Digby called this out 20 years ago. She said conservatives can't empathize in the abstract.
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Digby called this out 20 years ago. She said conservatives can't empathize in the abstract.
Shoutout to anyone who has complicated feelings about the holidays, I empathize 💚
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Shoutout to anyone who has complicated feelings about the holidays, I empathize 💚
I hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving. I know today can be really hard, it is for me too. If you’re missing somebody important at your table today, I’m sorry and I empathize 💔
Sweet Cher loves you all and hopes you find some joy today no matter what!
#corgi #corgicrew #dogsofbluesky
Sweet Cher loves you all and hopes you find some joy today no matter what!
#corgi #corgicrew #dogsofbluesky
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving. I know today can be really hard, it is for me too. If you’re missing somebody important at your table today, I’m sorry and I empathize 💔
Sweet Cher loves you all and hopes you find some joy today no matter what!
#corgi #corgicrew #dogsofbluesky
Sweet Cher loves you all and hopes you find some joy today no matter what!
#corgi #corgicrew #dogsofbluesky
I genuinely feel like I empathize with werewolves the most. I know how hard it is to be seen as a scary, ferocious badass beast everywhere I go. I know what its like for society to misunderstand and fear us. We badass beasts are all kindred spirits at the end of the day. We understand each other 💜
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I genuinely feel like I empathize with werewolves the most. I know how hard it is to be seen as a scary, ferocious badass beast everywhere I go. I know what its like for society to misunderstand and fear us. We badass beasts are all kindred spirits at the end of the day. We understand each other 💜
Was all fun and games making fun of Graham Linehan but I'm slowly beginning to be wary of it because the dude is clearly not quite there, and as someone who is profoundly mentally ill I can at least empathize with that.
December 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Was all fun and games making fun of Graham Linehan but I'm slowly beginning to be wary of it because the dude is clearly not quite there, and as someone who is profoundly mentally ill I can at least empathize with that.
Miller seems propelled by a sadist’s thirst for the pain of others. He can’t empathize or identify with anyone he sees as weaker than himself - including his own family - because in his black soul, the role of the weak is to suffer while he sneers and hurts them more.
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Miller seems propelled by a sadist’s thirst for the pain of others. He can’t empathize or identify with anyone he sees as weaker than himself - including his own family - because in his black soul, the role of the weak is to suffer while he sneers and hurts them more.
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It is simply assumed (accurately) that every reader has someone that they would brick up, and therefore can empathize.
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Chinchillazilla
Invalid Handle • 7/12/2023
my favorite thing about The Cask of Amontillado is that the narrator does not ever explain why he wants to brick that guy up to die. he is just mad at him for various reasons, none of which he bothers to get into. very petty of him
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I genuinely don’t know many artists who empathize with giant corporations.
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I genuinely don’t know many artists who empathize with giant corporations.
i am not opposed to autonomous vehicles but the industry has treated this like “keep your dog on a leash” comes off as anything other than ghoulish, and like people will empathize more with the company that made the puppy-killing machine than the person whose dog was killed. it’s a huge mistake
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
i am not opposed to autonomous vehicles but the industry has treated this like “keep your dog on a leash” comes off as anything other than ghoulish, and like people will empathize more with the company that made the puppy-killing machine than the person whose dog was killed. it’s a huge mistake
I think you'll empathize. The young people on Mars don't give a shit.
They grew up under domes. They don't embrace old men's dreams of turning Mars into another Earth.
#TheExpanse
They grew up under domes. They don't embrace old men's dreams of turning Mars into another Earth.
#TheExpanse
November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I think you'll empathize. The young people on Mars don't give a shit.
They grew up under domes. They don't embrace old men's dreams of turning Mars into another Earth.
#TheExpanse
They grew up under domes. They don't embrace old men's dreams of turning Mars into another Earth.
#TheExpanse
"I DNF first-person books if I can't relate to the protagonist" is a kind of illiteracy.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"I DNF first-person books if I can't relate to the protagonist" is a kind of illiteracy.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is the day when many of us empathize with Art Donovan calling the 1994 King of the Ring and not knowing a single soul
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is the day when many of us empathize with Art Donovan calling the 1994 King of the Ring and not knowing a single soul
As I do every year, today I’ll take time to empathize with the native peoples of this land by wondering who invited all of these annoying assholes to my house anyway
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
As I do every year, today I’ll take time to empathize with the native peoples of this land by wondering who invited all of these annoying assholes to my house anyway
Good god I empathize with you! That pain is horrible!
