American Idol Syndrome
Symptoms Include:
1) glorifying unimportant characteristics and rewarding them above intellect, modesty, honesty, and any other true virtues
2) belonging to a Greek association at a university or college
3) trying please or maintain pseudo-communication with others solely for the purpose of feeling like
one has friends (usually denoted by ownership of a
myspace, hi5, or any other social networking account)
4) going along with a crowd simply to gain acceptance without questioning why or trying to conceive an original thought
5) begging for attention by speaking loudly as if more important than others, interrupting someone on the pretense that what they were saying is less important, general rudeness, and being self-centered all while carrying on as if more important than anyone else
note: A.I. Syndrome is usually exhibited by multiple symptoms
antonyms: iconoclast, free-thinker,
intellectual,
genius,
engineer, role-model
