sick that I barely passed and didn’t even write much. I did wear a mask the whole time but I feel that I shouldn’t have gone only
Especially if you work in the food industry. You're not a hero or a badass; you're a douche.
One of many reasons I quit teaching. Administration applauded teachers who showed up even when sick. But sick is usually CONTAGIOUS! I'd much rather have had the extra work of covering for my fellow faculty so that I didn't catch the same illness!!
Except the thing with school is that it’s at the point where you can’t miss a day without feeling like you’ve fallen behind about three weeks.
Driving around in a $50,000 new car while not being able to cover a $1000 emergency.
Right?!!? I never understood buying a new or expensive car but if something goes wrong I can't afford to fix it.
If you buy the car while knowing you can't afford it then I agree with you. But people also have situations that change. Like buying a car then losing their job, or getting divorced, or getting sick. It's understandable trying to hold onto something nice that you worked hard for in a situation like that.
Load More Replies...hmm no this is easy to explain. Car monthly repayments might be ballpark $250 (in my country, mid-range car). Whereas admission to hospital can run $500-$1000. You can probably afford the first on an average salary, but the second is a bit tougher.
That price needs a major update, most SUVs are starting at 30K, just for a basic one
Perfect attendance in school. As an adult, as I've noticed kids with stuff like health issues, family issues, etc. where they have no choice but to miss school, I've come to realize that perfect attendance isn't a flex. It's just having luck in life circumstances.
Heck I was home educated and even I don't have perfect attendance. The dentist is only open at school hours after all...
But home school families can do education on any schedule they want.
Load More Replies...I have a friend whose mother was a nurse, but still sent her to school no matter how sick she was. The mom's attitude was if you're not in the hospital you're not sick enough to miss school. SO toxic. And not fair to the rest of us who had to be around her germs!
Disagree. Kids with perfect attendance more than likely had exactly the same experiences of poor health as kids who didn't. It can actually be a privilege to be able to take time off school. I remember getting a stress-induced stomach bug at least twice a year where I'd spend days vomiting. My mother would send me to school regardless as she couldn't afford for me to miss school. I spent most of my childhood with stress or actual infections and lack of childcare meant school was my only option.
You're not talking about the same children as OP. Your mother sent you to school with a stomach bug when some children missed school because their mother was so ill they couldn't be left at home alone and no one at school noticed enough to find out why they were not attending. Children who spent six months in hospital, children who have disabilities that schools don't cater for, there's a long list of reasons that children, or parents, have little control over.
Load More Replies...no kid has perfect attendance, unless they are very lucky and never get sick
Plus once attendance is taken early in morning of school day (for younger age kids) if your parents sign you out still counts. I cant rmbr how it worked for high school since they checked attendance during each period/subject/class change all day.
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Calling themselves “entrepreneurs.” Dude, I know you’re in an MLM.
In my 20s, I liked a friend of a friend. She invited me to a small house party she was throwing. Thought I might have a chance to take a shot. Turned out to be an MLM pitch party. Said I forgot something and had to go to the car real quick. Wonder if she's still waiting for me to come back or not.
They are probably still sitting on the couch and waiting. "We'll give Vinny 10 more minutes, so we all get the full presentation"
Load More Replies...I went to a Bachelorette party that tuened out to be a MLM sex toy party. I was so uncomfortable knew only 3 people there and got called a prude cause I wasn't comfortable with sharing my sex kinks with the group
Oh, they don't really have a job. They just have "ideas that's gonna make them rich"
I've sometimes figured the way to make it big doing an MLM is to be the one who thinks it up and is at the top of the pyramid. If I was a shady, heartless, selfish, non caring witch, I'd totally do it. But the thought of something I set up ultimately and absolutely bringing mental and emotional pain & ruination to the entire downlines' financial health, loss of family, friends, then harming the downlines' self esteem, self confidence, etc, there is no way in hell I'd act on the idea. There's zero reason to make a living via the destruction of others.
