One who is Loud is more than just physically noisy. Everything they do is calculated to attract attention and take up maximum volume to an absolute minimum of substance. Everything from their mannerisms to their mode of dress is intolerably garrulous. Their smile always shows both rows of teeth; it is an expression so exaggerated that it squints and crinkles their eyes into black, crocodilian slits. Such a person acts familiar around people they’ve just met, slapping them on the back, throwing their arm around their shoulder for group photos as if they were best buddies.
One who is Loud constantly overstates and overreacts, guffawing, shouting, cooing, giggling, and/or making pronouncements of ‘best ever’ at the slightest instigation.
One who is Loud wants to be liked by everyone. They want to be liked by more people than the other guy or girl. Underneath the big grin is a constant struggle being fought against obscurity. Hell is where one sinks when one is no longer ‘being talked about,’ when one is yesterday’s fad, when one is a used up product. Their ‘friends’ are not the haven but the battlefield.
One who is Loud is Correct. They possess the world view and personal qualities that are most highly valued in Western society. One stays on the island by making the most superficial alliances. In schools, success is more akin to outcompeting rivals on a public court or field than attaining mastery over knowledge. Accomplishment is defined by the perception of accomplishment. Whether the deed was actually done is inconsequential. In fact, it is a virtue to surpass a more accomplished individual in perceived success simply by having a better publicity machine and better skills in overstatement and self-inflation.
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Brilliant. I can list everyone in my sphere of recognition who easily fits these criteria.
There is an undeniable pattern. The system gets what it selects for.
I totally agree with this. I have been around loud people and they completely fit this description. The loud ones that I have been around were doing it for attention. There was definitely a need to be liked by all in the room. A lot of them are imposing and domineering because of the need to be liked and admired by everyone. They don’t understand the fact that not everyone is going to like that kind of attention seeking behavior. I have visited fora in which people talked about how the loud people around them put them in a bad mood because they felt imposed upon and violated by that kind of behavior, especially by loud people in the workplace. And if you do try to say something to the loud individual, you will be met with resistance.
Without someone else to define their essences, loud people aren’t sure they exist.