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.

Odd that I'm such an anxious person, and yet pretty good in a first aid crisis.

Not so much, really. My anxiety hits the hardest when I don't have something to do, when I'm feeling like a burden or a drag on society. If I have a project or a goal to focus on, I am much more likely to be able to invite Mara in for tea, rather than let him remind me of my myriad failings.

(This does not include the absolutely mind-boggling anxiety/stage fright I feel in front of some auditions, because that's a different source.)

I think it's a good call, smonster. Texts from last night is only a funny site because I don't actually have to spend a lot of time with those people. (And also, because I'm assuming they're mostly college students who'll get over the "funny drunk" texting in a couple of years.)

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

Oh right, that. Hey, you dealt with my health crisis pretty similarly. "I am coming over and I am taking you to the ER right now and I am not leaving you there."

Not so much, really. My anxiety hits the hardest when I don't have something to do, when I'm feeling like a burden or a drag on society. If I have a project or a goal to focus on, I am much more likely to be able to invite Mara in for tea, rather than let him remind me of my myriad failings.

Hi, twin. True that.

Apropos of nothing whatsoever, it struck me that a steampunk cruise might be of interest.