That is a bragging term, it is ok if someone else describes you that way, it is nor ok to describe yourself that way.
Having an expensive, usually large designer/ purebred dog, or a wolf hybrid. But especially having a husky. All it shows me is the 90% chance you didn't do the research OR, that you gaslit yourself into thinking you'd seriously go running that much.
Sincerely,
The neighbor that catches several f*****g bored, escaped huskies per year in my suburb.
A husky is a WORKING dog that, in its ideal life, would be RUNNING 50-100 miles a day *while* pulling heavy cargo-- and if you don't find a way to simulate that, well. This is a dog that is going to *find* a way to simulate that. Usually by eating your house, and or yeeting itself over your adorable little fence and chasing everything that moves.
I love dogs, but I hate most husky owners.
I do not agree with this. Only owners who keep dogs that are not suitable for their lifestyle choices deserve to be shamed. There are plenty of places where a husky or wolf hybrid would feel perfectly at home. And yes I do own a big expensive purebred dog, that is also of a relatively rare breed - a West Siberian Laika. Not because I want to flex but because in my country only purebred dogs are allowed to be used as hunting dogs (stupid rule) and Siberian laika is suited for hunting both moose/elk and boar, it also is very well suited for our northen climate and the rural area where I live. The joke is on me tho - my dog absolutely hates cars and will not get to the car to drive to the forest so I basically own an overpriced pet, that does not help with hunting at all.
Well said, don't know why you were down voted, have an upvote!
Load More Replies...Don't just adopt. RESEARCH first. And for Pitty's sake be realistic. Pun intended
We have had a sharp increase in Huskies here...in the Caribbean....the hot tropics...and I swear they just take them walking for an hour if so much and don't even get me started on those that are kept indoors all the time. Geezus.
Live in the high desert. Dont have a dog yet because 1) dont know what breed would do well here 2) couldnt give them the exercise they need.
Load More Replies...I was 6-8years old and tamed a wolf hybrid. He was half wolf, half dog. I lived right up in the far north of Canada. The Disney film 'Lady and the Tramp' had come out so I called him Tramp. He was very protective of myself and my friends as we played out, he'd be on alert and if a strange man, one he didn't know, came up to us? He'd growl at them. Put himself between us and the man. I didn't really "own" Tramp, he did his own thing when I was in school but he did sleep under the porch or in front of my front door at night.
I live in Florida, and they have no business being in this state. I had a friend get a husky/wolf hybrid who lives in a townhouse. They gave it up in less than a year. I stopped talking to them after that. They were so selfish.
And that is why we don't have a husky. They are beautiful, can make funny faces and many of them are very talkative. But I don't have the energy to give them enough attention and running and everything they need to live happily on a daily basis. I have my little perfect floof ball running with her 3 to 4 hours a day with playing and training and we are happy.
Any working type breed ie Border Collies, Blue Heelers, Kelpies ect don't make good pets unless they are pet line bred and you're willing to give them a lot of time. Rescue societies are full of them.
and who in their right mind would want to pick up 5 pounds of dog S**T anyways???
Your lack of sleep. You're doing significant damage to your brain and self.
Whenever I mention my lack of sleep, I am complaining, not bragging. Waking up at 4am is no fun.
Same. I've tried about every possible method to fall asleep faster, but with poor results. And alarm clock doesn't accept excuses in the morning.
Load More Replies...I usually get by with 3-4 hours of sleep on the week days...... BUT. I make up for it with 80 hours of sleep on the weekend. :D
Me last week. Getting out of bed at 3pm on Saturday to go to the loo and make some food then back to bed FTMFW!
Load More Replies...Often the brain damage is already done before you start hearing the complaining.
It's not like I have much choice unless I want to use tablets/booze every night.
Bagging a cheater. If he cheated *with* you, he will cheat *on* you!
