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What's the purpose of brag?

FinnFox

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When people brag about something what they try to achieve by doing so? Is there goal?

I assume that people who's doing that think it's somehow valuable. I don't really hear people doing that and here it's considered as dumb.

So, I'm missing something here?
 
i never brag. i never brag so much that everyone admires me for it. true story.
 
FinnFox said:
When people brag about something what they try to achieve by doing so? Is there goal?

I assume that people who's doing that think it's somehow valuable. I don't really hear people doing that and here it's considered as dumb.

So, I'm missing something here?
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When people brag, they're trying to impress others. Bragging boosts the braggart's ego in some way. Bragging is related to pride. There's good pride and there's bad pride. When a father brags about his son's or daughter's accomplishments, he's bragging -- he's proud of his son or daughter. Is that good pride or bad pride? When a Finnish master of ceremonies introduces a speaker by telling the audience about the speaker's accomplishments, is he/she bragging about the speaker? Is he/she proud to introduce a speaker of such accomplishment? Is this good or bad pride?
 
We must be really bored. Reminds me of some commercial (not sure what they are peddling). Guy has too much time on his hands and ponders "if you don’t tuck your shirt into your pants, are your pants tucked into your shirt"
 
Lovebug said:
We must be really bored. Reminds me of some commercial (not sure what they are peddling). Guy has too much time on his hands and ponders "if you don’t tuck your shirt into your pants, are your pants tucked into your shirt"
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Thats actually a very good question. I dont think the pants are technically tucked into the shirt. I suppose though it really depends on the definition of tucked. I must ponder further. :mrgreen:
 
Angel said:
When people brag, they're trying to impress others. Bragging boosts the braggart's ego in some way. Bragging is related to pride. There's good pride and there's bad pride. When a father brags about his son's or daughter's accomplishments, he's bragging -- he's proud of his son or daughter. Is that good pride or bad pride? When a Finnish master of ceremonies introduces a speaker by telling the audience about the speaker's accomplishments, is he/she bragging about the speaker? Is he/she proud to introduce a speaker of such accomplishment? Is this good or bad pride?
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To be proud of something isn't same as bragging (to me). Even when I'm proud of something I'm not talking about it - maybe few times I messed up and I actually said something, but that act itself is - in my books - meaningless. We don't use superlatives or it's really rare - we count them as useless & non-sensical here. We can state something what's fact based like "X wrote book Y and Z" or "(s)he is doctor" or "expert of XYZ". Superlatives are often part of bragging and it's really weird. Why pride is relevant anyway? (I can't see how it can be).
 
FinnFox said:
When people brag about something what they try to achieve by doing so? Is there goal?

I assume that people who's doing that think it's somehow valuable. I don't really hear people doing that and here it's considered as dumb.

So, I'm missing something here?
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It's a weakness of character.
 
Lovebug said:
We must be really bored. Reminds me of some commercial (not sure what they are peddling). Guy has too much time on his hands and ponders "if you don’t tuck your shirt into your pants, are your pants tucked into your shirt"
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it's all about POS ease.
 
FinnFox said:
To be proud of something isn't same as bragging (to me). Even when I'm proud of something I'm not talking about it - maybe few times I messed up and I actually said something, but that act itself is - in my books - meaningless. We don't use superlatives or it's really rare - we count them as useless & non-sensical here. We can state something what's fact based like "X wrote book Y and Z" or "(s)he is doctor" or "expert of XYZ". Superlatives are often part of bragging and it's really weird. Why pride is relevant anyway? (I can't see how it can be).
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It's all a matter of style, of manner. If you don't express pride, as you claim you don't most of the time, it is not bragging. Bragging requires expression. It is a kind of boasting, and boasting is related to pride, perhaps only excessive pride, but pride nonetheless. If I brag that I can lick (beat in a fight) any man in the house, I'm boasting, proud of my skill at fighting. If a town's football team wins the championship, we say that the townspeople have the "bragging rights" in the county or state -- they have pride in their victorious team and may boast that their town has the best team in the county or state.
 
FinnFox said:
When people brag about something what they try to achieve by doing so? Is there goal?

I assume that people who's doing that think it's somehow valuable. I don't really hear people doing that and here it's considered as dumb.

So, I'm missing something here?
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A

B

C

It's easy as 1, 2, 3.
 
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FinnFox said:
To be proud of something isn't same as bragging (to me). Even when I'm proud of something I'm not talking about it - maybe few times I messed up and I actually said something, but that act itself is - in my books - meaningless. We don't use superlatives or it's really rare - we count them as useless & non-sensical here. We can state something what's fact based like "X wrote book Y and Z" or "(s)he is doctor" or "expert of XYZ". Superlatives are often part of bragging and it's really weird. Why pride is relevant anyway? (I can't see how it can be).
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You do realize you're bragging about your culture, yes?

Saying that it's superior to those which don't (at least overtly) pimp their achievement.

So...
 
FinnFox said:
When people brag about something what they try to achieve by doing so? Is there goal?

I assume that people who's doing that think it's somehow valuable. I don't really hear people doing that and here it's considered as dumb.

So, I'm missing something here?
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I would echo what others have said about bragging and the ego, here, but I would also add: sometimes bragging is used to maintain peace through projecting power. It seems to have had that function in Norse societies, for example--where a powerful warrior would boast and brag to ensure others would think twice about attacking he and his companions, and they in turn would ensure that peace was kept.

It works that way in various micro-societies around the world even today.
 
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