I think Mobius was onto something with the 'sadism' + something idea. The word was around before the SSC caveat was attached. The 'something' in the case of people here is respect, an awareness of boundaries and a knowledge of when to practice that sadism and when to be restrained. I think you can have the sadism without those things which is why I am not 100% comfortable with the term 'sadism', it has different uses, some of which are negative. In spite of this I acknowledge it in myself. I've always done nasty things to people for my own pleasure; I did some very unpleasant things to my peers when I was growing up. I just learned to put a more socially acceptable edge on it as the '+ something'. It's something I denied to myself for a while but like all urges you need to have a healthy outlet. I don't think I could enjoy it non-consensually now.