Al B Sure, please reconsider your outlook on life

[Sava]

When I was 23 or so, I hit on a receptionist at my eye doctor... quite awkwardly. That's the only "rejection" I've experienced as an adult.

and it was because I was some random dude bugging her at work

[Aeson]

No, you'd never be a mass murderer, because it'd just reduce your potential client base for your human trafficking activities.

This is a good point ... once again capitalism has prevented attrocities from occuring

[Kidlicious]

When I was 23 or so, I hit on a receptionist at my eye doctor... quite awkwardly. That's the only "rejection" I've experienced as an adult.

and it was because I was some random dude bugging her at work

No wonder you don't kill people.

[Lorizael]

Faulty logic. You can't calculate odds without a thorough psych evaluation to determine which severe mental illness they are technically suffering from. It's bound to skew the numbers.

Btw, I was essentially right. Looking only at the population of people with schizophrenia, for example (1% in the US), the odds of one of them committing mass murder in a given year are about .0006%. The odds of you (a random UKer) murdering someone close to you in a given year are about .00067%.

[Sava]

No wonder you don't kill people.

just seems like a lot of work

[kentonio]

Btw, I was essentially right. Looking only at the population of people with schizophrenia, for example (1% in the US), the odds of one of them committing mass murder in a given year are about .0006%. The odds of you (a random UKer) murdering someone close to you in a given year are about .00067%.

Well if we're suddenly going to get all serious about it, it's probably also worth pointing out that you've just taken a small subsection of severe mental illnesses there. Why would we assume that BK or Kid are schizophrenic, when there are numerous other severe mental illnesses they could be suffering from? That also only considers diagnosed rates of schizophrenia which is deeply unreliable given how poor your mental health system is.

[Sava]

Well if we're suddenly going to get all serious about it, it's probably also worth pointing out that you've just taken a small subsection of severe mental illnesses there. Why would we assume that BK or Kid are schizophrenic, when there are numerous other severe mental illnesses they could be suffering from? That also only considers diagnosed rates of schizophrenia which is deeply unreliable given how poor your mental health system is.

Why don't you make a list of everything you consider to be a "severe mental illness" and get back to us, kk

[Kidlicious]

just seems like a lot of work

Idk. Albie is the professional.

[kentonio]

Why don't you make a list of everything you consider to be a "severe mental illness" and get back to us, kk

Sorry, I'm too busy with other things right now. Please take a ticket and wait in the foyer with our charming receptionist Candice, and I'll be with you as soon as this **** wears off.

[Kidlicious]

Why don't you make a list of everything you consider to be a "severe mental illness" and get back to us, kk

I have all of them. On a good day I manage to not **** myself.

[Lorizael]

Well if we're suddenly going to get all serious about it, it's probably also worth pointing out that you've just taken a small subsection of severe mental illnesses there. Why would we assume that BK or Kid are schizophrenic, when there are numerous other severe mental illnesses they could be suffering from? That also only considers diagnosed rates of schizophrenia which is deeply unreliable given how poor your mental health system is.

Schizophrenics (the paranoid kind, specifically) are the group of mentally ill individuals most likely to be violent toward other people. There also aren't a lot of schizophrenics out there. If we assume they are underdiagnosed (good assumption) or that a different, larger group of mentally ill people is most often responsible for mass murder (not necessarily a good assumption), then the chance of any individual person in our target group committing mass murder goes down. This only makes it look worse for you, you (potential) murderer.

[Sava]

Sorry, I'm too busy with other things right now. Please take a ticket and wait in the foyer with our charming receptionist Candice, and I'll be with you as soon as this **** wears off.

Okay. So you just pretend to be not-another-******.

[Sava]

Idk. Albie is the professional.

Even the most retarded peasants can be taught to pull a trigger.

[kentonio]

Okay. So you just pretend to be not-another-******.

not-another-******(tm)?

[kentonio]

Schizophrenics (the paranoid kind, specifically) are the group of mentally ill individuals most likely to be violent toward other people. There also aren't a lot of schizophrenics out there. If we assume they are underdiagnosed (good assumption) or that a different, larger group of mentally ill people is most often responsible for mass murder (not necessarily a good assumption), then the chance of any individual person in our target group committing mass murder goes down. This only makes it look worse for you, you (potential) murderer.

Considering we already saw those figures earlier which seem to show that around 10% of murders are committed by severely mentally ill people who account for 6% of the population, then it's not really useful to only focus on the actions of just schizophrenics who only account for 1% of the population.