Poll: "Attention Whores"
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Yes I was addressing you, and I can't tell if you're being serious or not, as there are very few instances where your comments have been serious, at least with what I've seen of you. If you really don't know, my apologizes then. I had just come from a thread where the idea of being neutral was like someone caused the holocaust, so I guess I was a little on edge and passive aggressive myself at the time. Again, my apologizes.BloatedGuppy said:I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Was this even directed at me?klaynexas3 said:
Holy crap. You ARE an attractive boar.Atbird said:No to be an attention whore, but I am one hell of an attractive boar.
No, I genuinely had no idea what you were talking about. I still don't, if I'm being completely honest. I do not, however, collate neutrality with the Holocaust. At no point have I ever thought "Darn that Hitler and his obsessive neutrality". If anything, I trend towards positions of extreme neutrality myself on many issues, and what's more fun than a little self-deprecation? Nothing. Nothing is more fun.klaynexas3 said:
Well, nothing we can do on an internet forum, anyway.
First, frigin ninja.puff ball said:
Second, love the gir pick.
Third, my answer to the poll.
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Eh I'm going to steer it slightly differnt for reasons that are, I just feel like it should be said.
I think there's differnt things between attention whores, people who just act extroverted to maybe too much of a level, and people that need it.
I say this because when I was a in elementary/middle school teachers/parents/authority figures kept saying I was an attention whore. The thought of seeking attention never crossed my mind though, I just behaved oddly. Yet people kept telling me to stop doing it to point it actually scarred me, and traces of it still can be kinda felt on occasion, it basically made me never want to do anything, always just hide in the corner, never talk speak or anything. Iunon, just went off on a tangent, point being in my semi derail, people need to stop mislabeling pl0x.
I think there's differnt things between attention whores, people who just act extroverted to maybe too much of a level, and people that need it.
I say this because when I was a in elementary/middle school teachers/parents/authority figures kept saying I was an attention whore. The thought of seeking attention never crossed my mind though, I just behaved oddly. Yet people kept telling me to stop doing it to point it actually scarred me, and traces of it still can be kinda felt on occasion, it basically made me never want to do anything, always just hide in the corner, never talk speak or anything. Iunon, just went off on a tangent, point being in my semi derail, people need to stop mislabeling pl0x.
I tend to be a bit neutral on the subject. I like to think I am able to recognize when people do things that can be called "attention seeking behavior", like posting on forums as you said.BloatedGuppy said:
My only problem is when people flip personalities around people in order to get that attention. What I mean is that when they are there around their friends they act completely polar opposite of their "default" personality. The addition of alcohol rarely helps the situation. I once had a friend who I would play videogames with and we'd hangout a lot, he knew quite a bit about me and I'd occasionally give him rides to a few parties and small get togethers. Once he was there he would become the life of the party and get loud and bombastic. His laughter was infectious and everyone loved to be around him. He would often tell jokes and generally be an ass, and heaven forbid anyone try to steal his thunder. Worst part was when he insulted me in front of everyone and things quickly escalated from things everyone can "haha" about to things I told him in confidence and just general put downs and sarcasm, where everyone was laughing except me. At one time it got particularly bad and when we both got in the car to leave, before I could say anything, or even start the car he hit me with a pseudo-apology.
"Sorry about all that in their, bro. Its just how it is, ya know? No hard feelings?"
The apparent guilt was pretty fucking amusing to me, and it still is. Yeah I get it, he wanted to be the life of the party and to do that he needed to use whatever material he could get his hands on, and the stuff that got the most laughs coincidentally destroyed our friendship. But... yeah... thats just how it is.
Anecdote aside, TLDR: If you are a bubbly outgoing person then thats fine, just don't be a dick about and try to be genuine in your desire to get attention. As much as people see attention whores as something to be reviled, right alongside them are fake people. At least thats what I see.
You-me-bed-now-Atbird said:No to be an attention whore, but I am one hell of an attractive boar.
OP:depends on the situation
Online, I can easily ignore them, so I don't mind so much. We've all been attention whores online before, it's natural. If they try to derail topics and such, then I get annoyed, but if they're just doing it on their own, I'm fine.
In real life... I work with one, and it drives me nuts. The constant "I must dominate this conversation even if I know nothing about it." "Someone else has talked for 5 seconds, it must be my turn again." "I have opinions on everything!" makes me want to punch her. ... I wonder if she realises this is why I dont invite her out to lunch with the others? She's a decent person, if a bit pretentious, otherwise. Its just everything has to relate back to her.
It all cmes down to self esteem, which most people don't have enough of, so... it's natural. Just annoying as hell when you get out of school and into the working world.
