The Stupidest Things People Brag About
Reddit user algebra_lover asked: 'What is the stupidest thing people brag about?'
It's never attractive to gloat.
Even if someone is incredibly skilled at something, or accomplished something incredibly impressive, it's better for others to commend their accomplishment, rather than doing so themselves.
The only thing that can make gloating and arrogance even less attractive is if they're bragging about something that isn't even that impressive to begin with.
Even so, some people simply can't help but boast and congratulate themselves, even whether or not the thing that is making their head grow with impressive speed isn't remotely worth congratulating.
"What is the stupidest thing people brag about?"
Literally Wrong On So Many Levels...
"Kid in my class bragged about how he stole an air freshener from the school bathroom."
"He was holding an unwrapped, wet urinal cake in his hand." -Tardigrade90
There Is Such A Thing As Work/Life Balance
"Anything to do with hustle culture."
"Wow, you got sh*tty sleep under your desk??"
"I was comfortable in my bed, haha, a strange flex." - joshharvey02
"Hours of work."
"We shouldn't be glorifying getting overworked." -Reddit
Working Good Morning GIF by Jimmy ArcaGiphyWhat The Actual...
"My neighbor was bragging about how long her three-year-old son’s penis was."
"She told my wife and I, 'Everyone always says, omg his penis is so long!'"
"I’m just like, why the f*ck have so many people seen it?"- NaiveMelany
A Truly Smart Person Knows Not To Brag...
"Intelligence."
"The dumber they are, the more they brag."- EdgyLearner138
"Money Money Money, Must Be Funny..."
"Money."
"From what I've read, family gets greedy and entitled."
"It's best to keep your mouth shut about money to every family member."- Vegetable-Fix-4702
"Dad's money."- BabuBhaiyaForever
Money Chicken GIF by happydogGiphyThe Less Said, The Better
"How little sleep they got."
"How late they stayed at work."
"How much they drank." - eviehalboro
Going Viral Isn't Always A Good Thing...
"Internet fame." - SwaggerEilte
Monogamy Is Nothing To Be Ashamed Of
"Sometime over the last decade or so, people started using the term "body count" for their cumulative number of lifetime sex partners."
"Unless you're doing it with all of them concurrently, I am not impressed." -Reddit
A Well Rested Soul Is A Happy One...
"The only time I care if you lack sleep is if you’re heading to Brooklyn." - _Goose_
Be Proud Of Who You Are, But...
"Guys who brag about being 'built different'."
"Sure dude."
"You have a beard, a 'full sleeve' tattoo, and a pickup truck."
"You’re so different." - someguy192838
A "Real Man" Never Needs To Prove Himself...
"Being an 'alpha'."
"Sorry homeboys, if you feel the need to announce it, you ain't it... and you know that." - Prudii_Skirata
Some people simply need to be the center of attention.
Even if the attention gained isn't exactly wanted.
As proud as one might be of their accomplishments though, it's always a good idea to wait for others to congratulate you, before congratulating yourself.
Accomplishments prove we tried to do something and did something.
A little flex every now and again doesn't hurt.
I did this.
I tried this.
It proves we lived.
Just don't be arrogant about your success, but sometimes you want to show off just a little.
Redditor vjts87 wanted to hear about what everyone feels they deserve to brag about, so they asked:
"What’s the weirdest flex you have?"
I brag about nothing.
Except that I can sing word for word every Whitney song.
The Win
Tired At Home GIF by IKEA USAGiphy"I work the overnight shift and still get eight hours of uninterrupted quality sleep every day."
ITookAPooInTheICU
“Love Shack”
"I’ve been booed by 10,000 people at once. I know athletes and celebrities have been booed by more people, but I’m neither. I was randomly picked out of the crowd at an NBA game to attempt a 3-point shot, to win everyone a free pizza. I bricked it."
Shonuff8
"At least you had a task that only lasted like maybe 10 seconds."
