Why is it important to be humble?

[Erdosain]

@rhubarbarin

I have never IN MY LIFE, on or off this message board, said I was ‘beautiful’.

This is absolutely true.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11813881&postcount=46

@rhubarbarin

I hesitate to call myself ‘hot’, I think it’s bullshit to assign number values to a person’s looks, and I am a profoundly unflirty person as well as being somewhat shy (this has improved in recent years, I am more confident and friendly). But I’m a young, good-looking woman.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13097612&postcount=10

@rhubarbarin

Speaking as a woman who is often considered both intelligent and attractive…[snip]

I have to wonder why you started this thread; everyone knows that this is your thing and you know this is your thing. Pretending not to know what everyone is talking about is (or should be) embarrassing. I could seriously post links just like the above two all day long until the hamsters cry, “Okay, we get it, she thinks she’s hot!”