Just poppin' in to say Zarathustra.
I guess it's possible to believe there are those who find Z charming, but it stretches credulity somewhat.
Haight is a big softy.
You get me wrong; I believe you, specifically, do enjoy it and exist in a state of self-denial about it.
Wouldn't my "state of denial" make my "enjoyment" difficult to experience?
You're under no obligation to believe me,of course, but all I can tell you is that from childhood, I have registered the physical pain of others as my own. Watching anything brutal is brutalising to my psyche. For that reason, I tend to avoid horror and violence in entertainment, or even in reportage. I'm the kind of person who rescues spiders from bathtubs, ffs.
(I'm not sure what motive I could have for lying about that...)
Still, just because not everyone is a sadist, doesn't mean you ought to feel guilty about being one yourself.
I'd put you at a higher rate than the average population; probability is derived for your obvious interest in conflict. It is highly unlikely that you do not enjoy the general arousal that comes with conflict taken farther. Only as a point of conversation - I barely know you.
Interesting "point of conversation". I bet you're a hoot at dinner parties: "Your propensity to argue with me leaves me to believe you must be a criminal mastermind!".
Let's all be thankful you aren't an authority on psychology/criminology.
I have no idea why you think there is a link between an impersonal (or even aggressive) approach to debate and an enjoyment of the suffering of others. In my experience, the people who most enjoy vicarious violence (in entertainment, for example) are passive-aggressive, rather than directly confrontational. I have imagined this to be a sort of cathartic exercise for people who repress their anger.
Maybe because you look to OKCupid as an authority?
Certainly, the last thing you quoted supports my statement.
also this:
The disorders are binary in the sense that you either fit the criteria or you don't but there is a range of severity (up to a point) between individuals.