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-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.
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.