This thread sucks. Mine are ALWAYS better. I would like to say one thing to start off. Knowing Clutch through email and in person twice and watching him administer the board...I have to say he is Top 5 in my list of most humble, least ego personalities that I have ever met. Is it possible to develop an ego out of survival? Growing up as youngest brother of 5 and an ego-maniac dad who passed that down, I was hammered with constant humbling and downright denigrating crap in my life. My brothers are all extraordinarily smart, one a 3.95 gpa in BioChem/History at Rice another the Chief Justice at Rice Court, Captain of the Chess team, Physic/Philosophy grad, and Lawyer now. These two in particular love to debate with pure logic, yet used it to essentially over power other people's thoughts and beliefs, in a socratic manner. In that patronizing Socratic environment, I definitely have developed a Zeus Cutting Sword of Ego that I like to swing to knock people off their high horses. I say that rather than the Metis Shield of Ego that Woody Allen carries around. I really don't have a shield of sensitivities, as that is not part of the egotist survival kit. So yes, I have been called an ego-maniac in my college days, but more often just aggressive in expression nowadays. When it comes to sports, I definitely have an ego. But beliefs is different. What I really enjoy is being around humble people in small crowds and one on one, as then I feel my true nature to learn from others comes out...and I am at peace with no family garbage spewing from my mouth. And note, I don't think softness of expression really has anything to do with being humble or not. [This message has been edited by heypartner (edited April 16, 2001).]
see, told you your threads suck. No response in 1 1/2 hours, except the challenger (me) to your egodom. btw: Is LHutz an ego-maniac, or just a maniac. Notice how he completely ignored this thread.
Nah...just too deep for sports geeks! I wanted to respond, I just kept getting a headache when I tried to...uh...think. ------------------ Whatever you want to do, you have to do something else first.
heyp, So basically, because you have inferiority issues with your brothers, you then attempt to belittle and feel superior to others as a way of (false)self-empowerment? Sure, insult my little thread, I know the truth about you. ------------------ Whitey will pay.
At least I don't carry around a Metis Shield of Ego like you and Woody Allan guarding your own sensitivities with ego for fear of being eaten whole by the Zeus superegos. I bare my chest for a stabbing sword to get the warriors of mania to expose themselves, so I can rip them off their trojan steads. Whilst you, you play the evil game of Wizardry to confuse and beguile the honest with promises of sharing your mortality, only to use our words against us while you remain cleverly silent. [This message has been edited by heypartner (edited April 16, 2001).]
hello boys, and girls maybe. lets talk about my ego....its big and juicy! i love me even if many other ppl dont like me so much. i think everyone worries about what other ppl say or think to much. life is to long to keep ur mouth shut and to short to really have all the fun je-bus meant for us to have. so rock hard and loooooooong! i love me!=) ------------------ im a girl...YAY!!!
Ahh yes my favorit subject... ME, oh well my ego rather. I do have a very healthy ego. I however created this ego based on thinks I heard while growing up. I concider myself an Alpha Male. If you have read "A brave New World" you know what I mean. I was very unsure of myself untill the age of 16. At that age I moved 450 miles away, and started a new school. This move was around the time my body finally filled out to its proper porportions and I lost my baby fat. All of a sudden I went from being a kind of chubby 5'11" to a lean athletic 6'1" with a sixpack. I was also "fresh meat", being that I moved to a new school. These people never saw me go through all my awkward years. They never saw me wear the "un-cool" clothes. They had no preconceived notions of who I am now based on what I was to them in the past. I could have been the coolest kid in my old school and thay wouldnt have known. So since all of a sudden every girl, and I mean EVERY girl in my new school was interested in me. everyone wanted to be my friend. I was declares the hottest guy in school according to the "cool kids". Thr problem being that I was still shy, but I kind of acted my way through it(I actually acted just like my old friend Julian used to act) well it worked. I pulled it off. everyone liked me(except all the guys hated me at first for "stealing" their girls. they came around as my athletic ability made me good to have around, and I also attracted girls they didnt know. Before long, I was the coolest kid in school. I was being represented my a modeling agency. I was king of my prom. I had my own group of "followers". This led to some serious ego problems. I was egotictical to a fault by the time senior year came around (it all came so quickly ) At the same time, that shy uncomfortable kid I was my whole life was SCARED Sh1TLESS!!! I was internaly hurt even when people were joking, I was verry unsure of myself. I kind of had a double ego. In the years since then those two egos have grown verry close. Actually by graduation I was Becoming my act. Now a days I am truely who I am. I am a much better person than I was. I am not egotystica, rather Confident. I do know that i am good looking, smart, charming, etc. however i also know there are people superlative to me in all those areas (freshman year of Univ. was a wake up call!!! ) but yes I have been accused of egomania, and rightfully so. I have also been Verry underestimating of myself. hell we all have times when our confidence is high or low. my average confidence level however is definately high. it is much easier being myself now, than before i was 16, and a little less fun than my late teens but hay its me, what can I say PEACE ------------------ Hanta-Force Paintball www.hanta-force.com [This message has been edited by The Voice of Reason (edited April 16, 2001).]
