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30 Of The Most Interesting Answers To “What Are People Stupidly Proud Of?” Posted In This Online Group
Pride is a feeling that can be both constructive and destructive. Healthy pride often inspires positive behavior, however, the unhealthy aspect of it can make one arrogant and self-centered. Appreciating one's own growth and achievement is definitely a self-esteem booster, but overindulgence and comparison may lead to unpleasant consequences.
Usually, people's upbringing and surroundings are huge factors that affect what they feel proud of. For instance, some pandas are proud of sharing their bamboo because they are taught to value kindness more, while other pandas are probably proud of cunningly acquiring bamboo because they value cleverness more.
Whatever the case is, pride is just another feeling and it can arise in the strangest scenarios for a variety of reasons! Recently, a Redditor asked a question, “What are people stupidly proud of?” The viral thread received lots of responses revealing the strangest and most ridiculous reasons why people feel proud of themselves.
Bored Panda has compiled some of the most interesting answers from the thread, scroll below to read them all, and let us know what you feel about people who just love bragging about their trivial achievements. Lastly, keep celebrating your achievements pandas, and be proud of the good things you do!
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My dad, a father of 7, brags that he's never changed a diaper. Like, congratulations on being no help?
Fake mental illnesses. Depression/anxiety/OCD are not cute and quirky, they’re debilitating af to people who actually suffer them
Yes, and I'm going to take a lot of abuse for this comment and possibly be kicked off BP, but right now being gay, trans, whatever is a lot more popular than not. As with other areas (mental health for example) those who try to fit in with the 'in group' are detrimental to those who really do belong.
I totally get that! On the other hand, there is likely also more people coming out because it’s become a safe time to do so in most places. Not denying some people do it to “belong” in a group when they’re not actually that sexuality/gender
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I have OCD and literally everyone has told me it must be nice that my house will be clean all the time. It isn't like that, it's much harder than keeping things clean.
Indeed. This is my greatest pet peeve, especially since I used to be one of those people, wishing something was "actually wrong with me" so I could get more attention. I was 13. Guess what? Something is actually wrong with me, and I hate it so, so much.
Biggest example of it is people trying to claim they have OCD, while I know a friend's sister with it who can't have someone walk into their room because the carpet will look slightly different and it'll be terrible for them.
Load More Replies... It was funny when people would use the term bipolar about themselves because they would flip moods, then I would come out and ask them what medications they were on for it and talk about different groups and whatnot. That always shut them up pretty quick.
Yes !!! Social anxiety is no joke, wishing everyday that you're "normal" like everyone else , it really desperately sucks
This really gets on my nerves. Mental illness is not fun and people don't need to pretend like they have it when they really don't.
People also fake Tourette’s. And it’s super obvious that they fake it too. I even saw a YouTube react to that tiktoker TicsAndRoses. Spoiler Alert: The YouTuber reacting actually has it and pointed out how fake it was.
I have been diagnosed with anxiety at various times in my life, but always feel like I'm faking it because it's not as bad as some of the examples i read about. I'm a functional adult, who holds a job, identifies as ambivert (I like being around people, but too much makes me tired, and I can totally give a presentation without being nervous because I've practised since I was 8). And yet I can have utterly random, unprovoked panic attacks while driving at 70mph on holiday. And I can have days when the thought of getting out of bed makes me cry. But because I can get on with my life *most* of the time, the times i can't I feel like a fraud.
My wife and I both have clinical level issues and it's SO difficult to explain to folks who "Oh I have that some days too!" Really?!? I have dyslexia that can present where I can't drive or do basic life functions at times, you too?
Being MH is almost in vogue these days. It's like a badge of honour. Until you've actually worn it...
Some of us have kept our mental health problems secret - and continue to do so.
