37 Signs Someone Is Trying To Look Way Cooler Than They Actually Are

People who boast about bullying

"Alpha" males losing their s**t when their self image is even remotely challenged in any way.

One of my ex has a joker sleeve and a pickle rick tattoo. He also yelled that he was a *sigma male* and wouldn't be listening to an alpha.... as a response to a werewolf based RPG system. So... that. **Edit to add**: *I didn't expect this to be so popular or for so many people to tell me I f*****g deserved the abuse that ensued. Y'all are sick*

Continually requesting a fight, but never actually starting the fight.

Anyone who gives themselves a tough-sounding nickname. They are to be earned, not self-imposed.

The biggest indicator that you are not a baddass is telling me you are a baddass. If you have to tell me how important you are, you are not terribly important.

Post bible quotes online about how you’re being tested. For example my Aunt, who has never had a job, has barely ever left her hometown. Has posted this quote: * “The devil whispered in my ear, ‘you are not strong enough to withstand the storm’. Today, I whispered in the devil’s ear, ‘I am the storm’.”* With a puppy dog face. When her previous visible post was about traffic.

Saying ‘I’m a psychopath’.

Picking on that one friend in the group around everyone and then acting like an offended little b***h when they even try to joke back with them. Trying to start a fight with just about anyone that gives them a dirty look. Buying a giant pick up truck that they need to climb into to just get in, and never even use the *bed of the truck for its purpose. And finally… screaming/yelling at anyone who disagrees with them no matter how big or small the subject matter is. Edit:*

I follow a guy on Instagram who try so hard to be a badass, always posting pictures of drinking black coffee, straight whiskey, smoking cigars, and he always has his handgun showing. But it's so easy to tell the only time he does these things is when he posts on Instagram.

Bragging about how many people you’ve had [intimacy] with. No one really cares, and at worst, it’s a cause for concern.

guy at a Christmas party told me he could easily drink heavily and drive safely if he just concentrates. Half an hour later he passes out and falls on the Christmas tree. edit: Infront of his boss and his whole family. I‘m 16 and he is 31. I‘m german so I drink too. I had to bring him to bed…

Talking about being the most badass zombie killer in a zombie outbreak when truth is most of us would simply die

Telling the same stories from years back. I have a friend whose only personality is that she is aggressive, always telling the same story from middle school where she apparently had a reputation. Acting like she is the toughest person and no one should mess with her. Fake confidence, extremely annoying.

"I'm a psychopath! One day I made my therapist cry and that's tooootally legit! I'm insane! I have so many mental illnesses!" Acquaintances I actually have to deal with.

18 year olds with more tattoos then face on their face.

Most military styled clothing, almost none of the actual special teams people I know wear that c**p. Maybe the occasional shirt or whatever but the guys wearing tons of it, yeah that’s nonsense