boastful displays are often a sign of insecurity
in other news, sugar tastes sweet
boastful displays sure, but where do you draw the line between boastful/ accurate/ and assertive? the opinions of others? objectivity? or your self view?
for example if i say "i am a fucking 6.2 chad" and it's the truth, does that make me insecure?
it's depended on the delivery the way i see it, for example
if you say "i am the best because of this- and provide an actual reason it may be arrogance or ego
but if you say
"i am the best cuz compare to that guy a/b/c/ or them/her/ whatever, and you add the comparison part in it, is insecurity (like UCM does)
now mind you, i personally believe that confidence doesn't have to be silent
i am open to refutes tho
yeah, it has a lot to do with delivery. i originally meant to say "self-aggrandizing," not "boastful." but i was buzzed, so i wrote "self-effacing" at first and changed it.
people who self-aggrandize a lot ("promoting oneself as being powerful or important") are usually doing so out of a need to be seen that way. people can even do this with "humility" as well. think of people who are always talking about how they do x, y, and z for others, how they are no better than anyone else (just really nice)...broadcasting "hey, look! i'm super humble and cool!" it's a tendency to pepper the narrative with things designed to manipulate you into having the opinion they want others to have of them.
pride itself is fine, and no one wants a friend who gets all weird and defensive when you occasionally bring up something cool you did (unless you like punishing that person or something). just like anything else social, there's a when and a way for everything, and that varies by the vibe of the tribe.
while this seems like it can be a slippery slope of what is being proud and what is taking things too far, i don't think it is. most people at their core find it annoying when someone in the social orbit is trying to project themselves as inherently better than the group. people with healthy emotional development understand they are a mix of good and bad qualities, and that status is a hierarchical thing relative to different in-groups based on different qualities. therefor they are conscious of not needlessly inflaming the emotions of others just to score some ego points in that in-group.
that's the gist of it. there are exceptions where self-aggrandizing can be good, for example narcs steal girls sometimes by talking themselves up and putting others down at the same time. but that's a weird exception, and if you lose your girl to a narc, you're probably better off without that girl.