Load More Replies... Having adhd and needing (yes, needing) medication to function but it is highly regulated (classified as schedule 2, like fentanyl) bc people without this ailment constantly abuse it is NO fun. First of all, there are NO automatic refills, I must make a new appointment with my doctor and get a brand new, no-refills prescription every time, then there’s somehow always some problem or drama at the pharmacy. It must be a soft or unwritten rule to push back on stimulants or sched2 drugs, bc I know many, many adhd-ers who also have problems with pharmacies and their prescriptions. My pharmacy used to tell me my insurance was expired. Every time. 🤦🏻♀️
I had so many problems getting refills for a couple meds I take - yes, new prescription every month that I almost gave up. Then I heard about a little pharmacy (not the chain stores) that people were going to for years. Took my next couple prescriptions to them. They are so good about contacting your doctor and going to bat for you when insurance makes you jump through hoops to get your medicine approved. I don't know how I ever survived going to the major stores that have pharmacies. (Think - you already have a mental health problem and you have to cope with ongoing problems getting the meds you need.) check out the little pharmacies in your town.
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Truth! I get beyond annoyed every time a normal person forgets to do something or "spaces out" and then says "oh, I am just SO ADHD!" - as if this is just some tendy way of saying "oops, I'm sorry. I forgot!" No, you don't all have ADHD... and no, you can't diagnose yourself based on one random moment you weren't paying attention. I also hate how every time i open up to someone about it, they will say - without fail - "Oh, I think i must have that too!." ADHD is a challenging condition that affects every aspect of my daily life and - despite some benefit from medication - I still have to work hard to manage it every single day. It's not one single moment in time; it's a chronic, life-altering condition.
I'm profoundly dyslexic - loads of people use it as an excuse when they clearly only have mild issues, that makes my life much harder. Nowadays, seems like a huge amount of kids are diagnosed as 'on the spectrum' this leads to those who genuinely need help getting way less.
Can I ask what helps you with typing? I have a nibling who is struggling and their mum vents that she doesn't always know how to support. (She's used the yellow coversheet for printed work, but that's not practical for other things)
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I have autism and PTSD (aswell as 2 other, severe disabilities but they're not relevant here) and I get SO DAMN ANGRY when others say "we're all a bit autistic", and "that movie gave me PTSD as a kid"!
People also use their supposed "mental illness" as an excuse for their bad behavior. I'm bipolar but I know that I have a choice in how I behave.
I've been hospitalized for severe anxiety and panic attacks. It felt like I was going to die. I couldn't breathe; the muscles in my arms seized; I couldn't stand up because my legs turned to rubber. And I couldn't describe what was wrong with me because I lost feeling in my face and my mouth. It isn't cute or sexy or quirky or interesting. It's goddamn awful, and I wish people would stop co-opting it to excuse their character flaws and poor behavior, or to get attention. Same with OCD and dyslexia and Tourette's. People are affected by these issues in their day to day lives, mostly suffering quietly, while entitled attention seekers paint an awful picture of the rest of us.
And nobody takes anybody seriously anymore because so many other conceited b**** faces are "confessing" and faking it
Depression can be one of 2 things, depressed because of something that happened. Temporary. Depression as a mental illness. And it is debilitating and not temporary and it IS a mental illness. Nor do those pills help and can in fact aggravate it
The pills help me! I went from suicide attempts to being able to cope with life. It took a lot of therapy and many trial and errors with various meds. Finally we (yes - it takes work on both your psychiatrist's and your part) got some meds that work together. Don't give up on meds or doctors. Something/someone is out there that can help you deal with depression and anxiety. I am living proof.
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And yet they have a diagnosis code for billing. So on some level they have to believe they exist.
I agree, 'fake' mental illnesses are not cute and quirky, you are quite right. Who decides that someone else's experience is false though? Me? You? I know that I'm not qualified. The only way that you could know, with some degree of certainty, is if they were examined more than once by a psychiatrist. Or if they owned up to it. I don't see how telling people they are fake when they may well be genuine, is anything more than gatekeeping. Also, I don't understand how someone pretending to be ill has any bearing on your or my wellbeing. To claim that it is debilitating is frankly ridiculous. For instance, how close to you do they need to be in order to affect your health? If one enters the room, can you sense it? If someone claims to be ill, your options are; 1) Ridicule a genuine sufferer, thinking they're fake, and cause them even more harm. 2) Offer support to them, and give them the benefit of the doubt. No harm done. You might just have improved someone's day.
Not reading books. Actually boasting about it.
Edit: So far, the most tragic comments have been those defending TV watching as "taking just as much effort as reading".
