Is empathy THE defining human trait? - /pol/ (#511067207) [Archived: 210 hours ago]

Anonymous ID: 1tscBpz2United Kingdom
7/22/2025, 8:19:04 PM No.511067207
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I can't think of any animal which exhibits this other than people. I feel sad for basically everything I see, animals, insects, even fucking rocks. I look at everything and think, "you guys are suffering like me". I can't imagine another being feeling that way.
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Anonymous ID: U2+mtnLJUnited States
7/22/2025, 8:23:09 PM No.511067509
>>511067207 (OP)
Empathy is fine for whites and some animals. Otherwise, it's a weakness.
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Anonymous ID: IFsnHPY5Italy
7/22/2025, 8:24:11 PM No.511067593
>>511067207 (OP)
It absolutely is.
Another redpill is that British people are the most empathetic people on the planet. Many white ethnicities aren't very empathetic.
Anonymous ID: 9hBKsrGGGermany
7/22/2025, 8:26:06 PM No.511067755
>>511067207 (OP)
Elephants, dogs, cats, gorillas, dolphins, ...
Anonymous ID: TezFedmtUnited States
7/22/2025, 8:26:38 PM No.511067802
>>511067207 (OP)
I don't think so, other creatures have the capacity for empathy, but they cannot cognize at the level of a human, so they end up still doing wild shit, like killing and eating their own offspring. Even then you have some people that do shit like this anyway so I don't think so, we just have a high cognitive awareness where we can look at a suffering animal and say "that poor thing, it didn't ask for this!" or whatever
Anonymous ID: /HTTY2V5United States
7/22/2025, 8:29:21 PM No.511067994
>>511067509
always a weakness. every day i get stuck in a gridlock that is basically a solid mile of white people saying "no you go ahead" to some fucker turning out of a parking lot
Anonymous ID: cDXK7WWs
7/22/2025, 8:30:27 PM No.511068079
Animals have been shown to have empathy though

Dogs and elephants have been observed to help other species out despite no benefit to them
Anonymous ID: YgrDGXcC
7/22/2025, 8:32:15 PM No.511068449
>>511067207 (OP)
Yes. This is why right wingers arenโ€™t human. They lack any empathy.
Anonymous ID: 5CP6HBJaUnited States
7/22/2025, 8:34:55 PM No.511068627
>>511067207 (OP)
Humpback whales are pretty based. I went snorkeling in Antarctica and some came up to check us out. They could have absolutely fucked me up, but they seem to be very kind creatures.
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Anonymous ID: boFUQeOLCroatia
7/22/2025, 8:36:55 PM No.511068779
>>511067207 (OP)
Startingpoint that everything must be suffering is only because you are suffering, don't project it on all other lifeforms. Instead let them inspire some joy in you.
I've seen animals show empathy too tho, pets especially but in the wild too.
We humans do have a lot of it, and some other capabilities that other animals don't have like imagination, creativity, logical thinking. Use those to enrich your life.
The human world is shit rn and no wonder it makes people feel depressed, but outside of it everything is fine, normal.
Anonymous ID: Y3UevG7vTurkey
7/22/2025, 8:38:51 PM No.511068940
>>511067207 (OP)
No. While rare, animals do help each other, raise each others young.
Anonymous ID: wPUSvOZ0United States
7/22/2025, 8:43:16 PM No.511069312
>>511068627
Humpback whales will scoop up seals onto their bellies to protect them from killer whales that want to eat them. Total bros.
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Anonymous ID: Z514msTRUnited States
7/22/2025, 8:44:59 PM No.511069445
>>511067207 (OP)
Google is free, anon. Even mice exhibit empathy
Anonymous ID: wPUSvOZ0United States
7/22/2025, 8:45:20 PM No.511069474
>>511069312
I also heard a story that a humpback whale ate a scuba diver to protect him from a shark that he didn't notice. The whale tried to warn the guy several times, but he didn't notice, so the whale just put him in his mouth until the shark fucked off.
Anonymous ID: p6pviXwwUnited States
7/22/2025, 8:46:45 PM No.511069593
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>>511067207 (OP)

Dogs and cats comfort you when you're sick. Some fish have shown empathy as well.

It may not be conscious, but they clearly show it.
Anonymous ID: 3DhXqkPXUnited States
7/22/2025, 8:49:41 PM No.511069839
>>511067207 (OP)
Empathy is suicidal
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Anonymous ID: Xtk1RNGsUnited States
7/22/2025, 8:55:22 PM No.511070299
>>511067207 (OP)
if thats what it is and how it works then obviously its disease.
Anonymous ID: cG1ZPlhECroatia
7/22/2025, 8:55:50 PM No.511070336
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>>511067207 (OP)
many animals feel empathy, dawg, it's the browns that can't.
Anonymous ID: 0Ohg/f1kUnited States
7/22/2025, 8:56:31 PM No.511070389
>>511067509
It's a weakness if somebody sees that you have it. It's a magnet for those with none.
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Anonymous ID: fP4U95KmSpain
7/22/2025, 8:58:16 PM No.511070541
>>511067207 (OP)
no, is art
Anonymous ID: cG1ZPlhECroatia
7/22/2025, 9:00:20 PM No.511070701
>>511070389
people who prey on the empathetic are more usually than not Cluster B disordered psychos who chemically cannot put themselves in others's shoes.
Or low IQ shitskin subhumans who aren't enlightened enough to step out of ooga booga mode.
We all feel sorry for those in rougher situations than us. At least we should.
I honestly feel bad for like 20 minutes after I accidentally step on a snail. I ended a thing's existence because I wasn't looking.
Anonymous ID: W5DtYjKkUnited Kingdom
7/22/2025, 9:02:33 PM No.511070871
>>511069839
It may indeed be the great filter.
Anonymous ID: R9pqhC6iDenmark
7/22/2025, 9:02:54 PM No.511070901
>>511067207 (OP)
I think crying and maybe laughter are the ultimate human traits
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Anonymous ID: 0WBAFs2ERomania
7/22/2025, 9:05:17 PM No.511071094
Saw a young guy die a couple of years ago. He crashed his car into a wall at high speed, managed to crawl his mangled body out of the wreckage and died right on the pavement, and I felt good watching him die.
Anonymous ID: 0WBAFs2ERomania
7/22/2025, 9:07:13 PM No.511071291
>>511070901
africans are always laughing and they are objectively not human