Prejudice in science fiction
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Originally posted by Nirvanah Rimmer:
Okay, DalekTek790, I REALLY think you are WAY to into Sci/Fi on an obsessive level. You seem to be taking the various aspects of other popular sci/fi caracters and using them for your own personality. Since I’ve been reading your posts, I’ve seen a little Doctor, Marvin the Android, some Kai, and a little bit of the Master, even . You are NOT a caracter in a sci/fi story, Lee, and if you just be who you are and STOP thinking you have to act like a T.V. caracter to be interesting, then maybe we could all get along better.It’s all well and good that you’re a virgin, I respect that and I’m willing to try to understand why you think you can’t have sexual thoughts, but ,REALLY ,the intellectual superiority thing grows old and tired, especially since you say things that are full of condisention (sp?) and then deny them like you didn’t “MEAN” to say that.Plus, you really need to get laid (even if you wait for marrage)
I am not obsessed with science fiction. I know a lot of people who are more into sci-fi than I have ever been. I don’t use characters in my personality. I am being myself, I’m acting the same as I do in my daily life. I can’t think of ever being like the Doctor, or the Master…and Marvin the Android? I don’t even know who that is (was he in the Douglas Adams books?). If I seem like Kai to you that’s just because the character of Kai has similar personality traits to me as a person. And I’m not the only person to use a sci-fi character in my moniker. We have a Trillian, an Aeryn, a Xev, and you’re Rimmer. It’s not like I try to act like 790. Are you talking about me saying I was attracted to those girls on [i]Doctor Who[/i]? Yeah, I’m a little ashamed of that.
I never said I was the smartest person on this board. If anybody else said the things you people interpret as arrogant you wouldn’t give it a second thought. But you have it in your heads that I’m arrogant, so if I say anything that could possibly be construed as suggestive of arrogance you jump all over me.
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Originally posted by Mayaxiong:
Poor DT, I see you’re getting ‘ganged up’ on again. Partially in your defense I will say a couple of nice things about you..You appear to be a highly intelligent young man, however, in a face-to-face setting with many of these people, I doubt you would respond to some of them the way you do. The internet is a great equalizer, it makes all the users corresponding to each other act as if they are reflected in mirrors. Even though you are by all means, a knowledgeable person, in a social setting, I’m convinced these older (yes older) inhabitants of this board would most likely intimidate you, and remarks like “that bitch” would likely never emanate from your lips.
As for Aleck having “power” over us to make us think a certain way, that’s highly improbable, since most of the remarks that come from Aleck are usually responses to something inappropriate that you’ve said. Perhaps you’re not aware of how you’re portraying yourself, and even though you’re working very hard at school and such, a little fun certainly wouldn’t kill you. We can all make up our minds here as to whom is obnoxious or rude, Aleck doesn’t hold any special “power” over anyone to cause them to run to his defense, he’s a big boy and can take care of himself. I find alot of the discussions between the two of you highly entertaining, and sometimes even informative.
But the fact that you live in such total denial about your emotional state should not be a topic for ridicule. If you are on medication or have depression, it deeply affects the libido, in spite of what you may think.
Perhaps a review of topics before you post them for offensive matter would be good idea, and if you’re unsure if something is offensive, err on the side of caution, or ask someone else’s opinion first. Remarks like “my wisdom” are highly inappropriate, since wisdom comes with experience, not knowledge. Being intelligent is wonderful, but being wise is when you know when to stop telling everyone how intelligent you are.
I certainly wish you luck at school, study hard, and perhaps a little less time on the computer would be a good idea, all work and no play, you know…
What are you, my psychiatrist?
Like I said, I don’t suffer from clinical depression. Sometimes I’ll get real down about things and sort of withdraw from life for a few weeks (like the time I was gone from here for a while early this summer) but that’s not really abnormal. I do have obsessive-compulsive disorder, and am currently taking 150 milligrams of imipramine a day for that.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is characterized by the motivation to perform repetitive ritualistic behavior. The causes (chemical/biological in nature, and genetically linked) are an overabundance of serotonin, the dysfunction of the putamen and caudate nucleus, and a general overactivity of the frontal lobe. My major obsessive-compulsive behaviors are touching, hand-washing, and checking. Also, this book on O.C.D. I just read by Jeffrey M. Schwartz says sociophobia is a common symptom. I sort of have that, since I’m awkward in social situations, I’m not good at making friends, and I have the persistent fear that the friends I do have secretly hate me. I’m pretty shy in real life. I don’t talk much (though my second to last medication switch helped that, to the point I could even join the speech & debate team). I’m really more comfortable writing than speaking. I can express myself a lot better that way because there isn’t the stress. Maybe that’s why I like message boards, it’s conversation through writing. I may “talk” on the board different than I do in real life.
Anyway, aside from a mild mental disorder, I’m a pretty normal guy.