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Jennifer
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On the absence of empathy: I can barely get through this—it is extremely disturbing. The first time I read this, life was very different. I don’t often think I’m easily triggered, but I can barely get through a few minutes without wanting to vomit. It’s due tomorrow and there’s a wait list, so I ordered a print copy. Maybe reading will feel more controlled than listening? I don’t understand cruel people.
— 6 hours, 1 min ago
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Jennifer
is 34% done
“This failure to register another's feelings is a major deficit in emotional intelligence, and a tragic failing in what it means to be human. For all rapport, the root of caring, stems from emotional attunement, from the capacity for empathy. The absence of empathy is also telling, its lack is seen in criminal psychopaths, rapists and child molesters.”
Those who fake empathy and lack remorse are no better.
— Nov 10, 2026 04:52PM
Those who fake empathy and lack remorse are no better.
Jennifer
is 32% done
I appreciate the focus on hope and optimism, and why a certain subset of pessimists are so fucking draining—they feel no need to change. “I’m a failure. I’ll never amount to anything. Life’s unfair.” Enter apathy, malaise, depression, despair, and the abdication of agency that renders them helpless, ego-bound, and entitled. I do what I want! Who cares about you! I’m the victim! Me. ME. MEEE!
Ew. No.
— Nov 10, 2026 06:16AM
Ew. No.