is that he literally never laughs. Never. Ever. Fake smile, but never a laugh.

A debatable exception to this might be the one and only time he came close. If memory serves me, he was calling Hillary a "dog" or some other name. He kind of formed a chuckle, but hardly a laugh.

I know this isn't the main point of your OP, but I thought this would be a good place to comment on his lack of laughter.

I might have stated this in an OP the other day...can't remember...but another interesting point is that Republican "humor" always seems to be based on putting someone else down.

Javaman

(62,532 posts)

3. psychopaths only find amusement in other peoples misery.

Reply to LuckyCharms (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 4, 2017, 02:13 PM

Oct 2017

but rarely do psychopaths actually laugh.

jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)

4. Ex husband was a psychopath and a sociopath

Reply to Javaman (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 4, 2017, 03:00 PM

Oct 2017

and he laughed. Trump is in his very own league.

Javaman

(62,532 posts)

5. it's possible to be both but rare...

Reply to jodymarie aimee (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 4, 2017, 03:14 PM

Oct 2017

psychopaths are nature, sociopaths are nurture.

more than likely, he was a sociopath.

they have a sense of right and wrong but it's completely screwed up. They will usually laugh out loud at horrible horrible things. (if they are of the truly cruel bent)

since psychopaths lack empathy, that generally means the things they find amusing aren't the typical "foibles" of life, but the misery end of it. And have an hard time "laughing" much in the way they have a hard time crying. They just don't get it. laughing, truly laughing requires a certain amount of empathy.

but you lived with him and know better than anyone just how he was.

and if he were both or either, both are horrible.

I'm sorry you had to live through that.

unitedwethrive

(1,997 posts)

6. Wouldn't you think he'd want to wear sunglasses? To cover up the goggle outlines from his spray tan?