# Am I surrounded by stupid sociopaths? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 28, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-surrounded-by-stupid-sociopaths/565621 "2010-12-28T17:27:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-surrounded-by-stupid-sociopaths/565621/41 "2010-12-29T18:43:23Z")
_Thufferin’ Thathyfrath_!!! ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-surrounded-by-stupid-sociopaths/565621/42 "2010-12-29T19:03:46Z")
> [@sassyfras](#): > > I know you are trying to be funny, but why can’t you answer both questions? If I believe that you are surrounded by stupid sociopaths and that I am not, which is the correct response? ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-surrounded-by-stupid-sociopaths/565621/43 "2010-12-29T21:58:49Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I don’t know about you, but I do have a higher than average number of stupid _ **sociopaths/psychopaths** _ in my environment. Probably about 20% of my patients fall into that category. Of course, I work in a prison, so it selects for those types of individuals. The smarter ones don’t go to prison so much; they more often _ **go to law** _ or advertising or politics. That’s certainly where I’ve found 'em. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-surrounded-by-stupid-sociopaths/565621.md?page=2)