Yeah, it's a look that says "I can't believe I have to spend the next several hours of my life figuring out how to get your idiot ass out of this predicament."

This is my most favourite moment ever of horse stupidity. He spent an entire night wedged between these trees before being discovered and eventually chainsawed to freedom.

Psychopaths don't usually see it as a horrible way to live. In fact, they genuinely see themselves as superior to the rest of the population, and are likely to use any feelings of sympathy as a means of manipulation.

It is definitely unsettling when you finally figure it out. It's like you're suddenly in some kind of emotional uncanny valley; they're able to mimic human feelings and reactions very closely, but somehow it's just not quite right. They've put a great deal of time and effort into seeming normal and even likeable, but…

You're right, and I'm not trying to provide an armchair diagnosis here. Just trying to make the point that it's in our nature as caring human beings to look for empathy and humanity where sometimes there is none. It helps us make sense out of completely senseless acts. But I also think that it's important to…

Yeah, I hear you. I also had an unfortunate experience with someone who I'm now convinced is somewhere on the anti-social personality disorder spectrum, probably a narcissist. I was doing mental gymnastics trying to figure out what her motivations were; I assumed that she was just somewhat self-absorbed and immature,…

The problem with psychopaths/sociopaths is that they're very, very good at making themselves seem like normal people, and can even be quite charming. Most of the human race has at least some level empathy, and we tend to project this onto psychopaths because it's almost impossible for us to comprehend that someone…