Why Are Some People So Cunning And Hide Simple Things?

And then I start thinking if I bought an inferior/out of date purifier..

 

That is the reason why people become secretive about even ordinary things they have.

 

even i had the same problem... it looks silly for me now... just take it cool and move on...people are like that we need to find solution for our likes and search with someone else if you take things too personally it will not be good because you cannot expect people to be genuine and frank always because their experience about life is on a different angle how do u know?? dont be sensitive to all these...move on

 

Beautiful post @madras2018

 

And then there are friends you make on forums like IL. All you know is what they type on this board. You give them your "likes", and perhaps you receive some like's back for whatever you spout. You have a jolly good time. Quite a lot of life-hacks are posted, read, and learnt, one from the other and back.

You know who you are -- you pairs of good buddies. You make pinky-promises with each other -- you know, you would hook your virtual pinky into the other's and promise to be on a certain subforum on Tuesdays, or promise to lose 1 Kg per month, or promise to resist logging into the forum for a whole month of Ramazan when the sun is up, etc.. etc.. You may even write PM's to each other, and share opinions that are not allowed on the messages of the forum. And continue to desist exchanging any information that would reveal your real person to the other.

We had such secret goblins who lived under the bed when we were kids. Now we can have them as grownups, while our real children are having their imagined goblins under their beds, and talk to them at night. We are one step ahead of our parents; we can actually empathize with our kids, because we are kindred spirits with out own goblin-friends... one under the bed, and the other when logged into the forum.

 

@Rihana that is my point of view which i am entitled to just as you felt justified in rationalising the actions of the people OP mentioned.

Whether i call it petty is immaterial in the larger picture because i have expressed an opinion that is created in the minds of many who encounter such behavior.

If uniqueness is to be only derived from gmail background themes, recipies and clothes then in my opinion ppl are viewing their uniqueness and value in very narrow terms. Uniqueness in personality, thought and action stand out more . - how else to explain how some school children or anyone working in uniform, make a lasting impression over their peers? And are people so naive to imagine that the information that they so smartly denied is going to be permanently out of reach for the seeker ?

When people act petty over matters of little major consequence in the larger scheme of things in their own lives (specifically examples posted by OP) - they are ruining their own image and trading it off for a few hundred dollars (or whatever the actual value of the goods). They may have denied information of a dress, recipe or online hack. But word of their behavior gets around very quickly. And fact is perception is reality or presumed to be so.

I am responding to the OP with my opinion just like you and several others did. But you have chosen to nitpick on my point of view. So i suppose your statements of being unwilling to recognize a contrarian view applies to you too ?