Re-evaluating "the Bubble"

This week I chose to highlight Bubble trait #2, which deals with the extreme poor judgment of those in "the Bubble."

There was Flash's plan (real or not) to rob his local Walgreen's. Armslong decided to drive a car around that had pitch black tints (which are illegal in the state of MA) even though he had no insurance and $1000 worth of unpaid parking tickets. You also got to read about Thuglife's idea of a good time--riding around town and yelling profanities out of a car window at random people. The dialogue is a rough recollection of conversations I've had with these guys. However, the situations I've written about have really happened!

In my previous recap, I noted that the delusional speak (ex. I shot somebody shortly before school started.) is the defining trait of those in "the Bubble." I'm beginning to re-assess that. Every psychological state has a continuum. The delusion could be the deeper end. I'm very intrigued by the continous poor judgment of Bubblees (people who live in "the Bubble.") I noticed that each of these guys make several awful decisions for every good one. I once showed Flash on a board how he had a 7:1 ratio in terms of bad to good decision making . He was stunned to see the visual.

The unfortunate thing is that even when the Bubblee makes a good decision, it ends up being compromised (or negated) by all of the bad choices.


Bubble Characteristics: Bubblees have a combination of several of these characteristics.


1. False sense of reality/abilities (i.e. delusion)

2. Extremely poor judgment/irresponsible

3. Unable/Unwilling to accept blame for anything

4. Financially irresponsible

5. Friends have little to no motivation

6. Awful parent

7. disloyal

8. Chronic exaggerator

9. Little to no ambition/misplaced ambition

10. No resilience

11. Happily ignorant

12. Very inconsistent

13. Drama Driven

14. Unable/unwilling to acknowledge flaws

15. Self – Mutilator

16. Extremely selfish

17. Frequently fired/Rarely hired

18. Manipulative

19. absent moral compass

20. Has at least one significant enabler .