ever notice when you were younger and online that the people older than you didn't seem as boisterous or as willing to offer information about themselves as you or your peers? i know i did..
anyway, i don't think this is a new thing. this, "let me talk about myself," phenomena has been going on probably for as long as humanity has existed. maybe the ones that are writing about it now are only more obvious of it because Facebook makes it that much more accessible.
Re the last article. I really want to tear it apart on facebook. It's shallow and superficial and missing the point as to human nature.
As Darwinian animals we are wired for competition and survival. congratulating anyone for anything, irrespective of the how or what, is against anyone's nature when they perceive their own selves as operating within a deficit. so if we find ourselves angry, hating, or envious, it's not because of that _other_ person. It's because we are unable to be empathetic. The feeling is an expression of an internal issue. Ergo, haters need to stop hating and just be happy for others.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2013-10-07 01:33 pm (UTC)anyway, i don't think this is a new thing. this, "let me talk about myself," phenomena has been going on probably for as long as humanity has existed. maybe the ones that are writing about it now are only more obvious of it because Facebook makes it that much more accessible.
Re the last article. I really want to tear it apart on facebook. It's shallow and superficial and missing the point as to human nature.
As Darwinian animals we are wired for competition and survival. congratulating anyone for anything, irrespective of the how or what, is against anyone's nature when they perceive their own selves as operating within a deficit. so if we find ourselves angry, hating, or envious, it's not because of that _other_ person. It's because we are unable to be empathetic. The feeling is an expression of an internal issue. Ergo, haters need to stop hating and just be happy for others.