I mean, there are people who measure their self-worth by any number of wacky metrics. One popular one is how many pieces of green pieces of paper with dead presidents on them they can amass in their lifetime. (One could argue that that is the *most* popular metric in this country. It's practical to amass a chunk of money in a capitalist society, but I think useing it as a measure of self-worth is dangerously wrong-headed.) Another is how fast the car they drive can go. That one is also popular in many countries outside the U. S.
I think, as metrics go, that counting the number of people who are willing to be emotionally intimate with you is arguably better as a measure of what kind of person you are than either of the other examples I just gave. It still isn't particularly good as a measure.
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Date: 2007-03-08 09:24 am (UTC)I think, as metrics go, that counting the number of people who are willing to be emotionally intimate with you is arguably better as a measure of what kind of person you are than either of the other examples I just gave. It still isn't particularly good as a measure.