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The Mini-Me Syndrome

The ignorance, arrogance, and foolishness of men

ini-Me. Have you children, or people’s children, their mannerisms of a more powerful or
heard of the term? It ‘Mini-Me’. Tiny me. And this igno- senior person in order to win favor,
originated from the rant, arrogant and foolish mindset achieve promotion, etc”
Mname of a character wrapped up in this evil term spread So, when you think about it, basical-
in the irreverent Austin Powers its wings across the world. Influenc- ly, a Mini-Me is an individual with
movie franchise. Mini-Me was a tiny ing (or influenced by) the fashion in- no personality, identity, character,
look-alike of the film’s main villain, dustry and other secondary parasitic destiny or purpose of their own that
Dr. Evil, a clone made as a gift for industries like beauty, photography is separate from another individu-
him by his minions. It doesn’t speak and so on, which wanted to capital- al’s. Or, one who derives or has had
and is a nasty little character with ize on the egos of parents who were imputed upon them their person-
awful habits and mannerisms. I am obsessed with trying to recreate ality, identity, character, destiny or
not speaking of the now-deceased themselves in their children. purpose from or by another person
actor who played Mini-Me, I’m According to Dictionary.com Mini- deemed senior or superior in some
speaking of the character from the Me is: “ way. This is both infuriating and
movie. • a person who resembles a smaller or demeaning and an insult to the One
Along the way, someone thought it younger version of another person who made us all unique beings.
was a good idea to start calling their • a person who adopts the opinions or

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