lwien
Well-Known Member
It's a bad ass little car!
First word that comes to mind is....................spunky !!!
If I was into naming cars and I had a little black turbocharged beetle, I'd name her Spunky.
Same with that little Mini I drove.
Spunky One and Spunky Two. Gotta love 'dem fuckin' Spunkies.
Well, we have kinda gotten OT for this thread so I will step away after making this statement. In making your analogy I think you have made a critical mistake as the two kinds of ego enhancement you refer to are completely different in nature. In one case an individual has made a significant effort in working out to "improve" her body, applying makeup carefully (a skill, btw) and dressing in ways that she believes makes her look attractive. In the second example A guy went out and bought a car.
Entitlement may be a bad descriptive term for this, but I would suggest that the woman who worked at getting that ego boost is entitled to it because she got it through her effort. The guy with the car got it out of his pocket. Who knows what effort he went to to get the money to buy the car, but the car is a badge indicating what he has, not who he is. If that serves his ego that is fine and there is nothing wrong with it, but it is hardly comparable to ego enhancement that the woman might get from the effort she made to improve her appearance. In my (warped as it may be) view of ego enhancement, the woman in our story should get a whole different level of appreciation for her effort and support for her ego.
I know these recent posts are OT, but it's a really interesting discussion. Ok, fucking discussion.
Self-esteem can be really hard to come by but it's also essential to have any kind of quality of life. So many things in our society are there to tear it down so I don't begrudge anyone for trying to carve out a little bit of self-esteem for themselves, in whatever form that may take.
In regards to the above, for me, it matters not what people do to help boost their self-esteem as long as it doesn't come at the "direct" expense of others, or in other words, stealing it from someone else.
Fuck ego stealers......!!!
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