My friend is insane...

[Sphyzex_9]

So a while back I posted a thread about this guy I knew at work named Daniel who believed all these crazy conspiracy theories. No matter how illogical they were he ate them up and his theory on life was that a race of half human half reptile people that live in the core of the earth called "Anunaki" control mankind...yeah

Well what I'm about to post isn't a joke, this guy is completely mad.

A few days ago, he told me he just saw a movie that changed his entire life and that I had to watch it. The movie was called "They Live", which is about aliens that look like people. So he gives it to me, I watch it, it's a shitty movie, and I give it back to him the next day and ask why he would make me watch that and he looks over at one of our co-workers and says "...John's one of them".
He actrully believes that he is an alien. He wasn't joking either.

Then later on John passes by and Daniel is like 'Watch this.." He walks up to him, askes him what he had for dinner last night. He says a chicken, and walks away. And Daniel is like 'Does that not prove my point? hahaha". I'm like "uhh sure...." And he says "Dude, I just asked him what he had for dinner and he looked at me with his reptilian eyes and said a chicken!". Then he started up about another girl who he thinks is an alien and a bunch of other weird stuff..

the dude is completley fucking bonkers....what a wackbag....

[Psychotime]

Didn't the last thread about this get locked?

Anyway, what do you want us to do about it?

[Sphyzex_9]

Anyway, what do you want us to do about it?

I had to tell somebody. he freaking thinks people are aliens for christ sakes.

[Elwell]

I like that movie. The payoff doesn't live up to the setup, but at least it tries to have some sort of political subtext, while at the same time not taking itself over-seriously. They Live = The Matrix - Jean Baudrillard + Rowdy Roddy Piper.
But yes, you friend is a total whack job.

[FourTonMantis]

he freaking thinks people are aliens for christ sakes.

Last time I checked, the U.S. did have an illegal immigration problem...

[LORD M]

Last time I checked, the U.S. did have an illegal immigration problem...

Yeah. Like 99% of the population are illegal aliens.

[bluefooted]

This movie has the best fight scene EVER. Over whether or not the one dude will put on a pair of sunglasses. It's the best.

But, seriously, it sounds like your friend needs help.

[Elwell]

"I've come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum."

[Elam]

Shitty film? ehem.

I'm a huge John Carpenter fan.

[Kaycy is tanning]

Then later on John passes by and Daniel is like 'Watch this.." He walks up to him, askes him what he had for dinner last night. He says a chicken, and walks away. And Daniel is like 'Does that not prove my point? hahaha". I'm like "uhh sure...." And he says "Dude i just asked him what he had for dinner and he looked at me with his reptillian eyes and said a chicken!". Then he started up about another girl who he thinks is an alien and a bunch of other weird stuff..

the dude is completley fucking bonkers....what a wackbag....

hahaha, he sounds like a blast

[Pigeonkill]

Ask your friend to watch the full movie again, credits and all. Maybe it will clicked that's it's just for entertainment value and hired actors. If he has anymore questions let him go a head and have fun and write to company who produced it.

Maybe he should go seek professional help or if he's taking any drugs take it easy on them. Who knows maybe he's bored and likes pulling people's chain.

[Irishdrunk]

You know what you have to do?

Get some crazy lizard contact lenses and start hissing! >.<
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x51/willow-rosenberg/Forums/eyes-crt2green-flash.jpg

[TASmith]

From Stephen King's "Uncle Otto's Truck"

"So there was my uncle Otto, worth perhaps as much as seven million dollars, living in that tiny little house on the Black Henry Road. His town house was locked up and shuttered. He had by then progressed beyond "damned peculiar" to "crazy as a shithouse rat." The next progression is expressed in a flatter, less colorful, but more ominous phrase: "dangerous maybe." That one is often followed by committal.

[CGMonkey]

So he thinks he's an alien, unless he's gonna probe your ass I'm not quite sure why you are so upset about this?

[walnut]

Sounds like the guy is schizophrenic, in which case he could probably use a lot of professional help.

[Hexism]

fact: They Live is a great movie.

[el coro]

probably one of the most important films made in the past 25 years.

i fucking love that movie. i was just talking about it earlier today actually lol.

c36

[That fat kid]

This movie has the best fight scene EVER. Over whether or not the one dude will put on a pair of sunglasses. It's the best.

But, seriously, it sounds like your friend needs help.

I'm fairly certain the "cripple fight" scene from Southpark is based on the fight scene from "They Live."

[Hyskoa]

Just tell him the following: "I'm one of them, we're everywhere, and we've been watching you. If I die, I get replaced by someone else, and you'll never know who."

See if he still bothers you after that.

[Hookswords]

Everyone knows that the Anunaki arent lizard people. They are humanoids, from which our design originates, from Nibiru that came here to Earth, made mankind, ruled among them, and will one day return again when Nibiru makes it 3,600 year orbit.

He's obviously crazy....lizard people...what a nut

[Choob]

Reptile aliens?

