# Has anybody entertained only harmless

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-entertained-only-harmless/106188>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 29, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-entertained-only-harmless/106188 "2002-04-29T00:51:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![berdollos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@berdollos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berdollos)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-entertained-only-harmless/106188/1 "2002-04-29T00:51:39Z")

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fantasies, not sadistic or homicidal ones? If you have entertained sadistic or homicidal fantasies, what were they and do you know why?

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-entertained-only-harmless/106188/2 "2002-04-29T01:10:01Z")

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There’s no factual answer to this, so I’m moving it over to IMHO.

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**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-entertained-only-harmless/106188/3 "2002-04-29T02:04:43Z")

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> \*Originally posted by berdollos \*  
> \*\*fantasies, not sadistic or homicidal ones? \*\*

I’d list mine, but then I’d use up all of the available photons and everyone’s screen would go dark.

Everyone fantasizes. Even your mom. Think about that for a while.

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**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-entertained-only-harmless/106188/4 "2002-04-29T02:30:54Z")

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> Everyone fantasizes. Even your mom. Think about that for a while.

Heh. 😃

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-entertained-only-harmless/106188/5 "2002-04-29T02:39:08Z")

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If I understand the OP, what I think you’re asking is whether or not anyone is immune to sadistic or homicidal fantasies … no? That is, are your fantasies only ever harmless ones?

If I’m wrong, please clarify.

But I can say this … in my youth, when I had trouble sleeping, I used to run through coreographed fight scenes in my head … like directing a martial arts movie. It probabaly stemmed from the fact that I never got into that many fights, and the ones I did get into were hardly Hollywood style.

Other than that, I suppose every sixteen-year-old would like to think of themselves as the baddest mo-fo walking.

Can’t say I’ve had too many similar fantasies since, though.