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In Reply to: I believe empathy is a shared human trait. When it's posted by tinear on September 27, 2021 at 17:46:52:
From Wikipedia:
"Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of reference, that is, the capacity to place oneself in another's position."
Hmmm.
"All thoughts are prey to some beast" - Bill Callahan
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Reflect what you are" - Lou Reed
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Explain this, please: some folks absolutely refuse to take the Covid vaccine, but - tinear 14:07:13 09/27/21 (83)
- RE: Explain this, please: some folks absolutely refuse to take the Covid vaccine, but - nilknarf 15:24:41 09/28/21 (9)
- You do realize you didn't answer a simple question, right? nt - tinear 17:20:22 09/29/21 (1)
- Yes, but each person has their reason - nilknarf 17:30:55 09/29/21 (0)
- RE: Explain this, please: some folks absolutely refuse to take the Covid vaccine, but - pictureguy 11:40:18 09/29/21 (0)
- I know I'm not supposed to feed the trolls, but... gene therapy? Nt - jdaniel@jps.net 20:55:14 09/28/21 (5)
- RE: I know I'm not supposed to feed the trolls, but... gene therapy? Nt - rivervalley817 21:34:33 09/28/21 (4)
- There is gene therapy for stupid? -nt- - BillH 11:28:46 09/29/21 (3)
- RE: There is gene therapy for stupid? -nt- - rivervalley817 22:58:30 09/29/21 (0)
- RE: Yes - tweaker456 17:41:55 09/29/21 (1)
- RE: Yes - rivervalley817 23:21:55 09/29/21 (0)
- Tribalism, some would rather die than do what the so-called Elite tell them to do. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 08:38:14 09/28/21 (4)
- Then there's the Reverse Tribalism problem. - peppy m. 10:34:00 09/28/21 (0)
- Elite? - BillH 09:00:26 09/28/21 (2)
- RE: Elite? - tweaker456 09:09:26 09/28/21 (1)
- RE: Elite? - pictureguy 11:41:49 09/29/21 (0)
- RE: Explain this, please : 42.4% obesity rate in US ? - Wojciech 17:27:43 09/27/21 (25)
- Screwed up intestinal biomes are to blame: Soda drinks, ultra- processed foods... - peppy m. 10:39:08 09/28/21 (0)
- You all have to look back to understand the history of obesity... - dark_dave56 04:51:11 09/28/21 (4)
- Not exactly all "choices," at all. Very few grocery chains in poorest neighborhoods. Fast - tinear 09:30:23 09/28/21 (0)
- RE: You all have to look back to understand the history of obesity... - MaxwellP 07:05:28 09/28/21 (2)
- I understand, and I tried--by choosing my words fairly carefully... - dark_dave56 07:41:02 09/28/21 (1)
- No harm done... - MaxwellP 13:12:05 09/28/21 (0)
- There was an anti-obesity campaign. - ghost of olddude55 04:06:57 09/28/21 (13)
- RE: There was an anti-obesity campaign during WW2 - deathtube 667 07:09:06 09/28/21 (1)
- Why stop there? You sound like you'd welcome eugenics or a final solution? nt - tinear 09:32:04 09/28/21 (0)
- RE: There was an anti-obesity campaign. - dark_dave56 05:27:09 09/28/21 (10)
- How about Cookie Crisp? - ghost of olddude55 05:38:41 09/28/21 (9)
- Most European nations also are experiencing large levels of obesity... nt - tinear 09:33:23 09/28/21 (0)
- RE: How about Cookie Crisp? - tweaker456 07:43:47 09/28/21 (7)
- Chips are cheaper than fresh vegetables. - ghost of olddude55 07:53:15 09/28/21 (6)
- RE: Chips are cheaper than fresh vegetables. - tweaker456 08:27:22 09/28/21 (2)
- You're up at 5. You have a 2-hour commute to your minimum wage job. Every minute counts... nt - tinear 09:34:38 09/28/21 (1)
- If you're late, you get fired. - ghost of olddude55 10:11:59 09/28/21 (0)
- RE: Chips are cheaper than fresh vegetables. - tweaker456 08:18:51 09/28/21 (2)
- It's more than just price; it's also time. - ghost of olddude55 08:29:47 09/28/21 (1)
- RE: It's more than just price; it's also time. - tweaker456 08:57:54 09/28/21 (0)
- Yea that one really freaks me out - Goober58 17:46:40 09/27/21 (4)
- "What kind country that loves their people would tolerate those levels of obesity..." - Krav Maga 18:16:30 09/27/21 (1)
