Here's one story: during the hungry years, one peasant defiantly sat on a bench near the house and picked his teeth. Like, I ate meat. Like, he's rich. Only he didn’t eat any meat, he only picked his teeth...

Have you noticed how people's needs are changing in the modern world? Schoolchildren walk around with fancy iPhones, which, in fact, they only need to play. Managers earning 40 thousand rubles each buy cars worth 2 million. Lush weddings, like in the Middle Ages, for 100-500 people. All this is done in order to “not look worse than others” and to arouse the envy of those who see it all.

There is such a word - to show off. It means: to put yourself on display, admiring yourself and your behavior.

Many people like to show off, showing off what cool things they own. Or by putting individual moments of your life on display.

According to the definition from the dictionary, show-off is:

• jewelry, expensive trinkets, objects, usually tasteless, that should emphasize the wealth of their owner. Vasily’s show-off was immediately visible: such colorful pants and a chain cannot be hidden.
• the desire to show off, to make a strong impression on someone, arrogance, arrogance. Vasya’s show-off in front of Masha was as follows: he took out a wad of money and arrogantly pulled out a bill from it, showing with all his appearance that this was absolute garbage for him. And then he generously treated her to a cocktail.

Simply put, showing off is showing off or showing off. Or is it a person’s desire to show himself in the best light, to put himself on display. And a person who exaggerates his merits or fortune is said to be “showing off.”

Let's look at what and how to show off. Show-offs occur very often in our lives. They are highly contagious. The need to show off in front of others is dictated by modern society, even to those who initially do not want it. For example, if one of the schoolchildren in the class does not have an iPhone, then he will be considered a loser and a rogue, although if he has one, one cannot be sure of the opposite. Interesting point, isn't it?

Show-off as a behavior

We earn millions from the show-off of young people.

Showing off is a manner of behavior. A person can brag about anything and anywhere. Most often, people for whom the main thing in life is material values ​​“show off.” The word “boast” is very suitable here. If a person “shows off”, showing his intelligence or level of development, the word “smart” would be appropriate here.

Most often, “throwing a show-off” is typical of teenagers in adolescence. They are simply looking for themselves, wanting self-affirmation, trying to show themselves in their best colors.

Walter Rothschild's zebra-drawn carriage. London. 1898

Many businessmen note that they have to drive a huge SUV to look more respectable and successful. If you can afford it, then it's not a problem.

Show-off price

Maybe I'm old-fashioned
but I appreciate their true soul in people,
and not show-off and the thickness of the wallet.

Sometimes you have to pay dearly for cheap show-offs.

The danger of showing off is that it limits our financial capabilities. People have to spend money on external tinsel and appearances. They spend their little money on this, taking out loans, and not paying much attention to their development.

The lion's share of attention is occupied by “what others will say.” Your own self-esteem begins to depend more and more on the opinions of others. Based on this fear, the need to “not be, but appear” becomes the main goal.

They do not invest in their development, in improving their lives in the long term. They are only concerned with momentary tinsel. And in the end it will cost them dearly.

Show-off and thinking

The highest show-off is life without show-offs :)

An old joke about showing off:

Show-offs of the first order: buy a big expensive car and a Rolex, read Paulo Coelho, despise Dontsova, love a skinny blonde with boobs.

Show-off of the second order: buy a small stylish car and a Longin watch. Read Umberto Eco. Despise Coelho, love the ironic brunette.

Show-offs of the third order: take the metro and taxi because it’s faster and cheaper, wear a Swatch watch, read Anna Gavalda, turn off the water when brushing your teeth. Don't despise anyone because it destroys karma. Don't love anyone because you haven't met your person yet.

Show-offs of the fourth order: sell the apartment, car and Longin watch. Go to Tibet, achieve nirvana, love everyone.

Show-offs of the highest order: return from Tibet, not tell anyone anything, buy a big expensive car, read Dontsov in your spare time, time to look at your phone, love your child’s mother. To realize that any redneck with Coelho could turn out to be a Buddha who has achieved nirvana...

Show-off is based on a person’s desire to appear different from who he really is.

