50 Self-Absorbed People Who Believed Everything Revolves Around Them Got Exposed On The “I’m The Main Character” Online Group
It’s perfectly normal to focus on your own interests and goals in life. As they say, you have to be the hero of your own story. But that shouldn’t let you become so full of yourself, you genuinely start to believe the world revolves only around you. Unfortunately, there are far too many people who assume exactly that.
Thanks to the I’m The Main Character subreddit, we see their ridiculous behavior out in the open. With 283K members and counting, this community is dedicated to sharing "videos, pics, and screenshots of people who think they are the main character," and rightfully blasting them online.
From feeling the right to have a photoshoot virtually anywhere to constantly asking "do you know who I am", Bored Panda has selected some of the best posts that vividly illustrate just how entitled some people can be. So continue scrolling, upvote the ones you enjoyed shaming most and let us know your thoughts in the comments!
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Someone Isn't Taking This Whole Wedding Thing Serious...
This Little Rodent Trying To Be The Centre Of Attention
You Ain't All That
People who act like self-absorbed, entitled jerks whose life needs to be the center of everyone’s attention often possess the main character syndrome. It’s probably safe to say that nearly everyone has encountered a person like this — whether they're an aspiring artist, influencer, or simply were told they deserve more and are better than everyone else ever since they were a child.
It’s important to note that the main character syndrome is not an actual condition. It’s rather a term that refers to someone who acts as if they’re the star in the movie about their life. And spotting such people is quite easy. They’re always at the center of drama and believe everyone from their manager to their neighbor is a villain or simply there to support their leading role.
Gas Is The Main Character Now
There’s Always Two Sides To The Story…
It's already borderline rude to interrupt his family outing and completely unacceptable to push his kids and then complain. Most celebrities are pretty cool when you ask them for selfies, but also please respect their privacy.
Facepalm Moment For The “Ig Baddie”
According to Phil Reed, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Swansea University, the main character syndrome is a vague term that has more media and social media usage than scientific.
"The term refers to a wide range of behaviors and thoughts, but, at root, it is when somebody presents, or imagines, themself as the lead in a sort of fictional version of their life (usually their own, although sometimes, disturbingly, somebody else’s), and presents that 'life' through social media."
I Mean...
... So She Would Understand!!
Main Character Moment Irl
Not just the main character, but the goodest. That pup deserves an entire streetcar!
Sure, almost everyone showcases a slightly better version of themselves, especially online. Some folks engage in self-image manipulation because they feel the need to highlight their best and most memorable moments. At the same time, they tend to leave out the mundane. Usually, there are not that many things for people to promote and boast about in their daily routines. That’s why some come up with and share stories that would still make their life seem exciting.
Flexing Your Louis Vuitton Bag On The Rails That Transported Countless Jews To Their Death
Perhaps An OG Main Character?
What Can I Say
So now we can get into a Netflix series by sticking out your tongue and flexing your long red nails? Count me in!
Reed argued that presenting different aspects of themselves in different situations and contexts to highlight aspects of their personality is entirely acceptable. "In fact, this may make social interactions easier and safer."
But in contrast, "those with main character syndrome seem to want to be somebody else entirely. So, while almost everybody will self-present, to some extent, not everybody has main character syndrome."
It turns out that such a mentality can come with a sense of entitlement. Well, no wonder why. These characters can be delusional about their reality and often present a false image of themselves, believing they somehow deserve our attention by simply uploading countless photos of themselves and sharing their thoughts online. "Digital communication platforms make it easier for people to fall into the trap of main character syndrome," the professor explained.
Does This Count?
She didn't have any personality traits and by the time of her final malfunction I've been calling her either "hey you" or "my ball and chains" for so long that I've forgotten her name.
Your Parents Died? I’m Sorry But That Bothers Me
MC Gets Called Out
Reed also mentioned it could be suggested that main character syndrome "shares traits with psychological problems, like narcissistic personality disorder, and any disorder involving delusions." While this might only be the case for a minority of people, "this type of fantasy can lead to behaviors that eventually mimic those seen in personality disorders" if it becomes too rooted in the person's mind.
He continued: "Escape-maintained fantasy behaviors may also be a severe problem for those vulnerable to developing psychological issues, like anxiety and depression, and not just personality disorders."
Entitled Lady Ranting About Her Wedding
Family Photo
Can't Have The Same Top As Me
Treating others like props and having the urge to always be at the center of everyone’s attention should never be justified. However, "some view main character syndrome as a form of empowerment — a way of reinventing oneself to take control". But Reed explained this could just add to the problems of that person.