"I was at a radio concert in a venue that size with 6 big acts on the bill. In between acts, they had fans do karaoke. A mother-daughter team got tasked with 'Love Shack' and sh*t the bed hard. One of the DJs told the crowd to give them a round of applause and they got hit by a massive wave of boos."
patrickwithtraffic
Gross
"I got picked up in a white van as a child by a stranger to get a lift to somewhere 5 mins away, I was in the back off the van for half an hour, then they opened the door at the place I was trying to go. To this day I'm not sure but I think he changed his mind. The guy seemed nice enough at the time but, it was just such a strange experience to think back on, I was about 12ish I think at the time too so definitely old enough to have known better."
WhatAmI111WhatAmI111
Genius
Hungry Labor Day GIF by BounceGiphy"I can always pick the exact right size container to put leftovers in."
Money_Pomegranate_51
Knowing how to portion leftovers is a MIRACLE gift.
The Gift
Giphy"I can get rid of hiccups on demand. Like without fail if I have hiccups I can just think about it and they go."
DoIReallyNeedAnAcc
Trauma
"A tree fell on me in 2021 and broke all my ribs, my spine, and popped both my lungs. I dragged myself out and survived long enough slowly drowning in my own blood (and internally bleeding out) to be found and get airlifted to a trauma ward. So I got almost as much metal grafted to my bones as wolverine though I don't flex much because I got so much metal making me rather stiff and rigid."
Setantaoceillaigh
Kevin! Come back!
"I had to take an IQ test when I was being evaluated for ADHD and apparently I am in the 99th percentile in spatial reasoning. I can’t do math or talk good but I can pack the hell out of a suitcase!"
yekirati
"This is actually an amazing skill to have! One of my old cooks was the same way. Quiet kid, very bright but not cut out for the restaurant industry. He loved being on prep for EXACTLY this reason. The fridge was never as organized, cleaned, labeled, dated, rotated and stocked properly unless it was he or I or one other person. I miss you Kevin! Come back!"
subtxtcan40
"I survived 9 heart attacks, before I turned 40. Have 4 stints following 3 angiograms and 1 open heart surgery with vein transfer... that failed... been in heart failure status for a year. But honestly I am healthier than I was a year ago. A year ago couldn't walk half a mile. Now can walk 3 miles without issue. Even survived covid this year after 2 years of isolating."
BadGenesWoman
Savior
Blood Donation GIF by Santander Brasil OficialGiphy"I have donated over 15 gallons of blood!"
DonkeymanPicklebutt
"As someone whose life has been saved due to a blood donation: THANK YOU! I love you and hope others will take after your example."
Friendly_Chemical
Life is always full of flex. Embrace it.
Do you have anything to share? Let us know in the comments below.
Most of us were taught that nobody loves a braggart or a show off, but let's be honest: if we don't celebrate ourselves, who will?
Weirdly, the answer seems to be "strangers on the internet."
Reddit user tzhumanbean asked:
"What's your biggest flex?"
So listen, just for a minute, forget everything in you that wants to be humble. Toot your own horn. Brag about whatever seemingly-silly thing you're amazing at.
If you need some inspiration, Reddit will go first.
Balance Champ
"You know the game at the carnival where you climb the wobbly rope ladder and ring the bell?"
"I've won it twice"
- ThunderousBeats
"Nice, I watched a mark rober video about that, and it's supposed to be near impossible because physics."
- SnooCapers5361
"The trick is to only have 1 hand and 1 foot on the ropes at any given time and said hand and foot need to be opposites. Get that technique down and you will win everytime."
- Radicalkoopa
"Or just walk directly up the center of the ladder on only your feet. That's how the people that run the game do it, and it was the only way I could do it as well. I've won twice that way."
- JustABugReport
"What’s the secret?"
- lilfindawg
"I kept my feet and hands close to the edges. I moves opposite legs and hands as close to the same time as possible. Near the top its very hard to balance so I sprinted/jumped for the bell."
- ThunderousBeats
Grampa Flex
"My grandad used to build space shuttles/spaceships."
