#tall poppy syndrome

[icescrabblerjerky]

So. Like. Tumblr culture needs to fucking read this. It's been in the back of my head regarding fandom culture for years and I just thought everyone knew it? Because it's very ingrained in Australian Culture. But perhaps you don't? And maybe that's why fandom is so fucking weird.

You don't actually have to pull people back down when they do well. You can actually support them and then let them support you on your way up.

Just sayin'.

#tall poppy syndrome

[kinkswondergirl]

Cover of This Time Tomorrow

#the kinks #this time tomorrow where will we be? #clem burke #tall poppy syndrome #Youtube #pretty good #can’t beat original tho

[imagine-loki]

Imagine Loki castigating the Avengers for treating Thor with a 'tall poppy syndrome' attitude

#Loki #Others #Imagine #anon #castigating #The Avengers #Thor #tall poppy syndrome

[thewondermentofillustration]

“He's not the same bird since he had an audition on T.V.”

“Who the hell does he think he is - The Voice of Australia?”

The Bulletin, Dec 26, 1956; The Bulletin, Feb 22 1961

#kookaburras #australian humour #tall poppy syndrome #australiana #cartoon #vintage cartoon #vintage illustration #illustration #bush humour #birds #bird humour

[nemo-me-impune]

The problem with being born in a gutter and looking back at how far you've come is you see your whole family looking back at you with a mixture of hope and scorn in their eyes

#started from the bottom now we're here #doesn't say much for the people on the bottom still does it #tall poppy syndrome #crabs in a bucket #philosophy #celebration of the individual over communal action #social justice #'motivational' thinking #look at how far you've come

[rachymarie]

*A thought spurred on by previous post:

And it only took me picking up drawing again and doing three attempts at a realistic drawing of my body to feel confident about my artistic abilities again. I guess I was so scared I wouldn't still "have it" but talent never goes away and if you aren't naturally talented (sorry to toot my own horn (I need some positive encouragement even if it's from myself, not many people really actually encourage me outside of friends and family and even then my own bff didn't even respond when I sent her my drawing WIP recently - like, actual conversation-stopper and radio silence for three days even after I confronted her about it - so I really do need to be my own biggest fan and keep going despite the crickets and tumbleweed reception I tend to receive. Just like I've always done. People only value working yourself into burnout these days rather than cultivating skills and passions) but honestly despite all my endless struggles in life and personal/social deficiencies, art and creativity is like one of the few departments I was actually lucky in, and I'm one of those "annoying" gifted artists who it kinda comes naturally to. My actual final art style and composition etc is subjective to the viewer of course, but what I mean is I seem to pick up most techniques naturally, even though for starters I had to teach myself how to hold a pencil because the right-handed teachers didn't know how to teach lefties so just ignored me like "idk figure it out 🤷‍♀️" 💀 I've basically been having to teach myself nearly everything I've learnt my whole life especially with the learning disability of undiagnosed autism growing up in the 2000s (a hugely ableist and problematic time in far too recent memory - there wasn't even any pushback against the use of autistic as a slur/insult, and being undiagnosed or "late-diagnosed" wasn't really a thing yet - instead you were just a weirdo not to be interacted with except to abuse, for fear of being tainted oneself with the Weird brush. Literally, I had no defence other than my twin sister who could have been a millionaire by now if she got a dollar for every peer that felt the need to come to her and tell her "your sister is weird". Times were brutal so please respect your elders the Millennials lol we went through a lot so that you or your children won't have to 🫂) with literally no support or acknowledgement for or ways to deal with it

That said, i still have suffered from artists' block and even destroying my art, vowing to never make art again due to delusions etc)

The *Tall poppy syndrome phenomenon is a very real problem here in New Zealand (even Google suggestions knows it) and in Australia. While not being the picture of success I am "gifted" I have experienced it a lot and it sucks. And have succeeded in being my own person to the bitter end(well, the present, nothing's ending yet for anlong time I hope), unapologetically me in a society of people trying their hardest to be perfect clones playing the part. I am a bit of a radical rebel like that and refuse to undermine myself to be anything but myself and it's amazing just how much people have just absolutely loathed it lol. Such is the life of many an artist I guess 🤷‍♀️ like, I'm sorry I'm good at a lot of things that mainstream society doesn't seem to consider worth anything cos I'm too disabled to work (only disabled enough to spontaneously ramble into the void for hours in a display of extreme disorganization (I started writing these posts at midday and didn't stop and now it's 1pm))

Like it sucks that the country collectively decided not to support people's achievements and instead be horrible to people for daring to be good at something.

