That don't impress me much!

People who train for a marathon but aren't normally marathon runners. Ok - fine - yes it takes some commitment, but it's been done tens of thousands of times before. It's not special or unique and I really don't want to hear about it.

And no, I will not donate to your charity. This is all about you and not the charity.

Pretty much any material possession, but especially cars

females for the sake of being female... and all the benevolent misogyny, chauvinism contained therein.

I find hearing about other people’s travel really tedious, especially when they expect you to be impressed that they got on a plane.

Showing off wealth, or awful and yet expensive taste, in general. It is plain vulgar.

"We're having a baby!!!!"

"I'm nonbinary!!!!"

People who brag, period. I travel, I go eat, but your travel/diets don’t impress me. “Oh, you don’t know __?” “Really, you’ve never been to __?”

Actually never getting colds or the flu can be a sign of immune dysfunction that makes one VERY sick (in a different way) for decades. Ask anyone with myalgic encephalomyelitis. NOT fun...

Climbing Mount Everest. It was an actual impressive achievement prior to the commercialization of Mount Everest. But now? Nah. Not impressive. Even worse, people who brag about climbing "easier" mountains like Mount Kilimanjaro. If you want me to be impressed, call me when you summit Annapurna.

I'm with Fran Lebowitz on this:

[quote]"Climbing a mountain is a fake challenge. You don’t have to climb a mountain. There are many things that people have to do and should do, that they don’t do, because they’re scared to do or because they’re bad at it—those are challenges."

I knew a drug addict that bragged that she had never used meth.

“Virtue signaling” is such an overused term but it’s so perfect for what too many people do these days. It don’t impress me much.

Most academics, mathematicians, and scientists. A lot of intellectual folks are quite unbalanced and not pleasant to be around.

People who brag about their dick size.

In my neighborhood these signs appear in several front yards. I find them rather bien pensant.

5 inch sizemeat

Bragging about how many countries you've been to. Going to Antarctica. Hiking a trail and writing a book about it. Having a job.

I was never impressed with Shania.

My earrings are fabulous!

My Caftans - Divine!

R15 Lots of those in the most upscale neighborhoods.

Westminster Dog Show or any kennel club dog show. The Kentucky Derby. Any animal competition. We domesticated them; isn't that enough?

Penthouse flats. Great view but give me a garden with a lawn any day.

I agree travel snobs are the worst. It was probably very interesting listening to someone tell of their trip to Egypt or Patagonia but now I can see the same thing on the interweb and never leave my couch.

Judgy, opinionated people. Oh, you have an opinion about me and how I live my life? Why, good Sir! Please tell me what do I wrong! I'm just dying to hear it!

Entry-level 'luxury' items are just embarrassing. You have a C1 or C2 series Mercedes? It's a piece of shit with a logo on it.

Brown and beige typical Louis Vuitton bag? Those are about as impressive as a polo symbol on your shirt - it's lost its exclusivity a loooong time ago. No style and no thought.

R13. My sister is an academia, and can confirm.

R23 Yes, for Americans it's always got to be somewhere far flung. Europe is just too bourgeois.

"She's/he's a rescue!!!"

I don't give a fuck. Stop patting yourself on the back.

Queens at parties that start conversations with, "Well, we just got back from ___________"

R28 beat me to it. The term rescue pets are so overused and just unnecessary.

And stop saying - "no, they rescued me right back". Barf.

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People who think punctuation and capital letters are beneath them.

[quote]And stop saying - "no, they rescued me right back". Barf.

Almost as bad as calling them "furkids"

R31 TL;DR

Bi-lingual people - the vast majority of them either have parents from another country and they speak that language at home or people who live in a country where their language isn't widely spoken and they have to learn English to travel or for work.

[quote]Bi-lingual people

I disagree with this.

Having struggled to learn other languages, I am always impressed with people who are fluent in more than one language, regardless of how that skill was acquired.

