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Does the 'Joker' Make You Question Your Grip on Sanity?

Nimitz 2012/07/22 05:21:24
Yes! It gives me cause to wonder what 'sanity' really is/means.
No! I'm the picture of normalcy. That could NEVER happen to me!
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The recent mass shooting committed by a person who, by all appearances, was perfectly normal and well on his way to a successful life gives us all cause to wonder what it is which could possibly make a person 'snap' and turn into a monster. Does it give YOU cause to wonder what could make you snap? Is pondering such a thing healthy?
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  • Soapstone 2012/07/22 06:52:02
    No! I'm the picture of normalcy. That could NEVER happen to me!
    Soapstone
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    Not only no, but hell no it's not possible, I've never had a grip on sanity.
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  • Jacob Torres 2012/07/27 22:17:12
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    Jacob Torres
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    The Joker isn't meant to make you question your sanity. he's meant to be Batman's foil. Batman was confronted with tragedy and meaninglessness early on, and he chose to make something powerful and meaningful from himself and the darkness. The Joker experienced similar tragedy, and decided to embrace madness and chaos.
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  • tobe 2012/07/27 18:52:27
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    tobe
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    lol no. hes a comic book character...
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  • Selketskiss 2012/07/27 02:40:32
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    Selketskiss
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    That is stupid..a movie or video game has no effect on me I know what reality is..
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  • Sweet-N-Sour 2012/07/24 15:02:00
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    Sweet-N-Sour
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    I don't worry about myself because if I did snap, I'm sure I wouldn't know it anyway. I do think the defining factor between "eccentric" and "crazy" is violence, whether that means freaking out and attacking someone for touching your stuff, or shooting into a full theater.
    Of course I am referring to people who would normally walk among us largely unnoticed, not blatant, medicated insanity.
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  • Monkey D. Luffy 2012/07/23 13:30:05 (edited)
    No! I'm the picture of normalcy. That could NEVER happen to me!
    Monkey D. Luffy
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    I'm crazy as hell but I know what a crime is..
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  • malikasecrets 2012/07/22 23:55:27
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    Any one can appear to be just fine. who knows when any one can have a psychotic break? It think the signs are there, but few are trained and too few people have a real inkling of what a mental illness really is. Mental illness or things than ca cause a psychotic bread are never a joke, especially after this tragedy. I hope people start to educate themselves instead of laughing or turning a away.
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  • bob h. 2012/07/22 23:44:49
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    There was a guy in white robes on the corner speaking gibberish. Soon they took him to Bellvue for observation. Next day about a dozen people showed up dressed and acting the same way. They released him, deciding that he was not crazy, but just a member of a group. Sanity is just a consensus.
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  • Nimitz bob h. 2012/07/23 03:17:52
    Nimitz
    Correct!

    Insanity: disagreement with the majority on what constitutes reality.
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  • 4dc 2012/07/22 23:01:10
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    please...i have a firm grip on sanity...now get down and take cover
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  • boss hawg 2012/07/22 22:57:13
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    boss hawg
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    don't confuse a movie with real life. some of you do. come back to reality
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  • Nimitz boss hawg 2012/07/23 03:18:46
    Nimitz
    Whose reality? :-)
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  • Tennessee3501 2012/07/22 19:39:40
    Yes! It gives me cause to wonder what 'sanity' really is/means.
    Tennessee3501
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    When Heath Ledger died after playing the Joker in "Dark Knight" in 2008, Jack Nicholson made comments that it taken a lot out of him when he played the Joker in 1989! The orginal Joker, Caesar Romero, played him on television and never complained!
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  • bob h. Tenness... 2012/07/22 23:50:01
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    I remember that, but Romero's Joker was a comedy. Ledger's Joker was a course in "abnormal psychology". We laughed with Romero, but sympathized with Ledger, and apparently so did he.
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  • Tenness... bob h. 2012/07/23 00:17:12
    Tennessee3501
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    So true!
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  • Cantus_bird 2012/07/22 19:36:43
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    Nope, if it's too dark a road to travel i just don't ... i will say this much though. That guy is one messed up individual who not only killed and injured but went further to lay booby traps at his residence for further damage by explosion!
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  • Nimitz Cantus_... 2012/07/22 19:55:52
    Nimitz
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    Oddly, he also told the cops they were there.
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  • Cantus_... Nimitz 2012/07/22 20:03:16
    Cantus_bird
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    interesting ....
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  • D S Nimitz 2012/07/22 20:23:27
    D S
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    Did he? Or was he just very quick to offer up his address? I would think that would put them on alert.
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  • Nimitz D S 2012/07/22 20:28:10 (edited)
    Nimitz
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    All the news accounts I've seen thus far have him telling the cops that his apartment was booby trapped. He told them. THAT he told them seems to suggest a departure from his 'normal' evil craziness.
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  • bob h. Nimitz 2012/07/22 23:52:25
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    Probably, switched personalities, like Romney, mid-speech.
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  • D S 2012/07/22 19:18:48
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    I hope not.
    Who's to say!?
    'Never", bites a lot of people in the ass.
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  • Link 2012/07/22 19:14:26
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    Link
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    I have been accused of many things... but "normal" or "sane" was never amongst them... The Joker doesn't make me question anything.
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  • CwrazyLwina 2012/07/22 18:12:02
    Yes! It gives me cause to wonder what 'sanity' really is/means.
    CwrazyLwina
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    Idc if pondering such a thing is healthy. Healthy if effing overrated. I don't want to live to an old age, so why be healthy?
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  • Philo-CommieHater! 2012/07/22 16:57:26
    No! I'm the picture of normalcy. That could NEVER happen to me!
    Philo-CommieHater!
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  • Christmas; In Chrome 2012/07/22 15:21:15
  • Nimitz Christm... 2012/07/22 19:11:26
    Nimitz
    Your bravery/honesty is refreshing!

