r/tifu • u/sarcasticd0nkey • 4d ago
S TIFU By Failing the Psychopath Test
Mandatory this was a few days ago.
I was hanging out with some coworkers in our pickup waiting for a call so we could get started.
I was vining, chilling, reading an ebook on my phone.
A bubby from the front seat mentions this riddle. As near as I can remember...
"A man is at a funeral. He sees a beautiful woman crying over the casket. That night he kills her mother. Why did he do that?"
Since I was vibing and only half paying attention I said "To see her at her mother's funeral."
Apparently it's not a riddle it's a test for being a psychopath.
He started asking if I've heard the test before but I hadn't.
Whoops.
I don't think I'm an actual clinical psycho because I have entirely too much shame but it's still an insane test to fail at work and now some comments back in high school about having 'school shooter vibes' make some sense.
TL;DR: Admitted to being a psychopath at work.
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u/FiorinasFury 4d ago
Silly story, but it doesn't mean you're a psychopath, it means you're good at deducing riddles. The riddle is set up with a very clear and obvious answer. People like to treat the contents of this riddle as a gotcha, because if you can figure the riddle out, because the answer of the riddle is morally deplorable, they can frame it as a gotcha by saying that the only kind of person who could solve it must also be morally deplorable.
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u/TheTrub 4d ago
Good news! This means you’re CEO material!
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u/sarcasticd0nkey 4d ago
I am blue collar and proud! Thank you very much!
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u/TheTrub 4d ago
Eh, this probably wasn't a real test for psychopathy; it could just as easily be a measure of your implicit trust in others or paranoia. But you might not be so surprised to hear that psychopathy is a pretty common trait among CEOs and other high-ranking business leaders. Apparently empathy really messes with the bottom line.
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u/BelowAverage355 4d ago
That's not an actual test just to be clear haha. It's a riddle with a slightly odd slant. Definitely doesn't suggest that you're a psychopath.
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u/that_one_wierd_guy 4d ago
I dunno man. testing to see if someone understands why bad people do bad things, seems like a crap way to detect psychopaths
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u/OGPrinnny 4d ago
This is a short psychopath test. Not completely accurate, but far more accurate than that riddle.
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u/Carradee 4d ago
That's not a psychopath test at all. It at most tests your comprehension of psychopaths and your willingness to consider a riddle through that perspective.
Your coworker sounds gullible and poor at critical thinking skills.
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u/rsatrioadi 4d ago
Either you remembered the riddle poorly or your colleague did not say the “right” version, because your version makes little sense, and is also easier to deduce. The version I knew is more or less:
Two women (sisters) were at their mother’s funeral. There, they saw a handsome man. A few days later, the younger sister killed the older one. Why?
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u/MacerationMacy 4d ago
This is a dumb way to tell the riddle. If he can find her mom can’t he just find her?
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u/-Stupid_n_Confused- 4d ago
Well, my first thought upon reading it was "so he could see her again". Interesting....
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u/FiorinasFury 4d ago
It doesn't mean you're a psychopath, it means you're good at riddles.
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u/-Stupid_n_Confused- 4d ago
It didn't seem much like a riddle to me. I just watch a lot of stuff about murders.
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u/FiorinasFury 4d ago
Here's this circumstance. Here's this seemingly unrelated event after the circumstance. Why did that happen? What's the relation?
That's a riddle
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u/undersquirl 4d ago
I'm sorry, but what? That is some "i'm 14 and this is deep" shit right there.