Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 07:49     Subject: Annoying things people make their whole personality
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Travel people. I’m a millennial and I don’t know how common this is with other age groups but the wanderlust/I have to be planning a trip or on one people are so annoying. Nothing against vacationing or traveling to interesting places but that, in itself, is not a personality.


+1

You are supposed to travel for yourself, not for bragging rights, but travel has somehow turned into a bragging rights thing, which is shameful.


This is the problem with our whole society now. Everything has turned into a competition. Travel, parenting, working, remodeling. The “Look at me! I do X better than you!” phenomenon. And the fact that all these things appear contagious. If neighbor A and B remodel their kitchen, you just know which neighbors C and D will soon follow, even if they hadn’t previously discussed it.


I don't know if the whole society is like this, but certainly the DMV. It sucks the joy out of a lot of stuff.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 07:45     Subject: Annoying things people make their whole personality
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Travel people. I’m a millennial and I don’t know how common this is with other age groups but the wanderlust/I have to be planning a trip or on one people are so annoying. Nothing against vacationing or traveling to interesting places but that, in itself, is not a personality.


+1

You are supposed to travel for yourself, not for bragging rights, but travel has somehow turned into a bragging rights thing, which is shameful.


This is the problem with our whole society now. Everything has turned into a competition. Travel, parenting, working, remodeling. The “Look at me! I do X better than you!” phenomenon. And the fact that all these things appear contagious. If neighbor A and B remodel their kitchen, you just know which neighbors C and D will soon follow, even if they hadn’t previously discussed it.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 07:23     Subject: Annoying things people make their whole personality
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The kind of cancer survivors who use it as a trump card or demand that everybody praise their courage. Persevering through medical treatment is an amazing thing, I am sincerely happy for them and wish all the best. But people survive all kinds of life threatening conditions without making it their identity.


It's narcissism. I have a family member whose cancer resolved 20 years ago, and it's still all about her cancer.


I know someone who had a small mole removed from her arm many years ago and still posts online frequently about the trauma of being a skin cancer survivor. Interestingly, one of her other obsessions is having a narcissistic parent, but I’m pretty sure she’s the real narc.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 07:00     Subject: Annoying things people make their whole personality
Anonymous wrote:Live in the city people. The ones who are most invested in identifying that way often moved here from elsewhere.

DC native and I love it, but I often feel like the place I grew up with is completely different from the one I read about on DCUM.


I moved to DC from somewhere else and self-identify as a city person and I also think the place I read about on DCUM bears little resemblance to the city I live in.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 06:54     Subject: Annoying things people make their whole personality
Live in the city people. The ones who are most invested in identifying that way often moved here from elsewhere.

DC native and I love it, but I often feel like the place I grew up with is completely different from the one I read about on DCUM.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 03:18     Subject: Annoying things people make their whole personality
Atheists
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 01:07     Subject: Annoying things people make their whole personality
Anonymous wrote:People who make their jobs their identity


Biglaw
Executive Wife
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 01:04     Subject: Annoying things people make their whole personality
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The kind of cancer survivors who use it as a trump card or demand that everybody praise their courage. Persevering through medical treatment is an amazing thing, I am sincerely happy for them and wish all the best. But people survive all kinds of life threatening conditions without making it their identity.


It's narcissism. I have a family member whose cancer resolved 20 years ago, and it's still all about her cancer.


Also the middle aged or older "my mom/dad died" (20 years ago) narcissistic social media posters looking for sympathy from strangers.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 01:01     Subject: Annoying things people make their whole personality
Biker dudes (Harley)
car guys
wine snobs (excluding professionals)
cat ladies
Hill staffers
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 00:54     Subject: Annoying things people make their whole personality
Pronoun people
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 00:44     Subject: Re:Annoying things people make their whole personality
Anonymous wrote:Larpers


What is a larper?
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 00:41     Subject: Re:Annoying things people make their whole personality
Anonymous wrote:Larpers


Actually, I love these. It’s so weird and they are so nerdy is such a pure way
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 00:40     Subject: Annoying things people make their whole personality
Social justice warrior
Girl boss
Vegan
Autism
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 00:27     Subject: Re:Annoying things people make their whole personality
Larpers
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 00:24     Subject: Annoying things people make their whole personality
Anonymous wrote:Breastfeeding toddlers
Anti Vaxxers
Born again Christians
Homeschooling


All of this. Ewwww.