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_refugee_  ·  3719 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Unfollow guilt

Hahaha, I can take it back :)





b_b  ·  3719 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No you can't. You'll feel super bad about yourself for hurting my feelings. It's not possible to put the toothpaste back in the tube.

_refugee_  ·  3719 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not that I'm a psychopath or anything (I keep feeling the need to reassure Hubski of this) - I was writing up a reply to lil about her unfollow guilt tangent, which I liked - but I rarely feel guilt about things. It is true I do sometimes; I've found when I do I immediately act to get rid of it.

Also, I don't know. I'm a person of few rules. What rules I have are simple, sometimes unexpected, and I follow rigidly, but outside of them, much is flexible and undefined. See how it goes! See how it makes you feel! If you don't like it, don't do it again. That's more my take on things.

Edit: In other words, nyah nyah nyah b_b, if I don't unfollow you, it won't be for your precious feels.

humanodon  ·  3719 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Not that I'm a psychopath or anything (I keep feeling the need to reassure Hubski of this)

This reminds me of something I used to hear from a girl I used to hang out with, who would sometimes say, "I'm the most normal person I know," which struck me as a particularly abnormal thing to say.

Also, is it psychopaths who don't feel guilt, or is it sociopaths?

_refugee_  ·  3719 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My reading actually tells me "psychopath" is not the preferred nomenclature and the term is, if I recall correctly, "dissociative affective disorder," but I was using the word for recognition more than correctness. I don't think hubski actually thinks I am psycho- or socio-pathic - one reason I feel comfortable continually reassuring you all I'm not. I may use the reassurance as much for myself as the community at large.