Epic WTF

Wow, somehow I totally missed that saga. Just spent half and hour reading through the RIP thread...

He's a true colnago lover though.

It's a really good article. It's quite a common manifestation of various mental health issues so it's nice to see somebody really dig into an example rather than just brand the person as a cunt, which is what usually happens. Not saying this person is not necessarily a cunt, just that it's nice to see the full story being told.

Fascinating.

You get to a point when you need to continue a story … and there [were] two ways that I could go to bed at night. There was like: ‘OK, guys, I just want to let you know, this is all made up’ – and trust me, the sleepless nights thinking about how to go about that. It was torturous.

I wonder how true this is for him. Is it really torturous, even as he keeps doing it? Or is he just voicing what he thinks a normal person would think?

I can't even comprehend HOW someone could live like that, let alone why. It's like the way his brain works is so far removed from what I think is normal, it doesn't even register how this behaviour is actually possible.

It's dedicated alright

Not LFGSS, but i think i just stumbled across Lynchman on Reddit

https://old.reddit.com/r/IDontWorkHereLa­dy/comments/dlfr3e/do_you_know_who_i_am_­and_youre_fired_until_they/

(Skip to the third or fourth page - the story is all fanciful dribble)

( @owl - reddit, not mumsnet. I'm pretty sure my sister is too busy slagging me off there for me to want to visit)

Not saying this person is not necessarily a cunt

Since abusive behaviour is the one aspect of pro cycling he actually achieved, a certain amount of cunt seems a given. Not only did he dismiss his behaviour as banter, he claimed to be the real victim.

It's one thing to acknowledge the pressures and circumstances that affect a person's behaviour, but unless you're going to classify somebody as too mentally damaged/incapable to be responsible for their own actions, they own the way they cope with those things. Otherwise you're just excusing abuse.

Inventing his own fake life is one thing, actively fucking up other people's real lives a whole different thing.

was the main story deleted when you posted 4 hours ago? it and the OP are deleted now.

I can’t work Reddit. When I first heard about it I assumed it was a website where people discussed books they’d read. I know I’m wrong but haven’t offered to find out how wrong. Am I missing anything?

https://old.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/nrnf5j/part_1_of_2_an_absolute_epic_entitled_ahole_gets/
https://old.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/nrnhuo/part_2_of_2_an_absolute_epic_entitled_ahole_gets/

It was called out for being horseshit in this sub, which, I'm guessing, prompted lynchman to delete the original post and account.

Can't have the evidence available when he pulls the same shit somewhere else.

Well yeah, the man appears to be a cunt.

He even did the pretending to be the wife of the OP who is now tragically dead. Guy has some really sad and shit compulsive behaviour patterns.

It's basically the miscellaneous & meaningless forum, and the memes thread. Just a lot more of it.

I've just found out that sometime between tomorrow and Thursday, Biden will be removed and Trump will be reinstated. Keep an eye on the twitter of this person on the inside https://twitter.com/palmerLoni4

The comments…THE COMMENTS… THE MOTHER FUCKING COMMENTS

What's the rule about comments? Which I frequently ignore

It started with a specific date and that date started slipping and then it becomes a date range. I hope I am wrong but I think she maybe disappointed.

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Holy shit, that is a long read. What a dodgy cunt.

Makes me wonder how much of the corporate world is saturated with psychopathic bullshitters...

That story reminds me of another CEO in the world of cycling with a penchant for fabrication and some kind of obsession with the military 🤔

Just stumbled into a Facebook group called "name and shame wokery".

Jesus jump roping Christ on a bike thats some pretty special eWTF! I knew that Facebook has a racism problem but was not expecting that! Mostly by people using their real names too.

I can't even comprehend HOW someone could live like that, let alone why. It's like the way his brain works is so far removed from what I think is normal

Since telepathy isn't a thing (well, I certainly don't have it), we're all making assumptions about how other people actually feel and think behind the surface. I think there's quite a range of human personality types, largely hidden behind learned cultural norms of outward behaviour. Probably an evolutionary benefit to it, even: a range of behaviour/thinking patterns giving society more flexibility and resilience.

Impostor syndrome is a thing because some people assume they are the only one lacking confidence in their own abilities, taking other people's outward appearance of confidence on trust. Compulsive liars seem to take the opposite view - that everybody is, like them, lying about themselves all the time. Both of those things involve an empathy failure to an extent (although one of those groups is much nicer to live/work with than the other).

One of the sad things about the Nick Clark story is that he's clearly a man of some considerable real talent; done a little differently, he could have built lasting successes with less damage to the people around him. Was he unable to do that because, underneath, he lacked the self confidence or because he entirely lacked the necessary empathy? Hard to say, not least since he seems to lie even when confessing to his lies.

I've known much less successful compulsive liars than him - the guy who blagged his way into organising Nina Simone's planned tour of the UK on the basis that he was running a music festival here, got the music festival job partly on the grounds that he had the Nina Simone gig, but then let both fall apart (lying seemed to be his only talent). By the looks of it, Nick Clark would have made both events happen - exploiting and abusing people in the process, sadly. I've worked for one compulsive liar who was more successful - still a well known figure in the Tech/Cloud world, particularly on social media, despite rarely having said a true thing about his life or work. I came to the conclusion that trying to empathise with them had limited value (you're never going to learn the truth about how they think/work) but learning to read the signs was valuable.

Send screenshots to their parents/adult children (delete as appropriate)

Doesn't sound as if it's a private group, so their families probably already know.

This isn't epic... Or maybe it is...

I saw a girl walk out her place to go to work wearing fluffy slippers. Thats just a plain wtf.

Apparently this is fashion... Maybe this is the epic wtf.

taking the dog out I've made it to the park at the end of the street in my house slippers before realising.

I forget I've got them on as they're so comfy (and i'm getting old).