Syntax-Takes

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In keeping with the whole idea that Empathy is a learned skill and not an innate talent you may or may not be born with, I think it's important to consider that any time you see a whole bunch of people complaining about a thing you have a much more positive experience with and your impulse response is "huh, I've never had trouble with that, that's weird, why don't they just try [solution that worked just for me]" you need to just like. Take a second and consider how you have literally no idea what their experiences are.

If you really don't know what they're complaining about and it feels weird and out of place, look/ask for more information or accept that there's more going on than you previously had insight into. You lose nothing by trying to consider where someone is coming from, especially if it is somewhere you can't find common ground in.

This is a take I have informed by doing tech support for friends, and going through the very arduous process of figuring out why some of my friends find some things more difficult than I do, and vice versa. No one just is an empath, they become one through practice, and more than a little trial-and-error.


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you really have to start like..

borderline reverse-engineering people through what they give you, empathy isn't easy. It's a lot of reasoning, getting out of your own head and trying to piece together someone else's.

edit on further reflection the lines: "a lot of people just don't get out of their own heads, i guess" came to mind. i think that's a good line.
It's healthy to do so and to try and consider the perspectives of others and try to deduce or learn why those perspectives exist

yeah, the whole... cultural, whatever where Americans Are Supposed To Be Free And Independent And Not Rely On Or Really Even Consider The Existencce Of Others rot

nation of the car, nation of fuck you got mine, of course we don't societally value empathy, that's commie shit