Current Economic Constellation

[Kinser79]

(05-16-2016, 03:05 PM)Odin Wrote:

(05-16-2016, 12:22 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: the clean up crew.

This is the perfect descriptor of Nomads!

It is. We get the thankless task of putting the house back in order after the Prophets are done tearing it apart.

(05-16-2016, 03:12 PM)Odin Wrote:

(05-16-2016, 01:58 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: I've unnerved Millie co-workers by reacting to praise with suspicion.

Many of us Millennials tend to tune out praise for a different reason, we have been given constant praise so much that we no longer know what is genuine and what is BS.

There is also a regional cultural element to it, too. Here in the Upper Midwest excessive praise is looked down on except of cases of people genuinely "going above and beyond the call of duty" because of our tendency towards self-effacing humility, "Oh, you don't need to praise me, I was just doing what one is supposed to do!".

It isn't just the Upper Midwest, it is the Midwest generally and the South as well. Usually when I get praise for doing what I'm supposed to do it is an indication that the person doing it is trying to butter me up. Conversely given I'm so close the X/Millie line they might confuse me for a Millie who has always gotten such praise--when it merely makes me wonder what the person doing the praising is really up to.

Thankfully my personality was fully formed before trophies for participation became the norm. I only ever got one and I threw it into the trash because it was meaningless. Besides it isn't like I didn't already have trophies and awards for actually winning. Trophies are for winners you know.