Problem with Empathy(?)

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Sometimes when I'm about to do something, just before I do I think about it and it's "ramifications". But I proactively (and want to sometimes) ignore the feeling I get that asks "why would you do that, that's mean" and go ahead with whatever it is anyway. This really only seems to occur when I do stuff that I personally find rude. For example, social convention is usually when someone tells you about their day or whatever you care, but I couldn't care less about things like that. That's not really the point of the question but just a detail to kinda specify this out a bit more.

Like for example, I just recently got a Nerf Gun and was messing around with it. I have a dog and I got quite bored with just shooting nothing and wanted to see what she would do if I shot her with a dart. I aimed the gun over at her and she was just looking at me like whatever and that thought of "why are you doing this, could this hurt the dog, even if it is just a foam dart, this is unnecessary and mean I think..." and then I just silenced that part and shot her in the ribs anyway. I just wanted to see what would happen and not wound her which is why I aimed for the abdominal area. She's fine, if you're interested in that. In fact, she didn't even react to it at all. She just started sniffing it and almost ate it so I had to rush over there.

Back to the question, is that a problem or what. Wanting to just ignore that part of me that holds you back from stuff like that and just doing that anyway. I don't see a problem doing that with things that are justified, for instance if the dog was attacking me, but this was not instigated.

This is not a morality question, I just want to know if that matches anything considered "not-normal" psychologically.

Yeah being cruel to animals is not normal. You need help and you can't get the kind of help you need here.

Hi, it looks like you're swinging back and forth between being nice so that they're happy with you and between being rude and direct for the sake of simplicity and efficiency. Be nice to NTs, and find a way to express to them, even if complicated. Feelings are more important than facts to them.

Well for starters, that's not Animal Cruelty. If my intent was to harm my dog, believe me, I have lots of tools at my disposal to do so, and a Nerf Gun does not compare to those.

Second, the question was not asking whether Animal Cruelty was a sign of a mental problem. It was is silencing that part of me seems to handle morality (for lack of knowledge of the legit name), a sign of a problem.

It sure is, and it's sociopathic behaviour. That has nothing to do with being autistic. Get some help from a professional.

Agreed. This is antisocial behavior. OP is clearly on the wrong forums.

Despite the ignorance, I thank you all for your replies.