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Originally Posted by Hitch
I don't understand if those SS'es existed throughout time, or if they are a product of the Zeitgeist. I just don't remember EVERYBODY, EVERYWHERE, always thinking that they were sooooooooooooooooooooooo speshul. When did this start????
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With the millennial generation, I'm told, somewhere around 1995 or so.
"Everybody is uniqe, everybody is special. Everybody is always a winner."
Then you get a 'contest' with 10 partiticpants. One wins, and all the others get a second place medal... because it can be mentally damaging if children lose at something.
In *MY* time, in the 80's (damn, I feel old now) when going to judo tournaments, you had 3 matches, in a pool of 4. The winners of the pools went on to a knock out tournament.
Then, two winners of the half final would fight for the 1st and second place, and the losers would have a match for third and *nothing*. So you could be among the best four of the entire tournament, and still end up with *nothing*. Your parents praised you for the fact you were one of the best four, and told you to try and be on the podium next time. Such was life.