On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 1:27:47 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 11:06:40 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> > wrote:
>
> >On Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 12:39:33 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
> >> On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 06:52:52 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >I've known him since we were teenagers. We were both on alt.punk
> >> >for years before we were here.
> >> >>
> >> >> It could be that he just gets along well with juveniles because his
> >> >> medical / mental condition makes meaningful dialogue with them easier
> >> >> than with most adults. Or, they are lighter to manipulate when that is
> >> >> needed, or less disposed to become violent, etc.
> >> >
> >> >You prefer to believe that he does not have a sexual interest in the vulvas
> >> >of young girls.
> >>
> >> You call this a ceasefire?
> >
> >John wrote the magic words. He fired the first shot. I guess some other
> >nurse is going to *get to do* the procedures that he was so hoping that
> >he'd get to do. You know he's never gotten into a serious relationship
> >with a girl who was older than 14. He's over 60, and he's never gotten
> >into a serious relationship with a girl who was older than 14.
>
> I don't understand why you're so offended when John calls you a
> narcissist. You are a narcissist or you're not. Whether John calls you
> one doesn't change reality.
>
Look, Bruce, I'm never going to convince you that schadenfreude can be
joyous, and you're never going to convince me it isn't. What's fun is
knowing that John really does know that he'll never again get to pediatric
nurse again, and that adds another barrier, another level of suspension of
disbelief to overcome in his masturbatory fantasies. Yep, *that sinking
feeling*.

--Bryan