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Also, I'm a student of your work. Thank you for opening my post-classroom eyes, Mike.

• nostrademons 12y ago
  FWIW, someone for whom the Gervais hierarchy is interesting or novel is almost certainly in the Clueless category. The Sociopath reaction to hearing about it is "Goddamn, this is going to result in some hassles when getting people to do what I want. I better discredit or minimize it." The Loser reaction is "Well duh, I'm surprised this is news to anyone. I'm going to go over to my friend's house now."
  • S4M 12y ago
    That's quite an interesting point, and totally agree on the reaction of the Loser and the Clueless. Concerning the Sociopath, it's not clear to me, because I think some of them manage to themselves to genuinely think they are doing good work, for the good of the whole company. I've seen cases where I couldn't understand if they were really good comedian (or: if I could be so easily fooled :-( ) or if they really believed what they were saying.
    • nostrademons 12y ago
      These are caricatures to make the point - of course most people aren't going to be twirling their evil-villain mustaches. I'd say that the defining characteristic of MacLeod Sociopaths is that they are self-interested, not that they are evil; if their interests align with yours, they're actually quite good, and most of them actively work to align their interests with a large number of people. Much easier to get things done that way. The vast majority of MacLeod Sociopaths would just keep silent on discussions about the MacLeod hierarchy, as there's fairly little they could gain from participating in the discussion, and it just makes them look Clueless. That was my initial plan, but I'm a pretty recent Sociopath and it still doesn't quite sit right for me, so I'll indulge my momentary impulse toward Cluelessness.