People who obsess over other people with money. I had a former friend who was constantly trying to get in with people with money. I'm talking the 1%. He'd talk about how this family hired some famous singer for their aunt's party, he stayed at their chalet in Vail, he went to their island retreat, etc. It was all dropped with an air of aren't-you-so-impressed-with-me? I finally said that no, I wasn't too impressed. Having money doesn't make you special. He didn't have this type of money. He would just be a hanger-on to these types of people.

I make a very good living (top 5% of earners in US) but I'm not in that type of wealthy class. I've been around that class my whole life and I'm not impressed by what they have. Money doesn't make you happy or special. It just makes you not worry about money. People who obsess over that are just terribly shallow. That's why I'm no longer friends with this guy.

What it comes down to is that people might be impressed by a skill, but not when it's being shown off like a prized possession.

R36 - it's not impressive to know a language that you were raised with at home. And it's much much easier to learn English in other countries when there are so many resources already in English. It's hard to escape it.

You just don't have that 2nd language immersion in English speaking countries - you really have to seek it out in US, England, Australia, etc.

LEOPARD SHPOTTED SHNOODSH

R37 yet you’re here making sure to point out that you’re in the top 5%.

In the US, big trucks that aren't used for any purpose except transportation. This country has become obsessed with these huge, ugly trucks.

And yes - my partner has one, ostensibly to pull an Airstream trailer that has left our driveway once in the past 3 years.

r39 has a racist agenda. I can smell it from here.

“I’m vegan”

Good for you, I just ate a ham sandwich

Nothing impresses me less than this declaration:

"I'm a Christian."

R41, my first thought too.

Expensive watches, sneakers, cars, various other wealth markers. Don't get the appeal at all. Don't care.

you went to Burning Man or Coachella. Congrats, youre a douche!

What are you talking about r43? I'm also not impressed, just in general, by skills people acquired as children, when their brain was like a sponge, if anything I'm impressed by their parents foresight and diligence.

R45 - actually, that not only doesn't impress me, that's a warning sign. "I'm a Christian" declaration puts you on my watch list and I will keep my distance in the future.

"Movie star" looks. Oh, so you look like Brad Pitt? Whatever

I"m a watch collector and I'm rarely impressed by guys with their Rolex watches, whether new or vintage.

Show me a cushion or octagonal case Oyster from the 1920s and I'll be impressed.

Or better yet, a Patek Calatrava from the 1930s.

Along the lines of the "I never get sick!" bragged is the "I've slept x hours in the last x days!" bragger. We get it, you're SUPER BUSY.

Military guys who brag & talk about military stuff especially when surrounded by civilians who have no idea what all their lingo and shit means.

Wine snobs.

Oh you don't like 2012 Merlots because it was a weak season but will tolerate a 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon with fruity aromas of blackberries and maple syrup? Good for you!

Agree, r54. Actually the cult of "busy ness" and the whole stupid Our Busy Lives ideal and the whole stupid work hard/play hard philosophy is deeply unimpressive.

Oh take a fucking nap, bitch.

It's even more annoying when people brag about how busy they are on Facebook.

If you were truly that busy, you wouldn't have the time to post on Facebook.

“I’m a lawyer.”

R37 I grew up someplace poor and I knew people who were that type towards the "better off" people there. The better off people weren't even rich - merely middle class.

The idea of "rich" is subjective. We didn't know we were 'poor' -- we thought we were upper middle class!

R37 Humble brag

Nothing impresses me other than people who make sacrifices or do their duty caring for other people like friends or family, or people who do very charitable things (not giving away money, I mean hard work to help others). These things really do impress me but literally very little else impresses me. I spend a lot of my life listening to people brag about their achievements, their children's achievements, their summer cottages, cars, wealth, how good they are at finding bargains, how amazing they did at a video game, how many conquests they've had, how many good looking people they've fucked, it all goes in one ear and out the other.

I must confess i love listening to ex-marines brag and storytell. Or people from letter agencies. I ask loads of dumb questions and ask if if Jack Reacher could do this or that thing in reality! It's so far removed from my life and it's fun. They often get pretty tired of me though!

