Do you feel superior or inferior of others?

Started by Guardian September 17th, 2014 6:54 AM
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I've been reading this side of forum for a while and I was wondering. How do you feel towards others?
More importantly, how do you feel towards those you dont know, those who you see on streets or at college/work but dont really consider friends but acquaintances at most.
The reason I ask is because what I noticed that so many people are nice here, but shy (shy, not quiet, there is a difference), so I'd like to know how you guys feel towards your surroundings.

I myself feel (probably a bit too much) superior over most of people around me (except for my closest friends who I see equally as I see myself). I am one of those who always feel like they are going to win. Funny thing is that I never show it to others, and I never hold a grudge (since obviously I dont win all the time) on someone nor do I treat them differently cos of that. Usually I am against cockyness and people who are full of themselves and continuously point it out, but that feeling of superiority has been very helpful to me since I also partly belong to the group of quiet ones as well.

So yeah, what about you guys?

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I feel pretty neutral, actually
I try not to feel superior or inferior, because that kind of thinking is detrimental in both ways
Confidence heals, arrogance kills

With people I don't know, I can quickly tell (usually) if we just "click" or don't get along whatsoever.
With me, first impressions will linger until the next time I see you

Also, in school, I see everyone as either possible aids or enemies on the competitive front, especially if there's going to be a bell-curve kind of grading scheme


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I feel pretty neutral, actually
I try not to feel superior or inferior, because that kind of thinking is detrimental in both ways
Confidence heals, arrogance kills

With people I don't know, I can quickly tell (usually) if we just "click" or don't get along whatsoever.
With me, first impressions will linger until the next time I see you

Also, in school, I see everyone as either possible aids or enemies on the competitive front, especially if there's going to be a bell-curve kind of grading scheme
As for the first bold text, spot on.

As for the second one, lmao. And I doubt you'r alone on that one haha

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I always feel inferior to others, which I guess is a good thing. This pushes me to continually improve myself, be it grades or personality.

I'd rather feel inferior to others than superior, because I worry about complacency a lot.

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It just depends on the individual. I would be lying if I didn't feel superior to some people but at the same time I do feel inferior to people who are my age and doing ish like travelling the world and spending all of their time on vacation. Tbh I think the latter is more bitterness than inferiority, damn their easy lives lol.

As far as strangers and people I'm unfamiliar with, I'm pretty neutral with them. If I ever develop a superiority/inferiority feeling with someone it usually takes time for it to come up.

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I'm neutral. Sure, I might be superior at some things compared to some people. However, those same people could wipe the floor with my sorry ass at a different activity.

I couldn't jump to conclusion when meeting new people for that reason. Life is definitely not a race or competition and circumstances could put you at ridiculous odds with others.
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If someone has a skill that I share with them and project confidence in the skill, I'll assume they're better at it than I am. I'll also assume they know more about a skill I'm not versed in than they probably do. So I guess I would say I see myself as inferior in that way, but it's not really negative. I see it this way: either I'm right and they have a lot to teach me and will appreciate my humility, or I'm wrong and I impress them because I didn't make them expect too much.


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It depends on the person. There are people I feel like I'm better than. There are people who I feel that I'm equal to. And there are people I feel like I'm lesser than. It depends on if I view them as talented, if they're physically attractive, if they're charismatic, and pretty much every other adjective under the sun. But usually I don't start to compare my worth as a human being with them until I start to get to know them.

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I always feel inferior when it comes to History or Science classes but then I feel superior in Mathematics.

Besides school though, I consider myself an equal to everyone. I love equality. Of course there will always technically be superiors in terms of authority figures, but I guess I mean equality in more of a friends sense.
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Im just a bit social akward when I sometimes don't know what to talk about, It's not that I am shy and don't dare talk about it :P
Anyone have any idea "what o talk about?" x)
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Only when I need to directly assess whether I'm better/worse than someone at something! I'm rarely competitive, but if I do have opposition I like winning. If my competitive side was flared up and I knew I was going to lose hard at whatever said competition was after my wee assessment, I'd probably avoid said competition. If I reckoned it was easy pickings, I'd go and kick ass. So, I guess I've felt superior/inferior to others whenever I've needed to consider things like that.
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I feel superior to most american people especially white and black people with low skill and only speak 1 language ( English) . The reason i feel superior than them because i speak more 1 than 1 language.
And i have to live in another country that is noy my own so i have to be tough.
Wow are you kidding me? Seriously, every time I see your post.