The formation of “show-off” thinking is artificial. The need to show off is imposed on society by our economic system in order to sell people goods and services that they do not really need. And if they don’t have the money for this, then let them take loans.

Such manipulations are reinforced by the traps of credit slavery that came to us from the West, they say, we only live once, we need to have time to take everything from life, etc.

In order not to become a victim of the system, you need to get rid of dependence on the opinions of others. And when you don’t care what others think of you, you will notice that respect in the eyes of others has not diminished at all, rather the opposite.

And if you spend money and time instead of showing off on additional development, then after some time you will find that others already have enough reasons to envy you. This path changes thinking and brings it closer... to the thinking of successful people. The very ones that many try to appear to be, but are not.

A truly successful and self-sufficient person never tries to increase his importance in the eyes of others - his importance is already fine.

He does not brag about things, is not rude to the service staff, and does not assert himself at the expense of those who are below him on the social ladder. A successful person does not look down at those whom he has risen above, but up at those whom he wants to grow to.

He recognizes the need for constant development and self-improvement.

With this mindset all external attributes will be attached by themselves, but they will no longer have any value for you. Your values ​​will already be different.

Good luck! Now you know what and how it is here.

Modern weddings tend to be depressing. They resemble a conveyor belt. Among Russians as a whole, their imagination has atrophied and their sense of style has disappeared. The very desire to search for style, to find one’s own “I” among the gray everyday life is gone, evaporated. The same type of brides and grooms move along the conveyor belt. At the happiest moment for many, when a family is created, the future is born, a person chooses an already established model of behavior. Cliché instead of imagination.

The main mass wedding tradition of recent years is riding in limousines. Just a few years ago there were almost no limousines in St. Petersburg, maybe one or two. They said that socialite Kirkorov was driving a white Hummer limousine. Then it was nonsense, bohemian show-off. Now the whole city is filled with these cars, which are easily rented out by numerous companies.

A young couple reaches for a long white tin on four wheels. Having sat down in, they will feel like masters of the situation, very cool guys. At least once in their life, at a wedding, they will feel rich and successful, almost like the Abramovichs and Rockefellers. Then a honeymoon awaits them, after which the young couple will plunge into everyday work, into the whirlpool of routine and everyday life.

At a wedding, at this important moment, people usually project their desires, their dreams. And these dreams, frankly, lead to a stupor. How the average Russian strives for wealth, money, luxury! It is paradoxical, but in modern Russia, where there is blatant inequality and a colossal gap between the poor majority and the super-rich minority, people are so drawn to ostentatious hoarding and bad taste. Wanting to become a master, even for a wedding day, a person only emphasizes the fact that he is a serf. Russian wedding ceremonies reveal (sometimes unconsciously) the deep serf complexes of people, the desire not to free themselves from the framework of “rich-poor”, “major-sucker”, but only to occupy a high position in this coordinate system.

Of course, not all newlyweds are like this. There are young spouses who understand the absurdity of what is happening. But there is a social environment - relatives, friends. I don’t want to go beyond the limits, so the happy couple will still have the usual procedures. How else? What are we, not like all normal people? The speeches of the toastmaster and other wedding laughers are generally a monument to modern philistinism (however, what is the demand, so is the supply). In addition to future children, the speeches of the laughing people revolve around expensive cars, luxurious life, trips abroad. For some reason, no one wants a heroic life, honest work, spiritual courage.

It’s funny, but the young groom at the wedding wants to feel not even like a real oligarch, but like an operetta bourgeois, a caricature of success. Real rich people haven't been riding in limousines for a long time. Most influential people, especially in Europe, are generally quite modest in their daily needs. Sarkozy, while president of France, rode a bicycle around Paris.

These cars can be found not only at St. Petersburg weddings. The squeak of the Lokhov fashion of recent years is to organize simple, not wedding parties in limousines. The car rolls down the street, and inside the youth are having a blast, blasting the music as hard as they can, drinking champagne or something stronger. However, the attributes of luxury do not automatically make a person an aristocrat. One Saturday evening on Liteiny Prospekt another snow-colored car stopped in front of me. Two not very sober young women in evening dresses came out of it and went to relieve themselves right behind the bus stop.

