To quote Abed, "I've got self esteem coming out of my butt."

I wonder what the casual direction is. You could be lowering your respect of them to fend off the complement, to maintain your frame of low self esteem.

"If they don't see what I'm lacking, something must be wrong with them."

k00b

I think my reason is quite a bit uglier than that, stemming from my lack of respect for the person complimenting me.

Internally, I often think "How would *you* know if that was impressive or not?" Pretty shitty.

Undisciplined

Stacker Saloon

saloon

I think we have a habit of focusing on what we lack. It feels a bit like taking our eyes off the road when we’re driving.