Ontopic: It's really interesting to see everyone's opinion :D

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I feel superior to most american people especially white and black people with low skill and only speak 1 language ( English) . The reason i feel superior than them because i speak more 1 than 1 language.
And i have to live in another country that is noy my own so i have to be tough.
Remind me never to face off against you, if it comes down to who can be the best petty racist. I feel my inferiority in that regard will be shown up in a most glaringly obvious manner.
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I feel superior to most american people especially white and black people with low skill and only speak 1 language ( English) . The reason i feel superior than them because i speak more 1 than 1 language.
And i have to live in another country that is noy my own so i have to be tough.
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Remind me never to face off against you, if it comes down to who can be the best petty racist. I feel my inferiority in that regard will be shown up in a most glaringly obvious manner.
I really try to avoid people like this guy. But seriously, every time I see he posted on somewhere, I already know it's either an insult or something racist. And even then, it still puzzles me when I actually read the post. I'm surprised he hasn't been banned by now. (and it's sad that he's not even a troll, but a 12-ish year old with like, zero respect for anyone)

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I really try to avoid people like this guy. But seriously, every time I see he posted on somewhere, I already know it's either an insult or something racist. And even then, it still puzzles me when I actually read the post. I'm surprised he hasn't been banned by now. (and it's sad that he's not even a troll, but a 12-ish year old with like, zero respect for anyone)
Respect is earned, not given. Why should i respect you if you work at a job any 16 years old could do it? If you work at IT industry , engineer then i respect you.
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Respect is earned, not given. Why should i respect you if you work at a job any 16 years old could do it? If you work at IT industry , engineer then i respect you.
Excuse me, was that supposed to be an argument or? You have to try harder.
Fun fact: you might think you're above others as a troll, but you actually are not (cos no one really cares, not even I do, even if it looks like I do...I dont, but pssh) ;)

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Respect is earned, not given. Why should i respect you if you work at a job any 16 years old could do it? If you work at IT industry , engineer then i respect you.
this is the only time I will try to reason with you because from what I've seen before it's ultimately futile and pretty much the stupidest thing I could do but whatever I have nothing better to do.

what if that person wasn't able to secure a job in the field that they want to sculpt a career in and have to take another low-paying low-level job just to put food on the table?
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I definitely feel pretty inferior to other. I was never the smartest person and seeing the ideas and projects and how much better and more creative they are compared to mine. A lot of people seem to put more effort in their work and have a lot more skills than me. For example in my figure drawing class, I was only there for a month and there were people there who were already drawing really detailed figures and I was still figuring out how to place the basic lines and shapes to make the figure. And I was so behind everyone else, I felt inadequate to everyone. Same for my drawing classes. Everyone there knows more on perspective, forshortening and making straight lines and curves, and my boxes look like some 8th grader drew them. It really can take a person's confidence and determination away.
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If i am walking down the street seeing random people, i just have my guard up.
If i meet someone new, i never reveal any personal information other than my name.
If i feel like i am being challenged i rapidly respond to my offender.

To me those that see themselves as superior to anyone in anyway with no valid proof at all (for example someone just walks down a mall thinking he's better than everyone that he see's) fails to acknowledge the weakness that they themselves have. To me when I see someone that thinks they are better than me in anyway without any proof at all, I tend to get very defensive and very territorial to that person. But thats just me.
If I see someone who is shy or feels inferior to me, I never attempt to offend or ever think highly of myself of that person.

So you could say that I think I'm superior/inferior to people based on what they think of me first. Im not going to go down the street/mall and just judge people for anything unless they interact with me first.