White hearses are rushing through St. Petersburg. “Empire of Limousines” is the name of one of the companies that rents out such cars (along with a driver). Our current country is that same empire of limousines for an hour. Grasping the pieces of stability that high oil and gas prices give the country, the average person closes his eyes, believing that this comfortable little world has come forever. He does not want to see either the monstrous demographic situation, or the ruined science, industry, and education. But the post-wedding hangover will invariably pass, and the slave will be left alone with this terrible world, in a vomited wedding frock coat.

1 Most of our citizens have heard the word “Show-off” more than once, but what is Ponty and what they are “eaten with” cannot be answered by everyone. If you ask the question out of interest, what does Ponty mean? Almost everyone will start bleating: " Well, this is the state of a person when he...". It should be understood that in ordinary life these terms carry a clear negative meaning; there are no such people in Russia that at least once I would not use this jargon in my conversation. Read some more interesting publications on the topic of Internet jargon, for example, what Light means, how to understand the word Likedrocher, what Like means, what Lagi is, etc.
So, show off or show off is?

In fact, show-off is the behavior of a person when he tries stand out from the crowd, and in most cases it looks rather disgusting. From time immemorial, people have boasted about their real or imaginary successes, their wealth, and this happens in our time. Usually a person brags about his material capabilities.

Show off- this is cool. Showing off is showing people around you what you have achieved in this life. For example, showing off your credit car. Such ponto cutters have never been loved and are not loved

Sometimes, people who do not have material values, but who still want to stand out, begin to show off their education or intelligence. For such citizens, the people came up with a weighty word - “to be smart.” Over time, show-offs began to unite those who boast of their financial situation with those who stick out their intelligence.

Citizens of any social status and income show off. In fact, according to most people, their show-off should enhance their social status. Some may ask: " In general, why do you need to show off??".

Reasons for showing off

First reason. Make a lasting impression on surrounding citizens. To do this, a certain aura of demand and success is created around oneself, and in some unknown way a subconscious rise in one’s rating occurs. It is very important for some people to appear more "cool" than they really are. The greater the external rating an individual has, the more he captures the minds of other, less successful citizens. For example, an idea expressed by a famous politician or a movie star will be more significant than the same thoughts expressed by a simple, unknown engineer.

The second reason. Repetition of one's distinctive features and reproduction of merits gives the individual greater confidence in his abilities. In most cases, psychologists noted that it is precisely those individuals who show off who are not confident in self-importance. You shouldn't take show-offs very seriously. It is worth noting one more detail: if there is too much show-off, the attitude towards such a person can become negative, causing severe irritation and rejection.

Show off usually cause envy, and this feeling, as we know, can be a detonator of unpleasant events. You can hear several expressions with the word pont that should be clarified.

Show off- this is to point out facts that will arouse respect and admiration from the interlocutor; a synonym for the expression can be called “show off.”

Cheap show-offs- this is a mention of such events and facts that only cause irritation and bewilderment, as something of little significance, in fact, this is unfounded boasting.

However, show-off in some cases is a very useful thing. After all, having learned to present your show-off intelligently, you can express yourself in a good way. However, do not forget to show off in a politically correct and very tactful manner.

You have probably noticed more than once people who have the keys to their car in their hands, in this way they unobtrusively demonstrate their status, in addition, it would be a good idea to show others an expensive model of your phone. In addition, in a conversation you can casually mention a service that you completely disinterestedly provided to your friend. colleague/relative/friend. Such show-offs do not particularly irritate anyone and are a completely decent act.

However, it’s a completely different situation when, in a conversation, a person begins to throw around words like: “ yesterday I lit a cigarette from a hundred dollar bill”, “for me 1000 dollars is not money”, “I wanted an expensive phone, but I couldn’t find one more expensive than 20,000 dollars, I’m a beggar to buy this model?".

An interesting point, although the words “show off” and “show off” have a negative meaning then such adjectives as “pontovo” and “pontovy” express quite positive emotions.

