So, there's a new syndrome for being a paranoid crazy b*tch now...

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MontyVeda

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It was much the same level of paranoia that drove the wedge between my last relationship. I loved her, she loved me... but when one is constantly being accused of maybe having an affair (if not now, soon), never being trusted to go out with friends or workmates unless she was also invited (if she wasn't, then I clearly had something to hide), always being accused of trying to 'get off' with any female I chatted to that wasn't a family member, and if I got talking to bloke she'd think he was gay and trying to snatch me from her... it boils down to one thing: she didn't trust me. I tried to live with it, but ultimately i couldn't.
 

Fnaar

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I suppose it's a bit better than if she thought she was a Moorish captain, I suppose. :smile:
 

asterix

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The artical is no more than an invitation to 'laugh at the freaks', it even includes a couple of very unflattering photos to reinforce the idea that we should be sniggering at these people. To me this is exploitative and distateful.

I agree. My first thought was that I am glad I don't read the Metro. There are many other 'newsapers' that seem to specialise in such stories.
 

Cycling Dan

Cycle Crazy
Why bother with Jeremy Kyle when you can do the lie detector at home
 

Risex4

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Even more than phone hacking and all that corrupt shyte, its this kind of nonsense that makes me eternally grateful that I opted against a career in journalism and hence be associated with this crap.

Why, oh why is the supposed mental or relational health of two normal, anonymous people off the street considered printable copy?

Crass. Simply. The reporter needs to have a word with themselves; your student debt was well worth it, wasn't it?

The editor needs to be fired.
 

TVC

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Even more than phone hacking and all that corrupt shyte, its this kind of nonsense that makes me eternally grateful that I opted against a career in journalism and hence be associated with this crap.

Why, oh why is the supposed mental or relational health of two normal, anonymous people off the street considered printable copy?

Crass. Simply. The reporter needs to have a word with themselves; your student debt was well worth it, wasn't it?

The editor needs to be fired.
The link to the Leicester Mercury story proved useful. Clearly here was the original interview with pictures The Metro bought the notes and full photo set and rewrote it choosing different pictures to give it an entirely different agenda. Two vunerable people exploited for a few easy inches between the adverts. Sickening.
 

Risex4

Dropped by the autobus
The link to the Leicester Mercury story proved useful. Clearly here was the original interview with pictures The Metro bought the notes and full photo set and rewrote it choosing different pictures to give it an entirely different agenda. Two vunerable people exploited for a few easy inches between the adverts. Sickening.

Whilst the LM article is marginally better, I'm still not sold.

It handles it in a slightly more mature way, but ultimately it is still sensationalising a person's mental weakness. Any justification about "publicising the general condition" I'd gladfully ramn back down the speaker's throat. If the article was about "Othello Syndrome" as a condition, citing these two as an example of how it can disrupt and complicate lives, fair enough, I may be on board with.

But it's not. The LM story is only marginally better than Metro, but there is still the undertone of marginalising, of highlighting the "funny", "interesting", or "weird" symptoms. He's been banned from watching women's razor commercials? How is that actually a relevant fact to the story, other than to sensationalise it?

Woman has problem, man stands by her and says we'll work through it, get married, live a normal life. Thats the actual story there. But no, the media wants to focus on the 'freak show' aspect. And they've done that purely because that's what people as a collective want to read - for whatever reason.

People's collective response to mental weaknesses makes me want to punch people collectively in the face.
 
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