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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Camarath" data-source="post: 1072081" data-attributes="member: 11987">This is a bit general but I saw this thread and thought I would post the principle that has helped me, more than any other, to relate to and sympathize with the rest of mankind.Human beings are fundamentally insane.I have found this bit of insight to be very helpful. It has helped me gain a tenuous grasp on many of the more perplexing aspect of human behavior. And yes, I do believe that I myself am insane just like everyone else, other wise I don’t think I could explain my own behavior.Once you accept this universal insanity you can begin to deal rationally with others. People do not make sense unless you understand that their actions are controlled by factors you will never see or full understand. Factors most people do not understand or even recognize in themselves.  Everyone is controlled by forces they can not fully control. The reason the actions of others make no sense is they are not you. They do not see the world as you do. Their world is not your world. If you want to understand why someone does something you first need to understand the world they as they understand it.I am DM and a man. I have found that both men and women can cause difficulties in our group. As a general principle when I have difficulties with men I tend to punch them in the face (usually metaphorically) and when I difficulties with women I have found it more effective to try and change their understanding of the context that surrounds the issue in question. I don't really know how to explain this very well. With men I like to confront them directly and with women I like to make the confrontation irrelevant.I do sometimes make my male friends lives a living hell but I never (well usually never) do this to my female friends. This because wile I know that in general unless I really go to far my male friends will not hold it against me and if they do I will find out and we can deal with it. With most of my female friends I am never quite sure how far I can go with out waking up dead one day. I torment them; sure, I just temper my cruelty with the knowledge that I have to sleep sometime. It is safer that way...</blockquote>

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