• redbrick@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    My IQ is not at this level…someone explain what is this about? I think I interpret this to say… Stay away from selfish assholes, because no one around them are nice anyways?

    • y0kai [he/him]@anarchist.nexus
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      13 days ago

      removing a selfish asshole from your life will cause that selfish asshole to talk shit about you to other people, at least until those other people also decide to remove the selfish asshole from their lives.

      • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        13 days ago

        totally worth it. no downside to cutting them out as soon as you realize who they are. other people will get over it when they realize too.

    • kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      13 days ago

      The narcissist that the storyteller is cutting ties with will go on to make new “friends” and tell them about how “horrible” the storyteller was

  • LumpyPancakes@piefed.social
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    13 days ago

    It wasn’t until recently that I met one, and sort of have to work with him.

    Those who were friends of him soon became enemies.

    He acquired one or two new ones.

    It takes time for people to realise how the narcissistic mind works.

    If you’ve never encountered one, you might not recognize it at first. Watch for the instant aggressive mood swings that seem to come out of nowhere.

    YouTube has great teachings.

    It’s strange because they’re still human, but they don’t think like most humans.

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    13 days ago

    Seems to me you should go find the person/people the narcissist portrayed as villains when you first met. You may not become best friends, but it seems only fair to learn a little about who they really are.

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    13 days ago

    They boo at first

    And then they thirst

    For the interesting villain

    …btw; did you know that they tried to remake Firefly without Nathan Fillion?

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    12 days ago

    I love this because it’s relatable.

    I hate this because therapy speak is a growing problem online…

  • Impractical_Island@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    I take full responsibility for assaulting my life partner, but therein, I am not the cause. I am schizoaffective n autistic and I have meltdowns that my narcissistic life partner goads out of me by manipulating and lying me out of compassion, and I say that knowing narcissists attract each other, especially those of us who work with the CIA. It’s complicated, but he’s healing me as the only way to rise out of my anger is to be given chances to resist it. He is a skilled Buddhist, obviously. I just dabble in the occult.