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Creatures that extract tears - An in-depth analysis

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Maliandra
Doomheim
#1 - 2013-10-11 21:09:32 UTC  |  Edited by: Maliandra
We've all been there before. Scouring local or the forums and we come across one of these tear extractors. If we're lucky it's not our tears they are extracting. And in those scenarios, we can judge what we see from a more objective perspective.. I know I have... and I always wonder: Why? Why are they extracting tears? It just seems so... sad and.... pathetic?

It makes you wonder: What happened to these guys? Here we have fully grown adults that spend their free time logged onto an internet spaceship video game, with main purpose being to frustrate people and enjoy laughing about it. Really consider that for a second, creatures... you are spending hours of your free time doing the same thing snotty brats do at the age of 14... and you are doing this as adults. I would be simply and utterly surprised if any of these tear extractors have actual proper social skills in real life, and I reckon most are very doleful, shy and easy to pushover in the real world.

When I see a "tear extractor" my first assumption is that he must be a colossal moron, as anyone with the slightest semblance of intelligence would recognize just how shameful and embarrassing it is to do such things as an adult. However what we find is that this does not apply to many of these creatures; many are capable of displaying strong intellect when needed.

Are they damaged perhaps? Maybe they we're they abused, bullied and/or molested as children. Modern day psychology tells us such traumatic experiences in childhood could create such an effect; it creates murderers and rapists so why not these creatures?

How about one's upbringing. Most of us learned how to act from our parents... without that, maybe we'd end up just like them. Or maybe there parents simply have the same kind of deplorable personality that they have. We call that a "vicious cycle".

Listen creatures, I have a big ol' grin right now as I post this. Convince yourself this is tears, I couldn't care less. I thoroughly enjoy pointing these sorts of things out to people. Big smile

What are your guys opinions on it? What is it that makes these creatures tick?

Cheers and discuss!
Little Dragon Khamez
Guardians of the Underworld
#2 - 2013-10-11 21:11:11 UTC
Big smile

Dumbing down of Eve Online will result in it's destruction...

Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#3 - 2013-10-11 21:11:15 UTC
They are bad people

and should feel bad

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Tandros Kreel
Genstar Reloaded
Ribbit.
#4 - 2013-10-11 21:11:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Tandros Kreel
Maliandra wrote:
*snip*


Now show us where the bad pirate touched you....

No really, we're all friends here, you can show us. PAY NO ATTENTION TO MY SECURITY STATUS.

STOP LOOKING. Tell us.
Rhatar Khurin
Doomheim
#5 - 2013-10-11 21:15:08 UTC
There's a really gross insect related to the bee i think that in fact does feed on tears, hang on.. i'll find it..

Hmm, bees that feed on tears? this sounds awfully familar....
Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
#6 - 2013-10-13 07:55:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Erotica 1
So what made the OP so mad? How long did he have to collect himself before finding the strength to write this thread? He is clearly projecting his own shortcomings, insecurities, and traumatic life experiences onto others.

See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did.

Rhivre
TarNec
Invisible Exchequer
#7 - 2013-10-13 08:12:00 UTC
Eve truly overflows with psychologists. As I have said before, we as players are lucky to be surrounded by such insightful beings as the OP, with the years of training and expertise to allow us to benefit from the OPs wisdom.

Although, as an internet psychologist on the side myself, I would like to chat to the OP more about the characterization of fellow human beings as creatures.
Domanique Altares
Rifterlings
#8 - 2013-10-13 08:28:59 UTC
Rhivre wrote:

Although, as an internet psychologist on the side myself, I would like to chat to the OP more about the characterization of fellow human beings as creatures.


You noticed that, too?

It's historically been an aid to persecuting others if you dehumanize them first; perhaps reducing others to mere 'creatures' allows the OP to further their superiority complex with less guilt?
No Means No
meh fackit
#9 - 2013-10-13 08:54:07 UTC
No tears no fun

Not that i care about pixels
Lightspeed Champion
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2013-10-13 12:55:02 UTC
I'm not one for the 'tear-harvest', but you have to admit it's kinda funny when grown adults get upset about a video-game.

