So, yes, I can see how we shouldn't jump to conclusions by way of some kind of Genetic Fallacy, but at the same time, there are various sociological and psychological considerations that will play into different kinds of utter emotional despondency.
I think it's pretty clear that you and Pascal are wrong that not caring about the things you've been talking about means a person suffers from "utter emotional despondency". There are a lot of reasons folks don't care about that stuff.
Ok. Pascal, despite his limitations, has some relevance for me and it is by this which, with forewarning, I will proceed forward into the future, for better or worse, or until someone hits him out of the park and shows me that "all that kind of thing" that he talks about is utter rubbish.
I read that 194 you kept telling me to, and I counted a No True Scotsman, Argument From Incredulity, and a rather lengthy Strawman. It's a really poor argument, but you can understand my reluctance to put the effort into writing a bunch of detail about it with you, I hope.
If I were you, I wouldn't own up to any labeling of sociopathy unless you've had more than one psychological professional actually confirm and classify you as such. As for myself, I do take offense at being called a sociopath, especially if I think I'm doing the Lord's Will as best I can and by my best "lights"......................some of which I already know in advance won't jive with various other people in the world around me.
Then you should understand how silly it is for you to be throwing the term about as an Apologetic tool. If you don't think
I should use it on myself, even though I have a degree in clinical psychology (just Associate's, yeah, yeah), and I know myself better than anyone else, you really shouldn't be using it for other folks. You probably noticed my comment later in the post was directed at you. I wasn't making any real attempt at an "expert opinion", it was simply illustrative of how easy it is to cast that net.
...oh ok. It's a very good thing you explained this to me, otherwise I would have thought he was referring to how the dash, as a hyphen, could then be seen as an unfortuitous metaphor for "being dashed" in life BY other people. Man, I see that hermeneutics (and some educated commentary) is important here, even in the funny business.
So, I guess I'll see if I can find some Hedberg material on Y.T. and give him a listen.
You'll like Mitch a lot. And his jokes are great, but it's best when you
hear them as opposed to
reading them. Even when I tell them in real life I have to use Mitch's inflection because his delivery is so endearing.
I mentioned Anthony Jeselnik earlier;
don't look him up. I know you're no prude and all, but the odds of you stumbling on some of the few jokes that you're not going to just
hate is pretty slim. He's famous for being one of the most
dark comics ever.