Sociopathy is cool now?
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No one is emotionless. and most people who claim to be cry themselves to sleep at night or do drugs or something else to suppress their problems. or cut.
Thank you for writing this.Therumancer said:
I won't try to say I'm a sociopath, but I've had some problems with... Let us say, emotional instability. It's not the sort of thing one likes to brag about. For me, it's usually pretty humiliating to remember (especially knowing such a thing could potentially happen again).
Anyway, my understand was that a sociopath, more than anything else, doesn't understand how to function in society. As in, literally cannot comprehend or has severe problems with how to go about living in day-to-day life. I know one guy who's criminally shy (and unwilling to try new things), to the point where it has impacted his ability to go out and find better jobs, or simply improve his life.
It's really not as much fun as it sounds, instability of any kind.
It's more misanthropy than actual sociopathy. Misanthropy, having an intense distrust or dislike for humanity, is more common than actual sociopathy which makes people kill. Do these so-called 'sociopaths' kill people? No, because then there would be a huge spate of random killings around the world (more than there already is). Also, this is quite hypocritical. They say they hate people and what they do and have no care for anything, so why then, do they feel the need to go around internet sites and brag about their apathy? It is the exact opposite.
Bull-fucking-shit.
I myself have a misanthropic streak, but it's onoy becuase of personal experience, not becuase it is now deeemd 'cool'. It's also the whole brooding, pseudo-gothic thing, like fucking Twilight and what-not. Aloofness and general dislike for people, like any anti-hero, is what it is. Not sociopathy.
Bull-fucking-shit.
I myself have a misanthropic streak, but it's onoy becuase of personal experience, not becuase it is now deeemd 'cool'. It's also the whole brooding, pseudo-gothic thing, like fucking Twilight and what-not. Aloofness and general dislike for people, like any anti-hero, is what it is. Not sociopathy.
I dislike most people. But I don't dislike people as such.
I enjoy good company as much as the next person, however find that a lot of people are rather lacking.
I'm sure a lot of people find my company lacking as well, that's fine with me, I guess my perception of what I enjoy in other people is different to a lot of others.
The simple fact for me is that throughout growing up, the majority of people who I encountered were not nice people, commonly played petty games in order to ingratiate themselves with their own perceived pecking order. I realise a lot of people grow out of that, but it still hasn't placated my general distrust of the majority of people. It doesn't help that while silly high school games have diminished as I get older, they are still ever present, and talking with adults at the end of their careers, it appears that it will continue to linger.
Most people suck. I wish it wasn't that way, and I am optimistic when I meet somebody, and give them a full chance of being a good person, but my thesis still holds true unfortunately.
Thing is when I don't say it quite like that, and instead just say "People suck, I prefer my own company" it comes across as a bit sociopathic, and trying to act detached and aloof to be cool. I don't perceive it as cool to be socially withdrawn, even though to an extent I am.
I enjoy good company as much as the next person, however find that a lot of people are rather lacking.
I'm sure a lot of people find my company lacking as well, that's fine with me, I guess my perception of what I enjoy in other people is different to a lot of others.
The simple fact for me is that throughout growing up, the majority of people who I encountered were not nice people, commonly played petty games in order to ingratiate themselves with their own perceived pecking order. I realise a lot of people grow out of that, but it still hasn't placated my general distrust of the majority of people. It doesn't help that while silly high school games have diminished as I get older, they are still ever present, and talking with adults at the end of their careers, it appears that it will continue to linger.
Most people suck. I wish it wasn't that way, and I am optimistic when I meet somebody, and give them a full chance of being a good person, but my thesis still holds true unfortunately.
Thing is when I don't say it quite like that, and instead just say "People suck, I prefer my own company" it comes across as a bit sociopathic, and trying to act detached and aloof to be cool. I don't perceive it as cool to be socially withdrawn, even though to an extent I am.
Consider this for a moment; what does the word "cool" mean?
