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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.
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.
Or texting/typing while driving. A former friend bragged to me about how she always responded to emails while driving. She knew I’d been in a serious accident caused by the other driver texting on his phone!
My beautiful cousin, her two babies and her new fiance were killed by a drunk driver. Only her 8 year year old son survived by being thrown clear out of the car and had to be air lifted to hospital for multiple broken bones and of course even now, years later he has terrible mental health and survivors guilt. It didn't help that the drunk driver only got 7 years in jail and was out in 4 years. 1 for each life he took and nothing for what he has caused the survivor to go through. Plus he is in the media frequently, drunk driving again, driving while on drugs, driving without a licence. So every time he is in the media it brings up awful memories of how much her family lost when they were killed. She was the best mam I ever knew.
Oh Sammie. I'm so sorry. *Offers you a hug*
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same can be said for speeding. No one cares if you own a flashy fast car, but we WILL care when you risk or even end the life of someone else with your stupid actions.
I know it's not *drunk* driving, but there's this one car that regularly accelerates and drives as fast as they can down my tiny residential street, where there are cars parked and kids play.😠
Get together with your neighbors on the street & see if your city/town will work with you on putting in speed bumps. There was a block of people who did that near where I used to live - they had the same situation & worked with the city to put in two speed bumps. It definitely slowed down the traffic for them! Or see if there's a way to record them & report it to your local police.
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And that's the reason why I don't have a drivers license. I've had issues with alcohol in the past and don't drink anymore but my biggest fear is to drive drunk and kill someone, especially a kid. I don't trust myself enough to know that IF I started drinking again and had access to a car that I wouldn't drive. It's not something to be proud of.
I'm learning to drive right now (theory first), and I'm already afraid of the "power" you're given when driving a car, no matter if you're drunk or not... How can people regularly drive a metal box weighing several tons at the speeds they do and not worry about the TINIEST mistake being someone's death?! Yeah, in theory, you know there could be a child/bike/deer/sniper hidden by that bush at the roadside, but if your attention - or your body's reaction - slips just once, you can hurt someone... Barely anything else we do in our everyday life has that impact!
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Somebody in my circle of friends was doing this just last night. I don't happen to like this guy, but his friends are my friends, so I just keep my mouth shut around him. Last night, he was so proud to remind us over and over that he's so wasted drunk right now, and that work in three hours should be interesting. His work is driving a semi. Sadly he's an Internet "friend" so I don't know what his trucking company is, or I'd be calling to report him on that
I had a friend who was super cavalier about driving under the influence. He ultimately died in a car wreck... caused by someone *else* who was drunk driving. The irony is just sickening.
Unfortunately, I heard from people they were too drunk to walk home so they 'had to" drive.
The one thing that I'm proud of as an alcoholic in recovery is that I never, ever got behind the wheel after drinking.
When my legal studies/psychology class went to visit the prison in high school one of the men was in from killing (iirc) a child when he was drink driving. The main aim of our trip was to see whether we thought the men were remorseful and this guy very much was, you could tell it destroyed him, he was in no way proud. However, he only got 2 1/2 years jail for what he did, which I don't think was enough. To have someone brag about doing something so horrible, just because they didn't get caught is despicable!
The comedian Sam Kinison was well known for his drinking and substance abuse, and he often drove under the influence. He died at the wheel of his car, perfectly sober... in a heads on collision with a drunk driver. I'm not sure what I'm trying to say. Maybe don't drink and drive?
Why do I feel like that last word is something usually that's censored on BP? ... Oh wait ... (Not trying to be sarcastic, just trying to see if I understand the term; American, but have heard it used by Brits)
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.