"The company he worked for would send the spaceships to nasa. The company was doing a private time capsule thing where the workers could send their name to the moon on a piece of paper."
"My grandad wrote my name down, so i’m now on the moon."
- dollsrot
"That is f*cking sweet!"
- Prestigious-Ring4978
"15/10 Grandpa!"
- randomPH1L
"Aw wow 🥺🥰"
- Catbug94
Moon Landing No GIF by Arrow AcademyGiphyRich In Stem
"When I donated bone marrow (stem cells) I had 6 times the normal amount."
"They ran the tests 3 times to confirm."
- Kharn0
"You got more stem than a sunflower"
- mechy84
"So, you're like a potent human being?"
- Cold-Account
"Damn, leave some stems cells for the rest of us."
- YellowCarNoHitBacks
"You’re probably Force-sensitive and should seek a mentor from the Jedi Council."
- AngularChelitis
Literal Flex
"I can flex some muscle in my neck and make myself look like a croaking frog. It scares kids"
- glossyballs69
"Upvoted for scaring kids"
- cephalicrush
"flex within a flex"
- Far-Classic-4637
"My 14 year old son does that to annoy me. Haha"
- jn29
Inflate Pbs Nature GIF by Nature on PBSGiphyFlick Some Cents
"I’m so good at flicking pennies (P E N N I E S) that I can flick them into peoples pockets without them knowing."
- Kitsune_sits
"Dude one of my friends is a phenom at flicking pennies. We worked together 18 years ago at my first professional job. He was the underachiever of underachievers, super capable guy but he was purposefully lazy and pretended to be incompetent so nobody would ask him to do anything."
"One day I caught him flicking pennies across the facility, hitting random people in the head from afar just to cause a stir. He could do it so stealthily that nobody else could tell where they were coming from, but I caught him. I wasn't technically in management at the time, but I was the designated engineer for that department, so I had to talk to him about it. For months leading up to me catching him, we had an ongoing phenomenon of "magic pennies" appearing randomly around the facility. Everywhere you looked, there was a random penny. Friggin' everywhere. This was a high tech facility in the medical field, so random pennies laying around isn't a good look... Management was getting aggravated by it."
"Hey, that's a neat trick... How long you been doing it?"
" 'A long time' *Big Smile*"
"As a friend, I have to ask you to stop."
"Ok, ok, but I have one penny left and it's going to be a one in a million shot."
"Damnit... You need to promise it'll stop. The flicking and the random pennies everywhere, I don't want you getting fired over it and there's a lot of eyebrows getting raised right now."
"He flicked that penny through the air right as one of the warehouse guys was driving through on a tugger (it's like half golf cart, half fork truck). The penny popped the driver right above the ear with an audible WHACK. The driver jerked, turning the tugger and crashing it into three large material hoppers and busting a water line off the side of a machine. This caused 4 production lines to get halted and maintenance called in for about 4 hours of downtime."
"I wrestled with it but ultimately said nothing. The warehouse guy said a wasp must have got him and he did not get in trouble at all. My friend stopped flicking pennies after that."
"Sorry for the long story, I type super fast and it gets away from me at times..."
- crapgarbage
wwe congrats GIFGiphyDouble Flex
"In the 4th grade I won one if my countries biggest math competitions. I can also lick my elbow"
- FriendshipSad1623
"The duality of man"
- arkesko
"Congrats!!"
- itzhumanbean
"Not gonna lie I'm more impressed with the elbow licking. Like how the fuck? Do you have a really long tongue or weird ass ligaments or something?"
- Puluzu
"I’m more impressed by that too."
- SparklyRoniPony
"I actually tried. Could not lick my elbow. Impressive."
- L00k_Again
The Flex We Need
"I’m a marine biologist and my research has been used in the conservation of both sea turtles and whales."
- Myctophid
"That’s the nicest flex on this thread, solely because I have been obsessed with whales ever since I was born. I love talking to marine biologists and expanding my knowledge as well as knowing what I can do to keep whales safe and happy! Thank you for your work!"
