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It's amazing to me the people that openly express sociopathic tendencies on HN.

koolba 10y ago
> It's amazing to me the people that openly express sociopathic tendencies on HN. It's more amazing that the majority of people, both online and in meatspace, prefer to sweep reality under the rug. What's sociopathic about being able to recognize and deal with these types of situations as they come up in your life?
- CapitalistCartr 10y ago
  Reality doesn't prioritize fear over respect. That's your sociopathy distorting your view.
- Practicality 10y ago
  Caring more about getting things from people more than the actual people in your life (ie, using fear to get what you want) is the very definition of a sociopath. What amazes me is that you are open about it. Most sociopaths try to hide that fact, because once people realize they are being manipulated you lose control.
  - koolba 10y ago
    > Caring more about getting things from people more than the actual people in your life (ie, using fear to get what you want) is the very definition of a sociopath. > What amazes me is that you are open about it. Most sociopaths try to hide that fact, because once people realize they are being manipulated you lose control. Ha! Who said I'm like that? I'm talking abstractly. When your circle of friends intersects with a friends circle, you get to see a lot of interesting dynamics. One of those is fear and, speaking frankly, it's pretty disgusting. But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
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et-al 10y ago
It's one thing to entertain that an idea may be true, it's another thing to actually live out that philosophy. I'd give the parent commenter the benefit of the doubt that they're sharing an idea to debate (which we are), or just being facetious by quoting Machiavelli.
oldmanjay 10y ago
Is it as amazing as the people who feel like they're such incredible diagnosticians that they can proclaim sociopathy is present based on a few sentences in a forum? I'll charitably presume you have a medical education and are qualified to make that diagnosis up close.
- Practicality 10y ago
  Saying a person is "expressing tendencies" is tremendously different than making a diagnoses of a disorder. I didn't say anything about the person actually being one. It doesn't take special qualifications to make a basic observation.

> It's amazing to me the people that openly express sociopathic tendencies on HN. It's more amazing that the majority of people, both online and in meatspace, prefer to sweep reality under the rug. What's sociopathic about being able to recognize and deal with these types of situations as they come up in your life?

CapitalistCartr 10y ago
Reality doesn't prioritize fear over respect. That's your sociopathy distorting your view.
Practicality 10y ago
Caring more about getting things from people more than the actual people in your life (ie, using fear to get what you want) is the very definition of a sociopath. What amazes me is that you are open about it. Most sociopaths try to hide that fact, because once people realize they are being manipulated you lose control.
- koolba 10y ago
  > Caring more about getting things from people more than the actual people in your life (ie, using fear to get what you want) is the very definition of a sociopath. > What amazes me is that you are open about it. Most sociopaths try to hide that fact, because once people realize they are being manipulated you lose control. Ha! Who said I'm like that? I'm talking abstractly. When your circle of friends intersects with a friends circle, you get to see a lot of interesting dynamics. One of those is fear and, speaking frankly, it's pretty disgusting. But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
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et-al 10y ago

It's one thing to entertain that an idea may be true, it's another thing to actually live out that philosophy. I'd give the parent commenter the benefit of the doubt that they're sharing an idea to debate (which we are), or just being facetious by quoting Machiavelli.

oldmanjay 10y ago

Is it as amazing as the people who feel like they're such incredible diagnosticians that they can proclaim sociopathy is present based on a few sentences in a forum? I'll charitably presume you have a medical education and are qualified to make that diagnosis up close.

Practicality 10y ago
Saying a person is "expressing tendencies" is tremendously different than making a diagnoses of a disorder. I didn't say anything about the person actually being one. It doesn't take special qualifications to make a basic observation.