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    Default Self-deprecating humor

    Do you think it's good to use?
    It's supposed to make you sound more humble and appear like you don't take yourself too seriously, but over-use it and you can make yourself sound low confidence and down right pathetic.

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    You are supposedly in good health if you can laugh at yourself,
    I do it but if you do it too often I suppose it can be awkward

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    In moderation. People will come off as insecure if they use it too much, or lower than the person they're talking to. Americans use this a lot when talking to foreign people and it annoys me: "Oh you speak three languages, I'm so lazy because I can barely speak one", "Wow your ancestry is so interesting, mine is just boring white", etc. And a lot of it is fabricated to sound nicer, but really it's just off-putting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Celestia View Post
    You are supposedly in good health if you can laugh at yourself,
    I do it but if you do it too often I suppose it can be awkward
    For a girl it definitely helps. If I saw you use it I'd automatically think you're humble and prolly not big headed from Snapchat/ Instagram likes and what have you. ..... I wonder if it's beneficial for a guy though, we're kinda prided on our confidence and if we show any weakness our value goes down, errrr something.

    Meh, I'll still do it anyway. I love it. It's like it screams "hey I don't take myself too seriously and neither should you, so calm TF down".

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    Quote Originally Posted by War Chief View Post
    For a girl it definitely helps. If I saw you use it I'd automatically think you're humble and prolly not big headed from Snapchat/ Instagram likes and what have you. ..... I wonder if it's beneficial for a guy though, we're kinda prided on our confidence and if we show any weakness our value goes down, errrr something.

    Meh, I'll still do it anyway. I love it. It's like it screams "hey I don't take myself too seriously and neither should you, so calm TF down".
    Yeah you have a good point.
    It works better for women than men. Just use it in moderation,
    I can’t help but think of the user Shogun.. I couldn’t ever tell if his self deprecation was supposed to be humorous or if he was being serious. Anyways that’s an example of too much.
    Sometimes it can come off as pity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by War Chief View Post
    Do you think it's good to use?
    It's supposed to make you sound more humble and appear like you don't take yourself too seriously, but over-use it and you can make yourself sound low confidence and down right pathetic.
    When I hear of self-deprecating humor the nationality that first comes to mind is the British not the Americans. I am just saying for apparent reason. I think it depends -- women have a dog's knack for sniffing out weakness in men but at the same time some women appreciate the quality of humor in men so it is hard for me to say.

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    It works better for men than for women but don't over-use it of course.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Celestia View Post
    Yeah you have a good point.
    It works better for women than men. Just use it in moderation,
    I can’t help but think of the user Shogun.. I couldn’t ever tell if his self deprecation was supposed to be humorous or if he was being serious. Anyways that’s an example of too much.
    Sometimes it can come off as pity.
    Assuming you use it in the real world, and still maintain your confidence after, it shows your confidence is deeply rooted and coming from a place of security where even a jab at your ego doesn't shake you. It can be hard to use online, and yeah shoguns just comes off as whiney.

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    Anyone who does too much of anything have problems, if are too into comic books, If you are too into your body, too into cars, talk too much about this or that etc. To me it's just humor and serves a purpose as a way of leveling yourself with others so they see you as a peer not a competitor which is the natural state of man, we are a tribal people and although we need those to look up to and depend on, we like to see others as equals. People who cannot laugh at themselves to me generally aren't people I would trust and usually are weak. People who can't look at themselves and laugh are generally people who are quick to anger (not a good trait), quick to get depressed (not a good trait) or people who can't internalize and process failure (not a good trait).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Moje ime View Post
    It works better for men than for women but don't over-use it of course.
    I think that's true, woman are fragile when it comes to ego, ego for men is seen as a weakness, cocky people are usually punks in my experience. If you know your own capacity you can expand it, if you don't then you are always running on empty.

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