Humblebragging — bragging masked by a complaint or humility — really infuriates people. Mainly because the disguise isn’t fooling us.
A 2018 study from researchers at Harvard and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill found that it is even worse than regular, straight-up self-promotion. The latter at least comes off as genuine!
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However, some folks just can’t help it. They let their insecurities get the best of them and put their false modesty on full display, ready to savor all the attention and recognition it might earn.
When that happens, they end up on a subreddit called r/HumbleBrag. The online community for shaming this pitiful self-presentation. Continue scrolling and check out some of its top posts.
#1 Mum’s Stretching The Truth
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#2 So Embarrassing
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#3 Ah Yes
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#4 Subtle
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#5 Loves His Niece
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#6 This Is The Very Definition Of Humble Brag
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#7 Ughhh, Im Sooeee Bad At Drawing
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#8 Such Grace. Such Restraint
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#9 You Lose Touch So Fast
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#10 These People Are Cancer
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#11 This Guy Has Too Many Friends
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#12 Bible Belt Humblebrag
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#13 A Humblebrag Of The Finest Quality
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#14 I Laughed More Than I Should’ve
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#15 Saw This In My Feed And Felt It Belonged Here
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#16 Guys She’s Struggling With Finding Herself
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#17 If Only There Were A Way To Prevent This From Happening
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#18 Self Explanatory
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#19 “I’m An Actor”
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#20 She Made Up A Story In Order To Flex
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#21 Very Pretty Girl Btw
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#22 University Is So Wierd
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#23 First Time Posting On This Sub. Hope Its A Good One
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#24 “Check Out How Many Guys Want Me!”
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#25 Humblebrag Mixed With Some R/Iamverysmart And R/Im14andthisisdeep
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#26 Everybody Wants To Do Me Lmao!!!!
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#27 Poor Guy
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#28 Don’t Mind Me Just Getting My Iphones Mixed Up
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#29 Seen On Twitter
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#30 It’s So Annoying, Especially Because It’s Daily
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#31 *my Wife- That’s Amazing
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#32 Good On You For Being Fluent In 4 Languages
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#33 Phew!! That Was A Close One
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#34 Floyd Mayweather The King Of The Humblebrag
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#35 What She Said: Happy Mother’s Day, Ugly!
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#36 Weird Flex But Okay
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#37 Ugh, I Hate When This Happens. It’s So Embarrassing
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#38 Bruh You Didn’t Show Us Any Options
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#39 Mom, You’re Making My Life So Hard!!
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#40 Woman Got Called Out In A Facebook Group For Humblebragging About Paying For Someone’s Burger And Fries
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#41 Girl On My Facebook
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#42 Really Needed That Piece Of Information In My Life. Thank You
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#43 Oh Such Agony
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#44 I’m Sure Your Sister Appreciates That Post
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#45 Sauceless And Disappointed
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#46 As A Med Student
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#47 $4000 A Day? How Will He Eat?
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#48 He Wasn’t Event Trying To Flex, Guys. He’s Just That Rich
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#49 Don’t Be Too Humble
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#50 I Wish I Could Be Unhealthy But I’m Just Too Fit!
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#51 Girl I Went To School With Always Posts Dumb Things Like This
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#52 She Is Fed Up With All The Guys Giving Her Business Cards
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#53 She Always Posts Things Like This, She’s A Mother
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#54 Humble And Using A Blackberry
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#55 Can’t Relate
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#56 How Would I Know?
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#57 My Parents Are So Rich. Help
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#58 Really Don’t Like This Guy
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#59 Too Much Snapchat
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#60 Ugh I’m Just Such A Good Person
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#61 Too Many Guys Check Me Out
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#62 In Her Sleep
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#63 My Friend Constantly Posts Things Like This
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#64 Just Reporting The News…. Nothing Else
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#65 This Girl Is Skinny And Her Twitter Is Filled With This Type Of Content
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#66 I’ve Never Seen Someone With Such A High Ego
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#67 Does This Count?
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#68 This Isn’t Mine But I Felt Like It Should Be Here
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#69 Let Me Play You A Song On The World’s Smallest Violin
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#70 It’s Whatever Man
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#71 Thank You Mr. President
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#72 Yes, I’m Sure Girls Were Judging You For Eating A Sandwich
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#73 Yeah…the Switch Makes It Enjoyable
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#74 Oh I Bet You Did
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#75 She Means It In The Most“Humble “ Way… This Is Her Entire Persona, All The Time
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#76 I Do The Best Science!!!
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#77 Gucci Heart Lol
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#78 I’m So Smart And Rich
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#79 Local Instagrammer Has A Tough Life
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#80 A Dude I Used To Go To School With On His Snapchat
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#81 My Favourite Replies Are When People Brag For Me
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#82 Saw This On Facebook, Must Be So Hard For You Being This Smart
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#83 Ah Yes, Sell Some Fortnite Codes
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#84 Everyone Bonding Over Making Minimum Wage And Laughing At The Tweet, Then There’s This Guy
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#85 On A Meme Where It Implies Popular Girls Gets 250 Likes On Their Profile Pics
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#86 So Prom Was Last Night And I Had A Friend Post This To His Story
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#87 ” Just A Kid In My Bedroom” Who Is Actually A God
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#88 Strangers Are Always Staring At My [butt]. Amusing!
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