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Funny, I always enjoy reading anything dark/morbid/depressing. Tends to have the opposite effect of putting a pep in my step - all those things add flavour and

Funny, I always enjoy reading anything dark/morbid/depressing. Tends to have the opposite effect of putting a pep in my step - all those things add flavour and texture to life and make me appreciate being alive.

dgxyz 7mo ago
Exactly that. Gives me a kick. Do stuff now. Don't wait.
drysine 7mo ago
You have no empathy?
- tasuki 7mo ago
  That's very uncharitable reading.
  - drysine 7mo ago
    What's charitable one?
    - tasuki 7mo ago
      They replied to you already. I wish you had more empathy.
      - drysine 7mo ago
        I don't buy it
        tasuki 7mo ago
        As in you think they're lying? Or confused? Or something else entirely?
        drysine 7mo ago
        I don't know. I don't get how one can have empathy, feel down because of someone else's misery and enjoy it. Or not it itself, but something having it as a part.
        abcde666777 7mo ago
        Interesting. Well, I can only tell you that I'm not lying. I can totally picture and feel how she would feel. I understand the jubilation of falling in love, and I understand the pain of losing loved ones - especially when it's sudden, unexpected, and tragic. I've felt all of those things before in my own life. We all do, sooner or later. But pain is also what imbues things with meaning. All of the greatest human stories are about suffering and how we as humans respond to it. That's why it puts a pep in my step - because it's meaningful, provocative, evocative, and inspiritational. Life would be dull without loss. It's a radical perspective maybe, and maybe even an irrational one, but hey - it works for me!
        drysine 7mo ago
        >I can totally picture and feel how she would feel. ... I understand the pain of losing loved ones - especially when it's sudden, unexpected, and tragic. And enjoy feeling pain? Or you just understand but not really feel?
- abcde666777 7mo ago
  Opposite, got a lot of it. But I do err on the less sympathetic side - I don't believe in feeling sorry for ourselves or each other under most circumstances. Life is a test of our resolve.

dgxyz 7mo ago

Exactly that. Gives me a kick. Do stuff now. Don't wait.

drysine 7mo ago

You have no empathy?

tasuki 7mo ago
That's very uncharitable reading.
- drysine 7mo ago
  What's charitable one?
  - tasuki 7mo ago
    They replied to you already. I wish you had more empathy.
    - drysine 7mo ago
      I don't buy it
      - tasuki 7mo ago
        As in you think they're lying? Or confused? Or something else entirely?
        drysine 7mo ago
        I don't know. I don't get how one can have empathy, feel down because of someone else's misery and enjoy it. Or not it itself, but something having it as a part.
      - abcde666777 7mo ago
        Interesting. Well, I can only tell you that I'm not lying. I can totally picture and feel how she would feel. I understand the jubilation of falling in love, and I understand the pain of losing loved ones - especially when it's sudden, unexpected, and tragic. I've felt all of those things before in my own life. We all do, sooner or later. But pain is also what imbues things with meaning. All of the greatest human stories are about suffering and how we as humans respond to it. That's why it puts a pep in my step - because it's meaningful, provocative, evocative, and inspiritational. Life would be dull without loss. It's a radical perspective maybe, and maybe even an irrational one, but hey - it works for me!
        drysine 7mo ago
        >I can totally picture and feel how she would feel. ... I understand the pain of losing loved ones - especially when it's sudden, unexpected, and tragic. And enjoy feeling pain? Or you just understand but not really feel?
abcde666777 7mo ago
Opposite, got a lot of it. But I do err on the less sympathetic side - I don't believe in feeling sorry for ourselves or each other under most circumstances. Life is a test of our resolve.