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why does everyone want to be a psycopath?

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Easy: Think of how much easier it would be to live your life. Feelings get in the way of stuff. A lot. When that doesn't matter, the world is your oyster ripe for the taking.

That said. I seriously doubt many people actually want to be one.
 
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Easy: Think of how much easier it would be to live your life. Feelings get in the way of stuff. A lot. When that doesn't matter, the world is your oyster ripe for the taking.

That said. I seriously doubt many people actually want to be one.
This exactly. It's pretty easy to glorify having no restraints.

I imagine that it would also be appealing to the "I want to be different, unique, and interesting" crowd.
 

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I blame Ayn Rand… and Fox News.
 

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sometimes I think I'm one, because death doesn't bother me like it does others, but then I get emotional about something, and go nope, no I'm not.
 

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I don't want to be a psychopath, I want to be a high functioning sociopath!


Jeez, I need to stop watching Sherlock.
 

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Too many silly rules and at the same time too much freedom.
 

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The same reason many children want to be pirates; they sometimes crave excitement and feelings of empowerment and superiority that are otherwise unavailable to them without understanding (or choosing not to swell upon) the true costs involved. I think some people call it 'the glamour of evil', for most it never goes far beyond playing the Dark Brotherhood quest line in Skyrim or conquering the world in a Civilization game-a brief idle fantasy rather than a true desire.
 

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The same reason many children want to be pirates; they sometimes crave excitement and feelings of empowerment and superiority that are otherwise unavailable to them without understanding (or choosing not to swell upon) the true costs involved. I think some people call it 'the glamour of evil', for most it never goes far beyond playing the Dark Brotherhood quest line in Skyrim or conquering the world in a Civilization game-a brief idle fantasy rather than a true desire.
So no one, actually wants to be a psychopath?
 

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So no one, actually wants to be a psychopath?

Very very few in actuality-its probably unhealthy (and desensitizing) to dwell too long on such fantasies, but peer-pressure and in-group-out-group socializing based on a very non-psychopathic need for emotional connections is probably more likely to trigger psychopathic behavior in most people than a violent fantasy life..
 

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Very very few in actuality-its probably unhealthy (and desensitizing) to dwell too long on such fantasies, but peer-pressure and in-group-out-group socializing based on a very non-psychopathic need for emotional connections is probably more likely to trigger psychopathic behavior in most people than a violent fantasy life..

I agree emotions are icky sometimes, but they allow us to relate and I think for most people are a necessity. I like having emotions, well right now because at the moment all my emotions are extremely positive. which is awesome btw. I'll probably hate them when they become negative, because the thing is nothing stays the same.
 

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one person does not make it so, why do you know more? tell me I want to be their friend

Telling you would be a bad idea. Do cannabalistic humanoid underground dwellers attempt to eat each other or do you have some kind of agreement?
 

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I think it's all because how psychopaths were idealized in so many books, movies, or Tv series. They are usually portrayed as highly intelligent individuals who always get what they want. Who wouldn't like to be like that?
 
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