The book is always better than the movie. The book is the entire story, as seen through the eyes of the author and interpreted by your brain. A movie is the writer’s and director’s reworking of the author’s story, to make it fit in a time slot and appeal to a range of audiences by cutting whole characters and storylines, framing for the modern perspective. and adding gratuitous nudity.
Teachers being proud that their classes are hard and their students are always failing.
That their dog weighs so much but really it's an obese sausage with legs who can't even take three steps without running out of breath.
Willful ignorance. Example: pride in not knowing how to do basic math.
How sensitive people don't get along with them because they're "not afraid to openly speak their mind."
(aka they are a**holes who always have to share their questionable opinions very loudly)
People who are proud of being "brutally honest" only care about the "brutal" not the "honest". Its perfectly possible to be honest without being a jerk.
"I haven't missed a day of work in years."
This usually means you went into the office while really sick, at least a couple of times.
Skin color. You fell out of your mother like that. It's not a personal achievement.
I think for the African American community it is a little bit different. It is only recently that we have started outwardly taking pride in being black because for the longest time in society we were told we are not good enough, smart enough or capable enough just because of the color of our skin. When you get told that for 100's of years, most in the community start to internalize this. So we are basically trying to undo a lot of generational trauma by being loud and proud about being black and uplifting ourselves. We are not saying we are better than anyone per se, but we are trying to uplift ourselves because in the past no one else would. I hope that makes sense 😊
Drunk driving.
They say it like it makes them a super cooool dude. Wait until you hit and kill a child and then see how cool you think you are. Bellends.
Holding or Acquiring Believes or Opinions based on a single thing about yourself,
to say you will or won't do something because it's the (Alabama Way). Supporting everything America does because you're American. Supporting EVERYTHING a political party does because they're your political party. Supporting everything a woman does because you're a feminist.
The vroom vroom sound their car makes at red lights. Like dude. Cook it. You're in a Mazda.
Not knowing something.
I have a coworker who, whenever they saw me replacing the paper towels, would loudly and proudly declare they have never done that in the five years they worked there, and that they didn’t even know how. I certain he thought it was some amazing “look how smart I am” moment in his head, but all I could think of was, “I’d be embarrassed to not know something so basic, and certainly not proud to be that lazy.”
being cruel.
My ex actually said, "Yeah, I saw this guy in a pub yesterday who tried talking to us so I basically burned his stupid shirt for an hour lol," which is one of the main reasons I broke up with him.
Brand Loyalty,
If you're not getting paid to exclusively use Apple, Samsung, Sony, Nintendo, Nike, Adidas, Chanel then why are you going so a hard for them?
Long commute times and working hours.
Yes. You're not hard working, you're just sad, and everyone's counting down the days till your mental breakdown.
Teens who think that are gangsters.
We had a family friend who, at 15, decided she wanted to join a gang. After her 'initiation," she was so badly mangled that she had to have a closed casket funeral. Gangs are not cool or fun, kids.
1. Not reading books.
2. Not listening to experts.
Not so sure about this one. This flex could land you in a presidency.
How bad they have it. I’ve seen people borderline brag about how much trauma they’ve been through like it’s some kind of contest.
I think we've all seen that FB post where OP says that they can never make their mom's recipes the way she does, and a commenter spends 3 paragraphs wingeing about how OP's post was hurtful and offensive because their (commenter's) mother was an alchoholic and a drug addict and blah blah blah...case in point.
Their political views.
It's not just one side doing this c**p either. It's just as annoying to be berated and talked down to by a "woke" person as it is a "MAGA" person. You're both being annoying, and taking pride in it. Just stop, f**k.
I see a lot of stuff like this and I usually agree. Having grown up in the south and being surrounded by far-right beliefs as a liberal I know some very good people that are conservative. But I find it different with "MAGA" to support Trump you have to disconnect yourself from reality in some regard, be hateful, or just ignorant. Now I'm not saying that Biden is good or even most democrats. They still act with self interest, but as the alt-right seems to take over the typically conservative, it's no longer just a differing of opinion on what's best, it's actively working against LITERAL NAZIS running for office and seating in Congress.
How much of an a*****e they can be
It's amazing to me how many people wear their assholishness as a giant badge of honor.
Their "roots" in a country that their great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather was from.
