The Snobbish Executioners Of Themselves

They are always in the latest fashion in their clothing. For them it is more terrifying to wear an outdated dress than to keep the account in red at the end of the month. But they are not only attentive to the latest fashion trend in clothing. They also need to have the latest mobile, go to the most popular movie of the moment or visit the restaurants that famous people frequent.

Snobbishists are terrified of being left behind. Not being on the crest of the wave that runs at a certain time. They think that using certain products or being in specific environments is equivalent to “being part” of the culture. The risk of “being left out” of the most select leads them to horror.

Late teens

The need to belong to a group, and do what is necessary to achieve it, is very typical of adolescents. At that age there is a revolution of values ​​and hormones. Group membership is the only thing that can alleviate the anguish of a volatile identity. The group replaces the parental home, with which ties are progressively broken.

In this struggle to have a more or less stable idea about who we are and what we want from life, not everyone reaches a healthy resolution. Sometimes the conflict is prolonged and we reach adulthood with great emptiness and strong insecurities.

Snobbery becomes a response to a lack of knowledge or appreciation for who we are. The ultimate slogan of the classic snob can be summed up in the following phrase: imitate those you consider important or distinguished.

An anecdote reveals the origin of the word. It comes from English. When in Great Britain students without noble titles began to be accepted in the great universities, the lists with the names of the students included that word to one side: snob. It meant that this particular student had no title. Still, he was in class.

By extension, since then those who are among “the nobles” or the most borrowing sectors have been called that way, without actually belonging to that social segment.

Snobbery and self-acceptance

Some define snobbishrs as slaves to fashion. Fashion is in turn a cultural construction that is imposed, most of the time, from strong commercial interests that have a monetary purpose. It is a calculated strategy that most of the time has nothing to do with the best products, but with the manipulation of insecurities.

One of the favorite mechanisms of great publicity is to ask a famous figure to wear certain clothes, or make use of certain products. Either in their daily life, or through a commercial, the “celebrities” transmit a force of attraction on these articles.

They are messages aimed at people who want to feel important through appearance. If you use the same thing that a fashionable character is using, feel as if you are appropriating the attributes that person represents. Of her beauty, her talent or her fame.

In fact, many advertising companies hire young people or adults who are popular in their social environment and pay them to use some products. These figures generate strong waves of imitation and this is how companies do great business.

The snobber is someone who is primarily dissatisfied with himself. They copy to APPEAR, not to BE. The more they copy, the less they are themselves. That is the tragic vicious cycle in which they are trapped. In the worst cases, they end up making a fool of themselves. At best, they make a sham of their lives that pleases other snobbishrs, with the same lack of identity and self-love.

Image courtesy of Ana García.