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How do you convince someone you're not a violent sociopath?

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There won't be a way to convince him. It sounds to me like there is just a difference in interests and opinions between the two of you. Which I assume is caused by a large age gap.

The only way he will ever accept your lifestyle is through time. Wait 5 to 10 years and he will see you are a decent human being that works for a living, and that you haven't gone postal and massacred a shopping mall. Only then might he be willing to change his views and realize you are a normal person, but just with different interests than him.

Also:


schneiderguy said:
I don't even like killing spiders, I take them outside instead of squishing them.
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I don't kill spiders either. I love spiders and I think they are the best insect ever! I usually won't even take them outside when I find them in the house, because I like to think they will eat the flies, mosquitos, and any other pest that enters the house. I even go so far as to prevent my wife and kids from harming a spider if I can.
 
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mcurphy said:
I don't kill spiders either. I love spiders and I think they are the best insect ever! I usually won't even take them outside when I find them in the house, because I like to think they will eat the flies, mosquitos, and any other pest that enters the house. I even go so far as to prevent my wife and kids from harming a spider if I can.
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Spiders are not insects, they are arachnids.
 
DominionSeraph said:
Not insects.
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HAL9000 said:
Spiders are not insects, they are arachnids.
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Yes, this I know. And I should have known this would be the first thing pointed out in my post here on ATOT.
But I referred to them as insects because to me they are not all that different from all the other creepy crawlies that infest a household. If I said spiders are the best arachnid...it wouldn't really make much sense since it excludes almost every other pest besides maybe ticks or scorpions.

Maybe bugs would have been a better word to use, but I think that would still be incorrect....shit, I should have just said pest or creepy crawly. :hmm:
 
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schneiderguy said:
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I don't know if the OP is a sociopath or not, but he has better handwriting than I do.
 
Well, if you happen to BE a violent sociopath and find yourself in the position of needing to convince others that you're not, then logically you would want to not get caught being violent, and pretend to have a conscience.
 
why ask in here anyways...no one in here is a professional.

go to yahoo ask, it's more helpful.
 
schneiderguy said:
I like guns and knives. I have 4 guns (one of which is a scary black AK74) and a collection of 15 or so pocket knives/fixed blades/bayonets. I also play violent video games and listen to death metal.
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Can't say I blame him. That list of "hobbies" is a cocktail for a whackjob if I ever read one.
 
schneiderguy said:
My stepdad thinks I'm crazy and need counseling :hmm::hmm:

Background:

Me:

I like guns and knives. I have 4 guns (one of which is a scary black AK74) and a collection of 15 or so pocket knives/fixed blades/bayonets. I also play violent video games and listen to death metal.

I'm perfectly normal. I don't even like killing spiders, I take them outside instead of squishing them.

Stepdad:

Librul. Self described pacifist. Grew up in Berkley. Votes (D) 100% of the time everytime. Union leader at a public school.

He's basically like HAL9000. Cept I have to live with him :colbert:


Problem:

I got home tonight and started flicking my pocket knife back and forth. My stepdad gets all pissy at me because "I'm making too much noise" even though he's blabbing on the phone 90% of the time he's home (he's the one making too much noise).

So I started to play GTA4 with my speakers on. I was driving around murdering prostitutes and listening to the WKTT station (conservative parody station, libruls don't understand it's a parody though), and he comes into my room and freaks out and tells my mom I need counselling. :awe::awe:

tl;dr:
My stepdad thinks I'm going to kill someone
I'm not
wat do

edit: inb4 "move out". I'm moving out in 2 months.
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You probably ARE a violent psychopath. No violent psychopath is going to be a self-admitted one.
 
Start mumbling about "the plan" whenever you're around him. Once he knows you have plans in life he'll start thinking your an upstanding citizen. If he ever directly asks you what "the plan" is just start giggling.
 
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