- PoutineMaker
"I’m happy that I get to do this work. It’s not all unicorns and rainbows, but it’s pretty cool."
- Myctophid
"real life super hero! keep up the good work"
- christophersbooks
High Five Bro GIFGiphyKicking Some Serious Behind
"I kicked cancer’s ass"
- Quiet_Goat8086
"Now that's a flex that everyone is happy about"
- Narrow_Active5934
"So proud of you!💪 hope i can achieve this as well soon"
- nellako
"F*cking fair play mate, as we would say in my part of the world."
"well done mate."
- Quickbrownfoxjumper
"Lesssgooo"
- Lowgwano
"Long live you! 👑"
- param_T_extends_THOT
Hard Flex
"Throwaway here, I come from former meth addicts. I say "former" because my dad hasn't been using while in prison and my mother is disabled with a heart condition."
"I got a full tuition ride in undergrad, and I'm starting grad school @ Tufts this fall :)"
"Edit: Thank you all so much for your kindness! You guys made me cry. My acceptance was after some time working in human welfare, and being selected to assist in the creation of U.S. policy regarding health initiatives with the feds. I wish I could tell you all more, but I can't be too specific."
"But really, thank you. I'm doing the best I can with what I have, and I'm grateful for all the support. :)"
- Prize_Camp985
"Wow, well done! Just from an internet stranger to another, I felt proud of you while reading this comment and I'm genuinely excited for your future."
- moonlighttravel
"That’s awesome! you’ll enjoy Tufts, it’s a great school and fairly fun location."
- gregrainman314
"That’s where I go! Incredible school, great community, you’ll love it!"
- chartman21
Teacher Flex
"Going into my 17th year teaching high school physics."
"I would bet money that 75% of all students I've taught would put me in their top 3 favorite teachers of all time."
- cesarjulius
"What is it about physics teachers? They were always the coolest, in grade-school and in college..."
"My physics teacher in high school used to play Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and stuff from Dr Demento while we were taking tests. He'd randomly quiz us on song names and lyrics for bonus points."
- crapgarbage
"We had an amazing physics teacher who is a legend, such a hard working dude, used to be very patient with us. After two years of teaching our class, we gifted him an Armani watch which costed like 2400$."
- praneshwar
"Did you bring in your collection of electric guitars, dismantled and have us reassemble the pickups while you lectured about electromagnetism and how strumming induced current?"
"That was an amazing day, thank you Mr. Holzwarth!"
- ThinkIGotHacked
"Thank you for your hardwork!!"
- itzhumanbean
Dab Reaction GIF by NETFLIXGiphyFeeling more inspired to jump in on the participation trophy tsunami? C'mon. You know you want to.
Can you play a dope rendition of Stairway to Heaven on a kazoo? Did you save the day by finding the stray red sock in the load of whites BEFORE you started the wash? What about the time you managed to get all your bra hooks into their holes behind your back on the first try without fidgeting?
Flex your flexiest flex, fam.
Far too many people constantly feel the need to one-up everyone else.
Whether in the presence of friends or adversaries, they will always feel compelled to say that they have more of that item, visited that location first, or are better at that game.
So determined are they to outshine present company, that they might even find themself claiming superiority over things which others would never think is something to be proud of.
Redditor uglytruthshurts was curious to hear questionable things people have bragged about, leading them to ask:
What is something people brag about, but is not something to brag about?
Workin' Hard for the money.
"Missing scheduled breaks at work cause you work so hard."
"That’s not a brag that’s stupid."- User Deleted
"Working so much they barely have time to have a life."- sirsavage96.
Up and at 'em!
"'You slept four hours last night?'"
"'I only slept 2!"'
"You're sleep deprived, do you want an applause?"-notttienot.
"The amount of sleep people say they get is sad because they never brag about high amounts of sleep." - User Deleted
Sad Coffee GIF by Kroppa Digital AgencyGiphySize matters...
"Once as a kid, me and my friend got in an argument over who had the smaller penis."
"Like 'no, MINE is smaller!'”- Airicearth.
