a sensationalist hack psychologist in the 80s used the term sociopath to justify the death penalty in cases where insanity would provide a stay of execution

the term is much older than the 80s, and has been used in more legitimate contexts. but robert hare is the guy who invented the "sociopath checklist," which was a huge hit in a courtroom setting, and subsequently in a lot of yellow journalism and IDTV "documentaries."

**orthogonal to alive** · Nov 26, 2019, 16:58

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**xryxix** @mercurythedragon@eldritch.cafe · Nov 26, 2019, 16:58

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everyone really needs to stop calling folks narcissists/sociopaths when the people they're referring to aren't diagnosed and are really just known abusers.

abuse is not inherent with cluster b personality disorders.

**orthogonal to alive** · Nov 02, 2019, 00:23

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**Mads "Out of Service" Viande** @byttyrs@radical.town · Nov 02, 2019, 00:23

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"This is where the magic happens," I say, letting my date into the bedroom where I have an immense Snorlax pillow plush instead of a mattress

**orthogonal to alive** · Nov 26, 2019, 17:19

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**melissa is on monads** @melissasage@radical.town · Nov 26, 2019, 17:19

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watching less TV and/or movies in a year than the average American does in a week + faceblindness == lmao who tf if this at many Incredibly Famous people

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 26, 2019, 15:37

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 26, 2019, 15:37

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It will never stop being funny that Cats the musical is based on poetry by TS Eliot

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 26, 2019, 09:41

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 26, 2019, 09:41

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Bulbapedia'll be like, "The name Seel comes from the fact that it lives by the sea. It resembles a Eurasian musk otter. It might also be based on cows."

**orthogonal to alive** · Nov 26, 2019, 06:30

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**alcinnz** @alcinnz@floss.social · Nov 26, 2019, 06:30

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"This document was witten in 1987 and reflects the state of the art and my thinking at that time. Definitely a pre-Web report! I am making it available again to allow you to reflect on the extent to which the issues facing the WWW are similar to or different from the issues discussed in 1987."

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/trip-report-hypertext-87/

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 25, 2019, 22:12

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 25, 2019, 22:12

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Internally screaming as I try to come up with short synonyms to reduce the length of these titles

**orthogonal to alive** · Nov 25, 2019, 18:30

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**Harp** @wigglytuffitout@elekk.xyz · Nov 25, 2019, 18:30

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"rescue dogs and dad bods" calendar is... surprisingly delightful https://www.boredpanda.com/dad-bods-rescue-dogs-2020-calendar/?utm_source=bp_animals&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=BPFacebook&fbclid=IwAR0hkiZv67qVeuU4qps79-xxL3G1IxLAGYkmQkXnLeAw2F2eV1VQzcR2NwM

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 25, 2019, 18:23

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 25, 2019, 18:23

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Sidescrollers are reactionary because you move from left to right

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 25, 2019, 16:56

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 25, 2019, 16:56

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Idk it's just such a peculiar worldview, it's like a crystallization of thinking about things purely in terms of whether they are legal, and/or make money and/or spread a particular message. And it's applied so broadly that a Kick me sign taped to someone's back is equivalent to an abstract mural

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 25, 2019, 16:39

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 25, 2019, 16:39

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Wikipedia has a category called "Graffiti and unauthorized signage", which strikes me as very funny, because it presents a POV that 1. the most salient feature of street art is that it is not authorized and 2. it all amounts to signage, like an awning on a deli

It just seems very...stick up the ass...about it.

If you draw bubble letters in a notepad, it's art, but if you take that image and paint it on a brick wall it becomes (harumpf) an unauthorized sign.

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 25, 2019, 15:29

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Nov 25, 2019, 15:29

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Sometimes I think about how "Roadrunner" by the Modern Lovers is just the "Sister Ray" riff gone pop. The song exists because Jonathan Richman, a teen from Boston, decided he was going to visit NYC and hang out with the Velvet Underground. And somehow he did?