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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So let's be clear about what you're saying. Strip your argument down to the basics, and you're claiming that all "modesty" is false because real empathy doesn't exist.

Therefore, you're saying, any attempt at modesty is (a) pointless (because the parents asking about schools had it coming) and (b) fake (you don't think empathy exists). OP should let her smug flag fly because we're all smug bastards underneath it all.

I'm saying you're whacked, and you guys are real pieces of work. 
1. Yes, empathy does exist. (Do I even have to type that?) Scientists have documented this, so there's some hard research on it.
2. Even if you're right and real empathy doesn't exist, altruism exists.
3. In genuine conversation, facial tics and gestures match what you're saying. Any discussion of luck, whether you believe your DC was just lucky or is actually a really special snowflake, needs some eyerolling or other gestures to be convincing -- just not a theatrical amount of eyerolling that betrays any underlying smugness. You can't say "best of luck!" while the corner of your mouth turns up in a sneer. (Do I really have to type this?)

Yes, tacky sociopath. Or maybe you have a fairly normal gene set but you're one of those entitled-feeling nouveaux-riches ("I've got mine!") and it'll wear off by the next generation. The rest of us can only hope.[/quote]
You are too dumb to worry about an elite private school. [/quote]

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