Most of you think humblebragging's worse than bragging. Let me make a case for the reverse. If someone openly brags, you're forced to congratulate him. But if he humblebrags, you can pretend not to notice, eg: "My beach house is sooo ramshackle" "That's ok, as long as it's comfy"
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It's tricky to define bragging. Certainly "I got the job I was hoping for!" doesn't feel much like a brag. OTOH, I just saw someone on facebook talk about how "No one can believe I'm in my 30s, everybody thinks I look ten years younger"
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... Or to give another example, I saw someone else on facebook talk about how amazing he is at his job. Maybe there's a difference in affect between these and the "Yay, I got the job" example? These feel more smug, the job one feels more happy?
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