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are you sad when bad things happen to people you don't know and will never meet?

yes

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no

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are you sad when bad things happen to people you don't ... - 9/4/2013 5:42:26 PM

splatterpunk

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can you be genuinely sad for people you only know because you see them on television after this or that disaster has befallen them?

my answer is "no, not really."

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/4/2013 5:46:34 PM

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Yes. Absolutely I can feel this way, it's not a given or a constant.

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/4/2013 5:49:43 PM

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Definitely.

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/4/2013 6:06:18 PM

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Im far too empathic for my own good

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/4/2013 6:07:13 PM

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For me, it is related to compassion and empathy... and being a part of the human family.

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/4/2013 6:40:54 PM

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Of course. Would I be more upset if they were people I knew? Also, of course.

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/4/2013 6:42:18 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: splatterpunk

can you be genuinely sad for people you only know because you see them on television after this or that disaster has befallen them?

Yes, I can be. Yes, I usually am, although sometimes I'm not.

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/4/2013 6:51:22 PM

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When I was little things like that used to upset me a lot. Then somewhere along the line I turned it off. Now I often don't feel much. Don't know if that's good or bad.

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/4/2013 7:28:46 PM

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I usually am. I hate seeing people upset, whether known or not.
It's one of the things I would never want to change about myself if given a choice.

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/4/2013 9:13:05 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: splatterpunk

can you be genuinely sad for people you only know because you see them on television after this or that disaster has befallen them?

my answer is "no, not really."

The majority of the time, no. I feel indifferent. There are a couple of people though who I only know online but we have chatted before who I find to have something similar that I can talk to them about. Those people I will feel some emotions towards.

I'm usually called cold and "ice princess" because I'm that way.

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/6/2013 9:37:19 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

Im far too empathic for my own good

what she said...just recently I had to fight back tears big time, when on the other side of the motorway about 15 ambulances were busy after a massive accident there...

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/7/2013 9:42:46 AM

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Yes, I definitely feel a lot of empathy, even to those I don't know. I find myself projecting myself in to their position.

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/7/2013 10:49:16 AM

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Yes I am. In fact I cried when I read this one http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130904/METRO01/309040062 but that might have been because I had just read this http://www.freep.com/article/20130904/NEWS05/309040057/Toddler-dies-after-being-found-in-vehicle-in-Shelby-Township

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/7/2013 11:20:23 AM

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Yes, but it's a different kind of sadness than if it happens to me or someone I know. Most of the time, the dip in mood isn't as strong and doesn't last as long - a passing, distant "that's awful, I wish that didn't happen."

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/7/2013 11:35:54 AM

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That train of thought got tested on Labor Day when I saw for myself the aftermath of an accident just 5 minutes after it happened. 2 bicyclists on Hwy 1 were hit from behind at full speed by a drunk driver. One died at the scene, and the body was lying in the middle of the highway. The other had been flung along with his bicycle over the guard rail into the bushes. He's hospitalized in critical condition. The dumbass driver, age 29, who was driving effed up at 11:30 in the morning, was unhurt of course and arrested for DUI, vehicular manslaughter, and reckless driving. Her life will NEVER be the same, as will the poor man critically injured. As for the dead man...I'm sure the last thing on his mind was 'WTF, I'm was just out for a holiday ride with my buddy, and now I'm DEAD?!'

I don't personally know any of the people involved. But my town in so small, all involved were locals, and I'm bound to know someone who knew at least one of them. That fact, and that I often ride my bike on Hwy 1 in the area where it happened so it could have been me, brought it all home in the very worst way.

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/7/2013 5:34:40 PM

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only if the bad wasn't due to blatant stupidity or disregard for obvious warning signs. like keep out dangerous wild animal .

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 9/7/2013 9:18:20 PM

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yes, im human and compassion for my fellow man and all that jazz ...that is if i like them, if i dont like them then the answer is nope not one bit... just saying

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 10/5/2013 10:43:58 PM

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Depends on the situation....

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RE: are you sad when bad things happen to people you do... - 10/5/2013 10:49:37 PM

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for thishereboi:

I am sad to tears when I hear of a bashing or a family disowning someone MARVELOUS who simply happened to be born NOT BORING (and you know what I mean), and sometimes, tears of rage occur.

because the same thing can happen to ANYBODY, queer or het or inbetween.

Bashed and disowned doe marrying a "Papist".

bashed and disowned for loving someone of African descent.

bashed and disowned for being African Goy or Shiksa and loving a Daughter of Solomon, so to speak, and let's not begin to talk about how we can feel bad for Boi's we don't know who are born that way but born on a KIBBUTZ, and how... well, you know.

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