Dear Popa,
I hate people who are better than me, or do better than me. This applies across the board, but let me just give the example of three categories: wealth, attractiveness, and brains.
There are relatively few people who are smarter than me. This is an empirically objective fact (and I urge you to not “fight the question” but rather to address it). However, when I run into such a person, it bugs me a little. Not too bad. However, if that person is both smarter than I am and either better looking (most people are) OR wealthier (most people are), then I want to punch them in the face. Luckily, I have not succumbed to that desire – the worst I’ve done was put poison in someone’s coffee, and then knocked it over after they had just a little (which caused terrible acne so mission totally accomplished, but whatever).
Is this normal? If not, what should I do to deal with it?