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Proud: "feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's [b]own[/b] achievements" By definition neither you or sidcool are proud (unless you actually
by eidyia 12y ago
Proud: "feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's [b]own[/b] achievements"
By definition neither you or sidcool are proud (unless you actually/literally helped the project), you must be looking for a different word, perhaps pleased
- sean_the_geek 12y agoproud:feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated. you conveniently left the second part "or those of someone with whom one is closely associated."
- eidyia 12y agowell then the question is what "closely associated" means, if by being Indian, Chinese, black, white, orange, etc "closely associates" you with them (that group?) then anything does, the fact that we all wear clothes for example, we belong in a group that shares this idea, which then closely associates us, making the word meaningless
- gajomi 12y agoIt doesn't make the word meaningless at all. There are many orders of granularity in "close association" and the diversity of the usage of the word reflects this. For example a google search for "proud to be human" turns up nearly a million hits. The phrase "proud to be alive" returns yields almost two million. Even "proud to be from the milky way" returns six results.
- vesche 12y agoYou should learn to admit when you're wrong.
- ninv 12y agoDon't feed the Troll.
- MrScruff 12y agoYour comment has significantly less content than his. Not that I particularly wanted to mention it until reading your comment, but I also don't particularly understand associating yourself with the activities of strangers who happen to live close to you. It's really not that unusual a viewpoint.
- disputin 12y agoSocialising success. "I'll take some of that, thanks." I've been meaning to give it some proper thought for ages. People celebrating when a sports team wins, as if their own accomplishment. That aside, congrats to ISRO, great stuff.
- Cthulhu_ 12y agoPedantic much? You know what he meant.
- gnurag 12y agoI believe he /literally/ helped the project by paying his taxes on time. The government plays ads on local TV channels urging citizens to pay their taxes on time and that the money helps government execute projects like this.