He said is was "hypothetical" and it's meant to be a joke. I'm sure the guy doesn't really react that way at all. He's just using hyperbole and sarcasm.
Am I the only one to perceive it this way? It seems the INTJ's in this thread are taking it overly seriously.
Well I didn't think that he was doing anything more than fantasizing about the violence.
However,
"Your mind quickly switches to this pretty blond named Amy, and how enticing it would be to strangle her-- to hear her scream! To watch her short, meek, slender body writhe in pain! You mentally tag her for later thoughts,"
seems pretty specific for it to be hyperbole and sarcasm. Although there were parts of the piece that seemed to be these things, this passage did not strike me as such. Actually, that passage strikes me as a bit sitting-in-the-bushes-outside-the-head-cheerleader's-room-masturbating-with-one's-own-feces-while-fantasizing-about-torturing-her-because-she-won't-talk-to-you.
Also, if the writer doesn't react that way, that's fine. But I'm not talking and don't care about the writer. I'm talking about the guy in the story and I think he's immature and probably has some mental disorders. I say immature I guess, because in my experience younger people have a more volatile reaction to life stupidity and bullshit. I used to be pretty misanthropic and violent when I was in my early 20's as well.
Ok, it's a story about a young guy with mental disorders. That's fine. Those stories are valid and entertaining too. All I'm saying is that I don't act or think that way.
I used to work with this woman who would see me sitting in the corner with a newspaper, sipping coffee with a look of concentration on my face, yet still come over and start babbling, then looking dejected when I deflected her efforts at initiating conversation. What, between the coffee, the newspaper, and the distant look on my face, could possibly give this person the idea that I wanted to talk?
Some people can't wrap their brains around the concept that some people don't want to talk. Or share personal details about themselves with strangers. I have a tattoo in Gaelic on my arm. People ask me what it means all the time. That's fine. They're curious. I'm not thrilled about it, but I knew it was going to happen when I got the tattoo.
What it means is "All that you love will be taken away." To me, this serves as a reminder to appreciate the things I have in life because inevitably they will one day be gone. When I tell people what the tattoo means they look at me like I'm a leper and say, "Wow, that's depressing." I guess if you look at it a certain way it can be. That's not how I look at it though. And who the fuck are you to critique my tattoo anyway? Did I ask your opinion? You don't have to like it, it's my tattoo and I won't make you get one just like it. Would you critique the haircut of a stranger in the same way? No, that would be rude! Just like what you're doing now is rude and if you had more brains than god gave a gnat you might see that!
So I stopped telling people what it meant. They'd ask and I'd say, "Actually, it's kind of personal" and smile at them in a friendly way. They always get offended by that. The guy at the convenience store or at the Blockbuster gets offended because I don't want to tell him what my tattoo means.
So I've started telling people it means "Jesus Christ is my lord and savior." One day I'll get someone for whom Jesus Christ is actually their lord and savior and then I'll really be fucked... but it hasn't happened yet. Now they just smile uncomfortably and go away.
