Stranger Danger - Adam

so I'm playing Halo 3 with my good friend Travis this past weekend and, as I often do, I started talking some trash.

when I talk trash on online video games I have one of two out comes:

1) I do better than the person in which case I tell them they are a noob
2) I do worse then the person in which case I tell them they are a nerd

in this certain instance the person I was talking to feel into the "nerd" category. As most people tend to.

but after I was finished calling him a nerd he sent Travis a voice message.
the message was his rebuttal, he explained his many incredible achievements in high school athletics.

it got me thinking:
why do people care what strangers think?
Strangers opinions are probably the most valuable thing to the human mind.
we will act like an idiot in front of people we know but once there are strangers around...put on your A game.

I don't understand it and I have to admit I certainly fall victim to it.

I can't have strangers think badly of me for the next minute...

in the words of Dave Ramsey:

We buy things we don't need
with money we don't have
to impress people we don't like