M.E. Thomas: Yeah it's basically, butthurt. Yeah, they sometimes use it to mean the person who is getting worked up about something, they, they have had their feelings hurt about something else. So in an, in a forum let's say somebody insults the guy, then he, he has his feelings hurt, and because he has his feelings hurt, his reaction is to start trolling the other person.
So I think trolling is not necessarily a sociopathic behavior. Sometimes it's because the exact opposite. Somebody had, you know, their feelings hurt, and that seems like a, a very empathic thing to do. It's, it's very childish. It's childish either way, but its childish behavior that either a sociopath or a normal person might engage in, given the right circumstances. And particularly if they felt like, you know, I don't know what it is about internet culture, that we think that our reputation is, is worth so much. I guess it's because on the internet, the only thing that you're known for is what people think about you in that particular forum. Or that particular comment section, or like you, your particular website.
So you're reputation in a lot of ways is basically everything, but it's very artificial because the internet is not the real world. You know, people don't know you in the real world solely based on your internet reputation. But people respond very, strongly to it. It almost reminds me of the, how we used to have duels, right? I'm defending my honor, you have offended my reputation, and so I'm going to defend my honor by challenging you to a duel and we're going to kill each other.
So I don't think that the internet, trolls and the, the butt hurt, and the feelings hurt, and the, the super concern about how many Twitter followers you have, or what your reputation is on the internet. I don't think it's so far distant from our not long ago ancestors, and their concern about reputation to the point of killing people.
Rob Kall: Very interesting. Okay, now we're, we're almost at the end. And I, I call my radio show Bottom Up Radio cause I believe we're in a transition from top down to a bottom up world. Top down tends to be, involve centralization, hierarchy, control and domination. Bottom up tends to be more, decentralization, non hierarchical, more interdependent. Are there any aspects of those things that you think are applicable in talking about sociopathy and psychopathy?
M.E. Thomas: Huh. That's interesting, I, I haven't really thought about it that often. And I'm not very familiar with the, the concept, but I would say the, the top down, have you heard of the Gervais Principle? Of, probably not, it's very"
Rob Kall: How do you spell that?
M.E. Thomas: Gervais, like Ricky Gervais. G-E-R-V-A-I-S.
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