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Shouldn't it be tetrad, not tretrad?

noun: tetrad; plural noun: tetrads

a group or set of four.

"a tetrad of distinct elements"

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Thank you. Corrected. Luckily, the spelling correction doesn't seem to impact the url for my links....

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No argument there. Identification and avoidance the best policy. Let them starve in the dark, deprived of 'narcisstic supplies'.

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Though a person tends to notice its common presence once having learned of it, narcissism isn't, by far, though, the only odd behavior set/silly-loop-habitation various members of the human race exhibit. Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow" (https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman-ebook/dp/B00555X8OA/ref=sr_1_1) shows many other aspects of the very rough carpentry by which we all have been constructed. Living with and around other humans sometimes seems almost like trying to negotiate a narrow ice-free path through a sea covered with sharp-edged icebergs.

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Oh yes. People tend to normalize things they shouldn't and overreact to things they should minimize because we are all prone to emotional manipulation and we all have our own unique perspectives on any given situation at any given moment.

However, the characteristic traits of antagonistic personalities which include lack of empathy, entitled grandiosity, and dishonest manipulation take a high toll on the emotional health of those in their orbit. It seems to me that acknowledging that these personalities get sadistic pleasure out of the harm they cause might make the rest of us less likely to justify their behavior and less likely to be harmed by them.

Forgive them if you must, but never forget what they did and hold them accountable for their deceits - otherwise you will become a perpetual victimized toy for their sadistic pleasure.

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That's good, thank you.

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