Our only option is to keep certain demented pockets of humanity utterly isolated and technology-free.
When he's older he'll go to the pub like his father, drink pints galore, stick the finger down the throat to bring it all up, drink more pints, win the bets, and bring the money home to his mother to keep her from going demented.
Not only does his skin suddenly heal, but he begins to grow, and keeps growing, turning into an angry freak, demented (the "science" being that his brain doesn't keep up with the rest of his growth) and dangerous.
The conceit of "Willie B.," that a demented jailer would keep a man prisoner for so many years after the war and that his victim would endure it strains credulity.
Hide those pictures of demented mutated aliens; keep them in a corner somewhere.
He even lived in Italy for a while to immerse himself in everything giallo and demented, but he always kept a place in his heart for his homeland's unique brand of kitsch.
We also took into consideration that you don't want to read a piece by a demented narrator where you keep waiting for the other shoe to drop and then to follow that with one of droll commentary.
A person like that is susceptible to despair when you find yourself trying to keep your head above water in front of people who are constantly dying, becoming demented in front of your eyes.
"Our mission is to let people age in place, and we intend to keep people unless they need high-tech or life-sustaining medical care or are so demented they disturb the peace of the house," Mrs. Milburn said.
Whether or not Williams was insane, our policies on guns are demented — not least in that we don't even have universal background checks to keep weapons out of the hands of people waiting to go boom.
