I have to admit something. Something that some of you regulars have probably noticed in my time spent here.
That is, that my interests in conversations on this forum are pretty narrow and limited, and that I often just pick at subjects without going too deep into them. This is because I happen to be a very low-empathy creature and don't have much patience going into the details of others' arguments - unless I am put on the spot and am very much obliged to do so. I am someone who doesn't care much about topics that don't immediately relate to my own "thing" - whatever that may be presently, and even that is narrow.
That's just me; I can't help it. I have tried forcing myself, the past few weeks even, to be more proactive, to try to contribute more. But as it stands my nature is very fixed and immovable. There is nothing to be done about it, at least anytime soon.
But I can always hope and pray that my nature may become more open and flexible and empathetic. I hope that I am at least somewhat of a light for others, in spite of my self-centeredness. There is always hope, even for those of us with little to no empathy. We are all wounded in some ways. All we can do is make the best use of what we got. That is all anyone can ask of us. And I am grateful to God that he has given me a brain to use in his service, however meager that intellect may be.
Thank you all who have helped me in the ages spent thus far on this message board. I want to say I appreciate you all, as far as my ability goes. And I'm not being sarcastic. I am genuinely grateful. I thank all the people who have liked my posts. I deeply appreciate it.
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Post #3Maybe you're not as low-empathy as you make yourself out to be. Maybe you're just used to thinking of yourself as low-empathy, so your potential for empathy has gone untapped.Dimmesdale wrote: ↑Sun Feb 28, 2021 3:28 pm I have to admit something. Something that some of you regulars have probably noticed in my time spent here.
That is, that my interests in conversations on this forum are pretty narrow and limited, and that I often just pick at subjects without going too deep into them. This is because I happen to be a very low-empathy creature and don't have much patience going into the details of others' arguments - unless I am put on the spot and am very much obliged to do so. I am someone who doesn't care much about topics that don't immediately relate to my own "thing" - whatever that may be presently, and even that is narrow.
That's just me; I can't help it. I have tried forcing myself, the past few weeks even, to be more proactive, to try to contribute more. But as it stands my nature is very fixed and immovable. There is nothing to be done about it, at least anytime soon.
But I can always hope and pray that my nature may become more open and flexible and empathetic. I hope that I am at least somewhat of a light for others, in spite of my self-centeredness. There is always hope, even for those of us with little to no empathy. We are all wounded in some ways. All we can do is make the best use of what we got. That is all anyone can ask of us. And I am grateful to God that he has given me a brain to use in his service, however meager that intellect may be.
Thank you all who have helped me in the ages spent thus far on this message board. I want to say I appreciate you all, as far as my ability goes. And I'm not being sarcastic. I am genuinely grateful. I thank all the people who have liked my posts. I deeply appreciate it.
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Post #4Oh, I'm not a saint. I'm an "Ain't" to quote a certain metal artist.Purple Knight wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 10:49 pm I also have very low empathy by nature. Compared to me, you're a saint.
But I try to be humble at least. Emphasis "try." And use common sense. Something in short supply in this current age.
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Post #5Meh. Maybe to some extent that dynamic exists as well. Actually, I'm sure it does. I can spend hours psycho analyzing myself, why I did this, why I did that. The problem is, it doesn't bear much fruit for me.Athetotheist wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:03 amMaybe you're not as low-empathy as you make yourself out to be. Maybe you're just used to thinking of yourself as low-empathy, so your potential for empathy has gone untapped.Dimmesdale wrote: ↑Sun Feb 28, 2021 3:28 pm I have to admit something. Something that some of you regulars have probably noticed in my time spent here.
That is, that my interests in conversations on this forum are pretty narrow and limited, and that I often just pick at subjects without going too deep into them. This is because I happen to be a very low-empathy creature and don't have much patience going into the details of others' arguments - unless I am put on the spot and am very much obliged to do so. I am someone who doesn't care much about topics that don't immediately relate to my own "thing" - whatever that may be presently, and even that is narrow.
That's just me; I can't help it. I have tried forcing myself, the past few weeks even, to be more proactive, to try to contribute more. But as it stands my nature is very fixed and immovable. There is nothing to be done about it, at least anytime soon.
But I can always hope and pray that my nature may become more open and flexible and empathetic. I hope that I am at least somewhat of a light for others, in spite of my self-centeredness. There is always hope, even for those of us with little to no empathy. We are all wounded in some ways. All we can do is make the best use of what we got. That is all anyone can ask of us. And I am grateful to God that he has given me a brain to use in his service, however meager that intellect may be.
Thank you all who have helped me in the ages spent thus far on this message board. I want to say I appreciate you all, as far as my ability goes. And I'm not being sarcastic. I am genuinely grateful. I thank all the people who have liked my posts. I deeply appreciate it.
I'm humble, arrogant, falsely modest and desperately sincere all simultaneously. It's a quantum soup. All I can do is roll with it and keep trekking on on the journey.
Keep keepin' on muh peeps.
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Post #6I'm not humble and I don't bother trying because it would just be false humility.Dimmesdale wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:33 pmOh, I'm not a saint. I'm an "Ain't" to quote a certain metal artist.Purple Knight wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 10:49 pm I also have very low empathy by nature. Compared to me, you're a saint.
But I try to be humble at least. Emphasis "try." And use common sense. Something in short supply in this current age.
I prefer to be honest. I'm usually damned for it.
Trust me, you're a saint compared to me. Everyone is. At least, everyone who's not a psychopath is. I'm a confirmed one. I must use my intellect to do the things normal people do by rote, like be considerate of each other. They laugh at me when they see me using a foot to do a hand's job. And I feel no ill will toward them. I mean, who wouldn't laugh?
But of course, I'm not allowed to, because this isn't funny. This is a thalidomide victim, you monster.