A similar/the same notion is crab mentality/crabs in a bucket which is apparently a phrase popular among Filipinos and basically boils down to the thinking “if I can't have it, neither can you.”**

I think a lot of it stems from ignorance. It all results in people not being allowed to be proud of themselves or their family members for even the smallest of personal achievements. But I say be proud brave soul. Keep doing you cos the world needs more of it.

*"Tall poppy syndrome describes a cultural trait where successful individuals are resented, undermined or attacked to bring them back down. Crabs in buckets is a phrase that describes individuals undermining others who try to succeed. These negative cultural traits undermine performance and engagement."

**"Crab Mentality is derived from a pattern of behaviour observed in crabs when trapped in a bucket. Any time a crab attempts to escape, the other crabs will immediately pull it back down to their misery and the group's collective demise."

* Quora.com lol yes I'm quoting Quora deal with I'm tiredI did my best

** Chriamillas.com

Idk like my posts or send a message or something if you appreciate the rambling/resonate at all lol cos despite my radical self-love/acceptance sometimes I feel like the most annoying girl on Tumblr that everyone's vagueblogging/complaining about in the same tags I use (I have actually come across people talking about me I think but like who really knows what's just paranoia/anxiety or just that maybe people really are just mean) or bullying me on TikTok. I guess that's the perks of the internet tho huh. And I can't seem to access community mental health support these days apparently so I blog instead. Make the mental health system make sense please somebody people be out here begging for help only to be left until they reach crisis point (Ambulance at the Bottom of the Hill is a whole other post in itself, so let's not get into that and move onto getting this nap underway before the day advances any more)

#rambling #more rambling #but making points #Rachel rambles #Tall poppy syndrome #crab mentality #gifted #“gifted” #“gifted” kids #growing up “gifted”

[intj-greenwords]

people throw rocks at things that shine

#tall poppy syndrome #taylor swift

[romancescams]

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#Crime Victims #scam victims #Somebody Else&039;s Problem #Tall Poppy Syndrome #The Bystander Effect #Victim Apathy #Victim Recovery

[inversionimpulse]

sometimes people will say something like "Satori is one of the more reasonable and mild Touhou characters" and I'm like

Satori Komeiji.

Satori "I'm an 11 out of 10, actually" Komeiji.

Satori "Hypnotizes people into reliving traumatic* memories" Komeiji.

*okay, so the memories she calls up in-game aren't particularly dire, but the descriptions of her spell cards use the word 'trauma' frequently and say basically that she roots around in people's brains for memories she can use to hurt them, so.

Satori "talks over people constantly" Komeiji.

Satori "Zero respect for privacy" Komeiji.

Satori "My 7/10 sister's real problem is that she doesn't like violating people's privacy" Komeiji.

That Satori.

It's not actually an invalid takeaway, really, but it's so different from mine that I'm always kinda floored.

#touhou #touhou project #satori komeiji #koishi is someone who let ostracization corrupt her thinking until she genuinely believed that she was committing a crime by existing #satori is someone who let ostracization corrupt her thinking until she decided that she was objectively superior to everyone else #and the only reason anyone could possibly have to take issue with her is tall poppy syndrome #a queue in the dark beguiles me

[yesterdayiwrote]

I watched the whole Robbie Williams documentary and I know it's been fashionable for people to bash him over the years but actually ALOT of his albums fucking SLAP including Rudebox

#robbie williams #I have many thoughts on the documentary #But I think he's actually a decent guy who's suffered tall poppy syndrome #And has been dogged by his mental health over the years #He was a literal baby in Take That and it clearly fucked him up for a long time

