I got repped without whoring a few days ago. I'm all cool for a while. Long time coming, though, that #23. I was about to throw a wobbly! :o

(December 18, 2014 at 10:40 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Coming in super late to this thread but: Isn't it strange how this somehow matters to us a little bit? It's like, one number that appears on a computer screen, and when it goes up a little it makes us a tiny bit happier but that's really all it is, looking at a different number on a computer screen. Strange eh?

It mattered a lot more at one point in my life... but it's the list of what people say about you that really gets me

I love seeing more on that list.

Yeah, that's true. If you're prone to low self esteem it can be a real boost. As a recovering flaming-narcissist, I start off with greatly over inflated self worth. I always say, that may be problem, but no way is it worse than the opposite.

(December 18, 2014 at 11:01 pm)Alice Wrote: It mattered a lot more at one point in my life... but it's the list of what people say about you that really gets me

I love seeing more on that list.

I, too, occasionally watch the rep, and more often watch my kudoes. The reps I have come to take as what they are: a sign of overall, general decency and value to fellow posters. Kudoes are more of an instant sign, without reading, that my post is being read.

But even better is when I am responded to. Just like in normal, real life convo. It's nice to be listened to, and fit in. And I try to offer such thoughtful responses where I think I can, if something compels me to.

(December 18, 2014 at 11:11 pm)whateverist Wrote: Yeah, that's true. If you're prone to low self esteem it can be a real boost. As a recovering flaming-narcissist, I start off with greatly over inflated self worth. I always say, that may be problem, but no way is it worse than the opposite.

Ha, we have that in common then. I'm a pretty bad narcissist. I guess the user name sort of gives that away. I just find myself so much more interesting then other people.

Repping others is part of my 12 step program to take the edge off my narcissism. Don't worry. I have no intention of losing it all.

Of course my rep isn't high enough. Isn't it obvious?

Seriously, I lack Whateverists' healthy ego. I was/am dyslectic, and I carry the scars of early educational failure. Oh, and my younger brother passed me intellectually when when I was six and he was three and nothing's changed since.

Intellectually (pun) I know I'm fairly bright. Emotionally, I don't.

December is rep whore month. The season of giving and getting. .kinda fitting if you think about it.

Pay It Forward TM.

ETA: drat, it didn't autodownsize.

Moar repz plz.