Spinorial: What powers? An inferiority/insignificance complex isn't quite what anyone would normally consider "powers".
Sachys: ...worked for Woody Allen
There might be a pinch of self-deprecation in there. A rather critical pinch.
Momo1991: Ok, energy spent ripping people off for shits and giggles - better?
It's desperate grasping at attention, though, not really shits and giggles. So, that energy isn't really some extraordinary resource it would have over us, but an exertion, drawn away from and to the detriment of other parts of its existence. Quite sad, really.