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Me, me, me! America’s ‘Narcissism Epidemic’

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/30312181/

I was reading this, and I instantly remembered /jp/ (I guess the Internet in general) with its tripfags vying for attention and formation of cliques that put certain tripfags in godly status with an entourage of adoring fans.

I tripfag a little for those same reasons too. It's really made take a look at myself and try to become more humble and less attention-seeking or trying to have anonymous like me or try to become popular in an anonymous image board.

>> No.4380497

tldr, sum it up for us?

>> No.4380520

America doesn't have a problem with narcissism, it's specifically an overblown sense of entitlement.

Now tripfags, yeah, them's some regular Narcissus's

>> No.4380530

>>4380486
I've always been against narcissism and attention whoring. Nothing new.

>> No.4380525

>>4380497
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/30323494#30323494

video

>> No.4380534

Hey I'm an ex-tripfag too but you don't see me posting meta shit about it

>> No.4380542

This article describes complete retards, so it's really no surprise that you find a correlation with the traits described with tripfags.

>> No.4380556

Jones-sama doesn't seek validation from those mere anonymous ants beneath his feet.

Actually, the only attention whore tripfriend I can think of in /jp/ at the moment is that Alice Margatroid camwhore.

>> No.4380571

>>4380556
You're the biggest one of them all. In fact, I was thinking specifically of you when I read this.

>> No.4380580

>>4380486
I don't know. Narcissistic personality disorder doesn't seem like something most /jp/ users would have (since many of us have low self-esteem), but I do wonder a bit why tripfriends feel the need to stand out in a predominantly anonymous community. I'm a bit doubtful that it's due to rare mental disorders however.

>> No.4380589

>>4380556
He looks like a total scene faggot.

Figuregirl was also a total whore and I'm glad we drove her out.

>> No.4380611
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4380611

So you dropped your trip because you finally figured out that bringing attention to yourself or even identifying yourself is detrimental to an internet discussion board, OP?

Congratu-fucking-lations, this is something the rest of us had figured out on our second day or so.

>> No.4380619

>>4380580
> since many of us have low self-esteem

Sounds like a stereotype you have of nerds or something.

>> No.4380627

>>4380611
It took you until your second day?

>> No.4380633

>>4380611
> Congratu-fucking-lations, this is something the rest of us had figured out on our second day or so.

Whoa, come down from your ivory tower, smartest and most coolest person on /jp/ who is a better human being than OP.

>> No.4380656

>>4380633

No, well, you see, there's that whole >TRIPCODES ARE FOR JERKS! thing that's been around since 4chan was born.

That, and any 4chan user worth his salt knows that having a tripcode + name combo attracts shitposters to your posts like sugar drawing a horde of ants.

>> No.4380676

>>4380633
No, this shit should seriously have been common knowledge from the get-go.

>> No.4380685

>>4380619
Your logic doesn't follow. I didn't say anything about nerds, but anyway, I know I have low self-esteem. I can occasionally tell when other people here do too, whether they explicitly state it or through their actions.

>> No.4380704

>>4380656
>>4380611
Anonymous poster turns on his tripcode to argue against anon because he feels it gives him more credibility and feels that anon will back down at the sight of your tripcode.

I know all the tripcode user behaviors. In fact, by know, I think we all know them.

>> No.4380730

>>4380676
Talk about inflated ego.

OMG EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS, DUH! HOW STUPID.

>> No.4380735

>>4380730
Anonymous Image Board

>> No.4380741
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4380741

>>4380676

>> No.4380868

>>4380741
Does anyone have the full set of these?

>> No.4380913

I don't have fans or haters though, I'm kinda like air.

>> No.4380965

>>4380656

Actually not in the beginning because people (including the staff) didn't know shit about futaba and a lot of people used the name field. Lots of people still posted anon but the people who had names like buki buki never had people call him an attention whore. I guess the trips are for fags thing came around as people began to learn the principal behind an anonymous board.

>>4380704

Haha I used to turn off my tripcode to argue because it's easier to argue with sock puppets.

>> No.4380979

>>4380486
You thought /jp/, I thought Gilgamesh.

