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by crabbone 589 days ago
"Emotional" is the kind of half-truth word. There are many different emotions. The emotion in question is what's responsible for the response. Saying "emotional" is omitting the important part. It's like saying "involved in road accident" w/o saying whether one caused the said accident or was the victim of.

The top-level response in question is disgusting. It's like listening to someone who won a million dollars in a lottery complain that they didn't win ten millions. Should I really feel compassionate towards a "victim" of such a bad luck of only winning a single million? Even if the "victim" genuinely feels bad about themselves?
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batch12 589 days ago
Silly comparison, but you should feel compassion when someone is hurting, yes. It doesn't matter if you think it's justified pain. It's still pain.
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sdlkj- 589 days ago
No one is asking for your compassion or complaining, they're largely just expressing how the piece made them feel - and again, reminiscing about their own parents.

you're characterizing them as ungrateful, which isn't really coming across for me at all.

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crabbone 589 days ago
> No one is asking for your compassion or complaining,

That's a straight-up lie. Read the comments here. People declaring themselves miserable are asking for compassion.

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