Sociopathy is cool now?

[Ekonk]

On the internet it's fake sociopaths, IRL it's angsty teenagers who tell everyone they will kill themselves and who years later STILL FUCKING LIVE.

Although fake sociopaths and fake suicidals are both annoying, the sociopaths are the most worrying because real sociopaths hurt other people, and real suicidals just themselves.

 

[ironlordthemad]

what i dont get is why people tell us they are a sociopath?
if they were a true sociopath they wouldnt care what we think about that and wouldnt bother to tell us because they were to busy brooding and being angsty...

 

[Booze Zombie]

Violent thoughts aren't as uncommon as you think, but I do imagine quite a few Internet psychos are just posing.

Besides that, if anyone's a real psycho, let the law sort 'em out. No need to get in a state.

what i dont get is why people tell us they are a sociopath?
if they were a true sociopath they wouldnt care what we think about that and wouldnt bother to tell us because they were to busy brooding and being angsty...

Actually, an emotionless person wouldn't be angsty, they'd just sit around not having emotions.

 

[DuplicateValue]

Hmph. If you're emotionally numb, you can't feel happy about manga! And then what's the point, hmmm?

But you could still appreciate it, no? Like fine art. Which it is. =]
Also there's always animes which would appeal to sociopaths, such as 'Higurashi no Naku Koro ni'.

 

[ZSF]

...The point of becoming emotionally numb is to remove all negative emotions and leave the positive ones. If you want to call me some trendy emo kid I really don't mind. I haven't had a single negative emotion in years. If you actually brag about such a thing, you're really not getting the point. The point of it isn't to become the "anti-hero." Feel free to make fun of anyone that does it for that reason. Sure, it will give you the behavioral characteristics of the anti-hero, but if that's your actual reason for the numbing, you've got far worse problems than negative emotions you uninteresting thing you. The only time it should ever actually come up in a conversation is if someone said something to me that would only affect someone that isn't desensitized. To give you an idea of how desensitized I am, the first time I saw 2g1c I actually got a stiffy while the guy behind me was being scarred for life on five different levels.
Also what makes sociopathy bad exactly? There is nothing bad about killing. Bad does not exist, it is subjective, it exists only within your mind, it cannot be quantified. Its just a reaction to an electro-chemical signal shot off in your brain caused by societal conditioning over the entire course of your life. The reason it bothers you is because you don't want to die. Due to your genetics and societal conditioning, you want to live so that you can have kids and care for those kids and so those kids can have more kids and endlessly continue the existence of the human race. That's how mammals survive crisis like the ice age. Constant reproduction. Get the fuck over yourselves.
Now if you'll excuse me im going to go troll a furry site. Then I'm gonna go tag some graffiti all over my town. Im going to do these things because im a manic depressive with insecurity problems and this shit gives me thrills. I like thrills, after all. That's how recreational activities work. Always gotta keep improving and pushing limits. You should never stop whatever it is that you do. If it kills you, it kills you. Death really isn't that big of a deal when you realize that some flying zombie jew isn't going to send you to hell because you had a bit of fun.

 

[Serge A. Storms]

Okay, I have to ask, since when did bipolar disorder become the same thing as antisocial personality disorder? They're basically complete opposites in every conceivable way.

 

[ZSF]

since when did bipolar disorder become the same thing as antisocial personality disorder?

Since people decided to blame bipolar disorder for everything.

 

[Supreme Unleaded]

I'm not really an active member of The Escapists but yeah, I just like to lurk around and stuff. So, lately I've noticed people "brag" about being a sociopath (ie emotionally numb) or fantasies of killing people, anyone else notice this? I mean wth guys, when did it become cool to be a sociopath?

Obviously there's bound to be an actual sociopath around with this much members, but half the time I see someone claim such a thing I get the feeling it's bs.

I think I blame Dexter.

While this may be true, the amount of acual people that are emotinaly numb here is rather small, and also a sociopath must be manipulative as well, and there arent many manipulative people here.

 

[Zildjin81]

That's the problem though, people do think it's "cool" to be emotionally numb.

 

[VicunaBlue]

From what I've seen on the forums, A lot of people here like to play the "Nerd who is usually quiet, but is secretly deep and badass, and beats the crap out of people" card, which I guess makes them feel better.

 

[Collymilad08]

It's just the internet.

