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Originally Posted by thortum
It's about bragging about things we didn't earn.
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"Bragging" and being proud of an accomplishment are two different things. Someone who works, saves, plans, travels, and hires a guide who then puts them on big fish/big game has accomplished something. Maybe not something you or I value, but certainly something they value.....so why shouldn't they feel proud? Who, but themselves, is appointed to determine whether they "earned it"?
Bragging entails an expectation of positive feedback from others and as such assumes they share your value system. When they don't it always goes bad. Usually the person "bragging" only cares about the opinion of those that do share their value system. If you don't, then they have made a mistake, but why punish them fot it?