# Why is it important to be humble?

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**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:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-important-to-be-humble/657141/134 "2013-05-02T17:26:19Z")

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But there’s always that little bit of extra information, just like in the weight loss thread. The detail that pushes it over, [such as](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15916780&postcount=8):

> [@Do you have any cute first cousins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-cute-first-cousins/647735/8):
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> and my 4 female cousins are all very pretty (and the prettiest one looks so much like me that everyone thinks we are sisters, which is flattering).

when the question was about cousins. That’s where people are getting the impression that she’s always slipping in an extra detail about her beauty.

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