"Do I look like I'm joking?"
Posted on 07/22/2012 11:35:51 AM PDT by ColdOne
BYERS, Colo. – Less than a month before carrying out the midnight movie massacre that left 12 dead, suspected shooter James Holmes applied for membership at a private gun range, unnerving the club’s owner whose calls to Holmes’ apartment reached a “creepy, weird” Batman-inspired voicemail message.
“His answering machine message was incoherent, just bizarre, really bizarre -- slurring words, but he didn’t sound drunk, just strange -- I could make out “James” somewhere in it,” Glenn Rotkovich, of the Lead Valley Range, in Byers, Colo., told
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I was on the day that Laz got “ransomed”.
I guess he was banned for some reason,
and someone offered to donate a large amount in a FReepathon to bail him out.
But as long as you feel good about yourself, I am happy to have helped.
Oh, yes; thanks. . .good reminder of bad ‘things past’!
An article said that he got a government grant to pursue his PHD and a few moviegoers in his spare time. From this I would say that we paid for his firearms and ammo. The really sad thing is that the only man who could see that this guy wasn’t right turned out to not be law enforcement, mental health professionals, college professors, or counselors, but the guy that he applied for a membership to a shooting range. In other words, a normal citizen used common sense. Kind of unusual in this world, but I was taught that it was important to have in the grand scheme of things.
Or, do you mean cheer-leaders?
It’s better than “Toodles!”
People who are not very sincere.
Remember that oldie but goodie red flag?
Also helpful when you’re scribbling a lot of notes longhand, like making an inventory.
Nothing like getting back to your desk after a day in the field, pulling out your notes (usually scribbled on a legal pad), and repeatedly asking yourself “Is that a seven, a two, a Z...??????”
Not always. An ex girlfriend of mine had BPD. She not only believed it, she was proud of it. And... it worked to get her what she wanted. She could do anything and blame the 'disease'.
involve a lengthy history of stormy interpersonal conflicts and contacts with social agencies and/or law enforcement with impulsive acts
AND...she was proud of those impulsive acts, as well.
and he turned him down based upon a taped phone call,...without being able to see the orange hair,..like his professors were able to witness....in the Psych Neuroscience department?????
"Do I look like I'm joking?"
James Holmes |
Jared Loughner |
Arthur Bremer |
Agree with what you say. Not at all unusual for patients with personality disorders to take pride in the condition, and as you say, skip personal responsibility and blame the disorder. But some, like narcissists, don’t do this and would never view themselves or their behavior as being flawed in any way.
"If I had a son, he'd look just like James Holmes."
A short time on the Houston 610loop will give you the same conclusion.
Especially if you are a spotter for an artillery assault.
Ooooo, I’d say that your ex had a narcissistic subset!
What a joy she must have been to be around.
It's a generational thing related to the Internet. I remember the first time I saw somebody sign off a bulletin board with that it struck me as strange. Now it's quite familiar and I've even done it myself.
When we first started sending all the messages, it wasn't clear just how we were supposed to do it. Do we start with "Dear" or Hi" or just a name or nothing? Do we close with "Sincerely" (which sounded wrong even in letters) or something else or nothing? "Cheers" or "Best Wishes" or "Regards" were possibilities people came up with on the fly.
Now if it had been "Huzzah and Kudos!" we'd know there was something wrong. (Does that mean we have to keep an eye on Jon Stewart now?)
Yeah, but only about half the time.
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