self-deprecation

This irrational self-deprecation artificially increases supply in the entry-level labor market, pushing down the price of labor.

The combination of bravado and self-deprecation is something comedians use for shock value and laughs.

And in this case the word was used as profanity, to enable self-deprecation.

Please note the context of self-deprecation that accompanies the quote about the tips.

Instead, any self-deprecation he did would simply bolster his reputation for humility.

See, some people are irritated or shocked by my self-deprecation.

It's usually self-deprecation when someone claims arrogance.

On the other hand, 75-year-old Justice Stephen Breyer, who is given to self-deprecation on the bench, gamely tried to engage the Justice Department's Dreeben in a discussion about encryption technology.

As with any fiction author, the details are probably exaggerated, and he particularly tends toward a certain kind of luxuriant self-deprecation, so, pinch of salt and all...

...so what exactly is it you're trying to read into his self-deprecation?

Other than the first paragraph, with its self-deprecation and references to Node.js and NoSQL, which seems intended to head-off the derision such a hipsterish manifesto would rightly incur, the rest seems entirely serious.

> There’s no sneering, no sarcasm, and no self-deprecation.

Being "suckered" means exactly what you said, with all the self-deprecation you felt so needed to be reinforced with others deprecation.

> I'd immediately follow up with a self-deprecation: "that's just a fancy label for white-collar prostitute" Then what is an employee?

Right now, there's a divide which separates the "useful" - who get a salary - from the "useless" - who get a pension -, which leads to those feelings of alienation and self-deprecation.

In Germany, the liberal arts programmes are mocked as "taxi driver courses" all the time, ranging from libertarian hate for any form of public spending all the way to happy self-deprecation by those who elect to be taught in a field they like at the risk of not benefitting from their education economically.

Self-deprecation is a fairly typical Australian trait, by the way.

Self-deprecation has been part of CodeKit's branding since the beginning, when nobody had heard of it and the author had to put up his first fake testimonials.