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[quote=Anonymous]I don't care what "we" can all agree on. I don't even know you people.

I thought she was kind of funny a few years ago, but when these bullying allegations came out, my response was more "oh, now I get it" than surprise. She is someone who likes a certain kind of attention. I have known people like this is real life. They are funny and witty and at first you think this reflects intelligence and just being a cool person. But over time, you realize they are constantly performing, trying to convince people of their coolness, of how much they know, of how *right* they are about everything. It's tricky because they aren't necessarily bossy -- they come off as laid back and chill because they work hard at cultivating a cool girl persona. But they think they have the best style, the best sense of humor, the best taste in men, that they are the best hosts and know the best places to go.

The bullying and putting others down is part of this because in order to assert their dominance they feel the need to point at people who think are their antithesis -- the uncool kids, especially the uncool girls. Girls in bad relationships, girls who don't dress the right way or act the right way. It's all part of the same obsession with self, with being better than others but in this low key way. It's kind of a classic mean girl behavior.

It's annoying because it really pulls you in at first and you feel honored to be in their orbit, but then gets so grating. I had a good friend like this and eventually I just had to get some distance from her because I realized she had really low self esteem and was completely obsessed with this persona. And she needed the people around her to be like little acolytes, liking all her social media posts and fawning over their great taste and knowledge. It gets old.

And that's how I feel about Chrissy Teigen now. I could care less that she went to Obama's birthday party. It's the kind of thing my old friend would feast on for months, finding ways to work into conversations so that she could demure and act like it was no big deal. Again, people like this are exhausting. [/quote]

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