There is a new emotional state going around that I call humblesmug. Smug but in a self-deprecating way.
Smugness is the potential energy to the kinetic energy of bragging. So humblesmug is humblebrag potential.
Not to be confused with smarm, which is self-important smug.
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This is me, right? If it is, I hope I was a pioneer
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Polite request for an article that lays out hybrid emotional states of the culture wars. Thanks.
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"I sense you disapprove of my work ethic, but let me remind you of my superior intellectual credentials through some veiled favor"





