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Vanity. Is it a bad thing?

"Vanity is the excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others"

"excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.;"

I wanted to know if there is actually something wrong with being vain ...
I mean I know we all hate it when people boast about their achievements, looks ,abilities etc but...
Is there actually anything wrong with being really proud and happy with yourself?

This is how I see it :
*Girl posts picture*
Person 1 : You're really pretty
Girl : No I'm not
Society : Omg girls should have more confidence and believe they are actually pretty

*Girl posts picture*
Person 1: You're really pretty
Girl : Thank you
Society : Omg these girls are so vain I wish they would stop taking pictures of themselves.

I mean you just can't win really. I honestly don't care if someone is vain, good for them, as long as they don't keep saying to me how amazing they are, I really don't think vanity is a bad thing, why can't you be excessively proud of yourself? o_o
TL:DR : Society thinks Vanity is a bad thing, I don't, Discuss.

Arceus64

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Re: Vanity. Is it a bad thing?

It's a bad thing when you intentionally do so. If you post a picture if yourself and share it online saying how "terrible" you look, you are really just looking for more attention.

And sharing a picture and saying "I like this picture of myself" isn't vain when you are not trying to boast about it. There's a difference in posting a picture and saying you like how you like and saying you're the most beautiful sexy creature on the planet.

Bimps

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Re: Vanity. Is it a bad thing?

Speaking of your picture example, that reminds me:
Girl: omg i draw horrible
*le little bimpz walks by*
me: Woah that's a good drawing!
Girl: omg no it's not
me: Yes, yes it is?
Girl: BUH?! :l *slaps me*

SilverStar

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Re: Vanity. Is it a bad thing?

I'm just going to say my opinion in relation to your example.

If a girl truly thinks she is not pretty, and is not looking for attention, she would not post a picture of herself.

If a girl thinks she is pretty, she shouldn't have to post a ton of pictures to get her point across.

Basically, my opinion is that girls don't need to take so many pictures.

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soccerfreak006

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Re: Vanity. Is it a bad thing?

One thing that annoys me is that on instagram when all of these girls post pictures of themselves and other girls are like "your so pretty" then they just start a chain of that. I think it's okay to do, but really annoying.

treejoe4

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Re: Vanity. Is it a bad thing?

Sounds like DK got mad somewhere on the internet lol

The problem is that teenage girls and women are stereotyped for being insecure, so when they admit to it, men get their white knight on, and women become sympathetic towards issues that they have.

But when they are not so insecure, the stereotype is proven wrong, and society must hate what is not generally accepted as complete fact. So men see women as being confident, they are bad, and women become jealous.

Vanity is a bad thing though, not being insecure about yourself is a good thing. The middle is roughly where everyone should aim. Thinking you are attractive doesn't mean that you're a bad person, thinking you are a better person because of it is. I think I am better at drawing and painting than most people, but I haven't based this opinion out of being vain, and neither should anyone else.

Vanity is the excessive pride in yourself, which can only separate people into classes and create trouble. So calling some vain should only applied when someone is truly in love with themselves, not when they like their own body.

Last edited by treejoe4 (Mar 1 2013 6:35:36 pm)

Muffin

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Re: Vanity. Is it a bad thing?

Haha, reminds me of Guardians of Ga'Hoole (I'm probably the only one here who read them...)

Basicly one owl thought vanities were horrible and should be burned so he became friends with the king and started burning them all. Eventually they got him to run away and killed him later.

Fir3Fli3

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Re: Vanity. Is it a bad thing?

Sounds like DK got mad somewhere on the internet lol

The problem is that teenage girls and women are stereotyped for being insecure, so when they admit to it, men get their white knight on, and women become sympathetic towards issues that they have.

But when they are not so insecure, the stereotype is proven wrong, and society must hate what is not generally accepted as complete fact. So men see women as being confident, they are bad, and women become jealous.

Vanity is a bad thing though, not being insecure about yourself is a good thing. The middle is roughly where everyone should aim. Thinking you are attractive doesn't mean that you're a bad person, thinking you are a better person because of it is. I think I am better at drawing and painting than most people, but I haven't based this opinion out of being vain, and neither should anyone else.

Vanity is the excessive pride in yourself, which can only separate people into classes and create trouble. So calling some vain should only applied when someone is truly in love with themselves, not when they like their own body.

I agree with this, I totally can't stand people who actually know they're really good at something, and say they aren't, just to seek attention. (I always just agree with them that they aren't good at that thing, and they're like ''You're kidding? -.-'' )

Tako

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Re: Vanity. Is it a bad thing?

In my opinion, it's fine to have confidence in yourself as long as that confidence doesn't overshadow someone else.

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Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.

treejoe4

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Re: Vanity. Is it a bad thing?

In my opinion, it's fine to have confidence in yourself as long as that confidence doesn't overshadow someone else.

well then that logic stops people from achieving great things

krubby

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Re: Vanity. Is it a bad thing?

Speaking of your picture example, that reminds me:
Girl: omg i draw horrible
*le little bimpz walks by*
me: Woah that's a good drawing!
Girl: omg no it's not
me: Yes, yes it is?
KRUBBY: BUH?! :l *slaps me*

Clearly what you meant.

ANYWAY, it's fine to brag sometimes as long as you're aware and are willing to admit your faults too. I know that I'm overall pretty damn fine but I've also got some severe personality issues. I sometimes like to brag about how great I am at something as I fail at it because irony or to **** off Bobyy who does not know what sarcasm means.

Pyromaniac

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Re: Vanity. Is it a bad thing?

I honestly don't think you should ever brag.. If you are truly good at something, people will know without you telling them. I mean unless you get into a good college or something, or will a Nobel prize.

I HATE when people, who are obviously really attractive or good at something, and it's not just girls, say OMG IM SO UGLY. it's just annoying. Like stop. Now.
On the other hand, ugly girls usually have TOO much self confidence, but that's just me being judgemental