Sinful Sunday: Pride
I think we all have a moment or moments in our life that makes us proud, there is nothing wrong with that but some people take this to a whole new level of attention seeking. When you play games you often get rewards, for example an achievement or a trophy, but that doesn't mean that this makes you amazing. Also people that constantly make their montage of getting kills and leave out all the times they got killed. Is it wrong that they do that? Probably not, but that doesn't mean I want to see it!
There's nothing wrong with showing off?
I don't think so, if you got a difficult achievement/trophy, beat a difficult level or boss then you can be proud of that. If you want to brag about it then that's up to you, but you should keep in mind that not everyone will like that and you can get a lot of hate for it. The same can be said about people with their kill montage, sure it might look cool but it doesn't represent actually their skill. It's often moments from several different matches that make that person look better than he or she really is. I don't know if that is the intention of the montage but I certainly hope it's not. There is nothing wrong with a little bit of bragging, especially if you really did something amazing but you do realize that modesty looks a lot better on you than pride. That doesn't mean you can't be proud, but maybe keep it to a minimum instead of claiming you're a god among men. Ok that would be an incredibly bold statement but I've heard it before and no what that guy did wasn't that amazing.
So you should be modest?
I like being modest, but I can absolutely understand the need for sharing your accomplishment and feeling proud of what you have achieved. Sure some will say that it's nothing special but as a personal accomplishment it can feel amazing! But instead of spamming your Twitter page with your succes, posting ten videos on YouTube and harass your friends with what you did you can also consider it what it often is, a personal victory. In my opinion you should also celebrate it as a personal victory. Do a little victory dance, jump up and down or just shout really loud how happy you are. Is that wrong? Well maybe in the middle of the night when your neighbours are trying to sleep but apart from that it's your victory and you can celebrate it that way. The disappointment will be big when you expect others to be happy for you or to also be excited about your accomplishment but instead other people don't care at all about what you did. There is nothing wrong with modesty and if you truly feel like you need to share your accomplishment with the rest of the world then you can always do that, just don't go crazy because we already have enough of that in the world!
There's nothing wrong with showing off?
I don't think so, if you got a difficult achievement/trophy, beat a difficult level or boss then you can be proud of that. If you want to brag about it then that's up to you, but you should keep in mind that not everyone will like that and you can get a lot of hate for it. The same can be said about people with their kill montage, sure it might look cool but it doesn't represent actually their skill. It's often moments from several different matches that make that person look better than he or she really is. I don't know if that is the intention of the montage but I certainly hope it's not. There is nothing wrong with a little bit of bragging, especially if you really did something amazing but you do realize that modesty looks a lot better on you than pride. That doesn't mean you can't be proud, but maybe keep it to a minimum instead of claiming you're a god among men. Ok that would be an incredibly bold statement but I've heard it before and no what that guy did wasn't that amazing.
So you should be modest?
I like being modest, but I can absolutely understand the need for sharing your accomplishment and feeling proud of what you have achieved. Sure some will say that it's nothing special but as a personal accomplishment it can feel amazing! But instead of spamming your Twitter page with your succes, posting ten videos on YouTube and harass your friends with what you did you can also consider it what it often is, a personal victory. In my opinion you should also celebrate it as a personal victory. Do a little victory dance, jump up and down or just shout really loud how happy you are. Is that wrong? Well maybe in the middle of the night when your neighbours are trying to sleep but apart from that it's your victory and you can celebrate it that way. The disappointment will be big when you expect others to be happy for you or to also be excited about your accomplishment but instead other people don't care at all about what you did. There is nothing wrong with modesty and if you truly feel like you need to share your accomplishment with the rest of the world then you can always do that, just don't go crazy because we already have enough of that in the world!
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