I hate the status symbol bragging though. I love knowing if my furnace explodes or my roof blows off that I have money to fix it. A giant car or fancy watch seems like stupidity to me. Property and savings are my goals - and keep it on the QT. Some of my friends make my hair stand on end with their crazy purchases- but I nod and smile.

You never know when life will kick you in the teeth so don't go bragging.

People who are cool or think they are.

Cars. High end clothing label whores - it still looks like crap if you haven't developed a sense of style.

OP, that's totally me! I have never had the flu and bring it up way too often. I shall listen to your criticism and keep that to myself from now on...

Expensive clothing means nothing unless you also have a great body. A guy with a great body in jeans and a t-shirt will always look much better than a guy with an average body in an expensive outfit. I see so many pudgy fem gays wearing $400 shoes and designer clothes trying to overcompensate for their lack of sex appeal.

"I have a degree in ______ from _______ University. I graduated with honors."

So you're intelligent, sophisticated, and make lots of money. Congratulations. That's what you wanted to hear, isn't it?

Men who brag that they don't eat desserts.

[quote]Expensive clothing means nothing unless you also have a great body. A guy with a great body in jeans and a t-shirt will always look much better than a guy with an average body in an expensive outfit. I see so many pudgy fem gays wearing $400 shoes and designer clothes trying to overcompensate for their lack of sex appeal.

I don't mean to be rude, but you sound like a right judgmental cunt.

People who sneer at other people's clothes are awful.

And what's wrong with being a pudgy fem gay?

I am a native English speaker but took classes (H.S. & college) in 3 other languages. (Horrible at all, but wanted to try.) I would guess English is really difficult for a non-native speaker. That hard "R" sound alone is something you take for granted, but it's a struggle for a lot of people learning English.

Anything that comes out of the mouths of people were "born on third base and think they hit a triple," so to speak.

"I don't drink soda. I only drink water."

Congratulations. I'll drink what I want to whether it's soda, water, fruit juice, coffee, or tea.

People who brag about not having a tv.

I'm not impressed by what many have already said above i.e. I live in a $_____ home, my car cost $_____, I have a degree from _____ etc.

To this list I add, the amount of people who would brag that they've received the COVID 19 vaccine. Good for you. Did you "cut" the line (I've learned that several people I know fudged the questionnaire in order to jump ahead)?

People who brag about not having a microwave oven.

Hung guys who think having a big dick is the be all and end all. It's not.

r76 I don't have a microwave. I had one, never cleaned it, ever, and it was gross, and encouraged me to eat shit processed food. I do think I eat better than most people with a microwave. I thought about your post, and realized out of this whole thread, that is the only think I think makes me special. I also have fancy taste in furniture, with some Ettore Sotsass, early Bauhaus stuff, Bruno Rey chairs, and other material objects I think are cool. When I see most people's homes - no matter how expensive - I tend to judge harshly (internally).

When younger, I was a little delusional.

I graduated college and then lived abroad for a few years in different places. As a lower middle class person, it made me feel very sophisticated compared to my friend who still lives with his parents in a mobile home behind a porno toy shop. I don't brag, I just feel special.

I was also a top competitive semi-professional athlete for four years ranked in the top 100 in the USA. I stopped talking about it all - because people literally roll their eyes when I mentioned what I did that whole time. Some who didn't know me then seem to even think I'm lying or exaggerating, which is even weirder than not caring.

I keep most of my awesomeness to myself now, except this opportunity to brag and impress you with mediocre accomplishments and good taste anonymously.

"I don't watch TV or movies."

[quote] [R76] I don't have a microwave. I had one, never cleaned it, ever, and it was gross, and encouraged me to eat shit processed food. I do think I eat better than most people with a microwave.

R78, you've done an honest inventory of yourself.

Re: microwave. I make steel-cut oats in mine. I reheat food (that I cooked), cook vegetables, reheat coffee, etc. My microwave doesn't encourage me to eat more junk food.