People think it makes them look cool if they act as if they don't care, about society or even killing someone. They just look like idiots though because they most likely aren't even like that, they are just some normal person sitting at a PC trying to look cool.

 

[The_Echo]

Half the time it's a joke.

The only member who is consistently sociopathic is Max, I think.

 

[skywalkerlion]

It's all because of this guy.

I'm kidding, duh.

[sup]You big scary freak, you.[/sup]

It's just teenagers being teenagers. I hate to use a stereotype, but most of our modern day teenagers are little... loose, I suppose. Or atleast, the ones that are use the internet like no tommorow, which would make sense. I wouldn't suppose they'd have many friends.

I am the most angst-free teenager you could ever hope for.

Also, you are like the third person to blame me, kidding or not.

I'm beginning to wonder i--

Seriously, everyone is like a less-known version of Max or Max. Stay happy brother.

See?
There it is again!

Of all the people who claim sociopathy, Max, you're one of the less scary.(<3)

If that made sense at all. I'm having trouble constructing sentences today.

 

[Sethzard]

Well I think people are naturally selfish, and cruel so I act as I do because I'm showing my true nature not what society expects.

 

[Lord George]

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I'm pretty sure being emotionally flat (or numb) is having no emotions of any kind be they positive or negative, what your doing sounds more like what some sub-sects of Buddhism do where they ignore negative emotions such as sadness or hate through willpower, conditioning or meditation. Though the 2G1C thing seems more likely to be some strange fetish overcoming your natural disgust.

 

[Therumancer]

Well you know most internet tough guys are lying simply because they would be in jail as opposed to on the geek-forum of choice if they were even half serious.

Also people who think being a sociopath is cool are totally insane, albeit in a differant way.

See, I've spent a reasonable portion of my life (especially childhood) institutionalized as I've mentioned before. I "recovered" somewhat, worked for 10 years, and then started having issues again and wound up retiring on disabillity.

My emotional problems probably stem from damage to my head when I was a baby, causing probably brain damage (the soft spot on my head didn't close up properly and had to be wedged open with a plate for a while, to this day I have a soup-bowl like dent on the top of my skull with a huge scar in it).

Right now I an considered "undiagnosed" because they probably stem from physical damage and can be erratic, but over the years I've been Manic, Bi-Polar, and Borderline Personality (some wanted to keep me locked up for my entire life, especially when I was younger for reasons I won't go into).

Let me be brutally honest with you, I can empathize with some of what Dexter is like, but then again everyone can, which is why the show is so successful. *BUT* Dexter doesn't quite have it right in what being a sociopath is. Dexter is emotionally repressed, that's part of the entire show. He has emotions, he just doesn't like to admit them.

Being a sociopath means being totally self centered and being unable to form connections with other people unless it benefits you in an immediate sense. If you can fake it like a certain TV character or do the same things he does then your not really a true sociopath or borderline personality.

I have some understanding of it because I have done some research on the stuff I've been diagnosed with (or suspected of). It helps me deal with my problems and understand the conclusions some reached (or thought they reached).

The "stone killer with ice water in his veins" has always been "cool" and has been a stereotype for both a hero and villain for almost forever, but in most cases such characters are simply heavily in control of themselves (to an unreal degree) not "sociopaths".

Also for the record with some of the hot, blind rages I've had over the years, combined with some other (fairly cool) outbursts, I can say for a fact that such problems are not "fun" or "cool". Nor is it the kind of thing your going to be able to talk about in some kind of "oh I am so awesome and tortured, feel my angst" fashion. Instead any REAL discussion of it is going to come accross like your in a bloody therepy session.

Writers who create sociopaths and such generally work from textbooks and interviews. Only a real sociopath could write a sociopath. Me, I'm not a full-on sociopath, but I definatly have the tendencies as much as I try and work on them.

... and honestly, if your truely as far gone as many people try and claim on the internet (as part of this fad which I also recognize), I'll be honest: nobody is going to teach you to be truely dangerous. That's just fantasy because it sounds cool. Your real sociopath gets to bounce around in a cage, or co-star in the video below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF5M-h2IueU

 

[oppp7]

It kind of adds an inhuman element to the person with sociopathy. They're just trying to scare other people and act tougher than them.

 

[Daveman]

You could be a real-life version of Kane.

don't you mean L. Ron Hubbard?

you're not nearly evil enough for that... are you?

I mean tiberium is one thing but taking idiots money? harsh