Testimonial of a narcissist

ReflectingNarcissist · September 08, 2007, 10:08:16 PM

Hello all. This is the introduction section, so I feel it is applicable to post this here. My name is Josh. Or Joshua. Whatever one prefers. I am 15 years old. Or young. Once again, it's at your discretion.

I've been an atheist for about 3-4 years. Every year before that, I was an apatheist, though I was too young to be cognizant of it. I tried to register on this forum a while ago, but for some reason it remained absolutely convinced that I was a robot and wouldn't take my verification code.

I derive joy out of being particularly difficult to fathom and cognize. I'm usually a bit of a megalomaniac, as well. That being said, I'm not crazy. I just have, shall we say, a tendency to think in a way that is not salubrious to social norms. If you haven't noticed, I don't think like most 15 year olds. I have a tendency to use big words and I enjoy debating and discussion a great deal.

I am and have been a practical atheist in perpetuum, and strongly disagree with theoretical atheism. Still, this disagreement exists only in the realm of debate and discussion. I'm not liberal like most atheists I know, so I disagree with many in that dimension. As well, I have difficulty calling myself a humanist. I'm too much of a cynic, I suppose.

I'm a Marilyn Manson fan on a grandiose scale. There is no encomium great enough for me to praise Manson. Manson surpasses and surmounts the title of 'God'. His trenchancy and constant display of coruscation is surpassed by none. Manson is the prime virtuoso of all that is art and beauty. I realize it seems odd to talk about him in such a way, especially in my intro post, but his music plays such a large role in my life that it's justified.

My apex of interest is philosophy. I model my ideology primarily on (suprisingly) Friedrich Nietzsche, but I also include the ideas of Feuerbach, Bertrand Russel, Levi-Strauss, Derrida, Heidegger, and Kierkegaard. There's many more, but as you probably haven't heard of most of these people, it seems to make little sense to continue.

I write a great deal, mostly poetry. My style is influenced almost entirely by Edgar Allen Poe. If you get the chance, I recommend you read The Masque of the Red Death or The Raven.

And, evidently, I'm a fan of long intro posts. And posts in general. I've never been told it's a bad thing, so I've always made long posts. Not that that's relevant or actually has any worth in a post that's supposed to explain me, I thought I'd share it nonetheless.

Will · September 08, 2007, 11:32:34 PM

Yeah, i like the thesaurus too.

Welcome!

McQ · September 08, 2007, 11:42:49 PM

Piss off, you hack!

OK, just kidding. I figure the best way to welcome a narcissist would be to not compliment him. :wink:

Welcome to the forum, and if you use too many big words, we might have to put you in the corner with Bart Simpson, Rush Limbaugh, and Bela Abzug.

ReflectingNarcissist · September 09, 2007, 01:51:29 AM

Quote from: "Willravel"Yeah, i like the thesaurus too.

Welcome!

Indeed, the thesaurus is a great domain of intrigue.

In all fairness, I did have to look up "coruscation" on dictionary.com. I thought the word could be used to mean wit, but I wasn't completely certain.

Quote from: "McQ"Piss off, you hack!

Much gratitude!

rlrose328 · September 09, 2007, 02:02:42 AM

Welcome to the forum. You sound quite precocious, like my son. What would you do without dictionary.com? LOL! :-)

SteveS · September 09, 2007, 02:09:59 AM

Hi ReflectingNarcissist - I love Poe. Here are some of my favorite poems of his:

The Raven (obv.)
The City in the Sea
Lenore
Ulalume - A Ballad
For Annie
Annabel Lee

Favorite Stories:

The Masque of the Red Death
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Cask of Amontillado

And, I really like his critical essay The Poetic Principle - its really, really good.

I would have said "cheers and welcome", but since we're waxing thesaurical I'll go with:

Slainte and Salutations!