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Good god I empathize with you! That pain is horrible!
Its so bizarre and repellent! Its hard for me to empathize with people who think this way because its so absurd
November 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Its so bizarre and repellent! Its hard for me to empathize with people who think this way because its so absurd
I empathize a lot with Brilliant's goal of making learning feel tactile. I even applied to work for them. But in the years since they've eliminated the role that I applied for (Creative Technologist) and I guess now I know why....
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I empathize a lot with Brilliant's goal of making learning feel tactile. I even applied to work for them. But in the years since they've eliminated the role that I applied for (Creative Technologist) and I guess now I know why....
The way I *despised* crybaby disaster characters as a kid but hard-core empathize with them now (aqua im talking about aqua)
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The way I *despised* crybaby disaster characters as a kid but hard-core empathize with them now (aqua im talking about aqua)
It's that time of year AGAIN
I want to wish everyone a true safe & heartwarming CHRISTMAS SEASON
And for GODs sake, empathize with others & help them when you can.
"SURVIVING PURELY OUT OF SPITE" 'cause I am old as dirt
I want to wish everyone a true safe & heartwarming CHRISTMAS SEASON
And for GODs sake, empathize with others & help them when you can.
"SURVIVING PURELY OUT OF SPITE" 'cause I am old as dirt
December 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It's that time of year AGAIN
I want to wish everyone a true safe & heartwarming CHRISTMAS SEASON
And for GODs sake, empathize with others & help them when you can.
"SURVIVING PURELY OUT OF SPITE" 'cause I am old as dirt
I want to wish everyone a true safe & heartwarming CHRISTMAS SEASON
And for GODs sake, empathize with others & help them when you can.
"SURVIVING PURELY OUT OF SPITE" 'cause I am old as dirt
Well this is great. Trump is disgusting and should not be supported in this gross behavior. But - it's just one more example of MAGA as unable to empathize with any one trump attacks unless it directly affects them.
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Well this is great. Trump is disgusting and should not be supported in this gross behavior. But - it's just one more example of MAGA as unable to empathize with any one trump attacks unless it directly affects them.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but there are signs all over that thing saying not to climb on it. I empathize with the mother, but the person who climbed on it and died did what they did knowing the risk.
December 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Correct me if I’m wrong, but there are signs all over that thing saying not to climb on it. I empathize with the mother, but the person who climbed on it and died did what they did knowing the risk.
Trust me as an Albertan I empathize with having evil scum represent us. The only thing you have to worry about is us correcting "hung" to "hanged"
December 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Trust me as an Albertan I empathize with having evil scum represent us. The only thing you have to worry about is us correcting "hung" to "hanged"
Hey google: how do you make people understand and empathize with kindness?
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Hey google: how do you make people understand and empathize with kindness?
“When coping becomes the only mechanism to defend one’s sanity, some parts of one’s ability to empathize may be affected. However, they never vanish.”
Majd is a colleague and friend and this piece is quintessentially him. Wry, incisive, heartbreaking. Read it. refaatwritesback.beehiiv.com/p/the-gaza-i...
The Gaza I passed by
Morning walk
refaatwritesback.beehiiv.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
“When coping becomes the only mechanism to defend one’s sanity, some parts of one’s ability to empathize may be affected. However, they never vanish.”
I already feel guilty all the time and get called decadent just for wanting to live as myself. I'm not murdering people and then going windsurfing to blow off some steam.
It's hard to empathize!
It's hard to empathize!
November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I already feel guilty all the time and get called decadent just for wanting to live as myself. I'm not murdering people and then going windsurfing to blow off some steam.
It's hard to empathize!
It's hard to empathize!
"'The worst' is going to be much more terrible if your ability to empathize and look beyond disagreements leaves you with fewer friends and family and more locked into your own echo chamber instead of able to help bring them out of their echo chamber."
The Uses of Gratitude
A Thanksgiving prayer for a divided country.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"'The worst' is going to be much more terrible if your ability to empathize and look beyond disagreements leaves you with fewer friends and family and more locked into your own echo chamber instead of able to help bring them out of their echo chamber."