Is it normal to be confident or am i just a douchebag?

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I am a shy young man in university/college, so I have few friends and very rarely speak in class. At the same time, I like to keep my head up and stay confident when I'm out doing my thing. I want people to see me as someone who is vehemently independent and strong-willed as a means to compensate for my social shortcomings. One day, I came into class just a bit late, walked to the front row of a very large lecture class so I could see the big projector screen clearly. This was a mild disturbance for the class, as the professor was in the middle of a sentence by the time I made my way to the front row. All of a sudden, I hear some guy a few rows back say, "Look at this douchebag." I know I did not just hallucinate, so I instinctively turn around and look right at the man. He had kind of a smirk on his face, and the whole class was just staring stupidly at me. lol for some reason I felt slightly amused and a surge of confidence came over me, so I very bluntly told him to fuck off. People snickered and giggled and the professor told me to 'sit down for the love of god', so I did. Am I really a douchebag to make such a disturbance or just confident enough to do what I want without feeling afraid of what people think? Is this normal?

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  • 343Boy
    13 years ago

    You're gonna get laid very soon.

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  • Piconano
    13 years ago

    Now if you were to do that in my class, I can assure you that you would gain some amount of respect. Some would probably still think you are a douchebag, but I would most likely think you are very outspoken. Then I would attempt to be friends with you. I like confident people.

    So, no, I don't think you are a douchebag at all. In fact, keep it up :)

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Confident

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  • abnormalman
    13 years ago

    Yes it is normal, and don't worry about what the others say! ;) At first, "douchebag" is nothing but an insult. So, no one can objectively be a douchebag, but just people can call him one. From what I see, only one person called you a douchebag, so it's nothing to worry about. You didn't do anything bad, and you are aware that in this world there are people much worse than you. And there are always jerks who insult the good guys, calling them "douchebags" and many other things. BTW, maybe you pretend that you are not afraid of what people think, but you are. If you didn't care about that, you wouldn't post this story ;) try to get rid of that fear, be yourself and let the world around you fall apart ;) don't ever try to change yourself, for anyone!

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Maybe next time you could be more considerate and take a seat that is less distracting for dozens of other people who were there on time.

    Yes, you're behavior did make you seem self-absorbed and inconsiderate, however, the idiot that yelled out "Douche-bag!" was also a fool. Just don't think for a second that because someone else was just as rude as you were, that it absolves you of your wrong doing.

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