He's crazy. Everyone knows aliens look like this.

http://69.89.21.80/~emergin2/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/TakeMeToYourStove.JPG

[timpaatkins]

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This is what they look like.

[Sady]

It's always a friend...

[J Wilson]

I dated a schizophrenic for a short time. Yeah, if he's not putting you on, then he's likely schizophrenic. Paranoid Schizophrenia comes with hallucinations (sometimes visual, sometimes audial) and conspiracy theories. They will often take simple things as "proof" that what they believe is real. Schizophrenia can come and go, and there may be times when the symptoms are worse than others. If you can talk to him when the symptoms are gone or lessened, you can maybe get him to seek help.

Sadly, medications only seem to help for a while. There really isn't much that can be done long term. Seeing a therapist and a meds doc can help keep it somewhat under control however.

[ChristmasBunneh]

Haha sounds like you'll never be bored at work.
But seriously some two years ago on substance I watched random TV, saw an episode of Spiderman and convinced myself the meaning of life hid in the plot of the episode. I was so overwhelmed with my discovery I told it to my friends next day at school. They didn't even laugh, they were worried of my well-being and mental situation. A few hours too late I realized haw ridiculous I must've sounded.

[JFierce]

Personally it just sounds like he's on drugs to me

[SavageGoldfish]

Ugh. It seems like everyone I associate with believes this stuff. Not as fervently as your friend seems to (OMIGOD MY CO-WORKERS ARE ALIENS!) but it seems like every conversation ends up turning into conspiracy theories about interdimensional beings controlling humanity, and all the major world leaders are all related and participate in human sacrifice and they're actually reptoids from another dimension. Some conspiracy stuff sounds plausible (I fully believe in other dimensions than our own, and the possibility of life existing in them, or the fact that everyone who runs the government and major corporations is in it for themselves, etc) but then they get into the hollow earth theory and all that, and I'm sorry, I don't believe that there are wooly mammoths and dinosaurs and a utopian society living on the inside of the earth. Their best argument for why the earth would be hollow? "Well, you know, how like, when you put clothes in the washing machine, and it spins, and all the clothes get plastered on the sides of the washer? That's like when the earth spins at thousands of miles per hour, everything would get flung to the outside, and the inside would be empty!" Of course. Makes perfect sense, doesn't it? Because the earth and a washing machine are totally alike.

I feel your pain.

[Straight Edge Ryan]

I believe the correct medical term for people like that is "batshit insane"

OK here's what you do next time you see him. Go up the the co-worker he accused of being an alien, whisper something in his ear, then the both of you turn around and give him a bad look. Whisper some more but make sure you say "I agree, something must be done about him" loud enough for him to hear.
However, I'm not responsible if he goes nuts and shoots up the place afterward

[Randis]

i dunno, maybe he is just playing you... maybe you are the paranoid one?

[Dusty]

fact: They Live is a great movie.

Indeed. Pretty much everything Carpenter did in the 80's qualifies as "great" in my book.

[D.C.]

The awesome fight scene. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKFadyJxwg)

[Carnifex]

I believe the correct medical term for people like that is "batshit insane"

OK here's what you do next time you see him. Go up the the co-worker he accused of being an alien, whisper something in his ear, then the both of you turn around and give him a bad look. Whisper some more but make sure you say "I agree, something must be done about him" loud enough for him to hear.
However, I'm not responsible if he goes nuts and shoots up the place afterward

nah,you need to go to that coworker,whisper into his ear,and then both of you turn your head reeeally slow to look at him.
edit: oh and get one of these contact lenses: http://hubpages.com/u/5010_f520.jpg
:D :D

[BlightedArt]

Buy a pet iguana and take it into work and say "Say hello to my lil' friend..."

[Sphyzex_9]

I talked to him again today, he said that when he sees them he tries to communicate with them telepathically and say "I know what you really are". Also to defend himself he added "Well if they dont exist them why do I see people that look like aliens? There was this one guy who was looking one way and then quickly turned his head to the side. Just like a reptile would!"...yeesh.

[jedininjaman]

yeaaaa
ima go back and refresh nibru a few times

[SavageGoldfish]

I talked to him again today, he said that when he sees them he tries to communicate with them telepathically and say "I know what you really are". Also to defend himself he added "Well if they dont exist them why do I see people that look like aliens? There was this one guy who was looking one way and then quickly turned his head to the side. Just like a reptile would!"...yeesh.


Because ZOMG OH NOES every time a person turns their head quickly, it must mean they're an alien reptile!!

You really should start playing mind games on him about this stuff (not that you'd need to...probably would make him flip his lid...) But it would be funny.

[Straight Edge Ryan]

jokes aside though, assuming he's not just dicking with you, it's probably important that you tell someone about him. Like others have said, it sounds like he's showing a lot of symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia. And while some schizophrenics are no more than a bit eccentric, it's possible for them to become a danger to themselves or others. If he really believes that there are aliens out to get him and he really thinks it's "us against them" then consider the possibility that he will go apeshit and go on a killing spree to rid the world of this alien menace

Seriously though, 15 minute phone call or a quick conversation with someone and maybe you can avoid "damn I should have said something" guilt in the event that he does go apeshit and kills a bunch of people

[TASmith]

Wild and Crazy Guys
by George Carlin
From the book: When Will Jesus Bring the Porkchops?, which I highly recommend.

