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minus-squarebig_fat_fluffy@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·21 days agoIs it empathy? I mean, I have empathy for real live people. But imaginary people? That’s something different.
minus-squarescratchee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoYes, 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.
minus-squarebig_fat_fluffy@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-221 days agoWrong? 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
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Is it empathy?
I mean, I have empathy for real live people.
But imaginary people? That’s something different.
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.
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