• DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.ee
    hexagon
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    1 year ago

    X to doubt on your claim there, but why does that matter? The N word and the R word existed before they were slurs too. Are you going to apply the same logic there or do you have a unique hatred for pwNPD?

    • Harrison [He/Him]@ttrpg.network
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      1 year ago

      You doubt that a word meaning "like Narcissus" was used to describe behaviour similar to the popular thousands of years old mythological figure, before modern psychological science used it to describe a personality disorder?

      • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.ee
        hexagon
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        1 year ago

        Yes. I'm also going to doubt that anybody in this thread was speaking Greek when they used the word narcissist, given that all these comments are in english.

        • Harrison [He/Him]@ttrpg.network
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          1 year ago

          English mugs other languages and their associated grammatical rules all the time, especially Greek and Latin, and especially especially words related to mythological figures, like Herculean, Titanic or indeed, Narcissistic.

          • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.ee
            hexagon
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            1 year ago

            English isn't a person, it's a language. The root word narcissism was pulled into english by people. Those people were late 19th century psychologists.

              • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.ee
                hexagon
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                1 year ago

                It was put into general use by a book which claimed comtemporary america was normalising NPD, and later by self help books selling the old Hitler special - all your problems are caused by a vulnerable minority and please give me money

                • magicker catto@lemm.ee
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                  1 year ago

                  Just fyi, your posts in this thread are getting passed around on chan sites and are getting dozens of (You)s, I didn't start it. Don't try to delete they were using archive links and screenshots.

                  It's absolutely deserved. You're talking about a term for an aggressive personality that is sometimes related to a DSM classification that's a lot closer to psychopathy than, say, autism or schizophrenia when it comes to carrying a stigma, having symptoms which interfere with life & socializing.

                  • silent_water [she/her]
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                    1 year ago

                    really showing self-awareness when you say

                    when it comes to carrying a stigma, having symptoms which interfere with life & socializing

                    while gloating about the harassment this user is going to receive from 4chan. classy.