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Does “sad” refer to an emotion? If so, don’t all emotions require a human? Then who feels sad because of or about this purported fact? Or are you saying, “I
by burrows 5y ago
Does “sad” refer to an emotion? If so, don’t all emotions require a human? Then who feels sad because of or about this purported fact?
Or are you saying, “I don’t like it when people care about how they’ll be seen so much that they can’t do whatever they like.”?
- Talanes 5y agoWhen someone calls a situation sad, the author is the human experiencing the emotion. It's a pretty common English phrase construction.
- josefrichter 5y ago
- owlninja 5y agoI took the comment as meaning people are worried about what others will think of their choice of wine.
- o_____________o 5y agoIn the best cases "it's sad that ..." means "seeing this makes me feel pity for them", and in the worst is used to belittle someone, as in "your behavior is pathetic"