So from Zee's 'like and dislike' thread and scottydogs interesting observation, How do you see yourself ~ Humble or Arrogant? Myself I would like to think of as humble ~ but in a 'Jeeves' kind of fashion. And it would be fun ~ and evil , to see what you think of other posters. For me: Humble: JustKate, Trampledamage, Zee, Yeoman Randi, RJD. jamestyler. Arrogant: ~ in a good way (not that being humble is bad! But being a little more 'say what you want way ~ Oh shit this is going to go way wrong but anyway...): Holdfast, Jadzia, JuanBolio, Iguana_tonante, and most from TNZ which is why I stay in Misc. you all! K'Eh ~ out of her head on painkillers and Baileys So come on ~ name and shame
I'm glad to see my thread has created spin-offs all of a sudden. As to the question at hand.... I'm going to be absolutely honest and say that I have absolutely no idea how I see myself. Maybe not exactly humble - more like modest, shy, introverted, sometimes polite. Maybe not exactly arrogant either - but honest, proud, insistent, sometimes controversial. So, to answer the question: probably neither, really.
Goddammit! Three posts in, and I'm still beaten to the, "My humility is what makes me so great," joke!
^ For me, it depends. I believe humility to be a positive trait, and so I try to remain humble, but every once in a while I show a ridiculously huge arrogant streak. Just ask my wife. I'm so glad she puts up with me. As for other posters: I have no idea. I suspect that people's online personality differs quite a bit from their real-life personality. Plus I just don't people here that well.
I'm arrogant enough to think there are times I am absolutely right but humble enough to recognize the times when I'm absolutely wrong. -Withers-
This is just perfect and now I feel awful for naming people as no-one else has K'Eh back on the pills...
Lately I've seen myself as Arrogant.....Recent events on one forum have made me re-evaluate myself. -I can't help it that my brain is almost the same as a wikipedia that I appear as a know it all,I just like to have the facts- I'm a true Romulan at heart apparently.
I consider myself a humble person, but I don't expect that many others would agree. I'm conscious of a significant gulf between my threatened and unthreatened states of mind - the majority of social contacts falling, to a greater or lesser extent, into the former category - and external projections thereof.
If I'm humble, it's because I want to be humble. If I'm arrogant, it's because I need to be arrogant. There are times when one needs to be called upon. In business, I am sure, I am confident, and yes, I am arrogant. In my personal life, I am usually humble unless I need to be arrogant and headstrong. So it varies.
I voted "arrogant" without even the need to see the first post... and it turns out I was right! You are absolutely correct, darling. As I'm fond of saying, my ego is the size of a gas giant: several small moons could orbit around it. I like however to think that I am poised: only insecure people are afraid to admit it when they are wrong. I am secure enough to own my mistakes, and apologize for my misbehaviours, yet never doubt about myself. I like the definition I've read somewhere: I always think I'm right, but I know I'm not right always. Wrong. All that matters is what you think you are. O wait, that's me being arrogant again.
How dare you question my humbleness! (raises chin in the air, gives a "humph", and storms off on high horse)