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Are we all braggarts now?

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sygyzy

sygyzy

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Great article from the WSJ about how social media has turned us into a nation of braggarts.

"We brag because we can," says Julie Hanks, a licensed clinical social worker who has a therapy clinic in Salt Lake City. "And a lot more people are listening."

People brag for all sorts of reasons, she says: to appear worthy of attention or love or to try and cover up our deepest insecurities. To prove to ourselves that we're OK, that people from our past who said we wouldn't measure up were wrong. Or simply because we're excited when good things happen to us.
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What do you guys think?
 
I haven't read the article, but I think it's turned people into narcissists, which bragging helps support.
 
We've always been a nation of braggarts. FB and Twitter just give some people a bigger platform to ply their bullshit.
 
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