Tolstoy wrote of this phenomenon — quite beautifully, I might add — in Anna Karenina.

Wait ..... are you my doppelgänger???

Question: Does anyone here own Google Glass?

There might not be a link, per se, but people on the autism spectrum lack empathy, as do people with sociopathy (and Cluster B personality disorders.)

Thank you for this!

Googled it. :-(

That sounds like an excellent recipe for hemorrhoids.

Factitious disorders in general, and (what's now called) Munchhausen by internet specifically, both fascinate and depress me. Reading about them makes me sad.

The thing about basic human rights is that all humans get them.

Fine; capital punishment is morally reprehensible no matter what you feel.

I know what you mean.

Arizona is the Florida of the west.

I would argue that "fame whores" might actually be suffering from a form of factitious disorder. To go to these extremes for attention seems a bit pathological.

You forgot Mike Tyson ...

Assuming this isn't hypothetical, you just contradicted yourself.

Caitlin is adorable. :-)

I have also never known an abusive man who did not, at one time or another, say that his mate was "crazy."

Thank you! This is perfect!! Reading immediately.

RE: First paragraph: I am always cautious when a person describes their ex as "psycho." It's a red flag to me.

I am 30, and I still refer to women my age or younger as "girls." It bothers me on one level, but on another, I've accepted it.