Bagging a cheater? Like catching them or starting to date them? I agree...neither is really a brag.
Pretty much meant for each other if you are bragging that you got someone to cheat on their partner with you. I suspect they will both learn a new definition of the "circle of life."
Wearing designer with huge logos.
The fun thing is that the real designer clothes do not have large logos, but far more discrete ones instead, as they don't want to be associated with such tacky behavior. So if you see a really large logo of a famous brand, you can be quite sure that it is a fake copy, worn by someone who wants to look chick but can neither afford it nor knows the first thing about brands.
Load More Replies...I design and sew my own clothes, so technically I'm always wearing designer clothes.
I hate the trend for designer stuff to plaster the logo everywhere. I'd much prefer it to be discrete, or even outright hidden. If you want me to be a billboard for your brand then pay me advertising fees!
Designers with huge logos! Looking at you, Michael Kors and your giant MK plastered all over everything.
I agree, as I also do not like this. However, my daughter bought me a Michael Kors purse so I used it not to friend her and the thing is indestructible. It's really high-quality. I have had it for about four years. I use it every day and I do treat delicately and it still looks brand new. To my surprise it was worth the extra money she paid. I do wish I did not have a huge logo, but I really appreciate the present not only is it a nice purse but I learned something.
Load More Replies...Why do celebrities make a big deal of spending tens of thousands on clothes? We know who you are, and we have a good idea of how much money you make. The answer? The people who make those clothes pay for the TV shows that hire those celebrities.
I suppose those clothes with logos on are made so because without the logo nobody could see any design in them.
How much of a drinker they are.
It's very likely to be a serious medical condition instead.
Load More Replies...Beer gut , bad breath, DUI, instant "Hugger" and loud talker; don't impress me much, just saying.
Yeah, me and some friends used to do this when we were younger. Now half of us are sober and the other half are... dead? Homeless? Not sure.
As someone who dated an alcoholic once, it sucks monumentally and is pathetic. Please stop drinking once you get the first buzz. Going beyond that you're just going to embarrass yourself and ruin your relationships.
Being a nihilist who complains about how meaningless life is and how awful all human beings are, and how the world will be so much better when we all die.
Newsflash to every redditor: It doesn’t make you smarter or more enlightened than everyone else. It’s just sad behavior tbh.
Sometimes they don't even believe it. They just say it to be "edgy", which is even cringier.
My dad has a friend who is a nihilist and a doctor. My dad has back and knee pain, due to aging, that could be treated with physiotherapy. But the Nihilist told him that that it's inevitable and not worth treating/can't be treated.
OK. Yeah, that's annoying. I do know a doctor like this who always says everything is not worth treating. It's pretty awful. Why even bother being a doctor at that point? Doc's burned out.
Load More Replies...It doesn't really seem like a flex. But also, from personal experience, it goes hand in hand with depression.
If someome thinks I need to die to improve the world, they're welcome to lead by example.
Also, there is such a thing as HELPING: petitioning, marching, writing letters, supporting people who are struggling.... the list goes on.
People think they sound intellectual. No, you sound like Brian, Peter Griffin's Dog.
Unfortunately, for this planet and everything else trying to live on it removing humans would solve every single problem currently propelling earth to unliveable catastrophe. That's just a fact worth sharing. Anyone not willing to hear this must think the universe revolves around people. I guess not seeing the end coming or their part in the process gives some comfort that the truth denies. However, as ever, the truth shall set you free for those willing to move forward.
Gym selfies to announce you go to the gym.
And then not actually working out or wasting everyone else's time posing on equipment whilst people are actually trying to meet their fitness goals or exercise out their frustrations (me, always me)
It is a reasonnable and healthy hobby. I don´t document much this aspect of my life online, but i don´t care if others do.
I used to go to the gym, but watching people exercise was too exhausting. Ha, just kidding. I went there to drink smoothies.
