# 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:** 7
**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, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/121 "2011-01-07T18:31:57Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > You don’t think I should be meeting her in the first place No, I just think you could go about it better. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/122 "2011-01-07T18:33:17Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I appreciate that. And don’t forget, this whole thing was half her idea. It’s not like I skeevily lured her into some seedy motel. She picked the place, even the room, and left it to me to take care of the details. I think she’s more enthused about it than I am. She can’t stop talking about it. Good luck, I hope it works out well for both of 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, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/123 "2011-01-07T18:35:39Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Good luck, I hope it works out well for both of you. 🙂 Thank you! Even if things don’t work out romantically, I hope we can still have fun exploring the town and eating some great food. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/124 "2011-01-07T18:54:53Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > You are joking about bringing sex toys along to see a woman you’ve never even met before. Pokemon cards are sex toys now? Who knew! ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/125 "2011-01-07T19:10:06Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Thank you! Even if things don’t work out romantically, I hope we can still have fun exploring the town and eating some great food. I’d recommend bringing a camera. If this is your first date, I find it a bit romantic to have a picture taken of you two that you could look back on later if it all works out. I’m Satanic like that though. ---
**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, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/126 "2011-01-07T19:14:05Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > I’d recommend bringing a camera. If this is your first date, I find it a bit romantic to have a picture taken of you two that you could look back on later if it all works out. I’m Satanic like that though. Excellent idea, thanks! I have a fairly decent camera, but I always forget to take it on trips. It didn’t even occur to me to take it on this one. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/127 "2011-01-07T19:27:21Z")
Don’t forget to charge the battery or bring spares. It’s really annoying to have the prefect shot and then have the camera die. ---
**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, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/128 "2011-01-07T19:31:10Z")
Also a great idea. I think I have some fresh ones on hand. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/129 "2011-01-07T19:44:21Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > I’d recommend bringing a camera. If this is your first date, I find it a bit romantic to have a picture taken of you two that you could look back on later if it all works out. I’m Satanic like that though. Just don’t set it up on a tripod on the dresser facing the bed. And if you do, ask her to sign a model release first. ---
**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, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/130 "2011-01-07T19:46:11Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Just don’t set it up on a tripod on the dresser facing the bed. And if you do, ask her to sign a model release first. I wasn’t going to bring that up. I was going to wait for her to. ---
**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, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/131 "2011-01-07T19:55:49Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Pokemon cards are sex toys now? Who knew! Pokemon cards are not sex toys, but I imagine the sex toys he mentioned in the OP are sex toys. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/132 "2011-01-07T19:56:15Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I’ve had sex with plenty of people on first dates because I’m a classy lady like that. _snort_ have I told you lately that I love you? > [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > I can see where you are coming from, as no one enjoys being made fun of, but you have to admit that there is something a bit amusing about a guy getting on the internet to brag about riding a Greyhound bus for 6 hours to meet (for the first time ever) a newfound ladylove, who herself had to have her brother fix her brokendown car so she could to get to the romantic rendezvous. > > I mean, The Thomas Crown Affair it aint… You always stay so damn classy, dontcha? **tdn** has been around the board forever, he’s a nice, funny, easygoing guy. He’s not a prick or a tool or even a loser; he’s a freakin’ city dweller. **tdn** , I always enjoy your posts. It’s not like you guys have been writing letters like some of these luddites think. I assume you’ve Skyped and talked extensively on the phone and so on. I hope you two have a fantastic weekend together. I agree that it’s not the smartest thing for a woman to do, although meeting in public first will be better. And if you don’t hit it off, I hope you enjoy the food and the room! Good luck, be safe! ---
**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, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/133 "2011-01-07T20:03:37Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/134 "2011-01-07T21:07:37Z")
Well, if your lady friend is mostly instigating the whole thing, I will also wish you a very good weekend. Back when I was online dating, I would not have made the same choices she is making, but she is not me, and I can’t judge her by my own preferences. ---
**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, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/135 "2011-01-07T21:15:16Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Well, if your lady friend is mostly instigating the whole thing, I will also wish you a very good weekend. Maybe _she’s_ the one to worry about. **tdn** , has she asked you to soften your skin with lots of lotion in anticipation of your date? ---
**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, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/136 "2011-01-07T21:17:14Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Maybe _she’s_ the one to worry about. **tdn** , has she asked you to soften your skin with lots of lotion in anticipation of your date? Wow, have you hacked my e-mail or something? Actually, she may have said lube. It was one of those L-words. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/137 "2011-01-07T22:26:48Z")
lutefisk? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/138 "2011-01-07T22:35:27Z")
“It puts the lutefisk in the basket, or it gets the hose.” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/139 "2011-01-07T23:31:47Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > Pokemon cards are not sex toys, but I imagine the sex toys he mentioned in the OP are sex toys. woosh. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656/140 "2011-01-08T04:04:58Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > Better yet, email the links to some of the posters in this thread. > > Seriously, I don’t know which is more pathetic: the fact that **tdn** actually thinks he is going to sleep with this woman, or the fact that so many people in this thread are actively encouraging him. > > Christ Almighty. I think that this post is THE post of the thread. Best wishes, hh [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-satan-or-just-a-garden-variey-psychopath/566656.md?page=8)