How to become more humble

you're literally a failure, tell me what makes you superior again?

Based user, I've been through the same process and this is 100% correct

what you suffer from actually have a name, it's a personality disorder
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder

>Is it a defense mechanism for being socially incompetent?
literally yes. a lot of this is instilled by schools from a young age.
>parents are emotionally unavailable, incompetent, narcissistic, etc
>kid may or may not be autistic - the more autistic, the more extreme
>succeeds in school, put on a pedestal by the teacher
>other students feel resentment rather than competition
>kid is ostracized
>the lack of a comfortable home life means the kid is constantly defensive, and likely not living a proper childhood
>the kid has not been able to understand their emotion in a safe environment, pushes feelings down
>only objective measure of individual success is grades
>conflate grades with intelligence
>base personality around “intelligence”
>backed by teachers ready to boost their ego, kid takes pride in being subservient to all forms of authority, learns to leverage their intelligence as a form of bullying, and locks themselves in their head
that’s how you end up with 75% of the posts on this fucking website.