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There is a colloquialism about the Napoleon Complex (or short man syndrome):
Judging by my own personal experience, this tends to be true. What do you think... is this complex a reality or just an unfortunate stereotype?A short person who feels inferior because of their size. They tend to take it out on other people and thrive on power trips. Shouting at others, especially when they are in a position of power, is common. Side affects include short temper, power trips/power-hungriness, anger issues, and often a bad sense of humor.
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Surfing, I could have an entire photo album of my Napoleons posted on here!
“Never doubt that the work of a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead
It's definitely real, but I would say it isn't limited to the vertically challenged.
It's been my experience that people who are "short" on self esteem tend to be afflicted, regardless of their height...
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No question about it. Short guys usually overcompensate through police work, athletics, using or trying to use women like tissue paper, some miserable midgets try to be "intellectuals" but the usual result of the
vertically challenged's efforts at ANY type of "greatness" is a VERY INSECURE guy with a chip on his shoulder;A bad attitude always trying to compete, to prove that he's as good as taller guys, making life difficult for the rest of us.
Not only speaking based on recent experiences but simple observation.
The Napoleonic Complex is VERY REAL and VERY REPULSIVE.
Its in our nature to try our best to compensate for real or perceived shortcomings which only serves to heap one mental complex upon another until you have a seriously screwed-up, confused midget.
Sure, there are a handful of short guys who are actually secure in who they are as a person but most dwarfs lean towards the hostile, overachieving personality (or lack of).
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Emma Bull
I tend to believe there is some truth to this too.
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The Napoleonic Complex is VERY REAL and VERY REPULSIVE. <-----the little peckerheads need to be put on an ancient stretcher & have ALL their body parts pulled...........
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Its bad enough that so many of us develop some kind of hangup, resentment or "chip on our shoulder" that follows us through life, turning us into under or over-achievers making both our lives and others often trying because we're so unhappy with ourselves;People picked on in school because they were fat, "too skinny," ugly, braces, too short;Kids as we all know are cruelly creative.
Thankfully, most of us seem to outgrow childhoods filled with mocking and torment and move on with our lives while some whose self-esteem is damaged or very small feel the need to continually "prove their greatness" to the world which brings us to men who have a Napoleonic Complex as they're "stuck" being shorter than most guys throughout their entire lives and to feel as though they're "true men" a lot of short guys who feel they "don't measure up"
will do whatever it takes to feel "accepted" and "equal" to other guys.
One of the ways our culture seems to operate is that taller men are usually much more successful than shorter men and larger men are usually more "believable" and "convincing" as salesmen, lawyers, politicians and media people than shorter men who after seeing the taller & larger guys get ahead better & faster often compromise their true selves for a sad, phony image of what they believe society will accept once they change their clothes, voice, occupation, ect.
Sounds like pure BS?
Think carefully of the short guys you've known and how so many of them turn out to be total sphincters-For contrast & comparison, short teens --> women NEVER "bless us" with an out-of-control overcompensating ego
like so many short guys do and I'm talking guys that are 5'0" to 5'9" whose macho BS makes me wanna puke.
Its a half-assed assumption,
but I do not think Napolean would have been the miserable SOB he was if he was 5'10 or taller.
There's tons of psych literature on short and other "cheated" guys with low self-esteem and the obsessive need to keep proving that they're just as "tough" and "manly" as the rest of the guys.
Funny, ironic thing is that a LOT of shorter guys DO become successful in life and STILL are NOT HAPPY with who they are. Sad. Pathetic and disgusting,
FOLKS.
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Emma Bull
another thing about short people , you just HAVE to feel sorry for them , I mean they're ALWAYS the last people to know it's raining................
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NvgLkuEtkAOriginally Posted by Surfing USA
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Thats funny I dont care what any body says thats funny.
It's real, look it up in the DSM ? what is now 4 or 5, DSM 5 I think. My borther has this issue, he would hit the tallest man in the bar lol and kick his ass too.
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From 'The Urban Dictionary"
"A peronality complex that consists of power trips and false machismo to make up for short height and feelings of inferiority."
"A short person who feels inferior because of their size. They tend to take it out on other people and thrive on power trips. Shouting at others, especially when they are in a position of power, is common. Side affects include short temper, power trips/power-hungriness, anger issues, and often a bad sense of humor."
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE ANYONE YOU KNOW?
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Emma Bull
From Wikipedia:
Napoleon complex is a colloquial term describing an alleged type of inferiority complex which is said to affect some people who are physically short. The term is also used more generally to describe people who are driven by a perceived handicap to overcompensate in other aspects of their lives. This term is also known as Napoleon syndrome,[1] Short Man syndrome,[2] and Small Man syndrome.
The Napoleon complex is named after French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The conventional wisdom is that Napoleon overcompensated for his short height by seeking power, war and conquest. However, Napoleon was actually average height for his time period. The perception that Napoleon was short may be related to his often being seen with his Imperial Guard, who were above average height.
Anyone remember that brilliant 'South Park' episode with Cartman Vs. the midget?
HILARIOUS!!!
"Eric, he's not a midget, he's a "little person, okay?"
"Awwwwwwww!!! Look! He's blushing! He looks just like a little strawberry!!"
"Shut your &**&*$ mouth, fatso!!!"
Coincidence is the word we use when we can't see the levers and pulleys.
Emma Bull
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