HELLO LADY, sure we are talking about EGO here?!?!?!?? ------------------ Hanta-Force Paintball www.hanta-force.com
I vacillate between overinflated and low. I probably spend like .0002 seconds of each day with the proper perspective of myself. Of course, I'm happy, and I think my actions in general are reflective of a happy medium... I bet most of you can tell when I go on ego trips on here, though. I think I let myself loose a bit more here, because of all the anonymity... I play with people a bit more. Hope that's not my real self right there without all the rules. I used to like Freud more... but I've come to see the human being from a different perspective lately... sort of like AN Whitehead. Freud... just seems to mechanica. I'm not sure you can really draw boundaries between the ego and the rest. Bleh. I'm clueless, i guess . ------------------ I would believe only in a God who could dance. - Friedrich Nietzsche Boston College - NCAA Hockey National Champions 2001
Allright..here is my story: My ego is fine, thank you. And, despite heypartner's poetic attempts to prove otherwise, it is not defensive or an act (as his is ). I guess it all starts from my father. Being the son of an egotistical professor, one can't help take on some of that behavior. Additionally, it wasreinforced in various ways. First, as some have read, I grew u in a not great neighborhood. From early on, I knew these people would not be significant in my life. Why? Well, my father would tell me that they were all stupid, trash, losers, etc. I, therefore, was really unbearable. In addition to this, I was always good at everything I did: sports (track, cross-country, soccer, on a much lower level basketball), art, academics (captain of academic and debate teams, blah blah, etc.). College was more of the same with me never exerting effort -- except I had some social, fitting-in issues that I had to overcome. This was easy once I realized I didn't really care. Anyway, I generally feel that I am better than most. I never consider anyone to be better or smarter than I (I do not like to think negatively and feel that everyone would be better off doing the same) people are either wiser or more experienced, etc...I never want to sell myself short. I have had to become more humble in regards to my athletic abilities, ever since my knees got so bad. It is very frustrating to not be able to do 1/2 as well as I once could on the track, on the bball court, etc. I went from placing 10th at a city (Houston) cross country meet to having trouble past 1 mile - my knees will give out and then not work right for about 4 days after. Anyway, ramble...through it all I am extremely hard on myself and feel that anything short of idealized perfection is unnacceptable. Oh well... ------------------ Whitey will pay.
yes love i was talking about my ego. and maybe i came off a little "sexual" but its only natural, or maybe someone's mind was in the gutter. anyhow every morning i wake up and say to myself, " damn you're one sexXxy monster!" then i wipe off that stuff that gets on my mirrow while im taking my shower and i give myself a big good morning kiss(cause i love me so much!!)so where are all the ladies at here? i think yall need to make a thread about lesbians! then the real fun can start! ------------------ im a girl...YAY!!!
How can anyone tell me that I am overtly sexual and just here to tantalize the men after Diseased Monkey's posts? Anyways, we all know that I have a huge ego and that I love to talk about myself. btw, I am a girl too. But not a lesbian. [This message has been edited by Ali Cat (edited April 16, 2001).]
ok, so that was funny. YES my mind is in the gutter. rather it is spring. love is in the air(CUE: Bary White voice) lesbians SUCK!! they are the biggest waste of woman I can think of. hell gay men are great, there should be more of them(as long as they leave my women alone!! ) I am all for people with "alternative" lifestyles, but when it removes 2, 4 , 100,000 women from the "Available" pool it is downright depressing. ok I kid I kid. basicly my point is that lesbians dont entertain me. Nekid women are all good and all, but only when Im involved. Yes Ali you do tease a bit,which is ok. However this monkey chick is blantently advertising her sexuality. NO DICE!! It would be funny if it were Haypee or DoD playing around anyway actually, I hope not!! well I know not, but still. PEACE ------------------ Hanta-Force Paintball www.hanta-force.com
Man, ther have been some pitiful threads recently. Anyway, in an attempt to raise the quality of this bbs (yet again) I present a new topic. This is serious, but should not lead to any religion, abortion, death-penalty, or other hot-button arguments. I will also avoid numbering any questions, as you people are thought lemmings and would only reply in kind. So this topic is about your ego. What do you think of it? Is it healthy, weak, over-inflatted? Have you ever been accused of being an ego maniac? Just general storytime about how you and your ego interact...if it dictates relationships, how (or if) you compare yourselves to others, etc. Please, be serious. I know I often talk myself up in a topic out of jest because it can be fun...but that is not neccessary here. Again, go crazy with original thought...don't limit your "ego" parameters. As usual, I will abstain until I see the response to this thread. Don't want to waste my valuable time (sorry, couldn't help it!). ------------------ Whitey will pay.
I'm to big for this thread, and you people are beneath me. Go on with your petty squabbles little ones! ------------------ See the three, be the three. [This message has been edited by RocksMillenium (edited April 18, 2001).]
Man! I go away a few days and look what happens to this place! The Swami says... "We were speaking of beliefs. All beliefs possibly could be said to be the result of some conditioning. Thus, the study of history is simply the study of one system of beliefs deposing another. And so on and so on and so on. A psychologically tested belief of our time is that the central nervous system, which feeds its impulses directly to the brain -- the conscious and subconscious -- is unable to disern between the real and the vividly imagined experience. If there is a difference. And most of us believe there is. Am I being clear? For to examine these concepts requires tremendous energy and discipline. To allow the unknown to occur and to occur requires clarity. Now, where there is clarity, there is no choice. And where there is choice, there is misery. But then, why should anyone listen to me, or should I speak, since I know nothing? ------------------ Everything you do, effects everything that is.
Damn, I think I speak for all men on this board when I say that we were hoping for some panty clad pillow fights between you and DiseasedMonkey... ------------------ President of the Anal Retentive School for Jerks Hey, I wanted to be president of something, and I swear everyone took every other presidential position already. [This message has been edited by RunninRaven (edited April 17, 2001).]