It's the gym videos that take place in the shared spaces that get to me. Gyms should have a no-filming policy, especially when other gym members could be filmed/photographed without consent.
So? Nothing wrong with people showing off their gym gains
Load More Replies...Or if you wear trendy sports attire that literally does nothing for you. And I don't mean aesthetically. Wearing a bralet instead of a shock absorbing bra and a top of your choosing reduces the effectiveness of your movement. Wear proper clothes and meet your goals quicker! Just because you saw it on tiktok doesn't mean it's a body positivity issue. Wear effective clothing for an effective workout!
Working 80 hours a week, getting little to no sleep.
It's not sustainable, but I could see being proud of it if the person has a short term goal. "I'm smashing myself working 80 hours a week for a year, but at the end I can literally take a 12 month world tour".
NOT a flex- some people need to work this much to make ends meet- we have kids in school, medical bills, and so on. Maybe people who work very hard would like to brag about it just a little?
It is very likely, that people who have to work that much would complain rather than brag about it.
Load More Replies...Doing your charity “over there” and for all the world to see.
This always makes me feel so sick inside when I see it. True kindness is to help people for the sake of doing good, while maintaining a bit of humility. Giving something to someone in need and recording it merely serves as attention-seeking self-advertisement, and very likely serves to demean and embarrass the very person they supposedly "help." "Here's a free cheeseburger, $100, and a recording to show the world this desperate situation you're currently in..."🤮
Load More Replies...glares at you in African. We do not need patronising b******t. What we WOULD appreciate is (a) stop artificially downgrading our bonds and currencies every time we take a stand on something you disagree with (b) pay us minimum AMERICAN wage when we dig up your minerals, farm your cocoa and coffee and such (c) Ignore the travel advisories, your gun death rate is similar to Honduras so actually, you are SAFER touring in Africa than walking around in the States. Thanks.
I've never understood how people go to Nicaragua or wherever to help people. How about helping the people around you who are struggling to eat and have a decent place to lay their heads down every night?
Don't quite know what they mean by "over there" but it reminds of those people doing nice things while filming it for likes on socials..
Pretty sure they mean Africa. It's a very common destination for the white-savior types, which leads to continued Colonial exploitation of African people (children especially). It's the go-to destination for mission trips.
Load More Replies...I have been a foreign missionary as well as very charitable at home. I don't think I brag about it, but I do encourage others to think of people other than themselves. it is just as easy to criticize people are being xenophobic almost if they only help people from their own country or who look like them. I do not think there is anything wrong with reaching out globally. I also have to say that I have supported businesses and provided schools in developing nations with much needed equipment that I had the pleasure and privilege to be able to provide because I went there and I was able to see what it was that they needed I know I am making a difference in peoples lives. I don't think at all that makes me a terrible person. If you disagree, you're entitled to your opinion. I think criticizing other people who are doing their best to make a difference in the world says more about the speaker than it does about the person trying to make a difference, however it is that they are trying to
Boasting/bragging about lots of money or material things. Move in silence.. why does everyone care so much about image?
Lol that one took me a second for some reason 😂 I'm a little slow today
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"I've had Covid 4 times already".
I’ve had Covid twice. Both times at Christmas. Two years in a row. 0/10 would not recommend.
I had it only once, but it happened literally two days after we were allowed to start working without masks at a café. When I messaged my boss about my positive covid test he answered that actually he was at a covid test lab that moment, and that over half of our workers were in the same situation so we would need to close anyway.
Load More Replies...Or "I never got it, or know anyone who did" (or died is another alternative). Um, no, you just never tested and have no friends.... and a complete liar.
Or don't trust authorities? But prefers random tiktok as an info source..
Load More Replies...That is like wearing a banner that states "I'm not smart enough to follow recommendations to ensure my own health".
