UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 hours agoKing Bazinga signal boosts a study about how "balance must be restored" regarding empathy. He knows all about empathy; ask the kids that disowned him!i.redd.itimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down10
arrow-up171arrow-down1imageKing Bazinga signal boosts a study about how "balance must be restored" regarding empathy. He knows all about empathy; ask the kids that disowned him!i.redd.itUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·15 hours agoIt isn’t and never has been. Making decisions under pretense of no emotions is itself an emotional decision. There’s no escape and attempting to be emotionless is just selective blinders and contempt.
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·15 hours agoReminds me of a study I once read where they used drugs to suppress emotions in rats. The rats all basically lost all desire to do anything, including eating and basic hygiene.
minus-squareDragonBallZinn [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·14 hours agoSeconded, as someone who’s struggling with depression that’s what it feels like. Not just “the big sad” but more like “the big nothing”. I would not wish “no emotions” on anyone, not even my worst enemy.
minus-squareŁumało [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 hours agoOh I would wish that on Elon, it seems he would like that anyway :))))
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·15 hours agoContempt for emotion and a desire to LARP as a computer are both emotional impulses, as I constantly remind such Reddit-brains.
It isn’t and never has been. Making decisions under pretense of no emotions is itself an emotional decision. There’s no escape and attempting to be emotionless is just selective blinders and contempt.
Reminds me of a study I once read where they used drugs to suppress emotions in rats.
The rats all basically lost all desire to do anything, including eating and basic hygiene.
Seconded, as someone who’s struggling with depression that’s what it feels like. Not just “the big sad” but more like “the big nothing”.
I would not wish “no emotions” on anyone, not even my worst enemy.
Oh I would wish that on Elon, it seems he would like that anyway :))))
Contempt for emotion and a desire to LARP as a computer are both emotional impulses, as I constantly remind such Reddit-brains.