ReflectingNarcissist · September 09, 2007, 05:44:11 AM

Quote from: "rlrose328"Welcome to the forum. You sound quite precocious, like my son. What would you do without dictionary.com? LOL! :-)

Thank you very much. A life without such a versatile tool would be a morbid one indeed.

Quote from: "SteveS"Hi ReflectingNarcissist - I love Poe. Here are some of my favorite poems of his:

The Raven (obv.)
The City in the Sea
Lenore
Ulalume - A Ballad
For Annie
Annabel Lee

Favorite Stories:

The Masque of the Red Death
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Cask of Amontillado

And, I really like his critical essay The Poetic Principle - its really, really good.

I would have said "cheers and welcome", but since we're waxing thesaurical I'll go with:

Slainte and Salutations!

Those are all excellent works. I'm not quite certain what my favorite is, or even if I have one.
However, I can say for a fact that it's not The Cask of Amontillado. It' a good story, but the allegory is based upon a part of Poe's personal life, and so it's not really a commentary, or something subject to exegesis. Still, I enjoy it.

The Poetic Principle is a very good essay. I don't believe there was a single statement in it I had a problem with.

Slainte? Either I forgot what that means or I just learned a new word.

MommaSquid · September 09, 2007, 10:02:43 PM

Welcome to the forum ReflectingNarcissist.

As I read your intro I pictured this (see below) and heard a snotty British accent:

Hope you don't mind. And if you do....eh.

You may add me to the list of Poe fans.

ReflectingNarcissist · September 09, 2007, 11:46:18 PM

Quote from: "MommaSquid"Welcome to the forum ReflectingNarcissist.

As I read your intro I pictured this (see below) and heard a snotty British accent:

Hope you don't mind. And if you do....eh.

Lol. I'm flattered that somebody imagines me as such. In actuality, I'm lower-middle class and I live in a suburb of the DFW in Texas. Quite a world away from a snotty British.
As well, Bruce Cambell is a cool guy, so being pictured as him can't be a bad thing.

SteveS · September 10, 2007, 01:52:59 AM

Quote from: "ReflectingNarcissist"Slainte? Either I forgot what that means or I just learned a new word.

I believe it roughly means "cheers" in Gaelic. I learned this at Bennigan's :wink:

rlrose328 · September 10, 2007, 05:37:12 AM

Oh, I LOVE Bruce Campbell... and you're right... that's exactly what I pictured, but not as old or manly. Sorry.

ReflectingNarcissist · September 10, 2007, 11:20:03 PM

Quote from: "SteveS"I believe it roughly means "cheers" in Gaelic. I learned this at Bennigan's :wink:

Well, that makes sense. I don't know any Gaelic, and I've never even been inside a Bennigan's.

Quote from: "rlrose328"Oh, I LOVE Bruce Campbell... and you're right... that's exactly what I pictured, but not as old or manly. Sorry.

Meh. It's difficult to portray an image of being both manly and being a snotty British.

SteveS · September 11, 2007, 03:16:53 AM

Quote from: "ReflectingNarcissist"It's difficult to portray an image of being both manly and being a snotty British.

Too true!

Quote from: "ReflectingNarcissist"I've never even been inside a Bennigan's.

Eh, they're not too bad. If you order a beer on tap they serve you a "true pint". Which is sorta cool....

ReflectingNarcissist · September 12, 2007, 02:53:24 AM

Quote from: "SteveS"Eh, they're not too bad. If you order a beer on tap they serve you a "true pint". Which is sorta cool....

A true pint. What is that exactly? 20-ish ounces?

SteveS · September 13, 2007, 03:09:59 AM

Yeah, that's what I was thinking, that "true pint" was roughly equivalent to "imperial pint". But, I went prowling the web for information and found out that the way Bennigan's defines this, they simply draw a line on the glass at 16 and fill it with liquid to 16 leaving space for the head to go above the line, so you get a full 16 ounces of liquid beer plus foam (oh goody).

On this basis, I find this a total ripoff, and now highly recommend that you avoid Benningan's at all costs.

:wink:

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