They Call Me Cookie to My Face

  There is this dumb, fake ass bitch at my job has been trying me since I was hired.  She's married, overweight and recently a new mother.  When I was hired, she was pregnant and I thought I would only be at the company until she returned from maternity leave.  Before she left, she made sure to act a complete ass towards me whenever possible.  While training me the Ukraine Russia conflict came up (this was back in the early stages). I made a comment (it was just me and her in the room) generally stating that Russia needs to stop flexing because it is affecting the US economy (and it was because we had to impose shipping fees on our customers etc.). This bitch proceeds to raise her voice and scold me about how people are dying and what not.  I let it go. I didn't say anything to her for 2 reasons:  1. The bitch was so pregnant I didn't want to put her into labor.  2. The bitch was so pregnant she obviously was miserable and cognitively impaired....

I hadn't seen this movie in over 2 decades. When the opening credits began, I felt a deep since of sadness and darkness. I could say it was my sparse memory of the plot and the overall somber mood from the imagery.  I know it was something else. It wasn't until the movie truly began that I was able to identify the source of the sadness.  This being a "cult" film, I knew there would be some disappointments in plot continuity and special effects partially due to the "wholesome" expectations of the time.  Overall it wasn't too disappointing. The story itself is so compelling that no one really cared about the following: 1. How well folded and "pressed" that note looked after Blanche had crumpled it all to hell and threw it out a window when Jane returned it to her.  2. How Blanche had no idea that Jane was stealing money from her until she started serving her dead animals from around the house.  It could be that this plot hole is an artistic refer...

  Again, I am not formally educated or trained in psychology. I had many psychology major friends in college and have been independently studying psychology since middle school. That having been said, I believe I have identified another tactic that narcissists use: THE DEATH MASK.  Now to be clear, I am not referring to the emotional blackmail that aging narcissists and non-narcissists employ to get their way.  This goes beyond lower levels of manipulation. The childlike "will you miss me if I went away?" pales in comparison to this tactic.  I've noticed in the past 10 years especially that both dementia and autism are being used as a blanket diagnosis to explain away behaviors and mindsets can altered and changed.  I would just like to point out that just because the origins and mechanics of a somatic (brain chemistry and tissue integral) based mental illness cannot be explained, doesn't mean that all behavior of said afflicted person is excusable.  I woul...