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Originally posted by Onboard2
Okay, why be attached to people? I'm still clueless as to why you have a wife? I guess there's more to you than you know.
Originally posted by ADUB77
I feel sorry for you.
To feel sympathy or empathy is an amazing thing. To be able to put yourself in someone else's shoes in order to understand there perspective is a very strong attribute.
You mentioned the word predator. That is a very ugly word and the fact you are associating yourself with that kind of word implies to me you want to control
This is not a place for a psychopath, the majority of members are here because they do care what is happening.
However, you can't help what you are...
Originally posted by Onboard2
Before I leave this site tonight, I'd like to say one more thing to you. You may think you are ahead of the game and very intelligent and sauve and look upon most human beings as weak, but in the end, you may find yourself in that same position. I do have an understanding of universal law and causality. I'm honestly trying not to judge you. You almost come across as if, you are gloating about about a misconception of being two rungs ahead of everyone else, but yet two steps behind!
Originally posted by TheSkinRipper
Yes that is right. It is the way it is. But to feel empathy and sympathy must make you feel sad. Why feel sad? there is no purpose to yourself or others. What do you gain? If you gain nothing but to feel amazing then it is only for your benefit.
You just said "To feel sympathy or empathy is an amazing thing" So you need it to be amazing for you to be ok with it? that is just as bad. At least I just admit I feel nothing. If you feel so amazing when feeling empathy or sympathy towards someones plight then is there not something wrong there?
Originally posted by Onboard2
You haven't learned yet, that when you hurt another, you hurt yourself.
Originally posted by TheSkinRipper
Originally posted by ADUB77
I feel sorry for you.
To feel sympathy or empathy is an amazing thing. To be able to put yourself in someone else's shoes in order to understand there perspective is a very strong attribute.
You mentioned the word predator. That is a very ugly word and the fact you are associating yourself with that kind of word implies to me you want to control
This is not a place for a psychopath, the majority of members are here because they do care what is happening.
However, you can't help what you are...
Yes that is right. It is the way it is. But to feel empathy and sympathy must make you feel sad. Why feel sad? there is no purpose to yourself or others. What do you gain? If you gain nothing but to feel amazing then it is only for your benefit.
You just said "To feel sympathy or empathy is an amazing thing" So you need it to be amazing for you to be ok with it? that is just as bad. At least I just admit I feel nothing. If you feel so amazing when feeling empathy or sympathy towards someones plight then is there not something wrong there?
Originally posted by The19Keys
I think you are the next level of the human species.
Ill tell you a story that explains why. My Wife's sister was involved in a car crash. It left her brain dead and basically a vegetable. this tore my wife to bits for 3 months she stayed at the hospital and never came home. She did not speak to me. I tried to be there for her but she would not let me in.
This created distress in me as I was helpless to help the woman I loved. After a period of time the Doctors said that we should turn off the life support machine. this angered and upset my wife to the point that she quit her job, left her friends and did not speak to me for another 2 months. All this stress and problem eventually ended my marriage to her about a year later.
She now has no friends, no job and is destroyed by the death of her sister to whom she was very close to.
If she and I were like you we would not of let this thing ruin our lives. We were only married for 6 years but still. Emotion and feeling are good things to enjoy at times but more often than not they are damaging to one's self and other.
Anger has fuelled many wars and hatred has angered many people. If we lost all those feelings we could be better off. to advance in our species I think the loss of emotion would be beneficial. I know people will disagree but I do not care. Emotional ties is what keeps people from fighting back against tyranny, standing up for ones rights. the fear of something happening to your loved ones stops us being bold and making the right choices. Our choices these days are governed by emotion and feeling.
I for one am glad to of met you now and hope to enjoy some frank conversation with you sometime.
Originally posted by ADUB77
Originally posted by TheSkinRipper
Originally posted by ADUB77
I thank you for your input. I had considered that people do things because they feel bad for me or feel like they want to help me. But again I use that to my benefit. Life is like Chess. We are all pawns to begin with but we can progress to bishops or knights and then even king some day.
I hope your friend is aware of the things you do for him. But I do warn you that if he is like me then he does not value your friendship the way you might value his. You are a source of usefulness to him. But relationships like that can work.
When I attend work functions like our Christmas party end of year thing, my wife accompanies me. She dresses up and does the wife like thing at the party by engaging the men of equal stature to me and impressing them with her youth and vibrant personality. She is most useful for my fulfillment. On the other hand I do attend her events and I make good conversation and charm her friends no end to make her look good. We do this as our duties to one another. It shows I am a good husband and that I do love her in my way even if the feeling is null and void.
You do not need to understand my mindset just know that there are people out there, many of them with the same disposition. I know when to laugh when some cracks a pathetic joke and I offer my own in reciprocation. I invite people to the house for BBQ's in the summer and I am well like in our community. being me is no different to you being you. We do what we need to to get by and succeed. Everyone tries to fit in. That is a common human trait.edit on 1-1-2011 by TheSkinRipper because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ADUB77
I am classifying this as you were told what to do as a child. You had a very controlling parent. I don't believe you had 2 controlling parents as then you would be a victim. I believe you witnessed one parent controlling another
Maybe you were the oldest child and therefore took on the role as controller