/jp/ - Otaku Culture

i'm fine with my life, i don't need a superiority complex to be happy

No, but only because I'm consumed with self loathing.

If anything I suffer from illusory inferiority, or so I've been told.

No. I always think of myself as pretty low.

> This describes the tendency of people with a below average intelligence quotient (IQ) to overestimate their intelligence, and of people with an above average IQ to underestimate their intelligence

Congratulations, /jp/. This article says you're probably not retarded.

>>6002361
Nah. I hate myself more than anything. I wish i was dead, i could go to gensokyo ;___;

On some days I actually think I'm a bit smarter than those my age and just lack motivation, other days I think I'm just a waste of space and oxygen who would do everyone a favor by crwling under a rock and die.
So yeah, I don't know and lol/blog/

I know I am not a retard!

I have an inferiority complex
My value is negative

No, I have this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AvPD

On 2ch, we call it 中二病.

>>6002401
You'd be surprised at the amount of people here that think they're intelligent.

Pretended surprise, anon?

I am too self-critical to have that. Self-doubt is what makes me double and triple-check my work.

:/

I have this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADHD_predominantly_inattentive

....What's this thread about again? Where am I?

This thread is very lewd!

>>6002414
I seem to have this too. I wonder if we feel the same about IRL people.

>>6002444
We should chat.

>>6002414
If you don't have this you probably shouldn't be on /jp/

>>6002414
Don't we all.

>>6002453
This

/jp/ - Avoidant/Schizoid culture

No, I think of myself as nothing but a worthless piece of shit.

>>6002451
I think so too. You can send me email. i can tell you my msn trought that. Or whatever you might like.

Jordan is the only acceptable tripfag, and you think he's just a namefag now. Piece of dick cheese king of the gooks mooks.

/jp/ - Low self esteem / I'm-secretly-smart-just-not-trying

I'm a socially retarded NEET that just refreshes /jp/ all day and waits for hosts in Blazblue.

;_;

>>6002476
If they have low self-esteem they aren't going to think they're secretly smart

>>6002468
email sent.

My MSN is the same as the email I sent from.

Probably to some extent. I hate bragging about myself, even if it's just to myself, but whenever I take on or consider taking on some challenge, I always imagine myself producing above average results.

I think it's mainly a result of not being able to motivate myself with mediocrity. It's almost a prerequisite when I do something that requires motivation, that I'm convinced I could do it better than most people. It's only natural that you'd create some convenient delusions for yourself when that's the case, right?

why are you guys moving the conversation off of /jp/ that's exclusionary

>>6002490
you'd be surprised at how many layers a person can have

I often insult myself
I insult myself so much that it's like breathing
Sometimes I don't realize I'm doing it

I tend to think others are dumb, rather than thinking I'm smart if a situation arises in which I appear above average.

Why do you have all my disabilities listed in here /jp/?
I hate you all.

>>6002507
one of us, one of us

It's also kinda the reason I don't have really friends. If someone befriends me, I think it must be either because they just want to feel superior or they haven't got any better options, and in both cases I feel uncomfortable as hell.

Well, my thought process goes something like:

>look at frat dumbasses
Well, I'm not THAT dumb
>Look at genius IQ 180 people
I'm definitely not that smart
>College graduates slightly above the average
Looks about right.

get a grip on yourselves untalented wimps, I appreciate your art and community but your constant whining and self loathing sickens me.

>>6002521
Quit thinking so much.

Sometimes I have an illusion of grandeur but I often start arguing against this felling of superiority. Then I starting thinking that my arguments against my supposed superiority are just a way of feeling better about myself. That goes on and on. Sometimes I spend entire nights arguing for and against my superiority with myself.

I have a 4.0 college GPA while studying 6000 miles away from home. I have about 12 million euros. I am fit.
Any feeling of superiority that I have is, I believe, well deserved.

I'm just as critical of myself as I am of other people, so it's hard to say whether I consider myself superior or inferior.

>>6002545
What art, what community?

>>6002361
But my superiority is not illusory.

>>6002570
enjoy that creeping doubt that compels you to try to validate yourself here.

>>6002570
And you're on /jp/?

Pardon me if I don't believe you.

>>6002570
This isn't even illusory, this is hallucinatory.

>>6002570
>I have about 12 million euros
I'm sure you earned that all yourself and it's not your mommy and daddy's money, right? Assuming you're not just making it up, that is.

No, I'm as much broken goods as they come.
But I have personality delusions and a couple of them had this.

>>6002570
I think that's called hallucinatory superiority.

