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dynasaw (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:23 AM Original message |
Discouraged--People Who Talk Endlessly About Themselves |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've noticed that happening more and more over the last few years. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. I think it's related to facebook, twitter, and the like. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. maybe so, but I say no. It's been like that for a long while before twiiterdom. |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. You must have run into my Dad then. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. I used to run into that a lot. This was pre-facebook days. It annoys the dickens out of me too. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. how old are they? |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Well, on the subject of "What do you do..." |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
50. I would ask (and have asked) what people do. |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. I had a smart, charming ex who would do that |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. known collectively as The Age of Narcissism. I think several books have |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. The Culture of Narcissism, by Christopher Lasch. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
51. "Trout look" - George Gobel |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. I just went through one of these episodes with Crazy Neighbor |
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idiotgardener (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. Wow |
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ellenrr (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
43. me too. I thot it was cuz I am too good a listener... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. I talk about myself a lot in the lounge but I'm trying to draw stories or favourites |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. I love your posts applegrove! |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Thank you so much. |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. in emails from a forever friend of mine |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. you want I should kick some forever friend ass, frogmarch? |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. haha, no, she's okay, just |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, I know a lot of people like that. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. My sister-in-law. |
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ellenrr (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
47. My SIL is like that. She doesn't turn the conversation to her, |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Ha! Mine is just like that. |
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Silver Swan (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. I have always tended to be that way |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Congratulations on realizing that you DO it! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yep. Happens all the time. Me Me Me ... Who cares about you? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
17. Enough talk about me. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. STOP IT LASHER |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I'll be here all week. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
18. In my experience most people that do that are Boomers. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Really? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. I don't mean it to be mean, it's just what I've noticed, unfortunately. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. I know... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. LOL, my dad turned 58 this summer. He's started dressing like and old person! |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I had a work colleague that I like and admired. We were good friends.... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. Ugh, she sounds like a walking personality disorder. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. Yeah. The problem is that I really love her. She's like an old war buddy to me... |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
19. Here is the cure: |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
24. I used to play tennis with an older guy. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. that's because it is the only topic that interests them |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. I had a fun experience recently at a lunch meeting |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. That sounds like more of an extrovert thing than a self-centered thing. |
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ellenrr (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
46. that happened to me too... |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
33. I would rather listen to someone talk about themselves |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. I don't know, but l just have to tell you about what I did this week! |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. Another variant - The Story Toppers. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
36. I stopped talking about myself for more than a decade when I was a teen. I told stories about other |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
37. That reminds me of someting interesting that happened to me |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. good topic. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
44. Somebody wrote a SF story about this; some kind of virus or something |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
49. Get a pocket mirror and hold it up in front of your face. |
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bookworm65t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
52. I've learned that narcissicism is contagious! |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
55. A good conversation for me is when we talk about other things we mutually want to |
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