"I don't own a TV" (but I'll binge 7 seasons of Frasier on my tiny phone screen)

I went to Harvard, or even worse I went to school just outside Boston. Sub in MIT, Stanford, Oxford or whatever college or university people think is important. Especially if you are over 30 and telling people where you went for undergrad.

I worked for an ivy league school and the rampant,flagrant idiocy is astounding.

R72 you mean members of the lucky sperm club.

“You can always tell a man who went to Harvard…but not much.“

I actually love it when people brag about their IQ. It's like saying you are into astrology or martial arts, i.e. a huge red flag to avoid that person.

Yeah, when you think about it, being "crazy busy" & sleeping on 4 or 6 hours (or whatever) ... Why brag? Sounds like bad time management.

Also sounds OCD and just generally annoying r86

R85 I was dating someone who on several occasions bragged about his IQ score. It wasn't until I told him mine was 11 points higher that he finally shut up.

Yeah, IQ does seem a perfect example of "Don't Tell Me, Show Me." We'll figure it out if you truly are intelligent.

Having a "laid back" or "easy-going" personality.

My mom (RIP) asked me why couldn't I be more like one of my cousins, who she deemed "mellow," etc. I told her that Cousin was smoking marijuana all day, taking a hit maybe every 20 minutes. She said I don't believe you. I described, in detail, how Cousin went about his day with his fanny pack full of MJ & his one-hitter pipe. I guess I went into enough detail that Mom believed me. She was kind of gobsmacked, but she did finally believe me.

R90 my WASPy emigré mogul relatives describe me to strangers as ‘zen’ and ‘easygoing’, which they don’t know I know is their pass-agg codeword for ‘lazy’, ‘waste of air’ and ‘underachieving’. I’m the trashy branch they look down on, and it chagrins them I don’t particularly care to meet with their approval. We’ll see who is happiest and most at peace at the final hour.

R82 my best friend from middle-school attended Cambridge University for veterinary medicine. Beyond mid-tier collegiate biological science and mathematics, she is thick as pigshit and uncultured besides. She can’t read or speak other languages, can’t read music, can’t appreciate art or literature, and can’t come up with an interesting or developed idea of her own in a debate. She can’t even spell most English words. She’s not an intellectual or a scholar or even a bohemian; she simply knows how to retain and practically apply memorised information, which I suppose makes her a good general vet (though she can tend to charmless). When it comes to producing excellent alumni of high mind and profound original thought, Cambridge is given overmuch much credit for little merit.

[quote]I described, in detail, how Cousin went about his day with his fanny pack full of MJ & his one-hitter pipe.

A fanny pack FULL of MJ (who calls it that?), r90? Why exaggerate? That was a pretty mean to do to your cousin and your mom. Sounds like you could use a hit or two, yourself, ya little snitch.

It’s the brag that is not impressive. The vacations, material goods, experiences can be impressive if they came up honestly and without provocation.

We scuba dived in the Red Sea, the Pacific and the Indian oceans. We lived in Bali and India.

[quote]People who train for a marathon but aren't normally marathon runners... no, I will not donate to your charity. This is all about you and not the charity.

Marathon runners rarely talk about running unless someone else brings it up, it’s always the non-runners who endlessly rattle on about it.

Parents who think their sprogs are the most clever and special children who ever existed. Parents who go on about how busy they are with all the activities and responsibilities. Parents who think parenting makes them somehow more evolved and superior people.

Crossfit and yoga fanatics.

Anyone with a lot of 'followers'.

Anybody from any state or city that goes on and on about their BBQ. I swear - there are so many places in this country that takes an undue gross amount of pride in smoked meat - North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Kansas City, etc. I don't give a fuck. I'm sure it's good, but stop acting like it's a cultural achievement and that yours is superior because of x, y, z.

People who talk about how much and how hard they work out. "I bench press 250, do 10 reps, etc." I don't care about how you got the body, I'd rather just look at it.