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New profile pic underway. Hey funnyjunk, I know that you don't really give two , but this may be my last post for a while. A friend of mine could have commited

Hey funnyjunk, I know that you don't really give two ***** , but this may be my last post for a while. A friend of mine could have commited suicide yesterday, she lives too far away from anyone that was her friend for us to know, all we know is that it is hightly probably that she is gone, so I'm going to be doing some things involving grieving and such for a while. later funnyjunk, I'll be back whenever.

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#1 - anon (22 hours ago) [-]
Call me edgy, but I fail to see the purpose of empathy.
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User avatar #2 to #1 - thebeakedone [OP](22 hours ago) [-]
then you haven't had someone close to you die.
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#3 to #2 - anon (21 hours ago) [-]
Not very close. I'm not condemning empathy; I just can't see any reason to why I would want to be empathetic rather than... how would you call it... "cold-blooded"?

I probably got it from my mother. She works at a nursing home and gets to see death pretty damn often. I guess I also learned to cope from her. Heh, there's a floor there dedicated to patients with like, liver failure and **** , and she refers to it as the "Simpsons Department". There was also a guy there who apparently had to breathe through tubes and **** - and had Alzheimers I think - so she called him Darth Vader. The guy himself seemed to find it amusing, so no harm in it I figure.

I've had a few tragic encounters, but as I've said they weren't close to me. An acquaintance of mine got a bit too drunk and started weeping and telling how much he regrets it because his friend - who was depressed and stuff - jumped off a balcony when he got drunk. In regards to coping, my reaction was a muffled chuckle. It was rather embarresing.

Regardless, I've had discussions about death with my mother in regards to both herself, my occasional thoughts of suicide (nothing too bad. Not like I'd ever do it anyways), and various relatives who got maybe 10-15 years at worst. In one hand, the least comfortable idea I have in regards to empathy is how I am expected to react when my relatives begin biting the dust, as I fear I'd feel indifferent. In the other hand, I consider it a good quality since even something as tragic wouldn't throw me off the course of my life.

In the end, I suppose I lack empathy because I've never learned to value my own life, let alone the lives of others.


If your friend really committed suicide - and let's pray she didn't - then I figure it wouldn't be wise to grief for too long. People should be remembered and the time spent with them appreciated, rather than to be burdens after they die.
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#4 to #3 - anon (18 hours ago) [-]
Apathetic.
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#5 to #4 - anon (5 hours ago) [-]
Thanks.
 
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