I pity the poverty of your wealth. You! I’ve just awarded you the prize for the
hundred-meter dash. Does it make you happy?"
"Uh, I suppose it would."
"No dodging, please. You have the prize — here, I’ll write it out: ‘Grand prize for the championship,
one hundred-meter sprint.’ " He had actually come back to my seat and pinned it on my chest. "There!
Are you happy? You value it — or don’t you?"
I was sore. ... I ripped it off and chucked it at him.
Mr. Dubois had looked surprised. "It doesn’t make you happy?"
"You know darn well I placed fourth!"
Here, Johnny shows more integrity than the entire SJW movement combined. He didn't earn the championship, he admits that, and he takes no satisfaction in the fake "award."
But SJWs... SJWs only seem capable of seeing the award itself. They shower themselves in them, and wonder why they still feel so empty. Then, instead of reflecting on themselves for even a moment, they declare that everybody else is keeping them down and hogging all the awards -- never realizing that it's the achievement that's important enough to commemorate, not the award itself.
I've never understood how their twisted brains can like their fake awards at all. I feel the same way as Johnnie. I don't want some participation award. Even back when I finished high school, I would say I didn't care about graduation and it didn't feel like much. A lot of people didn't understand this, you know high school graduation is a big deal and all. The thing is for me, it was compulsory, it was expected--finishing high school was nothing more than meeting the baseline.
It's the same in the work world too, at least if you're in a corporate job. They will do these little awards things, and it's always given out to one person who was the one vocal person of a project, sucking on the teet of management to get recognition. Since I'm sort of competitive mindset, I tend to just set my own goals to be the best at whatever work. Maybe it goes back to when I ran my own business. Recognition of the feat isn't even required, because the fact that I know I "won" is the important part.
Here, Johnny shows more integrity than the entire SJW movement combined. He didn't earn the championship, he admits that, and he takes no satisfaction in the fake "award."
But SJWs... SJWs only seem capable of seeing the award itself. They shower themselves in them, and wonder why they still feel so empty. Then, instead of reflecting on themselves for even a moment, they declare that everybody else is keeping them down and hogging all the awards -- never realizing that it's the achievement that's important enough to commemorate, not the award itself.
I've never understood how their twisted brains can like their fake awards at all. I feel the same way as Johnnie. I don't want some participation award. Even back when I finished high school, I would say I didn't care about graduation and it didn't feel like much. A lot of people didn't understand this, you know high school graduation is a big deal and all. The thing is for me, it was compulsory, it was expected--finishing high school was nothing more than meeting the baseline.
It's the same in the work world too, at least if you're in a corporate job. They will do these little awards things, and it's always given out to one person who was the one vocal person of a project, sucking on the teet of management to get recognition. Since I'm sort of competitive mindset, I tend to just set my own goals to be the best at whatever work. Maybe it goes back to when I ran my own business. Recognition of the feat isn't even required, because the fact that I know I "won" is the important part.