    Now, wait right there while I go call 911. :-D
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  • Christm... Nimitz 2012/07/22 19:13:02
    Christmas; In Chrome
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    Hahaha
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  • Mic-E 2012/07/22 13:57:52
    No! I'm the picture of normalcy. That could NEVER happen to me!
    Mic-E
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    I wouldn't really call myself completely normal, but at the same time I'm not completely insane either. At least to the point to go out and harm innocent people or myself. :/
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  • Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/07/22 12:00:33
    Yes! It gives me cause to wonder what 'sanity' really is/means.
    Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆
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    I've been the "gifted but socially awkward student." But I didn't blow up the place, or shoot anyone, or string tripwires all over my room (even when I had a "single" in the "residential college"). Because I still had a CONSCIENCE, and a good head for CONSEQUENCES. How does a guy get to the point where he really, really thinks he can get away with it? Not to mention not even regarding other people as "real"?
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  • Nimitz Temlako... 2012/07/22 19:14:15
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    That's the Question of the Day--although I don't think that if/whether he'd get caught was one of his major concerns. He was waiting by his car for the cops to arrive, and literally handed himself over. This guy is a fruit basket!
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  • Man_Bear_Pig 2012/07/22 08:12:23
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    Man_Bear_Pig
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    "Anyone who seems normal is hiding something." ~ Cross-dresser on Jerry Springer
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  • ben 2012/07/22 08:05:02
    No! I'm the picture of normalcy. That could NEVER happen to me!
    ben
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    normalcy...sometimes boring...sometimes a challenge..but no crazy is always a good thing !! lol :-))
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  • David Hussey 2012/07/22 07:18:48
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    David Hussey
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    Appearances are often misleading if not deceptive. Look at Ted Bundy, who was described prior to his arrest by someone who knew him well as "a serious, dedicated professional, seemingly on the cusp of a distinguished legal and political career".

    I have no concerns about 'snapping'. I loathe violence and aggression under any guise, it is simply inconceivable that I would ever see this kind of action as a solution to anything.
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  • Nimitz David H... 2012/07/22 07:59:44
    Nimitz
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    Good deal! You didn't close with an absolute statement to the effect that you could NEVER do something like that. Positive sign! :-)
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  • David H... Nimitz 2012/07/22 18:14:52
    David Hussey
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    I try to avoid absolutes... never say never as the saying goes.
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  • Nimitz David H... 2012/07/22 19:15:27
    Nimitz
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    I think karma has a special place in its gunsites for the butts of people who make absolute statements. :-)
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  • David H... Nimitz 2012/07/22 19:21:13
    David Hussey
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    Let us hope so Nimitz!
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  • kfallslady Nimitz 2012/07/23 03:50:26
  • Nimitz kfallslady 2012/07/23 03:51:54 (edited)
    Nimitz
    Assuming that the particular way by which you 'fell out of line' didn't preclude/prevent you from dealing with it, perhaps. :-)

    It's like I tell people: if I went that far over the edge I'd *want* somebody to ventilate my cranium. Hell, I'd want to ventilate it myself! I also understand that it doesn't work that way. The sane part of an individual would want to be dead rather than injure or kill others, but to get to that point the sane part is the first thing to go.

    That's why absolute statements are dangerous. They 'tempt fate' in a manner of speaking.
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  • kfallslady Nimitz 2012/07/23 03:58:33
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    ok i get you but, My being would never let me go there.
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