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catchymemes

Snowing at sea

thecryptocreep

Why do I never think about the possibility of snow on the ocean??? Now I see why, because it’s too ethereal

cakemakethme

Terry Crews coming in with some wisdom

sociallyawkwardhufflepuff

we need terry painting like bob ross on tv everyday

butchbellaswan

dark hozier take me to hell

chlobat

Chaotic neutral hozier take me to lunch

strangehorse

here’s a hot take: empathy is overrated.

empathy is literally just the ability to imagine what another person is feeling as if it was happening to you, and some people can’t do that or do it too easily- doesn’t make them bad people. others still imagine themselves in that situation and feel they would react differently than the person in question. that’s how we get shit like cis people saying ‘if i woke up in the other sex’s body i wouldn’t really mind’, or people putting down trauma victims for not reacting ‘correctly’. finally, having empathy says absolutely nothing about how you’ll actually react. you can feel empathetic and make the situation all about you, or give the person bad advice, or not do anything at all. equally, you can experience zero empathy and offer compassionate, caring support.

empathy is overrated. compassion, however, is highly underrated, as is listening, as is believing that an experience you cannot relate to can be true. i want to see less of an emphasis on ‘put yourself in my shoes’ and more of an emphasis on ‘i know these aren’t your shoes, but they’re mine, so please believe me when i tell you how they feel’.