Ship of Fools: How Evil Are You?

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Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

A quiz from the BBC.
I am Infrequently Vile.
This might inform as to the accuracy of the test, depending on how you view the accuracy of that assessment.

Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :

Shockingly saintly

Do you ever find yourself walking on water? Because you are shockingly saintly. You are a chink of light in a dark world.

Good grief. [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :

I've not looked at the the quiz yet but from those two judgements I already have little faith in it!

[Two face]

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :

Another Infrequently Vile here - obviously I have to try harder on my vileness rating.

Posted by Kittyville (# 16106) on :

Moderately nefarious here.

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

Another "Infrequently vile" which is no surprise.

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

Shockingly Saintly. Proof that these sort of quizzes are rubbish.

Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :

Proof again of the inaccuracy of such quizzes.
I got "infrequently vile".
Everyone knows I was supposed to get "shockingly saintly" [Angel]

Posted by daisymay (# 1480) on :

I still feel evil as I got a while ago by a roman bike and it came down the road. So I have to eat Naproxen to help me

Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :

Infrequently Vile. Not sure all of my family would agree with that! Reassuraingly low on the psychopathy - phew!

Posted by Lamb Chopped (# 5528) on :

Another Infrequently Vile, highest on Macchiavellianism. Most of which is used in <cough> missionary service.*

If they only know what I would have been were I NOT a Christian... [Snigger]

* Mostly when dealing with pompous bureaucrats on behalf of refugees

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

I am sensing a demographic.

Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :

And another Infrequently Vile

Posted by leo (# 1458) on :

Infrequently Vile here as well

Posted by Adeodatus (# 4992) on :

I managed to portray myself as Infrequently Vile, relatively high on Machiavellianism, relatively low on Psychopathy.

Mission accomplished ... [Two face]

Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :

Infrequently vile for me as well. I prefer the sound of moderately nefarious.

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

Infrequently vile. Mediumly machiavellian and fairly low on narcissism and psychopathy.

Little do they know..... [Two face]

Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :

Infrequently Vile, rock bottom on the Machiavellian thing but a bit of the narcissistic, psychopath. Why is sex with strangers a bad thing?

I'm just glad it didn't register my building temper tamper over the hard-to-move slider.

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:
Why is sex with strangers a bad thing

Yeah, quite. Want a screw?

Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :

As LC pointed out, those of us who have to deal with shit bosses, officious bureaucrats, or The System are probably going to be a bit Machiavellian. Perfectly saintly and humble folk otherwise, but, in the face of The Man...hey, the system's best conquered with patience, fortitude, and a bulldozer.

Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on :

Another "infrequently vile"

Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :

This is getting boring - I'm "infrequently vile" as well.

Strange that - I wasn't aware of ever being vile ... [Angel]

Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
I am sensing a demographic.

But what demographic?
Just honest enough to register as less than saintly or just devious enough to register higher than thoroughly vile?

quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
As LC pointed out, those of us who have to deal with shit bosses, officious bureaucrats, or The System are probably going to be a bit Machiavellian. Perfectly saintly and humble folk otherwise, but, in the face of The Man...hey, the system's best conquered with patience, fortitude, and a bulldozer.

Ah, but if you were perfectly saintly, the bulldozer would never occur to you.

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

quote:
Originally posted by lilBuddha:

quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
I am sensing a demographic.
But what demographic?
Just honest enough to register as less than saintly or just devious enough to register higher than thoroughly vile?

I'm inclined to call it "Shippy" and leave it at that. [Big Grin]

Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :

Another Infrequently vile, low on psychopathy, higher on Machiavellianism.

Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on :

Shockingly Saintly.

Well, I'm trying to do the right things and work on overcoming my contempt/impatience of people but saintly?

Umm, not so much.

Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on :

quote:
I'm just glad it didn't register my building temper tamper over the hard-to-move slider.

Oh, good! I thought I was the only one who couldn't move that damn thing! Did you notice it wouldn't let you move the slider in small increments? That seems as though the quiz authors wanted the answers to lack any nuances.

Posted by pjl (# 16929) on :

Moderately nefarious.....OK?

Posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider (# 76) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:

quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:
Why is sex with strangers a bad thing
Yeah, quite. Want a screw?

