I've noticed a rather amusing phenomenon here at LC. It's the Cherry levels. So many people are scrambling to get up to the next level. They send out bulletins for themselves, or ask a "friend" to pimp them out instead so that they don't seem quite so egotistical and needy.
Why? What happens when you reach that next level? Do you get a check from LC? Do you get back a year of your life? Do certain body parts start to grow? Face it, there is absolutely no significance to it. Once you reach that next level, then what? Do you feel special or important because you have a higher rank than other people?
I think this is a wonderful example of how people transfer their feelings of inadequacy to something mundane like a social website. Insignificant events like Cherry levels take on a distorted importance and we actually begin to tie them to our own self esteem.
I see the same thing with all the contests being held. I deleted one girl from my friend list because she was sending out bulletins actually criticizing people from her friends list because she was losing a contest. In her mind, this was impossible because obviously she was by far the hottest in the group. How pathetic is it when someone needs the approval from others on a website in order to feel special?
Reaching physical maturity does not mean one has become an "adult". I see thousands of children on this site in grown up bodies. It's like high school all over again. It's rather sobering when you begin to see how fragile so many egos are in this world.
I would ask folks to stop with all the bulletins asking for profile ratings and contest votes, but that will never ever happen. So I'll just go about my business and try to ignore them. And if you feel like deleting me from your friends list because I don't vote for you, feel free. My real friends don't need that kind of validation from me.
Ta Ta.
