Originally Posted by
BoSox
Those are two very good points made redeitz. I did realize that I did not know about Singer's history as nearly as well as the rest of you. However, this discussion is not about whatever lies were made by Singer. I don't think that anyone disputes that he made plenty of those.
I really don't want to dwell on Singer. The character created, "Rob Singer" is now dead. The man that created the character, just now irrelevant.
But the history of the person cannot be ignored. If someone new had come to a forum and made the claim of the double up bug, while skeptical, I would give him the benefit of doubt, until I had reason not to. I and others might have questions and that might seem a little unfair, like an interrogation, but the magnitude of such a claim almost requires that.
BUT, when that same claim is made by a person, who has for 20 years lied and made false claim, you don't take him at his word. At that point the onus is on him to prove his claim. He created that lack of credibility. And that is the point I was trying to make to mickey several years ago. Consider the source and look into it. And if mickey had looked into it, like some of us did, he would have seen many things that don't add up as well as many things that just flat out contradict the possibility.
Google "narcissist". You will find numerous articles listing traits of a narcissist.
All contain common traits of
lying for the need for attention. And they escalate these lies and claims when not receiving the attention desired.
They
exaggerate their own smarts, success, power, and looks.
The lack of empathy leads them to
take advantage of people, with no regrets.
Narcissists may be
extremely jealous and ultra-sensitive.
Because they tend to be very thin-skinned, they
may angrily lash out at any criticism or push-back.
Narcissists also
may lash out when they feel like they’re not getting special treatment.
Underneath all of these traits is a deep sense of insecurity.
This is Rob (the person behind the character) to a tee. Bitter at his admitted failure as an AP and status as a degenerate losing gambler, he made up stories of success, long-term winning playing negative EV. Millions of dollars over 10 years, later amended to fit a new claim. When he was no longer getting the attention desired, he escalated his claim by stealing the double up bug. If
any of it had been real there would have been no need for all the name calling and attacks that occurred for decades on numerous forums. But that kind of attacking back, deflecting is classic narcissistic behavior.
And now we see the exact same text book example of narcissist behavior from Mdawg. Honestly it is not just like watching a repeat, but a really BAD repeat.