>>6002686
I think that's called Internet Lie.

You know even after screwing up in a tough college program and needing to transfer, I still feel like I'm better than average. I kind of think this sort of attitude is necessary for me to get through shit, because when I'm realistic about myself I get depressed and don't accomplish anything.

>>6002691
Isn't it a fact that depressed people view reality more accurately than normal people?

>>6002672
What's so hard to believe?
You're posting on a board where some people have maids and live in mansions.
How does having nothing better to do than post on /jp/ correlate with having money, a 4.0 and doing sports?
>>6002677
Of course I haven't earned that money, but financial superiority isn't dependent on who acquired the money. The point is that while most people are constrained in the amount of things that they can do due to monetary concerns, I am not.

>>6002765
Too obvious.

>>6002765
>How does having nothing better to do than post on /jp/ correlate with having money, a 4.0 and doing sports?

All those things require upkeep. You need to run as fast as you can just to stay where you are.

>>6002765
You're not financially superior because you didn't earn the money. I can buy whatever I want, too, but you don't see me bragging about it.

>>6002718
How can that be a fact when what constitutes reality varies widely from person to person?

>>6002837
It doesn't vary at all. Reality is the same for everyone.

>>6002832
Oh, you misunderstand, I don't brag.
But money is the same regardless of who earned it. A dollar that I made is no different than all those that I haven't: they all sit in my bank accounts. I don't believe that having that money makes me a better individual, but it puts me in a situation that is envied by plenty, that is, complete independence.
In real life, the concept of having earned something is empty. There is ownership and that is all.

>>6002874
People who own money that they did not earn are thieves.

>>6002361
I can't stop staring at this pic.

I want to kiss her so badly. ;_;

>>6002868
Basic stuff like "the sky is blue" and "there's a car over there" are the same for everyone. The more conceptual aspects that we consider "reality" however are debatable.

I.e. "You're fucking up your life browsing /jp/ all night! You should be thinking about marriage and raising a child at your age, you'll never be happy if you don't, can't you see that!"
"No it's okay to be by myself, I enjoy being alone and am not interested in raising a family. I am happy just with myself and these articles of fancy which amuse me."

There you go, two different realities. Both parties think their outlook is "reality".

>>6002868
You have no way to prove that.

>>6002899
Pray tell, whom have I stolen from? But is /jp/ not the same? How hypocritical, to call me a thief when the lot of you live off your parents and taxpayers.

how is this thread on-board-topic?

is OP just jellay?

>>6002939
Fuck off back to /a/, peanuts for brains.

>>6002939
>how is this thread on-board-topic?
It's not, just like most of the threads.

>>6002909
Why? She'll never love you. All she's concerned with is all the material things she can steal.

>>6002927
Maybe hypocritical. But no less true.

>>6002927
That's easy. You stole from everyone who was not given what they earned. Give it back.

>You're posting on a board where some people have maids and live in mansions.

No one on /jp/ is actually like that.

Stop feeding the internet tough guy troll you idiots.

>>6002978
Oh, my. Okay. I am willing to meet every single person and give them what they deserve under condition that they can convince me that I have taken their money. Allow me to to announce that I most likely won't have to part with a cent. While you reason in terms of ideology, I do in practical terms.
What's even more amusing is that I am, at heart, a marxist, but being born into wealth, I am on the wrong side of the barrier to argue about fairness. I have decided to exploit society for all that it's worth. I am on the side of the thieves, the liars and the profiteers.

I have a steady income, a loving wife and two beautiful children. I am an upstanding member of society who does voluntary work in his free time.

>>6003037
You don't understand. Nobody has to prove that you took their money. All they have to prove is that you did not earn the money.

>>6003043
How about you volunteer to fix my air conditioning?

This is a terrible thread and it's because Marisa is posted in the OP. Reported.

>>6003050
Are you an unfortunate member of the lower echelons of society?

>>6003037
Well, you're on /jp/, so you're halfway there.

>6003056
I am living on government property.

>>6003047
Oh, sadly, they do have to prove theft. Given that someone who earned it gave it to me, I don't have to prove anything. Or will you argue that for theft to take place, no transfer needs to take place?
Inheritance is the basis of capitalist societies, if anyone has a claim to my property, the sod will have to make a damn good argument against Locke.
Regardless of all this, all the money that I have will probably be put to better use by me than by the myriad exploited masses. Utilitarianism doesn't look for fairness, but for maximum benefit to society.

>>6003078
I've always thought inheritance was a bloody stupid idea, yes. It's quickly becoming clear to me that I have no idea what I'm talking about. Laters.

