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Taylor1002
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12 Nov 2011, 3:22 pm

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I don't understand why anyone would want to be popular, I can't think of anything good about it. Why won't they just be themselves and have friends who they like instead of doing so many weird things to be popular?


Becoming popular means a person will have an influence over another through their shared social bonds. This will mean they can become powerful. This can be important to a lot of people. It makes them feel relevant.


I guess so, I've just never been that interested in power.



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13 Nov 2011, 11:44 am

Taylor1002 wrote:
I don't understand why anyone would want to be popular, I can't think of anything good about it. Why won't they just be themselves and have friends who they like instead of doing so many weird things to be popular?


I get that completely, I've always said that popularity is over rated.



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13 Nov 2011, 12:23 pm

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johnnydangerous wrote:
My understanding of NT social hierarchies is that if an NT meets another NT who is "cool" they will want to "aquire" that person as a friend, even if they don't particularly LIKE that NT person who is "cool".

At the same time, lets say an NT meets a person who they ACTUALLY LIKE. But this person does not have many friends, and is not on the "social scene". Even though the NT likes this person, the NT will want to distance themselves away from him/her because he/she "is not cool to be seen with" and thus, will hurt the NTs "status".

This is why I dislike NTs so much, and people in general. I can't stand the way this worthless society operates. People are SO F.U.C.K.I.N.G PHONY. How do you live your life like that? Wow. I may not be "cool" socially but at least I'm honest with myself, and at least I don't decide who I hang with based on "how will this affect me socially" and "what would others think of him/her?".

I decide who I want to hang with based on WHAT I THINK OF THEM. Not what OTHERS will think of ME if I hang with HIM/HER.

This is where NTs fail. This is why NTs are so g0damn pathetic.

EDIT: And you wanna know what's hysterical? The "cool" NT is most likely FAKING who he is. So you have a fake NT, and on the other end, another fake NT wanting to make friends with him/her. So EVERYTHING NTs do is pretty much FAKE, and to create an ILLUSION of some kind of "social coolness". This is how NTs spend their lives. Yet people with AS are the ones with "the problem".


Yup, you nailed it on the head... Don't forget, usually the higher up the social hierarchy you go, the dumber the people get. That, and whoever's in the highest position is clearly incapable of making mistakes or saying anything stupid EVER. Should you point out any flaw in anything they said(even if they said 1+1 = 6 or something ridiculously obvious and stupid), you better put on something fire retardant because a flame war will ensue that puts world war 1, world war 2, and vietnam COMBINED all to shame.

I am tempted to re-post Mr Xxx's post verbatim but from an NT perspective that would just end up sounding defensive.

The notion of "coolness" is of little interest to many NTs at any time, and once you've reached the wonderful world of work becomes an irrelevance. Past the age of 23 it doesn't bother anyone and you construct your social circle (if any) as you see fit.


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12 Nov 2014, 10:40 pm

Isn't it interesting how mice are always so determined to play keep up with the rats?

The reply that pointed out that we are guilty of the same herd behavior has a good point. Any site such as this encourages that by its very nature. It is designed to provide a sense of "us", but it is only a small step from that point to the herd sense of "us vs them". I could give some obvious examples from world history, but will refrain from doing so.