You know how some people are *really* into being geeks and proudly declare they're geeks and are super into things specifically because they're geeky and it's just incredibly cringe, especially if you're also a geek? I feel like a lot of identity labels work like this.
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Calling myself a fan would be making it about me, which feels weird. Whereas "so-and-so is awesome" makes it about them. Which feels right. But I've never had normal social instincts, and that made it hard to fit in for my first 40ish years.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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As a side note, Scattered Minds says that having an underdeveloped sense of self is a characteristic feature of ADHD as a developmental disorder, and I'm not sure I believe it but I've been thinking about it a lot since.
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Hmm, reasons fo keep piling up for me to skim that book...
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