>> No.4380991

>>4380486
>msnbc
enjoy your propaganda network

>> No.4380994

>>4380486
>I was reading this, and I instantly remembered /jp/ (I guess the Internet in general) with its tripfags vying for attention and formation of cliques that put certain tripfags in godly status with an entourage of adoring fans.
>entourage of adoring fans.
No one gives a shit about tripfags aside from themselves.

>> No.4381000

Nobody knows who I am, yay!

>> No.4381002

Everyone who posts is a narcissist.

Only lurkers are those who are truly humble.

>> No.4381022
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4381022

>>4381000
You can't fool me!

>> No.4381041

>>4381022
W-What sort of sorcery is this?

>> No.4381035

>>4380580
>Narcissistic personality disorder doesn't seem like something most /jp/ users would have (since many of us have low self-esteem),
Do you know that low self-esteem is very common with narcissists?

>> No.4381032

copypasta time.

>"One Toshiaki (the default name for an anonymous poster ) is as good (or as much a loser) as another." There is no reason for anyone to feel like they stand out as someone important in this Japanese community. If nicknames were used, as the creator of the board Hiroyuki Nishimura once explained in an interview, those people would gain authority in this network over time... an authority which would make it harder for others to tell them "what you say is wrong/boring/lame." Nishimura says, “All information is treated equally; only an accurate argument will work.” And: "People can only truly discuss something when they don’t know each other."

>> No.4381058

>>4381041
It's not sorcery. It's a beaver.

>> No.4381064

>>4380589
thread about tripfags?
count me in

>> No.4381073

>>4381058
Does that beaver happen to be a youkai bearer of magic?

>> No.4381074

>>4380868
http://www.mediafire.com/?2mijgynnyny

>> No.4381075

>>4381035
You didn't read the article mate

>We will also address other myths, such as "narcissists are insecure" (they're typically not)

>> No.4381081

>>4381035
I adhere to the behavioral/cognitive theory that narcissistic personality disorder develops from people who are treated too special when they are kids. True, that isn't directly related to self-esteem, but I was thinking that kids who were always put on a pedestal are more likely to develop the disorder. And normally I would associate bloated self-esteem with that, rather than low self-esteem, but whatever.

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4381082

I have 24k posts, yet I'm pretty much one of the less known tripfags, I'm just a regular anon with a trip, not standing out form the bunch.

>> No.4381083

Stop shitting up the board with threads about tripfags. You're not helping with the problem you think there is.

>> No.4381091

>>4381082
I recognize you

>> No.4381098
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4381098

>>4381073
It might very well be, but I think it's just your everyday beaver.

Another normal beaver.

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>>4381091
Is that so...

>> No.4381110

>>4381081
I was put on a pedestal when I was a kid. Its so disgusting I don't want to remember it, but by the time I came out to university and realized I was far from special the crushing blow to my self-esteem made me humble as fuck (it also lead me to be anonymous). Every time I got too condescending I remind myself how worthless I am and calm down bit.

>> No.4381116

>>4381082
What a fucking joke.

You actually looked up your fucking post count and then you pretend to be a low key tripcode user who nobody knows when pretty much you're posting all over the place and people remember you by name.

I am digusted.

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>>4381022
IS THAT AN APPLE?

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4381127

What's going in here?

>> No.4381128

>>4381082 I'm just a regular anon with a trip, not standing out form the bunch.

If you really thought so you'd lose your trip and name.

>> No.4381140

>>4381098
...such an amazing Beaver.

>> No.4381144

>>4380486
Which flash is this from?

>> No.4381147

>>4381116
Keep in mind that he has a public trip, #mew I believe. Maybe no one cares about imitating him nowadays, but I think in the past some people did, thereby bloating his true post count. By how much, I don't know.

>> No.4381150

>Me, me, me! America’s ‘Narcissism Epidemic’
Funny how that sounds just like some defunct 80's anti-US propaganda.
>derp [insert board here] derp derp
Generic trollpasta.

msnbc or no, get the fuck out, propaganda britshit. If you want to bitch about narcissism and/or entitlement, you could tackle your own country's lordships system.

Only thing new and narcissism-related that comes to mind is "reality TV stunts." And we can't tolerate this disruptive-ass "reality TV stunt" crap of late, but all that we need to do to get rid of that kind of "cultural terrorism" is make it illegal to make somebody rich for pulling these kinds of stunts.