"If somebody needs to reinvent themself, then there is more than likely something fundamentally wrong with their life and/or their living environment. Developing a digital fantasy-life is, at best, a distraction, that will fuel further problems, and prevent the person from addressing what needs to be addressed," the professor noted.
Big Mc Vibes On This One
No Words
What happened to "happy wife, happy life"? I got turned into "happy spouse, happy house", as in the happiness of both partners matter, not just the females in marriages.
Ironically She Is Doing The Same Terrible Things To Those Others
Damn it, Kitty! Pregnancy was her thing and now...God I swear some people
Load More Replies...lol. That kids in for a lifetime of disappointment n a parent who will constantly make her feel like s**t because of her own Jealousy. I would know. That's what my dumbass mother did. Lol. Whoops is this considered trauma dumping? Where do I pick up my "you're officially cancelled" card? Is there an exit interview
Load More Replies...Yes, will be so sad to have same-age playmates.
Load More Replies...I lost my God damn baby to sids. And I still can't be this hateful and up tight. Be happy for people. Jesus.
If she wanted to be pregnant just to feel special, I pity her child Wich is not important for her !
Meanwhile, My cousins coordinated their pregnancies so they’d have each other to relate to and support.
Right? I was stoked to have some many of my friends be pregnant at a similar time so our kids could grow up together.
Load More Replies...That'll be next, hope it doesn't have Kay as a middle name
Load More Replies...Wait til she finds out that her kid won't be the only one in their school...
I was pregnant with my frist baby almost exactly the same time as my friend. It was one of the best things that ever happened to me. We went through all the same things at the same time and it was great. Thanks to the pregnancy we became best friends.
Pregnancy came at the wrong time because this person is far too immature and self-absorbed to be put in charge of a child's life.
news for you: being pregnant doesn't make you special anyway. its not that rare or outstanding 🙄
My sister scheduled her child's C-section on my daughter's birthday. Not emergency, but scheduled. I was fine with it because who am I to say when a child comes into the world. A few years later, on their birthday, my mom was talking about my daughter being x years old today and my sister had the nerve to say "can today just be about (her son)"?!?!?
The same birthday is cute if they are close. Obviously your sister's comment changes the whole tone. What a weird attitude since it was her choice.
Load More Replies..."Other people had to ruin it.". So they knew she was ovulating and jumped on the horsey?
She is going to be even more upset after the baby comes when she realizes everyone is giving the baby all the attention.
It’s called postpartum depression hun ! Go talk to your doctor !🤦🏻♀️
So, you wanted the attention of everybody, instead of being happy for so many newborns who potentially could be in the social sphere of yours?
I had to read that 3 times, to make sure I was not misinterpreting it. Pregnancy takes 9 months, should her 'friends' have made arrangements with her to not spoil her pregnancy??? Wow!!
Just wait until she finds out at the Baby Shower, the gifts are not for her.
Being pregnant and baby arriving can/should be about sharing and supporting each other. . . someone finding something difficult, so someone else suggests a different way of doing it, or at least offers sympathy/empathy.
This is extremely stupid. It also has terrible grammar. If you're going to be entitled, at least put effort into getting your point across (not that you should).
There is literally one child born every minute! Of course other people are going to be pregnant. Oh, and BTW, no-one cares that you're having a baby, so ...
A person is born every 8.08 seconds. If you can get your body to time it just right...
please don't sneeze when i sneeze it makes me uncomfortable. ALso if possible please don't look in the same direction that i'm looking in it really triggers me and i get depressed because I thought I was somebody special and when you copy me I don't feel so..so..yeah stop.
Only one person at a time can be pregnant. That's really gonna stall population numbers.
Some women, always feel entitled, could be the family, treated her that way ???
385,000 babies are born each day world-wide, and THIS clown wants 384,999 to reschedule just for her.
I want a participation trophy!! But I don’t want anyone else to have one!! Me me me !!!
Your child will feel special when they are old enough to read this.
My dad's wife and my brother's wife were pregnant at the same time lol It was my brother's first kid too.
Any time I hear somebody whine, "It just isn't fair!" it's always because they have some ridiculous idea of entitlement. The only time I'm okay with "That isn't fair!" is when it's in defense of someone else.
I'm sorry, but you can't exactly expect to copyright PREGNANCY as YOUR thing?! Also, this does not suggest the kind of maturity one hopes to see in a new parent. Your pregnancy isn't all about you and your own experience; it's the beginning of your life caretaking another human being, and you can't bring that attitude into parenting a whole living CHILD. It's not going to be about the specific wonderful experience you anticipate of motherhood. It's about YOUR KID. This entire having-a-baby thing is, like, the opposite of hyper-focusing on your own emotional needs at the cost of reasonable empathy.