I've had it twice. Luckily I am one of those who does not get hit hard by it, but I know people who were far less fortunate, and hence I think it is something we should respect, and not take too lightly, but try to contain/fight. Bragging about being a d!ck about it only exposes you as a moron
"I've had covid 4 times!" Yes that makes me question your personal hygiene.
I had it twice, and the second time I thought it was going to end me. The fever kept coming back no matter how many times it broke and I thought, "there's no way I'm making it out of this without some kind of brain damage." Luckily I did get better. Unfortunately, I know people who did not get better.
Mom's who post videos of themselves with tons of kids while looking like s**t themselves thinking they're saints for "sacrificing" themselves to raise their kids.
Their children are also the worst nightmares to be around too, so all that “sacrificing” is pure horseshit they’re peddling.
Impressive! How'd you get around the BP Censoring algorith without resorting to diacritical marks?
Load More Replies...I just scrolled back up to see. Thank you for your service! I needed the smile :D
Load More Replies...if you have enough time to make, edit and post videos, the whole 'I have no time for myself' is cow-manure.
But mamas who have kids and tell you how hard it is, even though it's exactly what they wanted... you go, girls. Because two things can be true at the same time
Flashing large amounts of cash. It's just makes it look like that's all the money you have, and you are too poor to have a bank account.
What an odd view to have that someone who has cash doesn't have a bank account and that that's all their money.
Maybe badly expressed but I think it's about that people who do this wants to appear to be rich while not being so. Not so much to do with their bank account directly but it wouldn't surprise me if those who does this effectively empty their account every time they do this.
Load More Replies...I hear you. I've had the same $10 bill for the better part of a year.
Load More Replies...in my country, using cash only occurs under two circumstances: you are poor as hell, or, you are mafia.
Or they're wanted by someone, collection agencies, police, exes, IRS, and can't be in the system.
Those who are truly rich in real life, as in not the ones on TV reality shows. They don't brag about it. Pulling out a huge wad of cash just reminds me of Harry Enfield and the 'Loadsamoney' character...
Leaving tags on clothes/hats/shoes. Just looks like you’re planning to return it.
or wearing them backwards or inside out or for goodness sakes lets not forget about "sagging pants, all that does is helps cops catch you right after you rob Wally world or DG. Grow up people>
Replying to someone on twitter and mocking them for having no followers.
So, you're saying I've failed at being a cult leader?
Load More Replies...Driving a big a*s truck.
Unless you need it for work ( electrician, carpenter) or have property. I was going to say farmer, but i am not a farmer but need big truck for gravel, wood, etc.
Yes. I’m not a fan of huge gas-guzzling trucks. The only reason my husband has one is that he needs it for work (we own our own pest company, and the truck has to be big to support the weight of the huge, heavy sprayer rig that’s on it). It has our company name and contact info on it, and driving it to the grocery store and stuff is free advertising. Otherwise, we use our regular car, which is what I drive exclusively when it’s just me.
Load More Replies...I must admit that I’ve always wanted some ´truck nuts’ for my Dacia to show little cars can have balls too ! Can’t find a pair good enough to buy.
Owning a Tesla.
I really like his coils though - they make great music (vids on YT available)
This needs to be higher! Why aren't more people talking about the fact that hybrid cars have been around for a good while and they've been perfected, yet very few hybrid options exist. We don't need all electric. We need hybrid.
Oversharing the honeymoon phase of a relationship on social media.
May have to do with the rose-tinted glasses of "everything is beautiful I want to share my joy"
More like their relationship is in the toilet but it’s too embarrassing to admit it right after the wedding, so they’re posting lies just long enough to make it look like they were so much in love when they got married, but a “reasonable” amount of time later everything wen to s**t—-and they’ll probably be blaming their spouse for it as well.
Load More Replies...Actually flexing.
