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The Weekly Rant LXXIX -the "I'm number one" mentality
If you've ever done something competitive, (say, the summer events on this site) you've probobly seen someone make a complete a** of themselves with proclamations of their own certain victory and schreeching like chimps regardless of whether or not there's anything to be won for their effort.
Why do this, I wonder? From what I've gathered, if it's not to win anything, it's for their ego, YES! THE EGO! I've been ranting about ego more and more lately, enough so that it probobly doesn't need a separate rant no matter much I've grown to despise it. Anyhoo, people who act as though life depends on their winning whatever it is they're getting so worked up about quite clearly need to think about it a bit more.
1. There's usually nothing to be won, thus, nothing to be lost/get worked up about
2. Even if you can gain something for winning, unless it's a meth addicted monkey imitating contest, jumping up and down flinging your excrements at people won't get you any closer to your beloved prize.
3. How does beating someone else in a game make you superior? Even if you win every time and are an unstoppable super champion of the world, can you apply the skill it took to win to life and make it useful? If so, awesome, you have something to feel good about, but rubbing it in other's faces won't make you any better. If not, please swallow scorpians whole, have your knees broken, and drive blindfolded into a construction site in a car full of gunpower and fireworks.
4. If it's for self-esteem, you should already have that unless you're a pathetic weakling that can only be reassured of it's value as a human being be hearing the words "you win".
Self esteem should come from knowing you're good for something or accomplishing a task, not having a higher score than some guy you've never met in some game that may have been determined more by luck than you're willing to admit.
BOTTOM LINE: If acting like a testosterone-feuled jackass is the only way you can feel good about yourself, that's a big warning flag that you're either a complete moron or need serious help.
That's this week's rant, I'm Varmeip, Goodnight.
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