If a successful Twitter creator or a colleague posting pompous advice on LinkedIn absolutely infuriates you — you secretly wish you could act that boldly, but your "good upbringing" won't let you.

Options

• 100%. Our trigger at someone else's brazenness or selfishness is just suppressed envy we're ashamed to admit even to ourselves.
• Come on. If someone acts like a pompous clown, they're just a clown. No need for psychoanalysis where there's plain cringe.
• It's not envy — it's fear. We're scared we might look just as ridiculous in other people's eyes.