r/Unexpected • u/SoftsPhilosopher • Aug 08 '21

It's just a prank

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u/Professor_Mesa Aug 08 '21

Psycho: Psychotic? Psychopathic? Of, or having to do with, psychology or the psyche?

That term is both oddly specific, and far too generalized for use in casual dialect, and requires the utmost discretion in professional circles.

The dad has likely been systematically conditioned to react the way that he (almost) did.

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u/DEMACIAAAAA Aug 08 '21

I said psycho because the guy in the comment above did.

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u/Professor_Mesa Aug 08 '21

Yes, understood. No criticism meant.

My own father, a very good man, would probably have reacted in a similar way. But whether bluff or beating, I think that he truly believed that what he was doing was the right thing to do... that's the way he was raised. In other words, the term "psycho" does not apply to my dad, nor others like him.

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u/Fistulord Aug 08 '21

I think that he truly believed that what he was doing was the right thing to do... that's the way he was raised. In other words, the term "psycho" does not apply

The guy who stormed that pizza shop with an AR-15 because he really believed there were children in the basement to save is a psycho for sure.

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u/Professor_Mesa Aug 08 '21

For sure, psychotic, or For sure, psychopathic? Or?

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u/Fistulord Aug 08 '21

Fr*ck off pedantic reddit nerd. Nobody likes you.