Carini on 12/6/2007 at 13:44
I take back everything I said about Scots getting married. I don't know that guy. Same thing, right Kolya?
Vivian on 12/6/2007 at 13:45
Quote Posted by Thirith
And you think you're in any position to judge whether anyone's expression of sympathy are fake or not?
And YOU think you're in any position to judge whether or not I'm in any position to judge other peoples fake sympathy?
Thirith on 12/6/2007 at 13:56
Quote Posted by Uncle Bacon
And YOU think you're in any position to judge whether or not I'm in any position to judge other peoples fake sympathy?
Of course. Unless you're some overlord with telepathic gifts, in which case I'm quaking in my office chair, waiting for you to tele-squish my brains.
Vivian on 12/6/2007 at 13:57
Goddamn right you are.
The Alchemist on 12/6/2007 at 13:59
Quote Posted by Uncle Bacon
And YOU think you're in any position to judge whether or not I'm in any position to judge other peoples fake sympathy?
If you're going to make assumptions about other peoples intentions and criticize something tastelessly like this you might as well man up and take some assumptions about yourself as well. Fair game, I'd say.
Rogue Keeper on 12/6/2007 at 14:01
I value this thread a lot. It helps people to de-stress themselves and then return to their daily business fully relaxed. :)
henke on 12/6/2007 at 14:05
Quote Posted by JediKorenchkin
Kolya, if you think people can't feel sympathy or care about people - over the internet or not - then you must be a very lonely person.
Jedi, did you even read his posts? Or just decide you wanted to jump on the bandwagon?
I do see Kolya's point even though I don't agree that faked sympathy is necessarily a bad thing. It's like when you meet a new person and you're talking about something and then the person says something and laughs and you just sorta smile and laugh along even though you didn't really hear what they said. It's a social lubricant, y'know?
And as for this being an inappropriate time, when
isn't an inappropriate time? Unless people suddenly stop dying (or we stop having RIP threads for some other reason) this will
always be a controversial topic.
Vivian on 12/6/2007 at 14:06
Quote Posted by The Alchemist
If you're going to make assumptions about other peoples intentions and criticize something tastelessly like this you might as well man up and take some assumptions about yourself as well. Fair game, I'd say.
Ok, what assumptions about myself should I 'man up' to? (BTW, isn't 'manning up' when you walk up to someone in a bar and wee down their leg?)
Vasquez on 12/6/2007 at 14:21
This thread is about as tasteful as saying to someone who's lost a pet: "What the fuck are you crying about, it was just a fucking DOG!"
Anyway, I don't cry when someone famous dies, or when there is a big disaster like the Estonia, or when I watch documentaries of the 9/11.
I, do, however, genuinely empathise, when someone tells me about the death of a loved one. Doesn't matter if I meet them in real life or in the internet, also doesn't matter how well I know them or if I've just met them.
But I guess empathising something like that requires that you've experienced a similar loss yourself.