I once received this: "you do not balls between his legs, a woman has more courage than you!"

Sexism aside that is pretty funny.

Send any badposting-hate-mail to Sol Kal'orr. I promise to read it when I resub.

Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#11 - 2013-10-13 12:58:41 UTC
Without these mechanics and their possibilities, there would be no game here.

At all.

I find the people who were creating Sims and then doing twisted things like watching them literally starve to death to be much much more disturbing and creepy.

Institution Worthy Creepy.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882

Lightspeed Champion
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2013-10-13 13:11:04 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Without these mechanics and their possibilities, there would be no game here.

At all.

I find the people who were creating Sims and then doing twisted things like watching them literally starve to death to be much much more disturbing and creepy.

Institution Worthy Creepy.

I knew a women who only played The Sims to immolate them. One of the nicest people I've ever met. Let's stop applying RL morality to pixels.

Send any badposting-hate-mail to Sol Kal'orr. I promise to read it when I resub.

Kitty Bear
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#13 - 2013-10-13 13:15:18 UTC
this is kinda close too right OP ??

Skeln Thargensen
Doomheim
#14 - 2013-10-13 13:21:21 UTC
I agree that 'extracting tears' is entirely juvenile.

rage on the other hand... my god you couldn't script finer comedy than i've witnessed in convos.

forums.  serious business.

Seven Koskanaiken
Shadow Legions.
SONS of BANE
#15 - 2013-10-13 13:22:02 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Without these mechanics and their possibilities, there would be no game here.

At all.

I find the people who were creating Sims and then doing twisted things like watching them literally starve to death to be much much more disturbing and creepy.

Institution Worthy Creepy.


what about creating a whole sim city and killing the whole population with tornados and floods?
ElQuirko
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2013-10-13 13:29:11 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Without these mechanics and their possibilities, there would be no game here.

At all.

I find the people who were creating Sims and then doing twisted things like watching them literally starve to death to be much much more disturbing and creepy.

Institution Worthy Creepy.

Nah man, it's fun

Dodixie > Hek

MatrixSkye Mk2
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2013-10-13 13:32:57 UTC
Schadenfreude

Successfully doinitwrong™ since 2006.

Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#18 - 2013-10-13 13:46:56 UTC
Lightspeed Champion wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Without these mechanics and their possibilities, there would be no game here.

At all.

I find the people who were creating Sims and then doing twisted things like watching them literally starve to death to be much much more disturbing and creepy.

Institution Worthy Creepy.

I knew a women who only played The Sims to immolate them. One of the nicest people I've ever met. Let's stop applying RL morality to pixels.


And John Wayne Gacy was nice to children. Loved them all so much as far as anyone could tell.

That a 'nice' person on the exterior would even have thoughts of this kind of behavior indicates their true nature. Think of the Virtual as a litmus test. Your true nature can indeed be revealed.

That's why psychological tests exist and work.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882

Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#19 - 2013-10-13 13:49:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Seven Koskanaiken wrote:

what about creating a whole sim city and killing the whole population with tornados and floods?


hmmm....not quite the same thing. There is only the factor of 'being mean' to a rather anonymous mob in this particular case. Like kicking an ant nest.

Deliberately creating a customized individual digital creature to torture and watch it happen is on a different order of things.


ed: You are essentially equating Natural Disasters with, say, deliberate Nuclear Annihilation. They are not the same thing at all.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882

Varius Xeral
Doomheim
#20 - 2013-10-13 14:06:32 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
That's why psychological tests exist and work.


Survey "science" is the biggest intellectual dead-end currently running. It is the direct equivalent of measuring skulls.

Classificatory psychology in general is a cultural cancer, made even worse by its popularization.

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