You're not special, Karen. Neither is your semen demon. No one cares but you.
Holy shitake! If pregnancy is only about her, her child is going to have a horrible life....so sad.
I dunno. All my friends and I, not by design, all had our children within weeks other. I was the last to go. (Update, leaving a really bad situation is apparently not only wrong but not convenient - Among a few other matters - I have no contact with any of them)
LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!! I'm sorry, but I couldn't help laughing. That poor child. It's already proved that it's going to be the one who either - 1. is forced to be in the background because mommy is so much more important, or 2. will be forced to live it's life through it's mommy, so that he/she will become everything mommy couldn't be." IOW - sick.
She wanted to feel special! 😂😂😂 Females of all phyla have been giving birth for millions of years but she wanted to be the first!
Seriously, I know it's been said that every generation thinks it invented sex for the first time, but who wants to think she invented being pregnant for the first time?
Load More Replies...For Pete's sake, and the BABY'S, you are NOT, repeat NOT NOT NOT mature enough to raise a child. It is selfish insanity to only be able to celebrate YOUR OWN baby, with absolutely no joy or consideration for anyone else's sweet newborn.
Oh why these kind of people gotta have children? The child hasn't even born and it seems they don't care for the child.
Everyone knows that you should contact this self absorbed cow and ask when she is going to procreate and then ask when you may do the same! (sarcasm intended)
Eh? Is only one woman at a time allowed to be pregnant? Well, I guess that would be one way to bring population growth to a complete stop
Hatred? Damn—don’t you talk back to me, you’re the little son of a biiitch that was born at the wrong time cuz daddy wanted sex for his birthday. I hate you!!
I was one of eighty babies born in my neighborhood nine months after a three day blackout.
I don't actually want to live in a society that forces abortions on women unqualified to be parents, but sometimes it's pleasant to imagine it.
hopefully this means it's her first and last pregnancy ... babies deserve better role models
On February 26, 1987 there were something like 12 babies(including my oldest!) born at the Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital. Can you imagine what would've resulted if anyone had insisted the other 10 (one had a set of twins)moms had to wait until the next day???
Hey, I was pregnant at the same time as a close friend, two cousins, my partner’s brother’s girlfriend and a colleague, and I was the one who ended up with a miscarriage at 12 weeks. I still managed to be happy for them, despite it obviously being somewhat painful. Just be f*****g grateful it’s healthy, that’s special enough. Everything else is irrelevant, and this is especially so.
"I specifically told everyone I reserved these 9 months for MYSELF. I literally cannot believe my pregnancy is not the only one on planet Earth right now."
Isn’t there a thing that when you get pregnant, you start noticing more pregnant people etc
Gtfoh! So people are supposed to check with you first before they get pregnant?
A feel a wealth of sadness for her child. Someone that selfish will be a terrible mother.
I'm pregnant and I wish I had my bff pregnant with me! Our babies would be bffs!!! Love having pregnancy buddies!!
It's her own fault. She should have made up a pregnancy timetable and booked her nine months and passed it on.
Everyone around me had babies around the same time and they were all very connected to one another's children, it's kinda cute to see. I myself refuse to spawn a creature to endure a lifetime of suffering like my parents did to me
I also hate when lot of people around my circle are pregnant or getting married around same time. But that's because it means I have to buy lot of shower and wedding gift in a short time period. That messes up the whole budget.
There are literally only 365 days in a year. If you have a dozen married or sexually active non protection using friends can I suggest you place an event calendar on a communal wall somewhere and book your sexual activities that there is no chance 2 or more are pregnant in the same nine month period. Good luck and think of each other's feelings if you fail at this. Tee hee hee
I bet we'll discover cold fusion one day by using the extreme self-centered gravitational power of people like this. Blackholes all around us this whole time . . .
"want to feel special" honey, you're so special I can hardly count the ways. Welcome to the entitled elite. Take a number one like all the other idiots and sit down.
When people are in locked down, spending most of their days with their significant other, what did she think would happen? I worry for the child, I really do. This lady have the deduction skills of a plastic bag.
365 days in a year, minimum of 1 billion child-bearing aged women. Math.
Ladies now need to put their name on the waiting list before getting pregnant.
Jackson Mahomes, Patrick Mahomes Brother, Tries To Destroy A Small Business Because They Didn’t Have Enough Seating For His Large Party
Because What Else Could This TV Be Here For?
Imagine....