- Diving into a sea of "Plus Size" beauties sounds is my recurring dream, of late. (nt - peppy m. 10:42:21 09/28/21 (0)
- RE: Yea that one really freaks me out - rivervalley817 17:58:53 09/27/21 (1)
- Yes, the UK is following that example - John_the_Scot 23:46:35 09/27/21 (0)
- RE: Explain this, please: some folks absolutely refuse to take the Covid vaccine, but - painter27 17:15:30 09/27/21 (2)
- Everybody loves the smell of their own BS - nilknarf 13:01:45 09/29/21 (0)
- RE: Explain this, please: some folks absolutely refuse to take the Covid vaccine, but - pictureguy 11:44:21 09/29/21 (0)
- Because they are at the top of a big ferris wheel looking down on humanity - Goober58 17:12:18 09/27/21 (0)
- They lack empathy - RGA 15:34:19 09/27/21 (20)
- RE: They lack empathy - nilknarf 17:37:01 09/28/21 (0)
- I believe empathy is a shared human trait. When it's - tinear 17:46:52 09/27/21 (18)
- RE: I believe empathy is a shared human trait. When it's - b.l.zeebub 08:36:50 09/28/21 (0)
- Did somebody say "empathy"? - Chris from Lafayette 01:35:00 09/28/21 (13)
- RE: Did somebody say "empathy"? - rivervalley817 11:39:59 09/28/21 (3)
- So why can't you comment directly on the points she makes. . . - Chris from Lafayette 20:49:27 09/28/21 (2)
- RE: So why can't you comment directly on the points she makes. . . - rivervalley817 21:40:18 09/28/21 (1)
- Yeah - thought so. [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 01:23:33 09/29/21 (0)
- "Empathy" : - peppy m. 10:52:18 09/28/21 (2)
- That's a quote? From where? [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 11:14:49 09/28/21 (1)
- RE: That's a quote? From where? [nt] - rivervalley817 11:28:09 09/28/21 (0)
- Confusion is between empathy and sympathy... - dark_dave56 06:57:08 09/28/21 (3)
- "I don't necessarily wish death upon an anti-vaxxer" - Chris from Lafayette 11:21:09 09/28/21 (2)
- from my linked article, it seems that there are plenty who do - nilknarf 14:47:46 09/28/21 (1)
- Well--the politicians and money-brokers certainly are... - dark_dave56 04:47:01 09/29/21 (0)
- RE: Did somebody say "empathy"? - RGA 03:17:50 09/28/21 (1)
- RE: Did somebody say "empathy"? - nilknarf 14:54:27 09/28/21 (0)
- "empathy" - Krav Maga 09/27/2118:44:42 09/27/21 (2)
- RE: "empathy" - nilknarf 14:57:35 09/28/21 (0)
- I think it's over-rated - Goober58 09:51:34 09/28/21 (0)
- RE: Explain this, please: some folks absolutely refuse to take the Covid vaccine, but - LtMandella 15:10:26 09/27/21 (3)
- RE: Explain this, please: some folks absolutely refuse to take the Covid vaccine, but - B. Scarpia 16:36:35 09/27/21 (0)
- The worst example I've ever seen of ... - reelsmith. 15:32:33 09/27/21 (1)
- Oh believe me , your not a team with sixteen ... - Wojciech 17:14:08 09/27/21 (0)
- experience can be a wonderful teacher if you survive /nt - Story 14:44:07 09/27/21 (1)
- It's a bit like being in a military war zone. Two kinds of soldiers. - free.ranger 14:51:48 09/27/21 (0)
- Why I couldn't work in health care - BillH 14:42:27 09/27/21 (5)
- Me too--primary reason why I got two PhDs and stayed in research/academia... - dark_dave56 03:29:35 09/28/21 (3)
- RE: Me too--primary reason why I got two PhDs and stayed in research/academia... - nilknarf 15:05:43 09/28/21 (2)
- Interesting findings... - dark_dave56 15:44:42 09/29/21 (1)
- RE: Interesting findings... - Krav Maga 16:11:36 09/29/21 (0)
- To which I'd add: - tinear 17:48:58 09/27/21 (0)
- I don't think the answer is hard to figure out. Just damn hard to stomach. nt - free.ranger 14:38:22 09/27/21 (0)
- Plain and simple - SamA 14:11:20 09/27/21 (3)
- That's only one reason. nt - nilknarf 15:06:57 09/28/21 (0)
- +1 - popsy 15:18:40 09/27/21 (0)
- Oh, that's why they won't take the vaccine. -NT - jedrider 15:05:47 09/27/21 (0)
Follow Ups
- "empathy" - Krav Maga 09/27/2118:44:42 09/27/21 (2)
- RE: "empathy" - nilknarf 14:57:35 09/28/21 (0)
- I think it's over-rated - Goober58 09:51:34 09/28/21 (0)