A literatus once said: There are three realms in life. The first realm is "Last night, the west wind withered the tree, I climbed up to the west tower alone and looked far away at the road of the horizon". The second realm is "I will not regret even if my clothes become loose and I become emaciated for her", and the third realm is "After searching for her a thousand times among the crowd, I suddenly turned back and found that she was at the dimly lit corner".
Bragging also has these three realms.
The first level of bragging, "Last night, the west wind withered the tree, I climbed up to the west tower alone and looked far away at the road of the horizon". In this bragging realm, braggarts need to show their taste and uniqueness in form. "West wind withered tree" explains the annoyance and restlessness they both had before starting to truly brag. They have not yet entered the higher-level bragging realm.
The second level of bragging, "I will not regret even if my clothes become loose and I become emaciated for her". In this bragging realm, the two people have completely entered the state. Bragging should be done wholeheartedly for the other person without any selfish thoughts. Braggarts should use a dedicated, stubborn, and unwavering spirit to try to convince the other person.
The highest realm of bragging, which is the third level, "After searching for her a thousand times among the crowd, I suddenly turned back and found that she was at the dimly lit corner". In this bragging realm, braggarts should express their inner thoughts clearly in the simplest and most concise language. Of course, the prerequisite is that the braggart must believe that they indeed have the ability to do something that they actually cannot do. Therefore, this level is very difficult.
Experts are always lonely. How many people can understand the loneliness in the heart of an undefeated loner?
Only those who truly reach the peak can truly understand this.
The specific manifestations of bragging are in three aspects: dialogue, diet, and hobbies.
1. There must be English words mixed in the dialogue. If you remove these English words from the dialogue, it will be almost impossible to understand the Chinese content they want to convey.
For example: "Alex, I really appreciate what you did. I don't want to influence you too much about this matter, but you must have your own insight." You are basically immersed in such conversations every day. Over time, you become like this too, so you are not really bragging, you are just forced into it.
2. Absolutely do not eat fast food like KFC, only eat Vietnamese or Thai dishes, etc. Even if Starbucks coffee is very delicious, they won't drink it, they must grind their own coffee.
People like me who buy a two-yuan egg pancake on the street every morning and eat an eight-yuan fast food lunch are definitely objects of ridicule. There's no way around it, I just like eating this.
3. Like watching movies that they can't even understand, and doing sports that they don't even like themselves.
They define their own bragging behavior as being bourgeois, thinking that it is a kind of taste. When bragging becomes a habit, it turns into style.
Braggarts are everywhere, but few reach the peak.