UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months 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-square41fedilinkarrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·3 months 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-up19·3 months 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-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 months agoContempt for emotion and a desire to LARP as a computer are both emotional impulses, as I constantly remind such Reddit-brains.
minus-squareDragonBallZinn [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months 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.
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.
Contempt for emotion and a desire to LARP as a computer are both emotional impulses, as I constantly remind such Reddit-brains.
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.