Baby genius strikes again
One of my former classmates wrote a facebook note about his disgust for "self-obsessed" people. I shouldn't be surprised because in our class he would always get annoyed at people who constantly brought up stories about themselves in our class. He considers people "hopelessly, self-obsessed" and "narcissistic" if they write/post blogs about themselves and what happened during their day. And people who take "posed" pictures of themselves. In his note, he also criticizes people who say things like "I've been through a lot" or "I'm different because..."
Those latter statements, I must admit, do sound slightly obnoxious. My mother always tells me that no matter how much you think you've suffered or think you've been through, there's always going to be someone somewhere in the world who's been through more. Same goes for the different statement. Of course, I kinda put that I was different on my Myspace page but then I wrote something like maybe one I'll find that I'm not as different as I think. So I don't think that's quite a narcissistic statement.
But I was somewhat annoyed that he wrote that posting blogs about yourself was self obsessed and narcissistic. I mean isn't that the point of a personal blog? What else are you supposed to write about? I guess if ALL your blogs/journals are about yourself and what you did during then maybe that is a bit self-obsessed and frankly boring, but what's wrong with writing about yourself a little?
Also the picture thing. I think that's just an internet thing. Practically everyone poses for a self-taken pic on myspace, facebook, or livejournal. I just think it's fun and sometimes silly thing to do. I take pictures with friends, but I always think that I look too bloated or my face is too greasy or something. It's easier to adjust and make myself look good on my own. Am I so wrong for that? Is anyone? It's a little vain, I'll admit but it's not much different than looking in the mirror before going out.
I really like this kid who wrote all this stuff. (He will remain nameless in case this somehow gets around to him. It is the internet). He's a great writer, and I'm a little intimidated by him. He's only 19. I'm 6 years older than him and have no where near his writing ability. He's really smart and insightful. My secret nickname for him is baby genius because he's so smart. But maybe he's too smart. He so readily gives his opinion on almost EVERYTHING. Isn't that somewhat self-absorbed as well? I dunno.
Those latter statements, I must admit, do sound slightly obnoxious. My mother always tells me that no matter how much you think you've suffered or think you've been through, there's always going to be someone somewhere in the world who's been through more. Same goes for the different statement. Of course, I kinda put that I was different on my Myspace page but then I wrote something like maybe one I'll find that I'm not as different as I think. So I don't think that's quite a narcissistic statement.
But I was somewhat annoyed that he wrote that posting blogs about yourself was self obsessed and narcissistic. I mean isn't that the point of a personal blog? What else are you supposed to write about? I guess if ALL your blogs/journals are about yourself and what you did during then maybe that is a bit self-obsessed and frankly boring, but what's wrong with writing about yourself a little?
Also the picture thing. I think that's just an internet thing. Practically everyone poses for a self-taken pic on myspace, facebook, or livejournal. I just think it's fun and sometimes silly thing to do. I take pictures with friends, but I always think that I look too bloated or my face is too greasy or something. It's easier to adjust and make myself look good on my own. Am I so wrong for that? Is anyone? It's a little vain, I'll admit but it's not much different than looking in the mirror before going out.
I really like this kid who wrote all this stuff. (He will remain nameless in case this somehow gets around to him. It is the internet). He's a great writer, and I'm a little intimidated by him. He's only 19. I'm 6 years older than him and have no where near his writing ability. He's really smart and insightful. My secret nickname for him is baby genius because he's so smart. But maybe he's too smart. He so readily gives his opinion on almost EVERYTHING. Isn't that somewhat self-absorbed as well? I dunno.