# Why is it important to be humble?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 30, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-important-to-be-humble/657141 "2013-04-30T20:28:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-important-to-be-humble/657141/131 "2013-05-02T16:52:13Z")

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> [@rhubarbarin](#):
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> 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](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11813881&postcount=46)

> [@What perks do hot women get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-perks-do-hot-women-get/518697/46):
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> 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](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13097612&postcount=10)

> [@How to compliment an intelligent person on his/her looks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-compliment-an-intelligent-person-on-his-her-looks/559312/10):
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> 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!”

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