A good friend of mine is a musician. The guy is a prodigy, dude can play practically anything on the guitar and he’s a great singer. We were at a house party and everyone was sitting in a circle just singing songs. My mate grabbed an acoustic that was by the fireplace and said that he can play any song. All you gotta do is give me a name and I’ll play and sing it. People were pretty doubtful, I mean that is a bold statement to make – the ability to play and sing any song. People threw names out and he nailed every single one.
As a guitarist myself, it was pretty cool to see. I wish I could do that lol. Unsurprisingly, all the women were dripping and fawning over him but most of the guys were pretty dismissive of him. They were like oh look at him being the centre of attention, he’s so arrogant, he thinks he’s ‘him’.
I don’t think that’s arrogance. Tbh, he is him. Dude had full confidence in his ability, talked the talk and walked the walk. I’ve always found those people really impressive, no matter what their skill is. I’ve noticed that people tend to hate on these folks. Maybe it’s insecurity, jealousy, idk what it is but I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong there.
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It can be a bit annoying but I cant deny when someone is gifted like that
Not an unpopular opinion. If he does this at every party function as his opportunity to be the “center of attention” then thats annoying and lame. But if its natural then those other kids are just jealous.
This isn’t unpopular.
There is nothing wrong with confident people
who can back it up.The problem with your friend there is that he DID ruin the night for the other guys. Should they just sit there twiddling their thumbs waiting for the party to be over? At a party, everyone is invited and everyone should be included. If your friend there draws the attention of all the girls and keeps it to himself as the centre of attention… he just ruined the fun for all the other guys who were interested in the girls. The guitarist might not have realised it at the time, but it IS being selfish. He is turning a social event into being all about him and how cool he is, which IS arrogance, even if it isnt intentional.
If you dislike a person who is confident but can back it up and it makes sense for their confidence, then you might be insecure. I’m even ok with people having fake confidence. It can be annoying, but that is the better option vs. no confidence whether you can back it up or not.