# Armchair Psychology (not for the timid) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 18, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261 "2001-10-18T18:05:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/1 "2001-10-18T18:05:25Z")
It seems to pop up quite a bit around here. Sometimes it’s towards a specific poster, sometimes it’s toward groups of posters. Enough of it being an aside in a bunch of different threads. Let it be front and center. Pick a doper and analyze them in this thread whenever you choose. Tell them what you think the posters problems are and what you think would help. Psychology is the number one major for freshman in college. Flex that knowledge. All right guys, bring it in. . . ::_ **gullywumper** and **ReillyIrie** wheel in big leather couch_:: Enjoy. This could be fun. Dalovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/2 "2001-10-18T18:18:57Z")
I’m tempted. I’m _very_ tempted. …but I’ll pass for now… ---
**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/3 "2001-10-18T18:29:00Z")
I’m tempted. I’m _very_ tempted. …but I’ll pass for now… ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/4 "2001-10-18T18:33:33Z")
We used to call him Krispy two-times 'cause he used to say everything twice like “I’m gonna go get the papers, the papers.” Boards still acting goofy. ---
**Author:** ![IzzyR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@IzzyR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IzzyR)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/5 "2001-10-18T18:37:21Z")
OK. This OP may be an attempt by DaLovinDJ to separate himself from that class of posters that he would have analyzed - to portray himself as being above that group of people whose actions can be attributed to this or that hang-up. DaLovinDJ has been the subject of some attacks on this board recently, and it is possible that he seeks to recover some possibly-lost standing in this manner. This - if correct - would suggest that DaLovinDJ is not as socially secure as his posturing would have you believe. How’s that? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/6 "2001-10-18T18:45:07Z")
Me thinks you just undid his Freudian G-string. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/7 "2001-10-18T18:54:37Z")
Just the type of thing I’m looking for. Figured I’d be the first one. Gladly. You should have thrown in something about my childhood or mother. ::_Lays on couch_:: FTR, you’re way off in my book. I am definately one of the people who partake in the Armchair Psych. Not above them in any way. Have the attacks affected my standing? If anything I would say they improved it, based on the many e-mails I have recieved. I’m quite secure in all of this, and look at the SDMB, to some extent, as practice for real world conversations. In the end I find it to really be educational entertainment, and I seek RW sources for social acceptance. The SDMB alone couldn’t cut the needs my ego has. I find the armchair stuff entertaining. My family does it all the time. I just want to watch. But I’ll partake if ya like. This couch is quite comfy. DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/8 "2001-10-18T18:54:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dalovindj \* > \*\*We used to call him Krispy two-times 'cause he used to say everything twice like “I’m gonna go get the papers, the papers.” > > Boards still acting goofy. \*\* Nope, that’s echolalia and it’s present in 75% of autistic people who can speak (Pinzer 1983). Sorry, **Krispy**. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/9 "2001-10-18T19:00:53Z")
God, I suck! Echolalia is repeating something _someone else_ said, and _Prizant_ made that find in 1983. Someone needs to revoke my BA. ---
**Author:** ![k.os](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@k.os](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k.os)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/10 "2001-10-18T19:21:13Z")
::walks in, looks around:: ::sees **DaLovinDj** on the couch:: ::sees **gallows fodder** making wild gestures with a paper in hand:: ::walks over to **gf**. Grabs paper, looks at it, see it’s BA:: ::Rips the paper to shreds, throwing them in the air:: ::exits room running, trailed by little bits of paper floating in his wake:: ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/11 "2001-10-18T19:24:55Z")
**gallow’s fodder** : There is no such thing as a mistake. Why do you feel we should take away your BA? Is that what you’re really trying to tell us? Did you cheat in college? Do you feel unprepared? Sit down . . .::_sees **k.os** run through_::. . . What the . . .oops . . .ahhh. . .we’ll try to get another one of those degrees for you. Sorry, but when you work in a nut-house (Pro-Bono), shit happens . . . DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/12 "2001-10-18T19:26:13Z")
Oh, I can see this getting very nasty very fast. I wouldn’t be in the least bit surprised if if the mods were to close it for the potential nastiness or for outright trolling. (And since this now makes me a target, I will say that if anyone decides to psychoanalyze me, I’m pre-emptively warning you I will not take it as humorous. You have been warned.) Esprix ---
**Author:** ![IzzyR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@IzzyR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IzzyR)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/13 "2001-10-18T19:45:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > (And since this now makes me a target, I will say that if anyone decides to psychoanalyze me, I’m pre-emptively warning you I will not take it as humorous. You have been warned.) hmm…hypersensitivity? latent agression? The possiblities are endless… ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/14 "2001-10-18T19:57:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Lays on couch And what exactly did you lay there? An egg, maybe? Let me do myself… * * * Lib: Anal retentive obsessive/compulsive tendencies deriving from extreme melancholy temperament. Is better able to parody others than to express his own thoughts and feelings. Feelings hurt at the drop of a hat. Recovers quickly. Willing to entertain sincere criticism, but not when piled on. This is again due to melancholia, and the need to neatly arrange and analyze the criticism, whereas the piling on brings chaos. Doesn’t trust anyone but is essentially naive. Tendency toward conspiracy mindedness. Endlessly forgiving. * * * Did I get it right? ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/15 "2001-10-18T20:05:25Z")
Should I have said “Lies on couch”? That would be funny in an incriminating sort of way. DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/16 "2001-10-18T20:07:51Z")
I was gonna explain how Esprix was an example of the “True Seeker” personality, but now I’m scared. IzzyR-HMMM-Guilt complex, feelings of intelectual superiority(possibly justified, have not completed Wexler series). Woody Allen without the icky Sun Yi thing. DocCathode-May be dangerous. Recommend continued monitoring via nanochip in patient’s left temporal lobe. Has exhibited violent behavior since “The voices started singing Barry Manilow!”. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armchair-psychology-not-for-the-timid/88261/17 "2001-10-18T20:08:46Z")
Mod Hat: ON **This** manic-depressive with schizophrenic tendencies agrees with Esprix that this is a spate of nastiness just _waiting_ to happen, and I think it’s best we move on. Remember, folks- speculating on whether other people’s parents were married is fine, making specific psychological diagnoses is just a bit much. Mod Hat: OFF