Sociopath and psychopath are clinically synonymous from what I understand. Mostly from reading Jon Ronson's The Psychopath Test, which is terrifying and pretty awesome.

In a sick way, being a sociopath must be like being cool, if you have to tell someone you are, you're not.

I think pretty much, yeah.

I think they are (mostly) just insensitive assholes looking for an upgrade,

That, too.

but tempting as that all sounds, I still wouldn't spend a lot of time with that guy.

Right on all 3 counts.

Steph, thanks for the explanation of why someone would say that. It makes perfect sense.

You are great in a first aid crisis!

Wait, have you seen me in a first aid crisis?

I showed my roommate some of the texts from last night, and she validated my instincts. It'll be interesting to see what kind of apologetic embarassed text I get this morning, but I'm standing strong. Going to go with "I just don't think this is going to work out. I've learned to trust my instincts. I wish you the best." Because I doubt telling him he needs therapy is going to be helpful, and it's also not my job.

I usually smile at those people and say, "That's nice. I'm going to become vampire witch queen of the universe. Should I put you on the minion list?"

Could not love Jilli more.

In a sick way, being a sociopath must be like being cool, if you have to tell someone you are, you're not. I think they are (mostly) just insensitive assholes looking for an upgrade, but tempting as that all sounds, I still wouldn't spend a lot of time with that guy.

And once again, erika gets it in one.

So either I'm not a sociopath, or I'm a lot better at it than he was.

Suh-NERK.

Steph, thanks for the explanation of why someone would say that. It makes perfect sense.

It's my best guess. I think there's also an element to it like erika said, where they have some misguided idea it's an upgrade to their assholishness. Like they think it makes them sound cool for some reason (watching too much Dexter, maybe?).

Yeah, that seems likely.

Wait, have you seen me in a first aid crisis?

You dealt with K's thing, right? Much better than I had done.

Sociopath and psychopath have both been consumed into Anti-Social Personality Disorder. I don't think psychopathy was ever really a psychiatric diagnosis, outside of crime dramas.

Well, thanks, my thinking is that they are trying to announce that they don't care if they hurt you, but also, it's okay, because it's not their fault.(My dad might actually be one...I found Dexter unsettling beyond the usual reasons people find it unsettling. Not that he's a killer, ew cooties, but I do sometimes get the feeling my dad spends a great deal of time trying to approximate human behavior like Dexter does.) Watching David Simon shows does make it hard to appreciate an unprincipled bloodbath like that. He's just so annoying. "Real cops would never leave that hatch open."

With winter coming on, we obviously need warm jammies.