>>6003056
Yes! And also a member of one or more minorities, which I do not wish to disclose at this time.

>>6003096
A respectable idea. Inheritance is indeed unfair on a level, but without it, property can hardly exist.

>>6003078
>Regardless of all this, all the money that I have will probably be put to better use by me than by the myriad exploited masses.
How? Spending it to browse /jp/?

>>6003097
youkai are not a real minority, anon.

SAGE.

>>6003128
Well blacks and latinos get to be one, why can't I?!

Actually, I'm extremely pessimistic and negative about all of my qualities. Despite what my parents say to me, I truly believe I've no real skill in anything at all. Not even video games, and I spend a majority of my time on those. You'd think after spending every day on a single fighting game and studying combos that I'd be able to kick some ass in online battles, but it's always the opposite.

I spend the rest of my time on the computer, but obviously I'm not really learning anything from browsing 4chan, reading VNs/manga, and watching anime all day.

I can't ever imagine myself being a productive member of society unless I stoop to something like being a cashier or janitor. Such jobs would be extremely disrespectful to my parents, who have such high expectations of me, so I'll never stoop to those jobs anyway.

Even still, despite all my flaws that I've no hope nor will of improving on, I lay back all day and take it easy. I don't particularly care that my life will amount to nothing, and I'm quite content with how my life is now.

But illusory superiority is definitely not me at all. Even shitposters on /jp/ aren't really above me, because most of my posts are shit. The only problem is, they're unintentionally shit, which I find worse than some level 1 troll TRYING to shit on /jp/.

My threads never get replies, my posts are always ignored, and a lot of times threads even die shortly after I post, as if I'm the grim reaper of threads. That's why I rarely ever post at all, for the better of /jp/ as a whole.

I know the only reason this has a chance of getting replies and not killing the thread is because I explicitly pointed this fact out.

Pic related, because this kinda became a cool story, I guess.

In Gensokyo, humans call youkai minorities even though they are the majority.

>>6003166
Hello Me.

>>6003166
Sorry for you, but at least you're living right.

Taking it easy is the way to go.

And I suck at video games too my friend, it's alright.

>>6003166
>>6003166

>/jp/'s inner monologue

JUNKED CARS UP ON CINDER BLOCKS

UP IN THIS BITCH

>>6003182
can i rub my p0n0s on the yukkuri

>>6003166
>My threads never get replies
Wow...that's saying a lot for /jp/'s "EVERY THREAD MUST BE REPLIED TO" policy.

My condolences.

>>6002414
Wow, this is very close to describing me. Some parts are a bit wrong, but just because of context. Like:
>Extreme shyness or social anxiety in social situations, though feels a strong desire for close relationships

I don't really desire a close relationship with my waifu, I'm fine loving her from the sidelines. I know very well that if she was real, she wouldn't want to be with me, and wouldn't be the same. I guess you can say I'd love the thought of being close to her, but know that if I had the chance to I probably wouldn't.

>>6003197
I don't think I could take it easy like that.

>>6003166
>Actually, I'm extremely pessimistic and negative about all of my qualities. Despite what my parents say to me, I truly believe I've no real skill in anything at all.

This is pretty much what my mental image of myself is. However fortunately for myself, I'm capable of becoming nearly immediately proficient at anything I try to do, even more so if there's a sense of urgency/risk for said task, whether real or imagined.

>>6002545
/jp/ has no art nor community. Are you in the right place?

>>6003166
I thought I was the only one that could practice and practice at games and never get better.

I've been playing Blazblue for months now and I'm still one of the worst players online.

;_;

>>6003166
>My threads never get replies, my posts are always ignored, and a lot of times threads even die shortly after I post
Why was this the most depressing part of your post?

>My threads never get replies, my posts are always ignored, and a lot of times threads even die shortly after I post

Especially in threads like this...
Sometimes I meet sweet, helpful anons but I hardly find the courage to answer them back

>>6003215
The term art is being used incredibly loosely here. He probably has a sick fetish or something and jerks off to the images we post.

>>6003226
It's really worst to not get any replies in a thread like these, when you pour your heart into your post, thinking that maybe someone will spare you a comment that will fill you with some hope, and your post just gets ignored completely.

I think I do. Being told you are in the top 1% of standardized test results does a lot to build a 4th grader's ego, and I don't think that's ever left me. I try to be self-aware, but that doesn't stop the feeling of superiority even when I am.

>>6003271
Everyone, let's remember to be thoughtful, pleasant, and encourage one another!

We are all friends here, right /jp/?

