Spill Your Guts: What You Really Think About MB members

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 11-26-2014, 06:55 PM

i'm saying if you want to say i'm heartless cause i don't respond the way you respond to **** then i can turn it around and say you're weak cause you don't respond the way i respond. didn't say "everybody's weak compared to me" or whatever

ladyislingering · 11-26-2014, 06:56 PM

I've only seen a few stoics like you, JWB. Do you have problems with empathy, guilt, or humility?

(Because you might have the mind of a psychopath.)

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 11-26-2014, 06:58 PM

no i thought of that but i doubt it. i feel bad for things when they suffer really. it's just that i got used to the concept so it takes a bit more suffering to stir **** up in me. when i was a kid was really sensitive like you guys but basically grew out of it over time.

bulbasaur · 11-26-2014, 07:02 PM

hey john wilkes, press play on this in 5 minutes so i can pretend we're watching it together

ladyislingering · 11-26-2014, 07:04 PM

I don't think I'd prefer that. I was practically born with a bleeding heart but it's shown me enough beauty to cope with the bitterness of pain.

GuD · 11-26-2014, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

i'm saying if you want to say i'm heartless cause i don't respond the way you respond to **** then i can turn it around and say you're weak cause you don't respond the way i respond. didn't say "everybody's weak compared to me" or whatever

actually you kinda did

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

since people have no problem pointing out to me that my outlook on things makes me seem heartless i'll just go ahead and give you the other side of the coin. when you show serious emotions over what i consider petty **** it makes you look weak to me.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 11-26-2014, 07:13 PM

it is what it is, not like it's a choice i get to make or something. but i just wonder if you guys have taken a close look at the world around you. i mean nature is the most cut throat **** you can imagine. so it's like you must either not know how things are or really hate the world to be that empathetic to the suffering of every living thing.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 11-26-2014, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by WhateverDude

actually you kinda did

read what i said more closely man... i dunno why you think bolding "you look weak to me" is gonna translate to everyone is weak.

DwnWthVwls · 11-26-2014, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ladyislingering

(Because you might have the mind of a psychopath.)

I think I do actually, in some ways.

I relate a lot to JWB, but I've learned over the years to walk the line between honesty and consideration of other peoples feelings. People tell me stories about ****ed up things and I can rationally understand why they feel that way, but I don't appreciate or share their feelings.

I basically trained myself to become the way I am as a defense mechanism from being hurt. I can't say it's better or worse it's just who I've become. How I feel about things changes all the time with life experience.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 11-26-2014, 07:22 PM

i feel empathy though i just don't get it as easily as some of you i guess. i've never said i don't feel bad for people. people think i'm a psycho cause i don't care when a cat dies.

11-26-2014, 06:56 PM	#6112 (permalink)
ladyislingering Maelian Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Seattle Posts: 695	I've only seen a few stoics like you, JWB. Do you have problems with empathy, guilt, or humility? (Because you might have the mind of a psychopath.) __________________ You and I, We were born to die.

11-26-2014, 07:02 PM	#6114 (permalink)
bulbasaur ʕº̫͡ºʔ ʕº̫͡ºʔ ʕº̫͡ºʔ Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 790	hey john wilkes, press play on this in 5 minutes so i can pretend we're watching it together __________________ last.fm

11-26-2014, 07:04 PM	#6115 (permalink)
ladyislingering Maelian Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Seattle Posts: 695	I don't think I'd prefer that. I was practically born with a bleeding heart but it's shown me enough beauty to cope with the bitterness of pain. __________________ You and I, We were born to die.

11-26-2014, 06:55 PM	#6111 (permalink)
~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	i'm saying if you want to say i'm heartless cause i don't respond the way you respond to **** then i can turn it around and say you're weak cause you don't respond the way i respond. didn't say "everybody's weak compared to me" or whatever

11-26-2014, 06:58 PM	#6113 (permalink)
~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	no i thought of that but i doubt it. i feel bad for things when they suffer really. it's just that i got used to the concept so it takes a bit more suffering to stir **** up in me. when i was a kid was really sensitive like you guys but basically grew out of it over time.

11-26-2014, 07:13 PM	#6117 (permalink)
~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	it is what it is, not like it's a choice i get to make or something. but i just wonder if you guys have taken a close look at the world around you. i mean nature is the most cut throat **** you can imagine. so it's like you must either not know how things are or really hate the world to be that empathetic to the suffering of every living thing.

11-26-2014, 07:22 PM	#6120 (permalink)
~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	i feel empathy though i just don't get it as easily as some of you i guess. i've never said i don't feel bad for people. people think i'm a psycho cause i don't care when a cat dies.