“I’m proud of myself, I haven’t cheated in a while”
Me: “it’s been 2 months and I’m not f*****g proud of you”
Those IQ tests people share but they dont know how to read their results. Had some guy just so proud that he was in the top 90%
Unearned wealth.
Genetic assignments.
Their place of origin.
What’s so wrong about being proud of your origins? I swear most of the posts here are just insecure people.
Wealth
Nationality
The ability to consume stuff like alcohol
Their sexual activity (no matter if being a virgin or being sexually very active)
Lack of sleep
How much hours they get exploited/work
Every room of the apartment of a woman I once dated was decorated with photographs. They were all of her. A big red flag, but I noticed too late.
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Addition: People (esp. Boomers) who are proud they played outside, drank from a garden hose etc. Yes of course this is better for kids than sitting in front of a cellphone at the age of 4. But your generation has embraced and used all technical improvements too (which is fine). If cellphones had been invented earlier, you surely wouldn#t have said, "no, father, I'd rather climb up this tree." You're not better because you didn't even have the choice. You were just born earlier.
From one born at the end of that generation - It is not so much bragging, but fondly remembering and maybe feeling that way has benefits "you" are missing out on. It has been proven that being outside has definite benefits in the long run. It needs to be a mixture of new and old. Unpopular opinion - the just in case clause - we need to be able to do "things" without technology because the next war will probably be cyber ( better than nuke imho).
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can i brag that i have the cutest and best cats ever and i love them and they are so sweet to me! that's what i'm proud of!
For me, it's people bragging about all the stupid animals they own. So you have cats; keep them at home, keep them to yourself and your cat-loving friends, and don't bother the rest of the population with the endless "cutesy" pics and videos of the ........... felines doing their normal things.
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People wearing bragging about how they're vegan, thinking theyre higher than you, WE GET IT
It annoys me when people are proud of the fact that they refuse to use medicine or go the doctor.
Or worse they brag about not taking their child to a doctor or getting them potentially life saving vaccines...
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I'd say women who are proud of not knowing how to cook or clean (which EVERY adult needs to know) and also people who are like "I never go outside if I can help it sunlight is my enemy" like no, sunlight and fresh air are good for you.
Using family time as an excuse to show up late and leave early every single day. How is your time more valuable than mine and why do I have to pick up your slack a*s when you make 50% more money then me....
Another one: being disabled. People feel the need to mention it, even when it has no bearing on the situation. "I'm disabled"...it's like a badge of honor.
Addition: People (esp. Boomers) who are proud they played outside, drank from a garden hose etc. Yes of course this is better for kids than sitting in front of a cellphone at the age of 4. But your generation has embraced and used all technical improvements too (which is fine). If cellphones had been invented earlier, you surely wouldn#t have said, "no, father, I'd rather climb up this tree." You're not better because you didn't even have the choice. You were just born earlier.
From one born at the end of that generation - It is not so much bragging, but fondly remembering and maybe feeling that way has benefits "you" are missing out on. It has been proven that being outside has definite benefits in the long run. It needs to be a mixture of new and old. Unpopular opinion - the just in case clause - we need to be able to do "things" without technology because the next war will probably be cyber ( better than nuke imho).
Load More Replies... can i brag that i have the cutest and best cats ever and i love them and they are so sweet to me! that's what i'm proud of!
For me, it's people bragging about all the stupid animals they own. So you have cats; keep them at home, keep them to yourself and your cat-loving friends, and don't bother the rest of the population with the endless "cutesy" pics and videos of the ........... felines doing their normal things.
Load More Replies... People wearing bragging about how they're vegan, thinking theyre higher than you, WE GET IT
It annoys me when people are proud of the fact that they refuse to use medicine or go the doctor.
Or worse they brag about not taking their child to a doctor or getting them potentially life saving vaccines...
Load More Replies... I'd say women who are proud of not knowing how to cook or clean (which EVERY adult needs to know) and also people who are like "I never go outside if I can help it sunlight is my enemy" like no, sunlight and fresh air are good for you.
Using family time as an excuse to show up late and leave early every single day. How is your time more valuable than mine and why do I have to pick up your slack a*s when you make 50% more money then me....
Another one: being disabled. People feel the need to mention it, even when it has no bearing on the situation. "I'm disabled"...it's like a badge of honor.
