Thread 81504883

even if the internet is 90% disingenuous attention seeking ("trolling") the 10% of it that is just actually genuinely the real thoughts and feelings of actual humans is utterly terrifying

if I didn't know any better I'd probably think that narcissism and sociopathy manifest in the majority of people and just HAVING EMPATHY is a depressingly rare trait

>>81504883 (OP)
Are you unfamiliar with human history?

>>81504883 (OP) Can you calc? No? Then forget about it.

Even politeness can be considered a selfish act since altruism ultimately serves to make you feel good about yourself. All human behavior involves some level of selfishness. Just how it do, OP.

>>81504959
that's narcissist logic and untrue

>>81504896
I mean yeah people with low empathy always get positions of power but the common people have usually at least stuck together and had community

this is nice thread on nice board

>>81504883 (OP)
Most people, including those who talk about the lack of it being a problem, have no idea what having empathy even means. People mostly used "empathy" as a cover for "never say anything rude or mean or that I don't like", which is a total faggot take.

>>81505244
empathy is when seeing someone sad makes you sad so you're not mean just so you can avoid making people sad

quit being mean btw

>>81505577
also if you watch someone get hurt and you reflexively feel that pain and/or wince that's also empathy so people who watch gore without wincing or feeling anything aren't cool strong men they're just low empathy autists

>>81505577
I know you are purposefully trying to be simplistic but there are problems even with that definition.
First of all just because someone says they are sad it doesn't mean they are. People may appeal to fake emotions or exaggerate or defend someone else's hypothetical feelings to get their way or just to ruin someone else's space.

>>81505888
stop arguing semantics it's making me upset

>>81505979
There is a semantic side to the argument but I think the more interesting point is whether or not is fair to ask for empathy or sympathy among anonymous strangers on the internet. Specially given how often it is used in bad faith.
Is it not also emapthy to consider the circumstances and of the people you are speaking with and the context in which the conversation takes place?

>>81506200
how about just not immediately jump to "kys ihy"

>>81506235
If it has happened many times on whatever platform you are and you believe the other person isn't being sincere then a strong rejection is not unreasonable

>>81505888
>>81506200
Truth nuke. "nice"posters btfo forever.

>>81506530
be nice please this is too much