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From: Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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Subject: Re: OT: Don't let Peanut Die For Nothing
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:55:38 +1100
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On 11/11/2024 4:53 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:56:25 +1100, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 10/11/2024 11:18 pm, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>> On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:51:27 +1100, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 10/11/2024 3:16 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 02:59:54 +1100, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10/11/2024 12:32 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 16:38:04 +1100, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 9/11/2024 11:38 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 15:00:04 -0500, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 11/8/2024 12:58 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:

<snip>

>>> Well thank heavens that's one character trait you don't suffer from,
>>> Bill. ;->
>>
>> It does seem to be trait that nobody imagines that they embody. Since my
>> reaction when somebody says something nice about me is to look out for
>> the nasty job that they are about to lumber me with, I imagine that I'm
>> probably not a narcissist, but I could be wrong.
> 
> Two points here, Bill: when does *anyone* *ever* say anything nice
> about you? 

It happens, if not all that often.

> Secondly, narcissism is a hallmark of psychopathy.

It's a character defect. Dignifying it as one of the many forms of 
psychopathy is a bit of a stretch. It doesn't seem to mess people up 
enough to prevent them living more or less normal lives, so it isn't 
pathological.

> Get someone to check you off against Dr. Robert Hare's Psychopathy
> Checklist and you might learn something unusual about yourself you're
> currently unaware of.

Probably not. My wife worked as a psycholinguist and I got to hang out 
with a lot of psychologically sophisticated people - I once got told off 
by Uta Frith for making a joke about being on the autism spectrum - I'm 
not, but it made for a neat punch-line.

-- 
Bill Sloman, Sydney