"Flex this"(I know he's not saying that, but for today he is) dcaa7b5318...30c715.jpg
Lifts and mods to vehicles. Especially trucks. It's like the person's entire personality is their lifted truck with it's knobby off rust tires "I could never afford" that will never leave it's safe space that is the pavement. It's always people who "need" XYZ for their truck, but they're never gonna use XYZ. My truck is a work truck, and people tell me it'd look so much better with a lift. Well I disagree because I can just barely reach into my bed comfortably to get to my tools, and then they tell me I just "need" bed or box steps... It's amazing they never see through their own stupidity.
In Eu it's illegal to do that. I know a few people who have "chip" there cars to get a bit more power but if you are caught, and they can check via OBD, you get a heavy fine. If you are in an accident and the insurance finds out they can void your insurance. Anybody who gets caught coal rolling should be made to cycle everywhere for a year.
Load More Replies...And truck nuts! Don't forget about the truck nuts! (If you don't know, look them up.)
How about people who flex on people who flex on people. For instance, this guy, who replied just so he could talk about how *he* has an *actual* work truck that he uses for *actual* tools that he can reach on his own because he's tall.
How hot of a person you “pull” to cheat on your spouse/partner.
Having a work calendar booked wall-to-wall with meetings. It’s usually an executive or upper management type. Being on calls all day is not good for you or the company. If you’re in charge you can decide which meetings are worth your attendance. Also should be delegating more. Finally, not leaving anyone else a chance to ever book a meeting with you is just an a-hole move.
Just say "So did I, before learned to say no" ? But guessing it's lika talking to flerfs?
Retired females of a certain age who have to get their ´diary’ out to see if they’re free in a week’s time for whatever🙄
well if you calender is already full, how are you gonna handle an emergency? You need a bit of slack, so you have the option of ramping up when it is needed. Everythings else is just headed for the impending doom, that is bound to happen sooner or later..
Body count.
“I only got 4 hours of sleep”
“Oh yeah well I got 2”.
weakling! I haven't slept in 2 days! by the way, does anybody know why everything is all gray and fuzzy?
Loser. I haven’t slept in 10 years so I’m better than you. Unrelated but why do people run away screaming “ghost!” whenever they see me? /s
Load More Replies...well it just goes to show that you cannot plan properly. I used to pull all nighters at the end of every semester, but that was primarily to catch up with all the falling behind that my lazy bum did the rest of the time. Slacking off and then panicing right at the end, though quite common, isn't really the best tactic, and it should be considered an example to be followed.
How many times they went to jail and how big their car payments are.
Being a member of MENSA. It's really, really not hard to get in, and it's really, really not something that *anyone* outside of MENSA actually cares about. Edit: for all the edgelords asking if I was dumped by a MENSA member, if I failed to get in, etc... no, the context is I'm a psych and worked in assessment for years so saw plenty of MENSA advocates (and mostly they did not have superior-level IQs). Also ETA: 🤣 TIL it's an insult in Spanish, gracias ustedes!
This person could use a little Mensa I think. I could barely follow that.
you do know that repeating the word "really" does not actually make the word you're emphasizing anything more than what it is. Really, really not hard, and not hard, are both equally not hard and vice-versa.
ETA is the acronym for "Euskadi Ta Askatasuna" in English "Basque country and liberty" a terrorist organisation for some a liberation army for others that carried operations against General Francos Fascist regime in Spain after the military coup and civil war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETA_(separatist_group)
Bragging about "side hustling" on your off time for extra cash.
It's the only way I get MY money, existing takes my normal job money.
Load More Replies...As a noob Reddit user, I still don't get the karma thing.
Knowing a celebrity.
Bragging. Everything on this list is about dumb things people brag about.
Load More Replies...Buying $640/month over 8-9 years cars.
Bragging about a mental illness that you 'self diagnosed'. Like all those people who go tell you they have OCD because they like to organise stuff or brag about supposedly having depression or anxiety when those are actually serious disorders that they probably don't bave
Here's the thing. I self diagnosed as ADHD because I was looking at some memes went "hmm" and then (and this is the crucial bit) I did my research and self diagnosed. Then I went to my mom and my doctor and got diagnosed (with a bonus diagnosis from my therapist). Self diagnosing is a thing, because someone's gotta notice you're a little different and you know yourself best. But bragging about self dxing is usually a dead sure way to tell that they're probably faking.