Trollaganda -> >>>/new/

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>>4381128
No, it's tradition now. I will never lose it!
>then you pretend to be a low key tripcode user who nobody knows
No need to pretend, I am pretty low key.

>> No.4381157

so yeah could some anon around here enlighten me on why they hate tripfags?

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4381173

>>4381140
Not as amazing as you!

>>4381120
No, it's a beaver.

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>>4381147
95% of my posts are mine, there was never anyone that used my trip for prolonged period of time. I am uninteresting.

>> No.4381179

>>4381154
Well you're not.

>> No.4381182

>>4381064
Sup Suigin

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4381184

>>4381173
Silly beaver I mean next to the corn you're eating.

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4381192

>Shameimaru Aya is my girlfriend
>girlfriend

>> No.4381200

>>4381157
narcissism

>> No.4381199

>>4381173
Well this beaver, even though amazing, is kinda freaking me out.

>> No.4381198

>Me, me, me! America’s ‘Narcissism Epidemic’
>America
>I instantly remembered /jp/
>Japan/General

Why? Were you thinking of /b/?

>> No.4381209

SUCK MY DICK
SUCK MY DICK
I AM A TRIPFAG
SUCK MY DICK

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4381219

>>4381127

>Shameimaru Aya is my girlfriend
>girlfriend

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>>4381209
Sure.

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4381242

>>4381184
I like apples.

>> No.4381252

im in magazines, fuck you bitches

>> No.4381254

>>4380486
Really?

It reminded me mostly of the retarded tripfag haters and their overinflated sense of importance.

>> No.4381289

>>4381032

OTOH having a name to every post as it's advantage, as it creates a record in the mind of the readers of what that poster says and does. This enables the community to self-moderate, driving out terrible posters and making them feel unwelcome.

Opinions aren't really seen on even ground under an anonymous system because it enables unchecked sock puppet use and civilized conversation becoms impossible where there are no consequences to posting something shitty.

I still like anon posting though, posting with a name feels restrictive and dirty.

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4381300

>>4381219

I'm not ready for commitment just yet. I do love her, though.

>> No.4381323

>>4381230
How come that isn't on /rs/?

>> No.4381344

>>4381289

To back this up I always wanted to post this when I used a tripcode, but I didn't because it would look terrible because it's meta as hell and people here have an obsession with remembering what tripfags says. Isn't that a good thing, that the community can attack tripfags so easily when they post shitty things?

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4381401

>>4381344
Meta is where it's at, yo.

>> No.4381506

>>4381157
Oh hey Suigin, I remember you posting in that other tripfag thread on /a/.

Yeah, my reason stays the same. Misusing tripcodes and all that.
It's fine when people are using them for good purposes/what they were intended for, but when they use tripcodes specifically to draw hate/troll, those are the kind of tripfags I dislike.
At least /jp/ still uses sage for the intended purpose, though.

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>> No.4381597

>>4381289
>>4381344
Problem being is that driving them out doesn't work and there's no consequences to posting something shitty with a trip, either. Can you actually remember a time a tripfag left because general opinion was against him?

>> No.4381649

>>4381597

Yes, figuregirl who was a genuine attention whoring tripfag and we got her to go fuck you guys and take shelter in her shitty blog.

Not saying it would work here anyway, just that it works in some communities that don't have anonymity. Also requires good moderation who are willing to just get rid of people who are terrible (which this place is lacking).

>> No.4381678

>>4381649
I remember back in the day when you didnt have to even break the rules to be banned, you just had to act like a fag. Public bans everywhere.

I miss you, Snacks.

>> No.4381828

>>4381678

The irony of that is that the fanboyism that followed him was as annoying as the people he banned.

Moot seems to not like moderation being that discretionary which is dumb and makes for bad moderation, mods shouldn't behave like hall monitors.

>> No.4381845

>>4381597
>Can you actually remember a time a tripfag left because general opinion was against him?
I do, actually.

But yes, pretty much only three types of tripfags persist after a while. The ones that enjoy the negative attention, the ones that don't give a fuck and the ones that are too dumb to realize they're hated.

>> No.4381877

>>4381289
>it creates a record in the mind of the readers of what that poster says and does.
I tripfag because we have a perpetual archive over on easy modo.
Makes searching for some link I posted/thread I need to look at again much easier since I can look for my own trip as a starting point.
And because Suigin was taking credit for my beard.

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