The whole psychopath aspect and how it is being thought of by some is quite wrong. Like depression and ADHD a diagnosis of sociopathy is simply a description of a person with characteristics can be pathological to social interaction. Who is defining that? How is it defined? What do the different people involved in maintaining the existence of a definition each contribute to this and how much of it is bullshit?

That's pretty much it since I am using the same "public level" definition here similar to how Autism gets used which I don't like but can't really do much about without ending up doing more social harm than good myself. The professionals can say what they want, when the public gets their hands on a term they make it into whatever tool they need and sociopath is just as abused as the rest. What does it mean to be pathological to social interaction?

Is it pathological to disagree with the course of action of 99% of those around you? Or does it depend on how you disagree? I for example refuse to vote for any Democrat that does not publicly condemn, disavow and actively work against positions of the Obama administration. I am sure there are some Democrats that would consider such a thing to be sociopath. I could even put icing on that cake by telling them to google "Oppositional Defiant Disorder" and Tourettes.

Sociopathy is a cluster of things that we are trying to trying to explain and it like many other things is a complete neutral in terms of morals. It just is. It can also be a little bit like having a super power. What matters is what you do with it. One thing I have learned about Tourette Syndrome is that when you are disconnected from realm of social information you can have the capacity to act like a scientific control.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_control
"A scientific control is an experiment or observation designed to minimize the effects of variables other…

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Let us define "immortality" for the purposes of this thread: you'd age, still feel pain, but you could off yourself whenever you wanted.

When would you kill yourself, if ever?

He's living in another state, but I talk to him regularly on the IRC.

He committed himself to a psychiatric ward yesterday, probably because he was afraid he'd do it again.

He said I was one of the reasons that he didn't kill himself, which made me feel kinda good for a while (He cares about me!) until I remembered that I didn't chat with him at all the day he attempted suicide. Then I felt guilty.

I don't know when he's gonna get out of the psych ward, or if he'll still be able to get the job he was looking for. I'm freaking out all over the place, guys. I don't even know what I hope to accomplish with this thread--but I might as well tell somebody, so why not the Internet?

Here's a question for all the good little /chat/ters out there:

What is the pony community's relationship to the LGBT community?

I understand that, at least in my experience, a lot of people have "found themselves" and wouldn't have, otherwise, if not for the community, even if it is circuitous the way it happened, and there even seems to almost be a bandwagon of people realizing they're transgender, up to and including the musician Notacleverpony. But have what do the two really think of each other? How open and accepting do you posters think the community is, as a whole? Also, this is what you /think/ so the answer "I don't know" is unacceptable; I'd like you to show me someone who does know for sure.

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1st March, 2015, 0200 GMT

As first days on the job go, this was hectic, but pleasant.
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You know, for the gays

See this in store. What do?

HORSE

This is totally real.

So my friend has a rule. If he's thinking about becoming serious with a girl he shows her "the Golden Child" starring Eddie Murphy. If she doesn't laugh at it, then he dumps her.

I think shared tastes and/or shared sense of humor is important. We should all pick something we enjoy for ourselves, should we become serious with girls. It doesn't have to be a movie either. Perhaps a movie, book, or video game. Just anything you enjoy.

Best ways to get over a break up?

I think I'm finally going to break up with my girlfriend tomorrow.

Today is my birthday. For the past week we've been hyping it up, and all she does is send me a text saying 'happy birthday'. She says she didn't have money to send me anything, which is understandable, but she has tons of things she could have sent me without spending a dime.

But here, let me give a little back story about my relationship. I guarantee anyone reading this hasn't been through something like this.

(TL;DR below, feel free to ignore it and just tell me the best way to get over a break up. Below is just my "unique" situation.)
I've been in an online relationship with my girlfriend for 8 months now. I've never heard her voice. She has a "speech impediment" so it's fair that she's embarrassed or shy about it. She can communicate fine, she gets phone calls all the time from other guys and girls that go to her school, but she doesn't want me to hear her. She rarely sends me pictures, just for special moments. She only told me her first name, because if I found out her last name, I could find her real life facebook. She never gave me her real life facebook.

I've given her mine, she's heard me talk on skype, I've done soooooo much for this girl. I've been endlessly devoted to her. I know she suffers from depression a lot, and she has aspergers, but I made a promise that I wouldn't give up. I've comforted her on some of her worst nights, we've shared a lot of tears together. I would never, ever, do anything to hurt this girl. Nothing in my life has been so important to me than she has.…

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My dad says he's taking away any connection I have with you guys... so...
goodbye