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Re:My Life as a Mentalist by darrenf on Thursday April 14, 2022 @07:38AM (#31025533)
In my former South-West London circles, "mentalist" rarely had the negative connotation you describe. More frequently it was used to refer to someone's (contextually) outrageous/daft/extreme behaviour.

"You ran 15km before breakfast? You bloody mentalist" "You carried on drinking even after I left? Mentalist"

and so on.

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Re:My Life as a Mentalist by unfocussed_mike on Thursday April 14, 2022 @09:14AM (#31026542)
> "You ran 15km before breakfast? You bloody mentalist" "You carried on drinking even after I left? Mentalist"

Well some of this I include under high-risk social behaviour I suppose.

But it's a good observation. I can't think of a time recently I've heard it used positively.

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