What goes through their minds?

I wonder what goes through the minds of other people sometimes.

Yesterday, just as I came out of Promyvion-Dem as RDM67/NIN33 (not on /anon) , with nothing but Lv.30- gears, some dude /check'ed me and started to send me /tell's.

Unholyangel>> y u not got the ochudes cote or w/e it is?
>>Unholyangel : pardon? who are you?
Unholyangel>> just lookin at ur wares
Unholyangel>> just wonderein y u aint got those gloves that r like 2mil
>>Unholyangel : >_>? 1. I don't have 2 mil
>>Unholyangel : 2. RDM cannot use Ochiudo's Kote.
Unholyangel>> o im srry just say the hairpin & the boots
>>Unholyangel : 3. That's Lv.33, not usable in [Promyvion - Dem]
Unholyangel>> my bad srry ; ;

How could someone interested enough in Ochiudo's Kote to know its price missed the fact that only MNK, NIN, and SAM can use it? Plus, he checked out my hands slot, so he must have noticed I was using Battle Gloves, which NIN and SAM cannot use--but I couldn't have been a MNK since I was wielding dual Centurion Swords. >_>

The "hairpin" he referred to was the Empress Hairpin, by the way--rare/ex; no way to "purchase" one. Leaping Boots aside, I had nothing which marked me as a possible Rich Player. (Those boots were a gift from a friend who left FFXI.)

Maybe just a not-so-clued gil buyer? Who knows?

Control Freaks

Quoting ShaunB @ ffxi.allakhazam.com:

my girlfriend is stil new but about to hit lv 40 i've spent quite a bit of gil on her character but willing to spend some more so when i let her go into xp she'll be able to convert and be able to have as close to 1:1 as she can

He think he's kind, and has done everything for her. Heck, she'd be nothing without him, he believes. Probably has no clue he's a control freak. "What? FFXI is for exploring? Nah, I'll tell you when you can do what--I know what's good for you, baby."

This is the personality of wifebeater, isn't it? Even FFXI is no haven from these real life monsters. Perhaps they are the normal ones, and we are the freaks?

Reading those words gives me the chills. And, there are more like him. They all believe they are kind at heart, too. Sincerely so.

Kind enough to hurt with words and fists. Kind enough, to kill.