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Quoting wilksker from Jan 3 2010 11:32:06:
him: whats the best trick you can do
me: a cork 7
him: dude why didnt you go pro
or
from the lift: hey jump off the cliff:
i then proceed to jump off the cliff and flip him off as i ride way

Quoting steveys from Dec 29 2009 9:25:22:
I would tell you you are a douchebag, but you are too fucked in the head to understand.  Can't blame you tho:
From ONN
Most children are sociopaths

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New Study Reveals Most Children Unrepentant Sociopaths


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MINNEAPOLIS—A study published Monday in The Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry
has concluded that an estimated 98 percent of children under the age of
10 are remorseless sociopaths with little regard for anything other
than their own egocentric interests and pleasures.


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[IMG]theonion.com/content/files/images/New-Study-R.article.jpg[/IMG]Data shows that many seemingly innocent children—such as this one—are not to be trusted.



According to Dr. Leonard Mateo, a developmental psychologist at the
University of Minnesota and lead author of the study, most adults are
completely unaware that they could be living among callous monsters who
would remorselessly exploit them to obtain something as insignificant
as an ice cream cone or a new toy.
"The most disturbing facet of this ubiquitous childhood disorder is
an utter lack of empathy," Mateo said. "These people—if you can even
call them that—deliberately violate every social norm without ever
pausing to consider how their selfish behavior might affect others.
It's as if they have no concept of anyone but themselves."
"The depths of depravity that these tiny psychopaths are capable of reaching are really quite chilling," Mateo added.
According to the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, a clinical diagnostic
tool, sociopaths often display superficial charm, pathological lying,
manipulative behaviors, and a grandiose sense of self-importance. After
observing 700 children engaged in everyday activities, Mateo and his
colleagues found that 684 exhibited these behaviors at a severe or
profound level.
The children studied also displayed many secondary hallmarks of
antisocial personality disorder, most notably poor impulse control, an
inability to plan ahead, and a proclivity for violence—often in the
form of extended tantrums—when their needs were not immediately met.
"Children will use any tool at their disposal to secure
gratification," Mateo said. "And as soon as the desire is fulfilled, be
it some material want or simply an insatiable and narcissistic desire
for validation, they quickly become bored and lose interest in their
victims, all the while thinking only of satisfying whatever their next
hedonistic craving might be."
Mateo added that even when subjects were directly confronted with
the consequences of their inexplicable behavior, they had little or no
capacity for expressing guilt, other than insincere utterances of
"sorry" that were usually coerced.
Because children are so skilled at mimicking normal human emotions
and will say anything without consideration for accuracy or truth,
Mateo said that people often don't realize that they've been exploited
until it is too late. Though he maintained that anyone can fall victim
to a child's egocentric behavior, Mateo warned that grandmothers were
especially susceptible to the self- serving machinations of tiny little
sociopaths.
Despite the overwhelming evidence presented in the study, its
findings have been met with heavy criticism from people who associate
with children on a regular basis.
Batavia, NY resident and 38-year-old mother Mary Corcoran echoed the
sentiments of many other adults who refuse to believe they are sharing
their homes with merciless predators.
"Not my Jimmy. Just this morning, he told me I was the best mommy in
the whole world," Corcoran said of her son, 5. "In fact, he's been such
a sweet little boy this month that Santa just may bring him everything
he asks for."
According to renowned child psychologist Dr. Pritha Singh, author of Born Without Souls, diagnosing preadolecents as sociopaths is primarily a theoretical interest, as the disorder is considered untreatable.
"We've tried behavior modification therapies, but children actually
learn from our techniques and become even more adept at manipulating
others while concealing their shameless misanthropy," Singh said.
"Sadly, experience has taught us there is little hope for
rehabilitation."
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Quoting powderbro from Jan 4 2010 11:52:35:
Hopefully, this will bring the thread just a step back towards reality.

On Wednesday, there was about a foot and a half of fresh laying on the ground. I got to Summit Six at Alpine Meadows a little before 8:00 AM, while the lifties were still setting up ropes.

I was the only non-employee there, and as I walked into the corral, one liftie said: "You do know the lifts don't open for another hour, right?"

I replied, "Yeah, I'm just hear to claim my spot on the first chair."

She said, "I can't let you up until the lift opens, at nine."



She just couldn't wrap her head around the fact that I was there early, and that I would be perfectly happy to wait an hour. Hell, I'd be happy to wait three, but that isn't necessary at Alpine. Finally, someone who looked to be her superior came outside and told her that this is a regular practice, and that he has stood in line for KT-22 at 6:30. She didn't get it.

Quoting PC.Jibber from Jan 5 2010 11:09:00:
a skier with only one leg passes under the lift, and the guy next to me asks: "so when you get good enough, are you only allowed to ski on one ski?" .....he said this straight-faced

Quoting wilksker from Jan 3 2010 11:32:06:
i then proceed to jump off the cliff and flip him off as i ride way

Quoting .catierob from Jan 7 2010 3:15:13:
some asian wearing a football helping teach his 3 year old on wayyyy to big skis while he was one cross country skis

Quoting .catierob from Jan 7 2010 5:04:14:
ha yea, it is one huge run on
but in the end i hope you got it,dont really pay much attention to grammer and mechanics while on break

Quoting AUSTINBIKESKI from Jan 7 2010 4:24:32:
i guy on newschoolers started a thread saying:
it should not be called switch, it should be called fakie jus tliek snowboarders
now his karma is at 0

Quoting AUSTINBIKESKI from Jan 7 2010 5:39:32:
i know, i think the thread was then 3 pages of people hating on him

Quoting efinses from Jan 7 2010 8:14:19:
Are they blowing the waste deep powder up top today

Quoting GreenHorn$ from Jun 25 2009 1:03:22:
haha i love how almost everyone telling the gaper stories in this thread hardly have any posts. i think they might be the gapers in their story.

Quoting pomme-de-terre$ from Dec 13 2009 11:22:22:
i also saw some kid hiking rails today with a 160cm tapered directional Salomon sick stick, it has a pointed nose and setback stance. i didnt even know what so say

Quoting YooperSteeze from Jan 9 2010 10:33:27:
So today, just cruising around, decide to hit a small table up ahead. I'm about 50' from the jump, sitting down to do a hand drag, and out of nowhere, this big ass gaper riding 80's straight skis cut me off going way to fast for the jump, hits it, does the biggest (and most serious) spread eagle I have ever seen, and lands in the icy flats.

Quoting SKIU4EA from Jan 9 2010 10:43:32:
sry for cuttin you off...