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I will admit that I missed that you had limited your scope to those who are “most often and typically critical and unimpressed”. That said I think the main thru

by rcarr 4y ago

I will admit that I missed that you had limited your scope to those who are “most often and typically critical and unimpressed”. That said I think the main thrust of the argument still stands. You can’t assume that people are comparing this to previous versions. It’s perfectly within the realms of plausibility for someone to comment who’s never played Call of Duty in their life. They might have just been intrigued with the post title, looked at the video and then just stated the details that broke the immersion for them. Would you prefer they just didn’t comment at all? Are they not allowed to voice their experience? It is also rather wild to throw around narcissistic personality disorder diagnoses based on one aspect of behaviour. I’m not a psychologist but I’m pretty sure you’ve got to match several behavioural criteria consistently to warrant such a diagnosis.

Maursault 4y ago
I was replying to the general question, >>>>> Why is HN so negative about amazing things? And as that is my experience also, I shared my theory and supported it. Further, NPD is diagnosed through observation of behavior or reports of behavior, and regardless of NPD diagnosis, any symptom of NPD is necessarily narcissistic. My slim hope is that narcissists will become more mindful of their behavior, recognize that they spread misery, get evaluated, treated, and either be cured or mitigate their disorder below detectability, and narcissism will become extinct, because there are few things in this world that completely and utterly suck as much as narcissism, and it is everywhere. I'm not sure who made pride popular and decided that it can be harmed, because it is an indulgence. The virtue is the opposite of pride, namely, humility, and in general, virtues are the antitheses of narcissism, beyond humility including charity, modesty, gratitude, temperance, patience, courage, accountability, commitment, courtesy, cooperation, empathy, forgiveness, respect, reliability, sacrifice, sincerity, and so on and so forth. Rather than the Golden Rule, narcissists subscribe to egoism to act only selfishly and in self-interest, as their ego is central to the motivation and goal of their own actions. By and large the political ideology of narcissism is conservatism and libertarianism, focusing on exclusivity and their wealth and their interests and their rights against and in contest to those of all others, in contrast to liberalism, which is an ideology of tolerance, liberty, equality, and promoting general welfare.

by rcarr 4y ago

Maursault 4y ago

I was replying to the general question, >>>>> Why is HN so negative about amazing things? And as that is my experience also, I shared my theory and supported it. Further, NPD is diagnosed through observation of behavior or reports of behavior, and regardless of NPD diagnosis, any symptom of NPD is necessarily narcissistic. My slim hope is that narcissists will become more mindful of their behavior, recognize that they spread misery, get evaluated, treated, and either be cured or mitigate their disorder below detectability, and narcissism will become extinct, because there are few things in this world that completely and utterly suck as much as narcissism, and it is everywhere. I'm not sure who made pride popular and decided that it can be harmed, because it is an indulgence. The virtue is the opposite of pride, namely, humility, and in general, virtues are the antitheses of narcissism, beyond humility including charity, modesty, gratitude, temperance, patience, courage, accountability, commitment, courtesy, cooperation, empathy, forgiveness, respect, reliability, sacrifice, sincerity, and so on and so forth. Rather than the Golden Rule, narcissists subscribe to egoism to act only selfishly and in self-interest, as their ego is central to the motivation and goal of their own actions. By and large the political ideology of narcissism is conservatism and libertarianism, focusing on exclusivity and their wealth and their interests and their rights against and in contest to those of all others, in contrast to liberalism, which is an ideology of tolerance, liberty, equality, and promoting general welfare.