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    • harry_balzac@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Empress is considered the best Denuvo cracker in the world. Mostly because she’s the only one that is consistently successful.

      There are two major trains of thought regarding her. The first: she’s a batshit crazy narcissist who is more toxic than a Kardashian-Jenner family dinner where Kanye and Pete Davidson show up unannounced. The second: she’s the goddess and the most wonderful woman on the planet and one day she’ll recognize my loyalty and I will have a place in her New World Order.

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            Yeah, she basically wants all gay and trans people to die. Her .NFOs in her releases are completely unhinged and really into the “anti-woke” culture war.

          • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.ee
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            She tried to out Fitgirl as trans to encourage harassment of her. Trouble is nobody believed her, because nobody knows anything about Fitgirl and we don’t believe Empress does either.

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        She’s also definitely Russian, and we, Russians, believe that it’s a guy.

        There’s no women on the Internet.

      • screamname@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        I wouldn’t be surprised if Empress is a group of two or more people. At least one to handle the “persona” of Empress and the rest to do the cracking. Artificial personas and obfuscated identities are Internet 101.

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            I think that user may be referring to Empress herself, not the commenter.

            As in, Empress doesn’t need to be using slurs to make her points.

          • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.ee
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            Narcissist is a slur when it’s used in a derogatory sense by someone who does not have the disability. You can say “person with NPD”, or pwNPD for short, or you can avoid insulting someone by alleging mental disability in the first place.

            • 7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              Narcisism isn’t a disability, it’s a personality trait. Just like being selfless. It has nothing to do with disabilities.

              • ugh@lemm.ee
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                Eh, it depends on the intention behind the word. Narcissistic personality disorder is, by definition, a disability (as are all mental disorders). In practice, it isn’t treated as such because they’re just assholes. Therapy is the only treatment, and the likelihood of a narcissist actually seeking treatment is basically 0.

                Most people throw the term around loosely, much like “psychopath.” I’m mainly being pedantic and do agree that it is often the best word to use to describe people who exhibit narcissistic symptoms. Selfish and egotistical can be an understatement for even neurotypical people.

                I’m just really interested in psychology and have a compulsion to talk about it to internet strangers who never asked and probably don’t care.

                • 7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                  One can be narcisistic without having a personality disorder. Just like one can be shy without being autistic. If you were diagnosed with a personality disorder, you simply have a “better reason” to act that way than when you’re just an ass.

                • 7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                  you clearly have way too much time on your hands which you spend trying to get strangers on the internet to fight. not everyone is as compulsively aggressive on the internet as you seem to be. since you’re so concerned with being fair and politically correct, why dont you ask for a job at your local foodbank? im sure they would appreciate a hand, and you would have to waste far less time online.

                  • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.ee
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                    I don’t try to make people fight. I want them all to agree with me and not be bigots. Do you think I like being harassed? No, of course not. Your worldview where people like being yelled at is very strange.

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              Narcissist is a real psychological term. It describes a pathology. Slurs aren’t words you don’t like to be called. You don’t get to make up what is and what isn’t a slur.

            • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
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              Narcissism is generally seen as a negative trait so there already isn’t a non-derogatory way of calling someone a narcissist. Also, there is an acknowledged difference between being a narcissist and having NPD so as much as many here would probably say Empress has some kind of disorder, I bet very few have the credentials to diagnose which means it’s the former, and if we’re being completely honest, it’s a very practical word to describe a person’s behaviour. So I guess it has to be a “chill out, snowflake” moment for you.

              • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.ee
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                All disabilities are seen as negative, but it’s not derogatory to call someone autistic, paraplegic, or blind, unless it’s a deliberate insult. I find your argument unconvincing.

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                  I don’t really care if you find what I say convincing but to make this as simple as possible, name one time it’s considered good to be identified as narcissistic. And please let’s stay relevant and leave out physical disabilities. Only assholes insult the two you named.

                  • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.ee
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                    pwNPD are, on average, better at magick than neurotypicals. I also generally respect most pwNPD for the trauma they’ve endured and survived. It’s a disability that leads to a lot of suicidality, so being a living pwNPD is an accomplishment.

        • Bo7a@lemmy.ca
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          You don’t get to decide what is a slur. Go away.