I avoid terms like mentally disturbed and emotionally impaired. You can’t let the politically correct language police dictate the way you express yourself. I prefer plain language: crazy, insane, nuts. “The whole world is crazy, and many of its inhabitants are insane. Or am I just nuts?” And for the most part, we humans do enjoy being colorful and creative when describing the condition of someone who’s crazy. Here are a few descriptions of craziness that I enjoy:

• One wheel in the sand.
• Seat back not in the full, upright position.
• Not playing with a full bag of jacks.
• Doesn’t have both feet in the end zone.
• Lives out where the buses don’t run.
• The cheese fell off his cracker a long time ago.
• His factory’s still open, but it’s makin’ something else.

Here’s an odd one: His squeegee doesn’t go all the way to the bottom of the pail. I think you have to have some serious time-management problems to be sitting around thinking up stuff like that. But there you are. This next one sounds really good, but I confess I don’t quite understand it: He belongs in a cotton box. For some reason it sounds exactly right, though, doesn’t it?

And if you’re going to be irreverent about describing crazy people, you can’t get soft when it comes to describing the places we keep them. Or used to keep them. In the 1980’s, Ronald Reagan decided the best place to keep them was on the streets, which actually makes a lot of sense, because the streets are nothing more than a slightly larger, open-air asylum, anyway.

But around the turn of the nineteenth century, many states had places called institutions for the feebleminded. That name seemed too long for some people, so instead they were referred to them as madhouses. “They took him to the madhouse. Boy, was he mad.” Then these places became insane asylums, mental homes, mental institutions, and, finally, psychiatric facilities.

I have three personal favorites. I always liked the hoo-hoo hotel. To me, that says it all. Here’s another one that’s not bad: the puzzle factory. It has a certain class to it, doesn’t it? But if you prefer a gentler approach, you really can’t beat the enchanted kingdom. “They took him away to the enchanted kingdom.” And guess how they took him there? The twinkymobile. Now that’s descriptive language.

[Orunitier]

You know this is going to get worse once the new "V" series comes out next month.

[TASmith]

Then again, if I knew someone like that now, I'd probably consider it news worthy, although I might refer to him as an acquaintance. Then I again, I did meet someone like that, who actually tried to burn down my church in the middle of a concert, and I usually don't bring it up. Not unless it's relevant. Meh, every post here is just an excuse to get everyone to add some humour and maybe say something enlightening once in awhile.

EDIT: Yay! More post deletions! Now my post doesn't make sense! I tell you what, I won't say who posted, but it was someone suggesting our OP isn't so nice if he keeps laughing at his "friend's" problems here, on the net. This is just a general comment, but I wish people who have the balls to say something contrary, argumentative, inflammatory, or just plain rude, would then have the balls to leave it there for all to read. Going back and deleting is so pathetic. If you don't want to get yourself in that situation, watch what you say the first time.

[.pc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj8741m2jLc&feature=fvw

apparently more peole like your friend exist.

[Sphyzex_9]

Okay guys. I’m officially worried now. I walked into work today and he immediately brought me into the back and told me he heard about this prophesy that said that Russia is going to take over the US and kill everyone living here. He then said his friend, (who also believes all this stuff) has already packed his bags and is moving to Canada for a month or so and he’s thinking about doing the same. I’m like Daniel, stop with all this already. And he gets all defensive and is like “Dude, I’m not kidding! Look it up for yourself!” Then he started freaking out and said he doesn’t know what to do. He won’t listen anything I tell him so I’ll probably have to talk to someone else. Maybe the manager. I don’t think he’s going to snap and do anything drastic but still, someone’s gotta talk some sense into him.

[alesoun]

Talk to somebody in HR, and do not humour him. I dunno what he's smoking, but it's not doing him any favours...

[Sphyzex_9]

Okay it's not as bad as I thought. I talked to him again and he was calm and said he wasnt really planning on doing anything. I realised he's not really paranoid per-se, he just thinks he knows more than most people. I kinda just view him now like I do people that are into religon. He just holds on to things like that to give meaning to life or whatever. So I guess if that's what he chooses to believe than so be it.

[BlightedArt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj8741m2jLc&feature=fvw

apparently more peole like your friend exist.

Never heard of anything like this before, and the fact that people really believe in it, and are devoting so much time and effort into revealing it, is amazing. O_O

[Ian Miles]

TGXKCtHooHA

Everything is better when you live your life in a paranoic manner. :)

[Fruitbasket]

Well lets see, If your friend really believes in this stuff, maybe its just something he has fun with? I know I might sound crazy but watching for "shape shifting" sounds like a fun Hobbie.

Or, he is really insane, If that enjoy it while it lasts.

[Slash]

Haha, you'll feel pretty dumb when you finds out he's actually right!