Babe Douche Thinks That Littering In A National Park And Endangering People And Animals Below Him Is Worthy Of A Photo Op Of Him Hitting Baseballs For Some Reason
Imagine Being Opressed By Ice Cream
Tell me about it. Ramadan is coming up and McDonald's still dares to advertise food!
'smile' For My Friend's Suicide!
Instagram “Model” At Her Dads Funeral
I Need Decades Of Psychotherapy After Finding This Dudes Page
Everyone Knows A First Class Ticket Makes You Better Than Everyone Else
Cool Story, Bro. No Mention Of Your Kids Or Their Costumes? Halloween Fun? Oh Well
Remember, If The Mc Dms You, You Better Respond
When You Use Your Nanas Death As An Excuse To Show Off Your Tattoos
Siblings Aren’t Even Real People
It's called "sonder" : The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it.
Imagine Backing Up Traffic For A Photo
GF Posted Her New Giant Snails. The Reaction Of Someone She Doesn’t Even Talk To…
Awkward For The Girls
When Influencers Completely Ignore Signs In Nature And Then Proudly Brag About It To Hundreds Of Followers
This is just ignorance of the wildlife. Like, seriously!? The world doesn't revolve around you!
I Don’t Know This Guy Well But I Don’t Think He’s Joking?
Douche At 17 Years Of Age
Persecution Complex Cringe
A Christian Who Thinks They Are A Representative For All Christian People
I Look Good In White, And That’s What Matters At Someone Else’s Wedding
Logan Paul Expects The Only Ambulance In The City To Rehydrate Him Via Iv, So That He Can Enjoy Nye With His Friends
“Everyone Should Be Just Like Me”
I Was So Close To Forgetting About His Existence
Call Them Thomas Edison Cause They Invented It
In my mother language we say " the donkey names himself first"(- ME ...and Britney)
Fake-A** Baby!
"Now, If You Ask A Kid, They Want To Be Salt Bae"
Who is Salt Bae? Is he the guy who sprinkles salt over his forearm or something??
The Witch Detective
This is really common for the police. I get the feeling these people really think they're helping, so I can't regard as self-involved in the same way a lot of these posts are. Deluded, possibly.
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I had to convince myself several times that this is not a collection of Onion articles.
I don't usually curse. I know this will be censored. (Maybe) But I have the urge. F**K! No reason. Just. F**k.
My class mate said this the other day : "calm the f*****g farm ding dongs" I gained respect for him that day.
Load More Replies...i can't get over how many times i read about a bride going off with the justification statement "i've dreamed of this day since i was little". don't know about anyone else but i don't remember ever thinking about my wedding when i was little nor did any of my friends engage in discussion of this. what the hell happens to females between puberty and the time they become engaged?
Probably a lot of #MeToo (said in a non-joking/sarcastic manner)
Load More Replies...With the positive uses of social media - the few - this is the s#!t we get the most of.
When the animals try to take over the spotlight, it's cute. When humans do it, it's just self absorbed.
I know the 00s 90s 80s 70s etc... were not perfect but for crying out loud there has never been a generation that feels more entitled and that the world owes them something than this generation here and now! Greedy and selfish people! And before anyone says anything I'm in my 30s not a boomer.... I even won an award in 1992 when I wrote a report on climate change and saving the birds from oil spills! So no you are not the first generation to be WOKE. You just have a better platform to spread the message!
Is this another example of narcissism, or is this satire? Having a hard time telling the difference…
Load More Replies...I had to convince myself several times that this is not a collection of Onion articles.
I don't usually curse. I know this will be censored. (Maybe) But I have the urge. F**K! No reason. Just. F**k.
My class mate said this the other day : "calm the f*****g farm ding dongs" I gained respect for him that day.
Load More Replies...i can't get over how many times i read about a bride going off with the justification statement "i've dreamed of this day since i was little". don't know about anyone else but i don't remember ever thinking about my wedding when i was little nor did any of my friends engage in discussion of this. what the hell happens to females between puberty and the time they become engaged?
Probably a lot of #MeToo (said in a non-joking/sarcastic manner)
Load More Replies...With the positive uses of social media - the few - this is the s#!t we get the most of.
When the animals try to take over the spotlight, it's cute. When humans do it, it's just self absorbed.
I know the 00s 90s 80s 70s etc... were not perfect but for crying out loud there has never been a generation that feels more entitled and that the world owes them something than this generation here and now! Greedy and selfish people! And before anyone says anything I'm in my 30s not a boomer.... I even won an award in 1992 when I wrote a report on climate change and saving the birds from oil spills! So no you are not the first generation to be WOKE. You just have a better platform to spread the message!
Is this another example of narcissism, or is this satire? Having a hard time telling the difference…
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