The mindset of one-upping

RainbowSingularity said:
having a whine because your worried about your right wing outsourcing labour policy's now requiring tariffs and resulting in a USA china trade war ?

go on whine some more.
it will really help that international trade deficit and put americans back into jobs they can pay their mortgages with.
we will work on the failing health care system later once they get jobs.
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The unemployment rate is currently 3.8 percent. What is it in your country?
It's not "your" worried. It's "you're" worried.

You aren't very consistent with your arguments. Are you pro-union? If so you should be happy with tariffs. I'm not happy but you should be.

It's also traditional to start a sentence with a capital letter.

Even though you appear to live in a country with conditions inferior to the U.S., you oddly pick the U.S. to complain about (excuse me...to whine about). What's up with that?
 
wegs said:
I've enjoyed coming back to SF, but I don't miss the one-upping or the know-it-all, condescension that is so pervasive on here. It's not just on here though, if we're honest. I see this behavior in the workplace, politics, even with some of my friends. Maybe the internet makes it much easier however, for people to look at others as opponents, I'm not quite sure.

Is it a mindset, to want others to believe that you're the smartest person in the room? Is it healthy to act like this? I don't think it is. :(

If you're the smartest person in the room, you should find a new room. - Unknown author
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Most of the time one-up-manship is about intellectual dueling, men sparring with each other in a form of intense competition.
"I am the king of the castle and you are the dirty rascal" type playground game in virtual space.

Unfortunately it detracts from the topic in hand, most of the time and is anathema to solid team work.
It is especially evident when there are woman in the room and women focused motivation dominates the sparing.

A form or instinctive mating ritual I guess...

A lot of women just love playing this game, the more "blood" drawn the better they value themselves.
 
Quantum Quack said:
and ours is zero... depending on how you fudge the stats...
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Any country has zero unemployment if you fudge the stats. Structural unemployment used to be considered about 4% so by that measure we have zero as well.

No real mileage in complaining about an economy with a zero unemployment rate is there (unless you are Rainbow or Iceaura).
 
Quantum Quack said:
How much do you charge for proof reading?
Why do you give it away for nothing?
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The good buddy discount for you means that I charge nothing. Proof reading isn't what is lacking when someone does it all the time, wouldn't you agree?

Just think how much easier it would make it to overturn Einstein's theory if you could read.
 
Seattle said:
The good buddy discount for you means that I charge nothing. Proof reading isn't what is lacking when someone does it all the time, wouldn't you agree?

Just think how much easier it would make it to overturn Einstein's theory if you could read.
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I gues u cant help urself can u?
You keep giving great examples of one upmanship with every one of your posts....
well done!!!
 
An interesting aspect of this issue is demonstrated in the video game industry.
Multi-player combat, complete with $50 billion (2017) a year plus, for purely cosmetic purchases.
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c/o https://medium.com/wax-io/how-on-ea...ideo-games-a-50-billion-industry-5972c211d621
Example virtual outfit (2017) : Apparently costs $500 real dollars, most often purchased by heterosexual male players, using the female character.
Plays on latent phebophile tendancies. (School girl)
So... one-upmanship is a thriving industry worth trillions...

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Lol
Seattle,
Your turn...
 
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