Who cares what other people think?
"I've met a handful of people lately who use 'people either love me or hate me' as a brag and I've decided that it's a good indicator that the person saying it is probably a jerk."- Cipher1414.
"'I'm an a**hole.'"
"Ok. And?"
"Are you gonna work on that?"
"Or are you expecting for people to accept that?"
"I don't get it."
"That's weird."- Comprehensive-Style9.
"Being unable to talk to other people or hating other people."
"The amount of people that seem to think it's okay to dislike everyone as a default is amazing and depressing."- MajorMustard.
Mean Girls Movie GIF by filmeditorGiphyWhat they don't know, won't hurt them...
"Cheating."
"Like okay are you that proud of not being able to keep a commitment to someone/something."- Azraels_Angel.
"We are living in a material world..."
"The stuff they have."
"If it's so important to you, stop talking to me about it and go be with your stuff."
" I don't give a f*ck about your sh*t, go away."- fruitypants.
Dallas Check This Out GIFGiphyThe lengths people go to prove their superiority is indeed exhausting, to the point of sad.
As the likely truth is that these same people feel the need to overcompensate for all that is missing in their lives.
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People Break Down Which Things Everyone Brags About That Aren't Actually That Impressive
Let's be real, we all wanna be special. And some of us are willing to do or say ANYTHING to make themselves feel that way. Usually that leads to some bizarre claims that are meant to be impressive, when in reality, it's probably something that they need to do some inner work on. But that's just my hippie side speaking.
Here are a list of claims that people say to assure themselves that they're different. Am I being cynical? Probably. NotAGoodUsernamelol asked:
Whats something people commonly brag about but isn't actually impressive?
Honestly, the things these first few people brag about are probably just the things that they need to fix.
Crying is not something to brag about.
“People who one up you on how sh*t they think their life is.
Whenever you say you are tired, they counter with "oh I only slept for 3 hours last night" or they brag about how many times they've cried recently, skipped meals, etc.
It's really only a particular kind of person that does this sort of behavior, the attention seeker."
I didn’t know trauma was a competition.
Understand I Get It GIF by Hyper RPGGiphy“When people brag about something that happened to them that was worse than what happened to you."
“Oh my god, this. My family is messed up, and I've been registered in CPS' system since about a week before I was born. Mom is a drug addict, dad is abusive, sister is paranoid schizophrenic. Whole ordeal. I got super lucky, and I'm really well off by now. So you can't really tell my background unless I share it.
I did once, to my classmates at lunch break, after a question of why I lived alone in an apt so early (16), and I explained a little bit, and answered all questions that came up.
Lo and behold, this one girl always had something to one up me with. I told the fascinating story of how my dad kidnapped me, and how my mom drove 8 hours to «kidnap» me back. Fun stuff. She interrupted, saying how her dad always forces her to go to soccer practice, and she knows exactly how I would have felt…
Sure, being forced into activities you don't want to at all is messed up, but like… What?????"
These guys are the worst.
“That they're an ‘alpha’. Mate, if you're telling me, you're not one.”
“It's funny if you consider for a moment that the term ''alpha male'' came from a misconception made by a guy studying wolves, who tried warning people that he messed up and that there is no such thing as an ''alpha wolf'', ''beta wolf'' or ''omega wolf''. Turns out he was just not aware that the whole pack that he was studying at the time was quite literally one family of wolves, not several in one pack, so naturally the head of the family is...well...the head of the family. He tried his best to warn us, but the damage had already been done because some meathead discovered his first paper and glossed over the second one.”
Speaking of people who desperately want to be cool, here are a few more certified bad*sses.
To be fair, I’m also scared to ask the clerk where the chips are.
“How badass they are, or what they would do if confronted with a situation. Not always the case, but is pretty common.
We get it, you would knock their @ss out and confront someone if they said X to you, but you were also afraid to ask the store clerk where the chips aisle was at Walmart."
