you ever read a fandom post thats intended for seasoned consumers of a piece of media youve never even heard of and theyre carefully dissecting problems with the politics of said media and using names and making academic points and you have no idea whats going on whatsoever but you cant stop reading because youre already most of the way through an eight paragraph post so youre just sitting there like
I wish more people got this because some ‘low-empathy’ people are the most compassionate and sympathetic in the universe, and I hate it when that’s taken to mean ‘unfeeling and probably hostile’ when nothing could be further from the truth
Or, as my dad put it,
Sympathy: I know how you feel Empathy: I feel how you feel Compassion: is there anything I can do to help?
Sympathy: that sucks bro empathy: I feel that compassion: want me to send you some puppy and kitten pictures to make you feel better?