Do you care whether Jack is a sociopath?

by **TITAN** » Fri 09 Mar 2007, 23:55:30

We have to endure some meaningless poll at least once a week from Jack, who believes it's vital that everyone thinks he is a sociopath.

BTW, I don't mean this as a personal attack towards Jack in any way.

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Sat 10 Mar 2007, 00:10:15

Ever see the John Carpenter movie The Thing? They found an extraterrestrial being buried under the ice in Antarctica and the doc character was the one who studied it and found out that it could wipe out humanity. It drove the doc crazy and he started smashing up the radios and generators and shooting at people with a gun. There's nothing wrong with Jack, it's just Peak Oil. We just need to tie him up and put him out in the tool shed.

by **Jack** » Sat 10 Mar 2007, 00:42:29

Actually, there's a story behind those polls.

I ran a poll - months ago, as I recall - and someone or other complained bitterly that there wasn't an "other" category. So, for awhile, I made a point of including "Other", "All of the above", and "None of the Above" choices. These were applied even in cases where the choices were clearly mutually exclusive.

I got tired of that, and started offering the sociopath choices.

Alas, now you've inspired me. I shall include at least one (and probably several) sociopathy choices on every poll. Do feel free to vote early and often.

For those who have read this far, do vote, please. I look forward to seeing the results.

by **perdition79** » Sat 10 Mar 2007, 01:15:39

A true sociopath wouldn't give a damn what others think of him, only what he thinks of himself.

by **I_Like_Plants** » Sat 10 Mar 2007, 01:25:32

What's the problem? I like that Jack is a sociopath. Sociopathy = success in Amurrika, I only wish I were a sociopath myself. :cry:

by **ironborne** » Sat 10 Mar 2007, 02:30:03

We could put him in the tool shed but he would just dig a secret tunnel and steal someones torn up underwear.

by **I_Like_Plants** » Sat 10 Mar 2007, 02:37:00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ironborne', 'W')e could put him in the tool shed but he would just dig a secret tunnel and steal someones torn up underwear.

by **Pretorian** » Sat 10 Mar 2007, 05:37:39

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('perdition79', 'A') true sociopath wouldn't give a damn what others think of him, only what he thinks of himself.

by **Ayame** » Sat 10 Mar 2007, 06:07:22

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '
')Alas, now you've inspired me. I shall include at least one (and probably several) sociopathy choices on every poll.

by **basil_hayden** » Sat 10 Mar 2007, 12:23:01

Jack?

That's just my brain talking...

Cornucopians?

They're my heart talking....

Doomers?

They're my guts talking.....

I trust my guts and brain mostly.

by **NEOPO** » Sat 10 Mar 2007, 13:02:00

How come Jack gets to use the "PO made me crazy" excuse yet we cannot get away with it?!!?!?

by **Jack** » Sat 10 Mar 2007, 13:26:29

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NEOPO', 'H')ow come Jack gets to use the "PO made me crazy" excuse yet we cannot get away with it?!!?!?

by **perdition79** » Sat 10 Mar 2007, 23:46:34

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('perdition79', 'A') true sociopath wouldn't give a damn what others think of him, only what he thinks of himself.

by **Zardoz** » Sun 11 Mar 2007, 00:15:50

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '.')..Become a Brother of the Left Hand Path, rejoice in the Dark Power.

by **Jack** » Sun 11 Mar 2007, 01:44:00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', '
')C'mon, Jack, don't you learn anything from movies?

by MD » Sun 11 Mar 2007, 01:53:03

Jack's more of a rational anarchist than a sociopath, so the question is meaningless.

by **undertaker** » Sun 11 Mar 2007, 01:55:02

Darth may have wussied out at the last minute due to paternal feelings, and the Emperor may have been thrown into the bottomless pit, but that's just so the kiddies can have a "happy ending" for their movie.

In real life, the Emperor(s) are always with us, and they are getting all the chix, LOL.

I think the Left Hand Path is just a matter of "thinking outside the box." We are raised with all these pieties and kindergarten teacher moralities, and we have to throw them off in order to be adults with fully functioning brains.

A sociopath doesn't care what others think about him. I've known a real sociopath. Here's my sociopath story, about Bill.

Bill and I hung out because we had no other friends. We didn't really like each other, but we didn't have much choice. I used to say we were "frienemies."

I remember he deflowered a nice Catholic girl, and emotionally abused her. One time we all went skiiing, and on the way home, Bill and the girl got into an argument in the back seat. Bill started crying. I could tell it was fake, but the girl could not. I told the girl that Bill was faking it, and he got pretty mad at me. I didn't talk to him for a long time after that, as I recall.

One day when I was about 21, Bill showed up in my life again. He had been in the Marines and in the first Persian Gulf War. He was all about telling me war stories, so I played along. He had a new apartment in a nearby town.

We left his apartment to find the neighborhood bar. We found one, and Bill said, "Here's my neighborhood bar, I'm going to be a regular. I'll be here EVERY NIGHT! Yeah!" I said, "That's good Bill, you could use a place to hang out. Maybe you'll meet friends here."

Then a waitress came up to us and said, "Excuse me, did you lose some money?" I looked in my wallet and said no. Bill looked in his wallet and said, yes. THe waitress pointed by Bill's feet. It was a 20 dollar bill. Bill said, "Oh, that's mine, thanks." The waitress said "no problem."

Then the waitress's friend told her she lost 20. The waitress came over and asked for the 20 back. Bill said, "no way." The waitress and the girl who lost the 20 (20 was a lot of money in 1993) implored Bill to give back the money. I said to Bill, "if you are going to be a regular here, you should probably get off on the right foot and give back the money." Bill adamantly refused, insisting the money was his. He got real mad that I didn't automatically take his side. I said, "the hell with this" and left. I never saw Bill again.

So I think that sociopaths lead sterile lives. They keep screwing people over. That's they only way they deal with people. I don't find them glamorous or cool or "dark." Once you know their game, you don't deal with them -- you shut them out.

I don't think Jack is a sociopath (sorry Jack). If he was, he wouldn't be posting on this message board. Sociopaths don't care about ideas.

by **max_power29** » Mon 12 Mar 2007, 04:01:13

I'm suprised that "Bill" did not die in a "training accident" as a marine.

by **Pretorian** » Mon 12 Mar 2007, 19:22:42

either a sociopath is a very wide definition, or that Bill is not a sociopath. He is just a jerk,not a sociopath.