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This is not a comment about VonViddyas I know nothing about him.

There is a dangerous trend that is occurring in this country. Narcissism, which is a lonely and sick place, seems to be taking over larger and larger portions of our population.

From incessant selfies, to turning every event into a personal tragedy. From demanding that others accept your current pronouns, to confusing and conflating your feelings with facts and reality.

1 posted on 08/23/2023 12:11:15 PM PDT by thegagline
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Narcissism, which is a lonely and sick place

So, you're saying it's not all about ME? That sort of destroys my self inflated image that helps me make it through the day. That means I go back to the booze. I think I know where I went wrong. Growing up I should have used John Wayne for my role model instead of the telebubbies. Sort of a downer.

2 posted on 08/23/2023 12:16:57 PM PDT by BipolarBob (My urologist Dr. I. P. Freeley helped me and he can help you too.)
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Anybody know what the Tik Tokers body count is so far this year? How about for kids under 10?


3 posted on 08/23/2023 12:21:57 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Say anything you like. Just don't say anything you don't like." - Old communist proverb.)
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Killed by tic-tok.


4 posted on 08/23/2023 12:22:26 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Sufferings are the guardrails on the road to Heaven.)
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Well said. The normalizing of narcissism is terrible. Girls taking over gyms to film their “journey” and the like.

Last night I saw 4 cops very professionally handling a raging, dunken lunatic. They put on restraints and loaded the lunatic into the paddy wagon. Some idiots were screaming at the cops because I guess any arrest is forbidden now.

Of course...the people yelling at the cops were filming themselves doing so.


5 posted on 08/23/2023 12:24:07 PM PDT by toddausauras (Trump Lake 2024....Go down swinging!)
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Great post! I’m in agreement with you 100%. The libs raise holy hell when abortion survivors are murdered by their fellow students in public schools but when they die competing in a Tik Toker Challenge, it ain’t no big deal.


6 posted on 08/23/2023 12:25:42 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Say anything you like. Just don't say anything you don't like." - Old communist proverb.)
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“Narcissism, which is a lonely and sick place, seems to be taking over larger and larger portions of our population”
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You are fully correct. If you have an interest, two well-known doctors on YouTube (Dr Grande and Dr Ramani) speak to this disorder at length.

I personally know six narcissists very well. Two recently lost husbands and seemed to grieve not at all. Sad, that they are cheated from knowing love.


8 posted on 08/23/2023 12:34:39 PM PDT by InkStone (ONLY returning to Faith in God, thru Jesus Yeshua, will save America)
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13 posted on 08/23/2023 12:48:55 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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Ive seen his videos. His sctick was to pretend that he was very rich in a mocking way.


15 posted on 08/23/2023 12:55:45 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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Did he stream his suicide?

Did he get a lot of followers?


18 posted on 08/23/2023 1:07:02 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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It’s very true. Look at this guy, he had 170,000 followers. Not a superstar, but more than most content creators will ever achieve. And it still apparently wasn’t enough to make him happy.

Narcissism is a very contradictory thing. They may act like they are only concerned with themselves, but in fact, they are obsessed with what other people think about them, and seeking others’ approval. And they do not tolerate others’ disdain very well at all. It’s a very unstable thing to try to base your self-image on.


22 posted on 08/23/2023 1:29:22 PM PDT by Boogieman
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170,000 on tiktok is not even a blip on the radar.

CC


23 posted on 08/23/2023 1:57:29 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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Nowadays people get to watch other people’s final misery. Gore voyeurs.
Whatta’ great life!


24 posted on 08/23/2023 6:46:50 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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