[viksalos]

it's like actually hilarious that now that i'm learning to communicate with my graduate advisor, *she's* actually better at figuring out when i'm struggling mentally and helping me to calm down and find support, than certain "friends" who now seem to be threatened by my increased self-awareness and expertise on certain topics to the point that when i COME TO THEM struggling and asking for help, they fixate on their own insecurities and berate me for it rather than... fucking helping me or anything

#text #WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING LATELY. #feels like autist1c tall poppy syndrome #this friend used to like. socially mother me and infodump to me about her interests for hours on end #and i'm just now realizing that she like... barely let me talk about anything i cared about at all before recently. lol #literally it feels like there's a STRONG correlation between how economically privileged someone is #and how unwilling they are to accept lived experience expertise; even if they CLAIM to be willing; lmao #in fact the ones that CLAIM to be willing are often the actual worst about... actually recognizing the self in the other lol #i mean i'm pretty sure that repair with this particular friend is possible eventually but hoo boy #is she gonna have to hear *at least* a more compassionately worded version of this. and apologize

[stardustings]

Goal for my 30s is to stop self editing and toning myself down based on making other people feel more comfortable and not standing out too much. I don’t need to be relatable. I am never going to reach my goals if I keep diluting myself down to the average.

#my fellow aussies will understand the tall poppy syndrome

[tracybirds]

not to project too hard onto a fictional character but at what point did it just become so standard for John to get high grades in academics that his family stopped acknowledging it because that was the norm

#is this bc i told my family about my results and literally no one said anything despite responding to my second question #so i know they saw it #yes 😔 #come on fam I'm allowed to be proud and excited and I want to share that 🥺🥺🥺🥺 #yes I DO want to be told congrats for every result I worked hard for that!! #how is it that my friends and colleagues are more hyped than you i don't get it #(i will make character sad for the same reasons as me watch out) #anyway my family are very lovely but alas tall poppy syndrome is rampant #and i'm just more senstive bc the sads are here for other reasons #but also dude :( #idk #also this is not a post meant to be like john's soooo much smarter than everyone else bc he is not and I'll die on that hill #they're all smart #but i do like the idea of him being into academics and basing just a bit too much of his self esteem on his grades #and falling just a wee bit on the arrogant side of pride when it comes to those smarts #bc that is something I do unfortunately relate to 🤪🤪 #forreal physics students get a bit of a god complex and are super insufferable for a few years source: me #so #am i rambling to make myself feel better yes #poking fun at john is a favourite past time of mine what can i say #anyway releasing this into the world bc screw it #then I should probs make dinner bc it's getting a bit late

[lesbian-choso]

Not to be correct always but maybe it would be easier for you to express and receive sincerity and love and earnestness if you stopped making fun of other people and being disgusted by other people that are brave enough to do that despite being lonely themselves as well. just a thought

#yeah yeah you’re so cool for being emotionally unavailable and constantly ironic and sarcastic. now be serious and say something with your #full chest and your heart on your sleeve. is there like an equivalent term for tall poppy syndrome but for emotions lol

[hang-on-lil-tomato]

Every time I say “I’m gonna do this thing to improve my life and income.” Some ahole “friend” HAS to say something negative, because 1. They subconsciously can’t stand that you have something on the burner 2. They project their own inadequacies onto you.

in New Zealand they call it “tall poppies” syndrome.

#Crab syndrome #crab mentality #tall poppies #can’t anyone just say ‘good for you’ #I had 3 friends project their stupidity and inadequacies onto me when I said I was going to massage school #fuck that noise #i graduate with high marks in February!

[jatsi1]

#Leprous - #Aphelion #European #Tour #2023 . #Tall #Poppy #Syndrome #Bilateral #Coal The #Congregation #Malina #Pitfalls . The #Sky Is #Red . #progressive #metal #music #gig at #Hellsinki #Helsinki #Finland #NoFilter (paikassa Vanha ylioppilastalo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpvcCdBtrT5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#leprous #aphelion #european #tour #2023 #tall #poppy #syndrome #bilateral #coal #congregation #malina #pitfalls #sky #red #progressive #metal #music #gig #hellsinki #helsinki #finland #nofilter