Does it mean "Socially or personally satisfying, entertaining, or admirable"? Or does it mean "Lacking heat"?
The word cool began as a measure of temperature. As culture evolved the idea arrived that a person who is emotionally distant, not heated or firey but instead calm and disinterested, is by extention socially admirable and more likely to be personally entertaining. The word cool suddenly became a compliment. "You're cold to the world," it said "I like that".
Nowadays we're dealing with the extreme development of that concept. People who pretend to be sociopaths on this site or in real life aren't advertising that they take a great personal joy bathing in the blood of innocent children and biting the ears off puppies, they are advertising that they don't care at all. They've gone from being cool to being numb and are therefore capable of doing anything without thinking anything of it. And this makes them socially entertaining for the same reson that being "cool" made people socially entertaining.
Really, it's a pretty logical progression. It's the same jump people made between Rock Music and Metal Music. A generation earlier, good music was louder and a little more roudy than what their parents listened to. So, when our generation came along, we decided to make music that was even louder and even more roudy because loud and roudy is good and therefore having more makes the music better. Being emotionally hard to reach is good, so our generation decided to be emotionally dead because, being even harder to reach, it is therefore better.
Thats as close as I can figure out anyway.
Does it mean "Socially or personally satisfying, entertaining, or admirable"? Or does it mean "Lacking heat"?
The word cool began as a measure of temperature. As culture evolved the idea arrived that a person who is emotionally distant, not heated or firey but instead calm and disinterested, is by extention socially admirable and more likely to be personally entertaining. The word cool suddenly became a compliment. "You're cold to the world," it said "I like that".
Nowadays we're dealing with the extreme development of that concept. People who pretend to be sociopaths on this site or in real life aren't advertising that they take a great personal joy bathing in the blood of innocent children and biting the ears off puppies, they are advertising that they don't care at all. They've gone from being cool to being numb and are therefore capable of doing anything without thinking anything of it. And this makes them socially entertaining for the same reson that being "cool" made people socially entertaining.
Really, it's a pretty logical progression. It's the same jump people made between Rock Music and Metal Music. A generation earlier, good music was louder and a little more roudy than what their parents listened to. So, when our generation came along, we decided to make music that was even louder and even more roudy because loud and roudy is good and therefore having more makes the music better. Being emotionally hard to reach is good, so our generation decided to be emotionally dead because, being even harder to reach, it is therefore better.
Thats as close as I can figure out anyway.
I blame Max (sorry Max) and all of his forum popularity. Newcomers think he's cool and try to act like him. Alot of us older members (more than 6 months) are actually quite diverse.
People want to be a victims, they want a reason to be numb or lash out, because the alternative is realising that they're just a total ****. Sociopathy is just a rationalisation for those that actually believe their own bullshit, and a mask for the liars.
A quote I love: "Emo is what you do when you're ashamed of how easy your life is, you invent problems that sparkle poignantly on your spoiled middle-class soul." From the escapist's own BlindTom.
If someone tells me they're a sociopath, I'll tell them to kill me. When I draw my next breath, I'll call them a liar.
A quote I love: "Emo is what you do when you're ashamed of how easy your life is, you invent problems that sparkle poignantly on your spoiled middle-class soul." From the escapist's own BlindTom.
If someone tells me they're a sociopath, I'll tell them to kill me. When I draw my next breath, I'll call them a liar.
His popularity? Yes. Him? No.RavingPenguin said:
I agree they try and copy him, but that's their fault for being sheep not his, if it wasn't Max it'd be someone else.
It's like blaming Yahtzee for how everyone on here loves Psychonauts and Portal but hate Halo and Tomb Raider.
You do realise half the people on the Escapist couldn't even kill a fly so there's nothing to worry aboutNotMemorable said:
This is actually quite deep. The Escapist being a site dedicated to gaming. I hate to spout this garbage, but playing violent videogames does desensitize people to an extent. The next step is to learn the word 'sociopath' and identify with it for..Whatever reason. E-peen growth or something.teisjm said: