UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoKing Bazinga signal boosts a study about how "balance must be restored" regarding empathy. He knows all about empathy; ask the kids that disowned him!i.redd.itimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down10
arrow-up181arrow-down1imageKing Bazinga signal boosts a study about how "balance must be restored" regarding empathy. He knows all about empathy; ask the kids that disowned him!i.redd.itUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 months agoReminds me of a study I once read where they used drugs to suppress emotions in rats. The rats all basically lost all desire to do anything, including eating and basic hygiene.
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoContempt for emotion and a desire to LARP as a computer are both emotional impulses, as I constantly remind such Reddit-brains.
minus-squareDragonBallZinn [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoSeconded, as someone who’s struggling with depression that’s what it feels like. Not just “the big sad” but more like “the big nothing”. I would not wish “no emotions” on anyone, not even my worst enemy.
minus-squareŁumało [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoOh I would wish that on Elon, it seems he would like that anyway :))))
Reminds me of a study I once read where they used drugs to suppress emotions in rats.
The rats all basically lost all desire to do anything, including eating and basic hygiene.
Contempt for emotion and a desire to LARP as a computer are both emotional impulses, as I constantly remind such Reddit-brains.
Seconded, as someone who’s struggling with depression that’s what it feels like. Not just “the big sad” but more like “the big nothing”.
I would not wish “no emotions” on anyone, not even my worst enemy.
Oh I would wish that on Elon, it seems he would like that anyway :))))