“I have an employee who is constantly telling about how he's beat someone up or threatening to. He's late 50s obese, has high blood pressure and would drop like a sack of sh*t if he ever got punched by a teenager. He keeps threatening his daughters boyfriend, and can't understand why his daughter wants to leave home as soon as she turns 18. It's just embarrassing."
At least be a little interesting.
Studying Big Brain GIFGiphy“Their IQ when they clearly aren't intellectually interesting in any way.”
“Years ago someone at work commented that I thought I was 'so smart' when I fixed the printer. Thought it was just banter so I responded that my IQ was at least 90! The rest of my time there he commented to everyone about how I bragged about my IQ. Couldn't correct him without making him look bad. Just told people that he was just annoyed that the printer seemed to hate him so it seemed like an inside joke.”
This is just concerning.
“How much they can drink. Good for you, bro! Enjoy your 30 pack... Makes me sad.”
“I feel like that comes from playing drinking games when you're young and you first start drinking. If you're able to drink more and keep playing for longer you're seen as good/better compared to if you're completely wasted after 2-3 beers.”
People Who Made A Lot Of Money From Something Totally Random | George Takei’s Oh Myyy
How is this even possible?
“That they haven't read a book since high school. Or that they can barely read/do math.”
“I can't imagine stopping reading? It's so weird. Even like audio books or something. How do you manage to avoid books your whole life after high school.”
Bragging at work does nothing for your reputation. Trust me, your boss isn’t gonna give you that raise for bragging.
Why would any teacher want this?
Season 8 Teacher GIF by FriendsGiphy“As a teacher, hearing other teachers brag about how hard it is to pass their class. Like, you're just bad at your job."
“Man, I make it hard to FAIL my class. Especially this past year and seeing how much nonsense my kids have to put up with at home, as long as they showed me they were actively trying, they passed.
Some still managed to fail, though.”
Overworking is not impressive.
“How many unused PTO hours they have.
Seriously. Overworking us not a good brag. And letting a company NOT have to pay you your guaranteed benefits... nope.”
“I mean, as long as they use them by the end of the year. Otherwise, it's just leaving money on the table and that's just idiotic.”
Stay away from dumpster fires.
“Getting in trouble. This chick at work would tell us tales of her weird roommate and the everyday dumb sh*t they got themselves into. She thought it was cool, everyone else thought their life was a dumpster fire."
“They are fun to encounter on the internet but once they appear in real life there is a huge chance you will get pulled into their bullsh*t misadventures of misery. I like reading random strangers messy stuff here on reddit but that as close as I would like to get, got enough messy MFers to deal with in my life already."
Sometimes you have to wonder why people thought these were valid things to brag about in the first place.
These people can be toxic af.
time tech GIFGiphy“I've realized that I just automatically stop listening to gamers who feel the need to brag about how much a** they kicked in multiplayer games.
Congratulations, you accomplished literally nothing of real value.
I'm more referring to gamers who insist on being toxic about it. It's one thing if someone wants to gush about their updated wardrobe, as I completely understand the feel-good sensation that comes from that, but I stop affording someone attention when they start going off.
Let THEM do the bragging.
“Anyone who won't shut up about stuff that their friends/relatives did. Excessive bragging is annoying enough on it's own, but it's extra annoying coming from someone who didn't even put in the work to achieve things in the first place.”
Enjoy your life a bit.
“How hard they work.
I work 2 jobs, I'm a hardworking person. You should be like me.
No, I want a job to support myself not to live my life just to work. Seen a tweet where it says something along the line of we work 60 years just to live and enjoy 12 years. By then our body would be half broken down and unable to participate in a lot of activities.”
Imagine if a woman did this?
“Body count. Once had a man tell me he slept with over 200 women. Don't know if people commonly brag about how many people they've slept with, but this guy seemed to think it would impress me. The only thing it did was raise a red flag parade, so I marched the hell away.”
My unsolicited advice is to not try to make yourself special or impressive, but focus on what makes you special on your own. You don’t need other peoples’ validation to make yourself feel good.
Then again, if you wanna brag about being a dumpster fire, that’s your prerogative.