OMFG, yes, you are "special"
A generation of attention whores! No wonder so many of these kids are on antidepressants. People should do what they are required to do, paid to do, and now, these kids are demanding constant praise, e.g., instead of employee of the month, there's employee of the day! When will they discover, yes, they are special AND unique, just like everyone else?!
We have to get people to rediscover the true meaning of self-esteem, from inside of oneself. We are way too needy; we don't need more psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, worst yet, life coaches or whatever else to constantly telling us how great we are. We are great because we achieved, we accomplished what we set out to do. People have to learn to accept that they are not always winners, there are plenty of losers and they are still okay. Stop with this neediness, it's not attractive nor sexy!
Thankfully, there are over 70 million of these kids, i.e., 35 million females. As most gen-X girls have already or are reaching mid-life crisis (passing their christmas cake age), there are plenty growing up and becoming available. The secret is constant praise. So go direct, heap on the compliments, boys!
2 comments:
heh, man, i agree.
dunno if you've read my blog lately, i recently started reading a book called "the culture of narcissism" that was written back in 1979 but applies even more so today than it did back then.
it's a "disease" of our society, not of any individual necessarily (the individual is more of a byproduct rather than the cause.)
it's a shame that our society has turned toward a culture of self-esteem rather than of anything with real value, such as accumulating wealth and living a simple life rather than displaying wealth as much as possible in order to win praise from others, etc.
(oh, btw, i'll have to talk to you sometime on gtalk, i've got a bit of good news)
I have been keeping up with your blog and you made me aware of it... maybe it's a recall artifact and made me be more selective in my observation.
You don't have to wait for gtalk, give me a call!
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