Load More Replies...People who flex about not having kids while bashing people who do have kids, Women who flex about being a housewife and not having to do anything, people who flex about their job and how much money they make.
The worst part about the “No kids flex” is the “I get to do whatever I want because I don’t have kids” people. The best come back I’ve ever heard to that: “I spend all day playing running around with my kids outdoors when it’s nice playing with legos indoors when it rains, and eating Mac and cheese and chicken fingers with someone who appreciates it as much as I do. I would still do all those things if I didn’t have kids.”
Load More Replies...A friend of mine is very, very interested in money. No, not to earn and hoard it, he spends money he got and sometimes money he doesn't have. But the price is always important to him so he can judge if something was expensive. So you can say: " Look at my new sweater / car / haircut / fill this gap." and the first thing he would ask is: " How much did you pay?" That is annoying and ridicoulous.
just don't flex at all just to make you feel superior- I admire true devotion in arts , sports or living a vision, it don't need to be advertised that loudly. Flexing give me the vibes of doing / being something just to be seen. That's a personality issue you have to work on
There are a few people in my life who think a certain way about me, but it's mostly because if I said my true opinions, it would just cause problems for myself. It's not even serious opinions, but the people I'm around would just take them the wrong way. It's a situation I would like to be rid of, but can't.
Adopting the exact same political positions as the world's wealthiest, greediest corporations, H.R. departments and all the minions of the Harvey Weinsteins and Hugh Hefners of the world while you congratulate yourself for being so brave and free-thinking.
Bragging about a mental illness that you 'self diagnosed'. Like all those people who go tell you they have OCD because they like to organise stuff or brag about supposedly having depression or anxiety when those are actually serious disorders that they probably don't bave
Here's the thing. I self diagnosed as ADHD because I was looking at some memes went "hmm" and then (and this is the crucial bit) I did my research and self diagnosed. Then I went to my mom and my doctor and got diagnosed (with a bonus diagnosis from my therapist). Self diagnosing is a thing, because someone's gotta notice you're a little different and you know yourself best. But bragging about self dxing is usually a dead sure way to tell that they're probably faking.
Load More Replies...People who flex about not having kids while bashing people who do have kids, Women who flex about being a housewife and not having to do anything, people who flex about their job and how much money they make.
The worst part about the “No kids flex” is the “I get to do whatever I want because I don’t have kids” people. The best come back I’ve ever heard to that: “I spend all day playing running around with my kids outdoors when it’s nice playing with legos indoors when it rains, and eating Mac and cheese and chicken fingers with someone who appreciates it as much as I do. I would still do all those things if I didn’t have kids.”
Load More Replies...A friend of mine is very, very interested in money. No, not to earn and hoard it, he spends money he got and sometimes money he doesn't have. But the price is always important to him so he can judge if something was expensive. So you can say: " Look at my new sweater / car / haircut / fill this gap." and the first thing he would ask is: " How much did you pay?" That is annoying and ridicoulous.
just don't flex at all just to make you feel superior- I admire true devotion in arts , sports or living a vision, it don't need to be advertised that loudly. Flexing give me the vibes of doing / being something just to be seen. That's a personality issue you have to work on
There are a few people in my life who think a certain way about me, but it's mostly because if I said my true opinions, it would just cause problems for myself. It's not even serious opinions, but the people I'm around would just take them the wrong way. It's a situation I would like to be rid of, but can't.
Adopting the exact same political positions as the world's wealthiest, greediest corporations, H.R. departments and all the minions of the Harvey Weinsteins and Hugh Hefners of the world while you congratulate yourself for being so brave and free-thinking.