Example:

Kolyan bought a car, it's the latest model, it looks awesome!

Jeans with pin rolls look cool.

This jacket is awesome!

IN the above examples, the speaker believes that these things are good, high quality and look great. However, this word can also be used in a negative sense.

Example:

You have a smartphone that's kind of useless!

From this we can conclude that in one case these expressions can be both annoying and useless, and very effective and practical. Distinctive features of a positive show-off can be considered its subtlety and accuracy.. Your interlocutor should not guess that they are “throwing a show-off” at him. And most importantly, you must exclude even a hint of envy in his feelings. After all, if your show-off turns out to be very powerful, and your opponent feels uncomfortable with your “coolness,” then his reaction to your boasting will be irritation or a contemptuous grin. We recommend showing off using sarcasm, jokes, jokes, and mentioning facts in the context of a funny situation.

That’s actually the whole answer to the question of what a show-off is. It remains to add that “showing off” for people is the same natural feature as an expression: " I am the best!". Therefore, when you praise yourself, do not forget to do it wisely, so as not to cause envy and irritation in your interlocutor.

A huge SUV, a selfie from the beach, a luxurious wedding and a new iPhone earned with your body. Modern beggars are easy to recognize by their show off. Previously, everyone wanted to live well, but now everyone is showing off that they are living well.

“She always had some endless illusions in her head (drilled into her head by her mother, a former party boss) about how wonderfully she should live in the future. A sort of complete dolce vita with flights on private jets from Paris to Milan, with princes in white limousines and other attributes of low-budget Hollywood fairy-tale films.” Spiritless.

Surely you have many such acquaintances, modern beggars who lay claim to the luxurious life of a Hollywood star?

TV, magazines and the Internet have corrupted the modern generation. They cannot live like in Hollywood, but they imitate the luxurious life of celebrities. The main thing for modern youth now is to show off. People indulge their sense of self-importance (SEI) by buying and doing things that they cannot afford or to their detriment.

Expensive car. Office plankton likes to pose as wealthy people and businessmen. Poor people buy a huge SUV, a luxury car or a sports car. They take out cars on credit that they need to show off and increase their profitability.

Brand new iPhone. It doesn’t matter how much you earn and where you need to spend your money first. Any modern fashionable chick buys an iPhone. She will eat Doshirak, save her last money, and take out a loan. Or maybe he will compromise with morality. Among people from Eastern countries there is such a fashionable pastime. They go to the bathhouse in a group, but before that they buy an iPhone and take the willing girl to the bathhouse. So another chick gets a brand new iPhone, which she has “used up.”

Dear weddings. This is the sin of narrow-minded people from the plebeian strata. They need to show that they are no worse than others. They take out loans, borrow from parents or spend their last savings on a luxurious wedding. After this, the poor live from hand to mouth and cannot buy anything for themselves for a long time. But they showed it to others! Let them envy!

Expensive phones. Who has the most powerful phones? Theoretically, for businessmen. But in reality, schoolchildren buy such phones most of all. Schoolchildren beg their parents for fancy smartphones just to show off to their friends. Why do you need such an expensive phone? Exclusively for games and show-offs.

Selfie from the beach. If you haven’t flown to Egypt or Europe on vacation, then you’re a loser. Where are the photos from foreign resorts? Didn't post photos from your vacation on social networks? You are poor and a loser. Many girls ride almost all year round on different beaches. Whether they spent their last money or became the kept women of rich daddies is another question.

The problem of modern beggars

Poor people are always unhappy because they have to imitate a luxurious life. They constantly think about how they look from the outside. What will others say? Poor people take out loans, live from hand to mouth, and some sell themselves and their bodies. Poor people spend all their resources on showing off, rather than on improving their lives and achieving happiness.

People may not have an apartment, but they buy cars, phones, travel packages, and things from expensive brands. Why these rotten show-offs? A self-sufficient person does not need all this. He doesn't try to increase his importance by buying things and displaying a luxurious lifestyle.

When a person is at peace with himself, he does not need to prove anything. He's confident. He has different values, goals and dreams.