The quiz doesn't imply it necessarily is. However, my suspicion is that the reasoning behind the question is that people who put themselves first are less likely to ask whether a casual hookup is wise for the other person.

Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :

quote:
Originally posted by lilBuddha:

quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
hey, the system's best conquered with patience, fortitude, and a bulldozer.
Ah, but if you were perfectly saintly, the bulldozer would never occur to you.

Have you read about some of the saints? I reckon Bernard of Clairvaux sympathises with the nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure approach.

As the meme has it, If someone asks you What Would Jesus Do, remember that one of the options is overthrowing tables and chasing out the moneychangers with a whip.

Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider:

quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:

quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:
Why is sex with strangers a bad thing
Yeah, quite. Want a screw?
The quiz doesn't imply it necessarily is. However, my suspicion is that the reasoning behind the question is that people who put themselves first are less likely to ask whether a casual hookup is wise for the other person.

I always considered it a kindness.

Posted by roybart (# 17357) on :

Infrequently vile, with most of the vileness coming from Machiavellianism rather than Narcissism or Psychopathology. That is a relief to me, though I don't know why.

Posted by Leaf (# 14169) on :

Slightly disappointed to discover that I am only Infrequently Vile.

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

quote:
Originally posted by roybart:
Infrequently vile, with most of the vileness coming from Machiavellianism rather than Narcissism or Psychopathology. That is a relief to me, though I don't know why.

Because you feel it is better to be scheming for other peoples downfall than simply too absorbed to notice, or nursing such a hatred of humankind you don't care who is hurt?

(says the shocking saintly person who is therefore hiding his underlying sociopathology very well)

Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :

One does wonder about any test that requires self-assessment. True psychopaths think everything they do is justified. "Those people needed killing!" While a tendency to feel a whole lot of guilt over very small things is a common trait among the humble saints. Wonder how St. Augustine would do on this?

Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :

Based on the sampling of the Ship so far, I suspect Augustine would get an "Infrequently Vile."

I guess the category is named that way because the focus is on evil. "Infrequently vile" pretty much means "Often decent."

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Twilight:
One does wonder about any test that requires self-assessment. True psychopaths think everything they do is justified. "Those people needed killing!" While a tendency to feel a whole lot of guilt over very small things is a common trait among the humble saints. Wonder how St. Augustine would do on this?

I think we also generalise. As a whole, I do try to be kind and generous to others, considering their needs. I do tend to judge most people positively as a starting point.

There are always the exceptions, of course, and for the good of all, these people need to die, slowly, painfully and without hope of mercy. But these are not the ones I am thinking about when filling in a survey - it is the majority.

Posted by Twilight (# 2832) on :

See that's just the opposite of how I took the test. If I could think of a single incident of being mean to someone then that was reflected on the test, putting that slider above the middle.

Actually, I think I know this bunch of shippies fairly well and compared with the general population I think you're all pretty saintly. Just think of the angst that came out in a thread we had about guilt over being "rich."

Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :

I wouldn't mind some of that angst. It would be a pleasant change from the angst of wondering how I'm going to survive financially in ten years' time.

Posted by pimple (# 10635) on :

Infrequently vile. Today, anyway.

Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :

Infrequently vile. Highest on Machiavellianism, which I think is normal for any intelligent person who has spent much time working in bureaucratic systems.

The whole thing is loosely based on the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, which is based on empirical observations of psychopaths (which include the fact that they tend to have a lot of sex with strangers--not that this in itself makes you a psychopath, it might just mean you're extraordinarily attractive and have trouble saying no because you don't want to hurt people's feelings).

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

quote:
Originally posted by pjl:
Moderately nefarious.....OK?

How did you get in?!

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :

I answered on behalf of my alter ego and came out as Decidedly Dastardly but scored a bit low on Psychopathy - I'll get even with them for that one!

Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I answered on behalf of my alter ego and came out as Decidedly Dastardly but scored a bit low on Psychopathy - I'll get even with them for that one!

I don't have alter egos, I have competing egos. I let a different one take the test this time and also got Decidedly Dastardly. Near the top on Machiavellianism and Narcissism and slightly above middle on Psychopathy. If I lie a bit, I can ring the bell on all three.

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