July 5, 2021:
Returning to their parallel.
They combine the narcissistic need to be acknowledged for their ideas
with the supremely self-indulgent —
that is, lazy —
desire to have others do the work.
I'm too important for the trivial stuff.
Where selfishness is the common denominator.
There's a smallness to them.
Where they live inside the petty constraints of their own limitations.