Fun & Famous
kim & kanye
science knows why they’re a perfect fit
It feels like an eternity ago that I watched my very first episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians and that was my very first encounter with the phenomenon we now know as the Kardashian clan. It’s hard to imagine what life was like before the Kardashian era and surfing around on the internet without photos of them popping up a dozen times a day. Anyways, I clearly recall once thinking “who in their right minds would ever want to end up with a girl like Kim?”
Every scene consisted of her going through life taking selfies, complaining about the dumbest things you could possibly think of, spending way too much money on useless crap and wanting to be the center of attention, well, always. Kimmy K; the biggest narcissist of our era and she cultivated that reputation to mythical proportions.
And then appeared basketball player Kris Humphries. Their love seemed so genuine (…) and then they had an over the top exorbitant ceremony to say their I-do’s and we thought their marriage would last a lifetime (…).
All it took was a couple of blinks with her fake lashes and their marriage was over and once again I found myself thinking: is she going to be single for the rest of her life? Which is fine of course, but I just couldn’t imagine someone crazy enough to deal with her shit the rest of their lives.
But boy was I naive because along came Kanye as her knight in saggy pants and oversized shirts armor and swept Kimmy off her feet and put a ring on it. Kim and Kanye, it sounds just as mundane as H&M. The great thing for Kim is that Kanye loves her just as much as she loves herself. Well, almost. “I love you like Kanye loves Kanye” might just be the most romantic thing you can ever say to someone. At least then you know how much someone really loves you.
Kim & Kanye, it sounds just as mundane as H&M
And it might sound weird because how can someone who love themselves so much love someone else who loves themselves so much too? You would think that Kanye would need a girl who loves him just as much as he adores himself, right?
Well, lucky for us, the almighty Science has an answer for their love. A research group from Germany (from the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin to be exact) did a psych study on 290 BFF’s to see whether the BFF’s of narcissists also showed narcissistic characteristic traits. The turn out: yes. Conclusions: narcissists look for other narcissists, with Kim and Kanye as living proof.
The reason it works, clashing ego trippers, is explained by the fact that narcissists understand one another. Kanye finds it completely normal that all Kim does all day is take photos of herself and Kim completely understands that Kanye thinks he’s God. A ‘normal’ someone (for example the rest of human kind) doesn’t understand either of the two and that’s why it’s a damn right celebration that the two of them found each other #blessed.
To be fair, this isn’t actually new to any of us, but it’s nice to know we’ve got science to back us up this time. K&K, I wish you decades of happiness together. But I’m sure that won’t be a problem.
