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This is ire inducing, as is all the comments agreeing anecdoatly. As someone who has came through the other side I would <emphasis>strongly</emphasis> argue that the level of empathy I feel towards friends in a similar predicatment is limitless.

"A man falls down a hole..."

It speaks to the character of the person if they then think of themselves superior to a friend who is fighting a fight they have been through previously.