Overconfidence
Confidence is a good thing to have. You have to have a reasonable amount of confidence if you want to get anything done. Overconfidence is a problem from time to time, and everyone is guilty of it, myself included. But it's just a part of life, the willingness to take risks, the willingness to say "I can do this" in a near hopeless situation. Sometimes that confidence pulls through, and you end up triumphant. When confidence gets too out of control, that's you get to the next level of arrogance.
Inflated Egos
These are the kids who feel superior to everyone, regardless of their status, beliefs, or personality. They range from the thugs who think they're tough shit because they've lived a "rough life", to the spoiled rich kids who think their wealth is all that matters, and that it will never run out. These types are some of the most annoying to deal with, because they'll always pull the "You're just jealous" or the "You don't know me" card. I got into this argument with a spoiled rich girl a while back. She wasted all her time on partying and didn't bother keeping her grades up. She was completely convinced that her parents' money was going to last forever and everyone what just jealous of her life. Everything I tried to use against her, she waved off as jealousy. This wasn't a troll either. As far as I can tell, what she was saying was completely legitimate.
The "thugs" are almost as bad. Most of them aren't even from anywhere that could be considered a "ghetto". Most of them are just whiney middle-class kids trying to be "hardcore" but their parents won't let them. The few that are actually from the ghetto, are arrogant for really no reason. Their life sucks, they probably won't get anywhere. If they do get anywhere they usually gain some character in the process and stop being so arrogant. The truly arrogant ones are the ones dealing drugs, joining gangs where they're probably going to die at a young age from some pointless turf war. They're the ones leading a life of crime and thinking it's going to get them anywhere.
Pseudo-Intellectuals
These are the guys that are arrogant enough to believe that they, some middle class, 1.4 GPA kid managed to uncover an entire conspiracy of jews/aliens/illuminati/freemasons on their own using only a laptop and a few sketchy details about 9/11. These are the guys that are convinced scientists lie to us. These are the guys that think they can disprove the laws of thermodynamics in their basements. These are the guys that try and convince the US that chemtrails and video games brainwash them into conformity. These guys aren't usually that bad, as it's usually easy to disprove or discredit what they're saying by stating a few well-known facts. These guys are nothing compared to the next ones.
See also: Far-Right Republicans
"The Omnipotent Ones"
These guys are the evolution of the Pseudo-Intellectuals. They're the ones that put their heads so far up their asses they reemerged as a new being altogether. They literally think that everything anyone else believes is a lie, this world is a falsity created by the jews/aliens/illuminati/freemasons. Science is a lie. The moon landing never happened, one plus one does not equal two. Any fact anyone else states isn't true because aliens.
The gall these morons have is infuriating, to assume their world is any more true than ours. They outright reject anything that is commonly accepted by society, and therefore it is impossible to argue with them, as they claim some bullshit like "you've been brainwashed by this system of consumerism". I supposed this is the reason I hate most conspiracy theorists, they're arrogant to the point of condescension and pity. They don't want their "truth", they want their imagined superiority because they "know the true nature of the world".
I've been guilty of the first, and possibly even the second form of arrogance. I realize I am not perfect, but I consider myself fit to make these observations, and do my meager part to move our society a little closer to a less hypocritical, more humble and respectful system.
Though to be honest, I think I'd get bored of that ideal system pretty fast.
Stupid people are funny.
The "thugs" are almost as bad. Most of them aren't even from anywhere that could be considered a "ghetto". Most of them are just whiney middle-class kids trying to be "hardcore" but their parents won't let them. The few that are actually from the ghetto, are arrogant for really no reason. Their life sucks, they probably won't get anywhere. If they do get anywhere they usually gain some character in the process and stop being so arrogant. The truly arrogant ones are the ones dealing drugs, joining gangs where they're probably going to die at a young age from some pointless turf war. They're the ones leading a life of crime and thinking it's going to get them anywhere.
Pseudo-Intellectuals
These are the guys that are arrogant enough to believe that they, some middle class, 1.4 GPA kid managed to uncover an entire conspiracy of jews/aliens/illuminati/freemasons on their own using only a laptop and a few sketchy details about 9/11. These are the guys that are convinced scientists lie to us. These are the guys that think they can disprove the laws of thermodynamics in their basements. These are the guys that try and convince the US that chemtrails and video games brainwash them into conformity. These guys aren't usually that bad, as it's usually easy to disprove or discredit what they're saying by stating a few well-known facts. These guys are nothing compared to the next ones.
See also: Far-Right Republicans
"The Omnipotent Ones"
These guys are the evolution of the Pseudo-Intellectuals. They're the ones that put their heads so far up their asses they reemerged as a new being altogether. They literally think that everything anyone else believes is a lie, this world is a falsity created by the jews/aliens/illuminati/freemasons. Science is a lie. The moon landing never happened, one plus one does not equal two. Any fact anyone else states isn't true because aliens.
The gall these morons have is infuriating, to assume their world is any more true than ours. They outright reject anything that is commonly accepted by society, and therefore it is impossible to argue with them, as they claim some bullshit like "you've been brainwashed by this system of consumerism". I supposed this is the reason I hate most conspiracy theorists, they're arrogant to the point of condescension and pity. They don't want their "truth", they want their imagined superiority because they "know the true nature of the world".
I've been guilty of the first, and possibly even the second form of arrogance. I realize I am not perfect, but I consider myself fit to make these observations, and do my meager part to move our society a little closer to a less hypocritical, more humble and respectful system.
Though to be honest, I think I'd get bored of that ideal system pretty fast.
Stupid people are funny.
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