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minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up64·4 days agoRemember, when he uses the “nobody knew this” that actually means he didn’t know it. And he says it a lot.
minus-squareEonNShadow@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up22·4 days agoBecause in his mind He is the only person with any value Everyone else is a lamb to the slaughter unless he finds them useful.
minus-squareJaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoI don’t know about “with any value”. I think he just thinks he’s the only person. And the other people are…something else. Like people, but not.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoIt’s a less-educated concept of the “simulation theory” all the tech bros are into- “the universe is a simulation and I am why they are simulating it. Everyone else is an NPC.”
Remember, when he uses the “nobody knew this” that actually means he didn’t know it. And he says it a lot.
Because in his mind
He is the only person with any value
Everyone else is a lamb to the slaughter unless he finds them useful.
I don’t know about “with any value”. I think he just thinks he’s the only person. And the other people are…something else. Like people, but not.
It’s a less-educated concept of the “simulation theory” all the tech bros are into- “the universe is a simulation and I am why they are simulating it. Everyone else is an NPC.”
So, Main Character Syndrome?
Very much so.