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This is my take on it. I feel that when people are humble in general, they are not irritating. They do not rub salt in other's wounds or put them down in any way or make them feel bad about themselves or cause trouble for others.
Same time you do the contrary, they will make it their goal to put you down. When you are neutral and not in their way they simply don't care, you are just another side character they encounter. But when you actually instigate/ boast/ put them down, it becomes their focus in their journey.
Everyone likes a confident person, Nobody likes an over confident person. It becomes their objective to prove the confidence wrong.
Be humble if you’ve achieved something. People get brownie points for “not” doing something they have the power to do.
OTOH, if you’ve not achieved anything, don’t be humble. You aren’t that important ;)