• @[email protected]
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    15 hours ago

    Is it empathy?

    I mean, I have empathy for real live people.

    But imaginary people? That’s something different.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 hours ago

      Yes, it’s empathy plus anthropomorphising. There’s nothing wrong with refusing to anthropomorphise, but for the people who do, the empathy is real, even if the characters are not.

      • @[email protected]
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        2 hours ago

        Wrong? I didn’t say anything about wrong.

        I said they’re different. Worlds apart in fact.

        One is evoked by an imaginary person. The other is evoked by a real person.

        It’s as different as bananas and banana-emojis.

        Wait, nevermind. I am a worm

    • @Klear
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      54 hours ago

      That’s still empathy. We’re really good at projecting.

      • @[email protected]
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        02 hours ago

        No it’s something else. Because imaginary people are totally different from real people.