Ask Lemmy

Counting someone else’s tragedy as a personal blessing AKA when the privileged make someone else’s tragedy about them.

“I’m so blessed” whilst looking upon someone who’s struggling with mental or physical issues/homeless. And they explain it as their way of having gratitude.

I’m all for the gratitude lists but it’s not meant to be another channel wax on the narcissism and quell esteem issues by comparing yourself to others. Need a benchmark to know you’re doing well? Compare yourself with where you were yesterday. Not where someone else is today.

Esteem boosts shouldn’t come at the cost of pulling attention from someone else’s tragedy to pat yourself on the back.

Watching other people play (computer) games. I get watching live competitive matches like e-sports. It’s watching the solo gamer on twitch that I don’t understand why it’s entertaining.

Having or liking pets. Pictures of then I can see the appeal of, but the living beings are annoying at best or downright scary.

Never grew up with them, was always silently judged for being afraid of my classmates' pets if I came over

Over compensating when an injustice is learned. We don't change anything meaningful, it seems, and when this happens, we create a whole new problem