>>6003125
Bitch, please. I'm 20. At least let me finish my damn Bachelor's.

Every time there's a birthday or something, my family drags me to the party. Of course, I just sit in a corner on my laptop listening to music, or read a book or something and trying to drown out the noise.

Sometimes they say they're bored of their music and ask if they can plug in my MP3 player for some new stuff to listen to. I always answer that they wouldn't like my stuff regardless. I feel my taste in music is very bad. I don't really look down on their music, despite how unappealing it is to me. At one point one of my family members ended up actually picking up my MP3 player while I wasn't really paying attention, since I was using my headphones to read my Symphonic Rain.

"Lets see what we have here. Huh, I can't even read most of these titles. Well, I'll just put it on shuffle."

Of course by this point I was hoping he'd just put it down, because I sure as hell don't have the confidence to speak up and tell someone that I don't want them touching my stuff or putting it to play.

Thankfully the only really embarrassing song that played was Rainbow Girl (The Miku Hatsune version), which nobody understood anyway, obviously. The rest were pretty much instrumentals, mostly piano and orchestrated Touhou arrangements. However, after maybe 5 songs they took it off.

"The others said they didn't want to hear it, I'm fine with this music though."

But he was obviously just lying because he said he wouldn't mind my songs beforehand, so it was only natural he'd put up an act that he was okay with it.

Some others came up to me and said they don't like classical stuff, but somehow thought I was pretty mature to be listening to soothing stuff like that and went as far as to call it "actual music."

tl;dr - No, I hate myself and think I'm below everyone.

Geez. If you guys really have no skills, you could at least try learning something. Do you really have no interest in history, or science, or learning skills that aren't video game related?

>>6003314
Well sort of, but not enough to drag me off my computer.

>>6003166
I've noticed threads dying after I post too. I've started abusing it to kill threads I dislike.

I know it's just confirmation bias, but it still feels empowering.

>>6002978

That's really absurd. Life isn't fair, and just because some people got lucky doesn't mean they owe anything to the people who got a raw deal. That's just stupid slave morality.

>>6003271
I believe in you anon, I hope everything will work out fine for you!

>>6003310
I just don't talk about music with people. Really, if you like anything that isn't mainstream, you'll probably clash with 95% of the population, whether it's hipster crap or weeaboo stuff or instrumental anything.

Seriously, tho. I have a hard time understanding the low self esteem. You all say you feel like you have no talent, no friends, etc, but friends are unimportant, and your worst trait is that you tend to be scared of even trying.
Sure, /jp/ is full of fucktards, but the human average isn't so high that you people should have low self esteem. I've never had any friends and I'm not really preoccupied by that shit.

>>6003323
You don't have to get off the computer to read about history or science or whatever. In fact, getting off the computer actually makes doing so MORE difficult.

>>6003340
Yeah, I honestly believe that the average /jp/ poster is smarter than the average person. Maybe not like genius or even gifted, but if you're smart enough to know the things that people on /jp/ know you have to have some capacity for learning.

>>6003330
>Life isn't fair.
The only sane response to this is to try to make life fair.

>>6003310
>ask if they can plug in my MP3 player for some new stuff to listen to.
This is why I carry a cheap 4 gig mp3 player filled with Eurobeat on me.

>>6003340
Actually if you really want to get anywhere in life, making friends with people is very important.

Mhh, i have something similar regarding most of my features, except Intelect wich i know its high... i usually tend to only valuate intellect cause of this tending to have quite a lot of enemies that are not as smart even if they have a lot of qualities...

Then, biggest issue is the hugemoungous fear i have for doing something people will dislike too

lol

>>6003384
actually rephrasing it... (this is my issue)
i fear that people will missunderstand me, that im not clear enough... or that they take somethng i say and overreact

>>6003384
>except Intelect wich i know its high
oh it shows

>>6003389

1) main language is not english
2) i do not bother making it proper writting since it really doesnt matter as much
3) writting and IQ arent related, since writting the word properly its just being used to it or memory

I don't smoke, don't drink, don't do drugs and am still a virgin. As such I consider myself superior to most of the worldwide population.

And on the other side, those people think they are superior to me because they think life is all about the stuff mentionned above.

In fact, I am pretty sure most people think they are superior to others. Whether it's about tastes, lifestyle, education, physical appearance, etc... The only exceptions being humble persons and the ones with low self-esteem.

See how guidos are convinced that they're the most beautiful people in the world ? This is just how humanity is. Just look at this website or the internet in general and see the lack of respect people have for other people because they happen to disagree with their opinions, have different tastes, look different...