The Psychometer: This Week In Crazy

After last week's zombie attack, we found some new Psychometer scientists to give us a rundown on who went craziest this week. Luckily, they had quite a bit to work with this week. Do you agree?

Comments

[indjoe]

02:38 AM on 11/10/2011

Ann should take a ride with the Pizza Man in his Limo; so he can show her
the stimulus package that all the Ladies are talking about ! Ann and Cain seem
too be a match; too me they both spin the B.S. about the same non stop !

[zeldie]

09:55 PM on 11/09/2011

Love your psychrometer and "batshit insane" is genius. It is fun and funny and right on mark!

[badonkadonkdonk]

05:25 PM on 11/09/2011

So... Do you find that cute Peanut ad offensive? "sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't". Sorry, I just had to ask.

[dagcamp]

03:54 PM on 11/08/2011

I have come to rely on the Huffington Post to demonstrate sensitivy to marginalized groups of citizens in our country. To use such words as "psychometer", "approaching insanity", and "batshit insane" is a slap in the face to the millions of Americans who suffer from mental illness. As a member of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, (NAMI), the largest advocacy organization for the mentally ill, and as a family member of a grown child with bipolar disorder, I am appalled and saddened that you would demonstrate such blatant prejudice. NAMI has a program entitled, "Stigma Busters", which aims to decrease the stigma associated with mental illness. Stigma and the fear of being labeled "crazy" or "insane" is the main reason people avoid seeking treatment. I hope that you will seriously considering retracting this post and issuing a formal apology to all the brave Americans who are battling mental illness. Would you create such a post that made fun of or offended minorities or those with alternative lifestyles? I think not. Shame on you!

[oski the bear]

01:06 PM on 11/09/2011

I respect your opinion, but I can't agree with it.

I would never refer to someone with diagnosed bipolar disorder as "crazy," or "insane." Those terms have come to apply to people who are not diagnosed, but whose behavior demostrates an extreme deviation from the norm. If I start trying to do cartwheels on the ledge of a highrise building, that goes beyond cautioning "that's a really bad idea." It's more "you're insane!"

There's also the political application, which is not so much reckless/deviant behavior, as political viewpoints that are off the spectrum--usually off the far-hate end of the spectrum. That's why people like Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Ann Coulter, and Herman Cain end up there a lot. Not all righties end up there--very few appearance for people like John Boehner, for instance. And a couple lefties will find their way there from time to time.

But you need some sort of descriptor for these way-off-the-rails types of thought/behavior patterns demonstrated in the examples above, and "insane" seems as good as any, especially if that same pegorative word is NOT used to describe actually-diagnosed conditions.

That's my take on it, at the very least.

[webwzrd]

01:30 AM on 11/10/2011

You're kidding right? Since the dawn of time, there have been terms to describe that which is senseless, excessive, eccentric, etc,etc,etc. Crazy and insane are generic wrapper terms for all such things and more, including LACK OF SANITY, which some of the people in this JOKE article clearly demonstrate.

I'm cool with political correctness, but you are carrying it to a level that begs inclusion on the above dial.

[Republicanistan]

02:43 PM on 11/08/2011

Stupid LA Chick is good work if you can get it I guess.

[dre31]

10:33 AM on 11/08/2011

Ann Coulter should should have her head cut off and Herman Cain need a hammer upside his head to get him to realize he needs to go.

[SuperHeretic]

01:22 PM on 11/08/2011

No violent talk. You know that's not cool.

[garystartswithg]

07:04 AM on 11/08/2011

I am kind of sad the un-liberal media isn't busy hanging on every stupid thing Sarah Palin does anymore. Its been too long, sadly we probably won't hear anything until after the election. She should get credit for being the inspiration for Kardashians and Snookis everywhere. If you are stupid, don't hide in the closet, go on tv.

[nitwitsRus]

07:00 AM on 11/08/2011

i don'ts see
Del Bertino
ANY WHERE
on this
meter?

[Charles-12881]

06:19 AM on 11/08/2011

Coulter and Limbaugh should get together and have a kid, think of the babies!

[SuperHeretic]

01:24 PM on 11/08/2011

They would probably need to be fed bottles of human blood (probably from brown skinned, middle eastern children), and eat human flesh once they stated teething.

With any luck they'll consume their parents.

[Woodn88s]

01:28 PM on 11/08/2011

probably ain't enough viagra in the world for Rush to......................just sayin

[Curious Black]

03:57 PM on 11/08/2011

with annie, he's not the only one that would need a hefty dose.

[Justjack1]

05:03 AM on 11/08/2011

Ann Coulter should always be at the top of a Psycho meter.

[Republicanistan]

02:43 PM on 11/08/2011

They need to recalibrate the meter when she's on it...otherwise everyone else would fall off.

[REG CALLING]

01:50 AM on 11/08/2011

Who is Kirk Cameron????

[Chimoch]

10:27 AM on 11/08/2011

A child star in the 1980's.

[ItsObviousMan]

08:54 PM on 11/07/2011

Why is it that HuffPo can use (and I quote) "Batshit" as a modifier for "Insane", yet if a commenter uses this modifier for "Insane" or perhaps "Crazy" the moderators summarily delete the comment?

It's obvious, the readers should be allowed to be as intimate and free with bat guano as the writers.

[nosmiley]

09:53 PM on 11/07/2011

Too much " Do as I say, not as I do", in the air
They think we're all still children. My mother used the idea until I was 10-12, and started questioning her, as you are questioning them.

[Mochilero]

08:23 PM on 11/07/2011

You are right. Whatever else Coulter is, dumb is not one of them, and she laughs herself right to the bank. Which does not detract a whit from the fact that she is out of her sick mind.

[snoopjohnny]

02:59 AM on 11/08/2011

She knows her audience. Some people have an instinct for marketing. Coulter sticks with a safe formula, picking her moment to craft a new slogan selling the time-tested "Us vs. Them" drama. With the right blend of novelty and offensiveness, she reduces people to racial stereotypes, as if there were a political point. Meaningless?....Inflammatory?....sure, but she provokes precisely the debate she wanted....an ugly one. One that no one wins.

[Kibashi Siyoto]

08:12 PM on 11/07/2011

What is a Kardashian? Is it a cardigan sweater in a different langauge?

[CharlieTuba]

02:35 PM on 11/09/2011

I think they are those scaly aliens on Star Trek (Next Generation, DS9 and Voyager). Oh wait, those are Cardassians!

[nitwitsRus]

06:18 PM on 11/07/2011

nope
STILL don't believes in tight-knit conspiracies
BUT
loose-knit ones?