[P] Whereas I now look upon Atkinson as a craven coward, cowering in the corner, hoping he won't be bullied back for being a bully. And I'dbelieve what his ex-wife has said about him too, due to this. That his behavior has been unacceptable. It's the mindset of a bully, hoping everyone rolls over and accepts bullying. I don't like bullies—they're always inecure cowards at best. Bullying isn't comedy.

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[P] It's fine if you slip up, too. Be open. Listen. Apologise, and mean it. We're all imperfect learning machines. But what Atkinson suggests is that comedy should be bullying, that we should all be cowards and just-world fallacy everything. Atkinson is an avowed supporter of the sociopathy room. I have comedians I like—ABK, the McElroys, and others. I value them for being brave enough to be responsible.

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[P] This is why my favourite forms of humour are properly handled self-deprecation and slapstick. In such a case, one can be aware of one's limits and that of one's troupe. I'd think that as Mr. Bean, he'd realise that. Oh. He hates Mr. Bean? Of course he does. This is why I still love the Chuckle Brothers, everyone's in on the joke and no one's punching down like a bully. All of my adored comedians get it.

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[P] I mean, looking at the world as it is? We should be trying to do all we can to disincentivise the sociopathy room, and to incentivise HSP-like behaviors instead. In a better world, we would, but this isn't that better world. The vast majority here couldn't give a shit, but my mind won't rest unless I at least talk about this. I'm haunted by how nightmarish rewarding the sociopathy room is. It makes monsters out of people.

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[P] I've seen studies looking for exactly this process which have found it. By having bioessentialist categorisations in games for the "good guys" and the "bad guys," devs are taking the sociopathy room problem and making it worse by training acceptance, by providing consequence-free rewards for placing dissimilar targets in the sociopathy room. That's a lot of pro-sociopathy room dopamine training, which shouldn't be desirable.

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[P] And games are a unique medium where one can take part very viscerally in this punishment of those who supposedly belong in the sociopathy room. In an HSP-dominant world, games would challenge the sociopathy room and pose consequences. But we don't live in that reality. And a lot of how neurotypical people see those with a non-homongenised opinion online is how they see "monsters" in games. Because why wouldn't they?

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[P] It's so common for the modern game to teach players that the sociopathy room is good, by casting all dissimilarity as "evil" criminals. Tell me, what do you think that neurotypical brains do with this? "All the black/brown people I dislike are evil criminals!" It reaffirme and bolsters the sociopathy room. "No. I'm definitely right to call them that. I'm going to go play games that reaffirm it." Because games do just that.

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[P] What I've noticed? The modern game has NO consequences for the player and their "hero" having a aociopathy room. In fact, modern games blow so much smoke up the player's arse, they're so worshipful of the neurotypical player, that pathological processes are deified. "You don't like orcs, dark elves, beholders, dragons, or what have you? Oh! Don't worry! They're ALL criminals! Kill them all! No consequences!" It's very pro-sociopathy.

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[P] The way neurotypicals behave online? They subconsciously treat people as NPCs from a game. If one can't see their face, it's easy for the neurotypical brain to subconsiously categorise them as an orc or some other kind of bio-essentialist categorised monster. And into the sociopathy room that target goes! If any person has a grievance not shared by the tribe? Digital orc. Sociopathy room. And that's that. It's a trained behavior.

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