# Am I Satan, or just a garden variey psychopath? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656 "2011-01-06T20:53:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/61 "2011-01-07T05:40:30Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I posted my OP mostly for entertainment value. I didn’t expect to get so many negative responses. My bad, because I know hoe this board can be sometimes. > > I didn’t expect someone to be this much of a jerk, though. > > You’re being a complete asshole. You need to stop. Whether the accusation is founded or not is most likely not a subject for this forum. However, ‘asshole’ is one of the things you’re not allowed to call other posters in this forum. Keep an even strain. No warning issued. For the Straight Dope **Spectre of Pithecanthropus** ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/62 "2011-01-07T06:41:59Z")
Good luck **tdn** but I don’t think this rendezvous has any chance of happening anymore. You may be meeting up but I don’t think her family will be letting her spend the night. Just can’t see that happening without her being caused a tremendous amount of grief. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/63 "2011-01-07T09:56:15Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I think my post came across differently than intended. \*\*Assuming everyone was as forthcoming about themselves as humanly possible, sometimes the connection is just _different_ in person. \*\*Nothing anyone did wrong, just not the same. Sure, there are the bullshitters, but what I was driving (unsuccessfully?) at with that post was there are a million reasons, devious or otherwise, that a connection present online might not be there when two people are actually sitting next to each other face to face. I totally get this. I’m socially awkward and all of my dates start through online dating sites and whatnot. Some people try to present themselves way better than they actually are, and some do put out an honest effort. However, talking in person is just different. It’s hard to describe. I guess it’s like getting set up on a blind date, except that it’s just words on the computer talking up the other person instead of a friend/relative/etc. Or like meeting a celebrity in person and they’re not at all like you imagined they’d be like in real life. I don’t get all the negativity here. Internet dating isn’t some social stigma strictly for shut-ins and people too weird to get “normal” dates. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/64 "2011-01-07T11:59:03Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Whether the accusation is founded or not is most likely not a subject for this forum. However, ‘asshole’ is one of the things you’re not allowed to call other posters in this forum. Keep an even strain. > > No warning issued. > > For the Straight Dope > > **Spectre of Pithecanthropus** Sorry. But I think, except for that one post, I’ve kept a pretty even strain. And a bunch of people in this thread are acting like jerks. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/65 "2011-01-07T12:08:09Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > I’m being an asshole? In what way? By stating that you are not going to sleep with this woman? > > You’re not. Her opinion seems to differ from yours. Strongly. Even her very conservative, religious mom is on board with the idea now. You want to stop being a jerk? Send us a bottle of champaign and wish us a good time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/66 "2011-01-07T13:58:47Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > \ > > This is a man who knows how to turn a woman on. How YOU doin’? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/67 "2011-01-07T15:52:49Z")
**tdn** , now that her family’s more relaxed, it might be funny for your lady friend to start messing with them: “He says he canceled the B&B and rented us a romantic, secluded farmhouse.” “He’s going to teach me bowhunting!” “It’ll be perfectly safe; his wife is coming too.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/68 "2011-01-07T15:54:52Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > “It’ll be perfectly safe; his wife is coming too.” They’re religious, but not Mormons. So they’d hate that! ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/69 "2011-01-07T15:55:59Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Even her very conservative, religious mom is on board with the idea now. Wow. Well my hat’s off to you. Based on only the facts you’ve stated here, I have no idea how you pulled that off. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/70 "2011-01-07T15:59:13Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Wow. Well my hat’s off to you. Based on only the facts you’ve stated here, I have no idea how you pulled that off. I didn’t do anything. Like I said earlier, I think the sticker shock wore off and the mom realized that her daughter just wants to be happy. I’m going to do my best to not let her down. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/71 "2011-01-07T16:04:59Z")
If you really want to make a good impression on her parents, make some other plans besides just a fuck date for your first meeting. The mother is still right to be worried, by the way. From her perspective, she still has no reason to trust you. I’d never let one of my own daughters do this. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/72 "2011-01-07T16:10:14Z")
Thanks for your opinion. My plans are made and I’m not changing them. I still don’t know what the fuck bus to take. That’s going to be the complicated part. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/73 "2011-01-07T16:12:35Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > do you know why you come off as creepy, **tdn**? you’re more concerned with creating the illusion of being trustworthy than in actually being a trustworthy person. this girl’s family is every right to be concerned. > [@Isamu](#): > > Good luck **tdn** but I don’t think this rendezvous has any chance of happening anymore. You may be meeting up but I don’t think her family will be letting her spend the night. Just can’t see that happening without her being caused a tremendous amount of grief. > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > The mother is still right to be worried, by the way. From her perspective, she still has no reason to trust you. I’d never let one of my own daughters do this. Guys, read back. The “girl” is in her 30s. Her family doesn’t get a say. Christ. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/74 "2011-01-07T16:20:07Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Guys, read back. The “girl” is in her 30s. Her family doesn’t get a say. Christ. Thank you. I want to give this woman a great experience. Some people, for some reason, can’t handle that concept. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/75 "2011-01-07T16:26:26Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Guys, read back. The “girl” is in her 30s. Her family doesn’t get a say. Christ. That doesn’t mean they aren’t right to be worried. She may be in her 30’s, but she’s still making a poor decision. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/76 "2011-01-07T16:26:45Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > Your current plan is dripping skeeviness. Oh, his plan is to drip all right (or spray), but it ain’t skeeviness he’ll be dripping! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/77 "2011-01-07T16:30:07Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Oh, his plan is to drip all right (or spray), but it ain’t skeeviness he’ll be dripping! Thanks for reminding me! I’m putting Febreze onto my packing list. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/78 "2011-01-07T16:33:39Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > I don’t get all the negativity here. Internet dating isn’t some social stigma strictly for shut-ins and people too weird to get “normal” dates. He’s not internet dating- he’s meeting someone off the internet to plow all weekend. If he had said he was going to drive up to spend the afternoon with a woman from OK Cupid, eating lunch, visiting museums, etc. I don’t think anybody would think twice. But thats not what he’s doing. He’s meeting a woman he’s never met before for a fuck fest. Which adds an interesting point: if they’ve been talking a few weeks and they already have this . . . intense plan. . . I think we can all figure out what the likely topic of most of those convos over two weeks was. I do hope you don’t get the herp, friend. Or that you don’t knock up some crazy. Or get turned into a lamp. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/79 "2011-01-07T16:35:48Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Thanks for reminding me! I’m putting Febreze onto my packing list. And disinfectant wipes! You can’t leave home without those! Oh, and lotion! You’ll need that too. _Especially_ if she decides she doesn’t want to sleep with you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/80 "2011-01-07T16:37:30Z")
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