Humblebragging is never good.

You think bragging is bad? Well, humblebragging is worse. People do it when they don't want to show off (out of conscience or merely because it looks bad or make them look bad) but can't resist to show off. What they say may look modest but if you watch closely at how they put their sentence and their body language, you'll detect something is just weird there as in you feel 'menyampah' or you feel something is wrong. That feeling is a sign that those people are humblebragging. They look modest but they are not honestly modest.

Why humblebragging is worse than bragging? It's simple. Humblebragging is fake while bragging is not. Bragging genuinely shows your feeling towards yourself and your achievement. But it doesn't make bragging better than being modest as in genuinely modest. Showing off is a bad habit, but alas, it's still a human behavior, so it's somewhat acceptable but it must be in a moderate amount.

But what makes humblebragging worse than bragging itself is dishonesty. People who humblebrag are not honest to people when expressing what they feel. They want to look like they don't care with their wealth, achievement or whatever they have but actually they do care about it and they take pride in it. It's important for them to look good in front of other people and bragging make them look bad. So not to look bad, but still want to brag, humblebragging is the viable way to make both possible.

When I see people brag, I can't help rolling eyes, but when I see people humblebrag, I literally reject them because dishonesty is never a virtue regardless how good it looks. Seriously, I despise them so much because they are devil in disguise.

Next time, no matter how bad you feel about bragging but can't help to brag, just brag it out. You deserve the bragging right when it's due.