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Webdiarist Richard Tonkin:
I’m sitting here today wondering if I’ve spent the last three years in a state of paranoid delusion.
He’s also worried about something called a “meerschacht test”. There’s another $90 wisely invested.
UPDATE. Pixy Misa: “The ‘meerschacht test’ is where you look at pictures of meerkats and tell the psychiatrist that they remind you of your mother.”
Kinda OT but inspired by Tonkin’s existential moment.
Rene Descartes walks into a bar.
Bartender says, ‘would you like a drink?’
Descarte says, ‘I think not.’
Then POOF he vanishes!—Nora
Posted by The Thin Man Returns on 2006 05 04 at 02:31 AM • permalinkI nearly felt sorry for him, thinking that he may be undergoing the growing pains of a lefty finally reaching adulthood and leaving childish beliefs in governmental hob-goblins, monsters & vampires behind. Then I read his litany of paranoid delusions. Only one thing to say - “Suffer in yer jocks, loser”.
Seems like he’s getting his Rorschachs confused with his meerkats.
Posted by Oafish and Infantile on 2006 05 04 at 02:48 AM • permalinkThis reminds me of an old Get Smart episode:
Maxwell Smart, Get Smart’s Agent 86, sits before a psychiatrist who unfolds a piece of paper to reveal an ink blot. “Tell me what you see here, Mr Smart,” he asks.
“Two people making love,” responds Max.
The psychiatrist unfolds another five or six ink blots of differing shapes, and each time Max sees “two people making love”.
“I think you have a fixation with sex, Mr Smart,” says the psychiatrist.
“Me?” says Max. “You’re the one with the dirty pictures.”
:)
I think he means the “me, er, shocked!” test. You know, the test where you finally look critically at your inner self and are shocked to find you are a utter dipwad.
Posted by lil varmint on 2006 05 04 at 03:07 AM • permalinkFrom that little list, u could safely confirm that not only has he been paranoid delusional for quite some time, but the reason its taken so long for him to suspect it is that he has never been confronted by anyone becoz he is dribbling this tripe to a seriously paranoid delusional community…
where quite frankly, the more moonbattish and nonsensical your theories, especially on the US and Joooos, the more farsighted and observant you are considered to be…
just another example of this lefty capacity for spouting twisted nonsense, this time outside of Webdiary, can be seen by a recent opinion piece of Philip Adams I was just reading in which he calls GWB insane and says he should be certified, but he calls the fruitcake heading Iran a “ratbag”????
anyway, if poor old Richard is beginning to wake up and get a bit more of a grasp on reality, i’m not sure how many more articles and plaudits he is going to get from his former adoring mates at that sheltered workshop…. maybe he better start looking around for a new group of people to commune and share his thoughts with….
#11
Absolutely right
Many lefties are trapped in a closed loop.
A self-perpetuating circle of conspiracy theories/theorists that feed paranoia and exclude the truth.
A world where cognitive dissonance rules, insanity is the norm and truth take a holiday.Great to see a lefty have a moment of clarity, unless he is attempting sarcasm.
The Meerkat test is pretty infallible. It’s administered on a small hill of dirt, the subject sits alertly upright with his adorable paws and little whiskers twitching. If he’s carried away by an eagle that’s a mark down.
Of course, nothing in psychiatry could be considered an exact science, but the test is quite effective in establishing which members of the admissions list are susceptible to predatory bird attack, so it’s a useful diagnostic tool of the modern mental health professional.
Words fail me. It’s just a pity they don’t seem to fail him.
Posted by AlphaMikeFoxtrot on 2006 05 04 at 05:44 AM • permalinkHave some pity.
Here’s a guy who’s slowly coming to the realisation that his whole world-view has been, quite frankly, sheer idiocy.
It takes courage to admit that, and it must be terribly hurtful and upsetting. Yes, he’s done a lot of harm by this. But don’t you think this is starting to dawn on him?
He’s been ambushed by one too many Fact. Let the poor so-and-so be, and maybe, just maybe, he might start wanting to atone for his misdeeds and not just sit gibbering in the corner. Or worse, go back to the same old comforting Far-Left insanity. Or is that Far-Right?
#11 Cassanova
I’ve noticed Phillip Adams has been even more unhinged than usual over the last couple of columns. My thoery is that he is trying to force the powers that be at The Australian to get bored with their pet lefty and cast him loose, allowing him to wallow in his martyrdom throughout his
next gigsenescence at the Byron Bay Echo.He’s also worried about something called a “meerschacht test”.
Dutch phrase. Test to see if you’re a meercat. They have similar ones for most African mammals.
-Big Al
Posted by TheRealBigAl on 2006 05 04 at 07:48 AM • permalinkSpeaking of paranoid delusions,Looney is Andrew Denton’s bosom buddy on Monday night.
Fortuitously “Saving Andrew Mallard” (ducks?)lavishly embellished with cellos,violins and rippling piano was on tonight so I could be up to my armpits in misery and guilt.I thought watching Catalyst could provide some light relief but was brought to my knees by the segment on Fine Particles and how they were infiltrating my lungs…I couldn’t win a high school debate with the number of proven “givens” that I’ve gathered, so what right do I have to attempt to convince “society-at-large” to believe me?
Someone forgot to take his meds today.
Posted by Mystery Meat on 2006 05 04 at 11:29 AM • permalinkSomeone forgot to take his meds today.
actually I think he started taking them. This guy thought that the apocalypse - in the strictly biblical sense- was really starting, and the two big guys had chosen Adelaide of all places to slug it out. No parody required.
I hope his journey towards sanity continues.Posted by daddy dave on 2006 05 04 at 11:38 AM • permalinkAm I the only one who thinks the guy is just being sarcastic? That piece reads like a lefty who’s trying to prove lefties have a sense of irony, not to mention humor (and typically failing, I might add).
It’s just sad that he’s so ignorant, he doesn’t know soapstone Turk’s-head pipes don’t have anything to do with ink blots.
I checked out the comments to his post, and there is no indication that readers saw it as sarcastic or ironic. For someone who is deep in conspiracy theories, some light-hearted wake-up messages are needed. You know, like “history is too complex and messy to be controlled by a conspiracy” or “sometimes things just are as they seem”. Instead, our helpful psychoanalyists at webdiary suggest…
keep following your gut feelings with honesty
and
It is frustrating to find that most people think you’re nuts or, worse, that they’re indifferent. It does cause self-doubt. Be assured that you’re not wrong and you’re not alone
and so, after his brief “Awakenings” style experience, he will no doubt slip back into the mire of moonbattery.
Posted by daddy dave on 2006 05 04 at 12:30 PM • permalinkWebdiary is the blogging equivalent of water torture - weeks of tedium punctuated every few months when we get to watch someone have a mental breakdown.
Posted by Margos Maid on 2006 05 04 at 08:19 PM • permalink
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I’m sitting here today wondering if I’ve spent the last three years in a state of paranoid delusion.
The answer is Yes.
—Nora