In real life... I work with one, and it drives me nuts. The constant "I must dominate this conversation even if I know nothing about it." "Someone else has talked for 5 seconds, it must be my turn again." "I have opinions on everything!" makes me want to punch her. ... I wonder if she realises this is why I dont invite her out to lunch with the others? She's a decent person, if a bit pretentious, otherwise. Its just everything has to relate back to her.
It all cmes down to self esteem, which most people don't have enough of, so... it's natural. Just annoying as hell when you get out of school and into the working world.
Bacon.
Err, I mean...I hope you appreciate the irony of the thread here.
That said, when I see a thread or a post that doesn't look interesting and seems to be more about flailing than anything else, I try to ignore it.
Err, I mean...I hope you appreciate the irony of the thread here.
That said, when I see a thread or a post that doesn't look interesting and seems to be more about flailing than anything else, I try to ignore it.
That picture needs a Brazzers insert...Atbird said:No to be an attention whore, but I am one hell of an attractive boar.
I'm an attention whore myself. Well, an attention nympho, to be correct.
I'm just able to subdue the attention seeking beast within pretty well. If I don't, things get ugly... I'm like an attention Hulk.
Anyway, I do find people going all "look at me, look at me" annoying as hell. I well aware this behaviour is usually based in insecurity, but that doesn't make it any less fucking annoying. I once knew a guy who was a total gear head, and he just would not shut up about cars and Gran Turismo, and would constantly steer [sub]heh heh[/sub] the conversation into that direction. Whether he was insecure or if it was simply the only thing that brought him any happiness in his life, I don't care. I have my limits to how much jabbering and clinging I can stomach.
I'm just able to subdue the attention seeking beast within pretty well. If I don't, things get ugly... I'm like an attention Hulk.
Anyway, I do find people going all "look at me, look at me" annoying as hell. I well aware this behaviour is usually based in insecurity, but that doesn't make it any less fucking annoying. I once knew a guy who was a total gear head, and he just would not shut up about cars and Gran Turismo, and would constantly steer [sub]heh heh[/sub] the conversation into that direction. Whether he was insecure or if it was simply the only thing that brought him any happiness in his life, I don't care. I have my limits to how much jabbering and clinging I can stomach.
The natural disruptive nature of being an attention whore should be obvious.
If someone knows you exist and is not paying attention to you, chances are they don't want to waste their time paying attention to you. An attention whore is not someone that does things that warrant attention. That's a performer. An attention whore is someone that does things for the sake of attention.
Not that its difficult to just not pay attention to it, but you're going to notice it and when you do it's cringe inducingly pathetic.
If someone knows you exist and is not paying attention to you, chances are they don't want to waste their time paying attention to you. An attention whore is not someone that does things that warrant attention. That's a performer. An attention whore is someone that does things for the sake of attention.
Not that its difficult to just not pay attention to it, but you're going to notice it and when you do it's cringe inducingly pathetic.
Dirty Hipsters said:
gotta agree with both of these. attention whores are like gigantic black holes of attention, they bask in it and turn into the biggest negative nancy party pooper if they aren't getting it, and they make sure everyone knows because of how fucking pouty they are. They essentially live and breathe for attention, rather than comradeship and understanding amongst peers. Especially when they fix the scenario to give them attention rather than them earning it by whatever means worthy they should've gotten it through.Tenmar said:
and as such, attention whores most of the time end up being posers too, and i loathe posers more than any other stereotype in the world.
It depends entirely on how one defines "attention whore".
I can't stand the kind of people who go out and be obnoxious specifically so that everyone will pay attention to them, but that's mostly because they're obnoxious. I don't have any particular problem with people who want to be the center of attention. All the more power to them, I certainly don't. But if they're a dick about it, I will respond in kind.
In short, don't be a dick and you can attention whore all you want.
I can't stand the kind of people who go out and be obnoxious specifically so that everyone will pay attention to them, but that's mostly because they're obnoxious. I don't have any particular problem with people who want to be the center of attention. All the more power to them, I certainly don't. But if they're a dick about it, I will respond in kind.
In short, don't be a dick and you can attention whore all you want.
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I'm a boar. Boars don't need beds. It's part of what makes us so damn sexy.knight steel said:You-me-bed-now-Atbird said:No to be an attention whore, but I am one hell of an attractive boar.
OP:depends on the situation
Edit: Changing my avatar. From now on I shall be sex appeal incarnate!
Double-edit: Greetings, time traveler from the future! Fancy seeing you around these parts. When originally making this post, I changed my avatar to the aforementioned boar photo. Asuka came later. Sorry, NGE fans, but no anime character can compare to the real me's porcine magnetism.