19 People Just Got Real About The Things You Shouldn't Base Your Whole Personality On

    Because there's only one you out there.

    Have you ever met someone who loved something so much it was pretty much summed up who they were as a person?

    Well when Reddit user u/hotelquestionmark asked, "What should you not base your whole personality on?" a bunch of brutally honest answers rolled in.

    Lisa Kudrow, Mira Sorvino in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

    I've rounded up the most interesting responses to the thread. Take a look to see if you agree with what the Reddit community had to say:

    1. "Your IQ. Pure intelligence means nothing if all you do is brag about it to others and never apply it to anything."

    2. "Any one thing. People need dimension."

    3. "Your career [or] job. You are more than what you do to put food on the table, and if you forget that, you lose sight of a lot of important things."

    Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada

    4. "How you were in high school."

    Amanda Bynes and Emma Stone in Easy A

    5. "Your astrology sign."

    6. "Your relationship status."

    Jason Segel in Forgetting Sarah Marshall

    7. "[How] attractive [or] unattractive an individual is. You're so much more than just your looks. Don't get caught up in what you see."

    8. "Another person."

    Mean Girls

    9. "The things you own."

    Leonardo DiCaprio in The Great Gatsby

    10. "Any character, no matter how 'cool' or how 'well written' they are."

    American Pie

    11. "Other people's interests. Don’t be a chameleon."

    Minka Kelly and Leighton Meester in The Roommate

    12. "The mistakes of your past."

    13. "Your romantic partner."

    Colin Jost and Alison Brie in How to Be Single

    14. "A brand you like."

    15. "Being against things."

    Mae Whitman and Bella Thorne in The DUFF

    16. "A failure."

    17. "A quote. I see many reality TV contestants and social media influencers who do this."

    18. "Being nice. I mean, you should try to be a good person, but you can't make everyone else happy, all at once, all of the time, and if you try to, you'll just make yourself miserable."

    WALL-E

    19. "Anything that you can phrase in the form 'I'm an X.'"

    What else belongs on this list? Let us know in the comments!

    Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.