• scratchee@feddit.uk
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    21 days 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.

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      21 days 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