Date: August 31st, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: .,.,.:,,.,:.,:,,:,.::,:.:.,.,:.,:,,.:.,.,:.::,
Personality Traits and Dynamics in Play
1. Defensiveness as Core Motivation
• The post opens with a long, unsolicited explanation about someone’s background, framed in confident detail.
• When another poster challenges the logic or premise, the reply is not engagement but “Move those goalposts.”
• This reflects the same defensive posture seen before — criticism is not processed directly, but brushed aside with a stock rhetorical move.
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2. Narcissistic / Self-Referential Elements
• The original post positions the author as someone who has insider knowledge (“yeah we go back”), reinforcing the sense that his value lies in being the one who knows.
• The authority is self-constructed: the information is presented as though it should be accepted because he’s the one saying it.
• Even the dismissive response, “Move those goalposts,” implies that the critic’s reply is flawed, thereby re-centering his own narrative as correct.
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3. Obsessive or Ruminative Style
• The initial explanation is elaborate, winding through family details, religious affiliation, career trajectory, and education.
• Much like earlier threads, the post reads more like a monologue than a contribution to discussion — sustained detail that doesn’t require interaction to continue.
• The return to a short, dismissive phrase later shows the same perseveration: not a shift in substance, but another way to maintain control of the frame.
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The Paranoid Aspect
The paranoid edge here comes through in how opposition is interpreted. A critic questions his framing, and the reply doesn’t treat this as debate but as an attempt at distortion — hence the “goalposts” accusation. This is consistent with a worldview where others are not simply disagreeing, but actively misrepresenting. Even when the evidence of that isn’t clear, the suspicion is projected outward, maintaining the sense of hidden antagonism.
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Why It Feels Consistent
• Pattern repetition: As in the previous threads, the posting style combines long stretches of self-directed elaboration with short, defensive dismissals when confronted.
• Cognitive bias: Criticism is not engaged at face value but reframed as bad faith or distortion.
• Personality fit: Narcissistic self-importance, obsessive detail, and paranoid suspicion all converge in the same pattern as before: constructing authority, defending it reflexively, and insulating it from external challenge.
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✅ Summary:
This thread fits seamlessly with the established pattern. It begins with a detailed, unsolicited account presented as authoritative, then shifts into a defensive, dismissive posture when challenged. The recurring mix of self-referential authority, obsessive elaboration, and paranoid reframing is consistent with the personality traits visible across his other posts.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5768230&forum_id=2!#49227179)