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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (9 children)

Wait, other people don't do that? Well, that explains a lot... Since I was a kid, I never understood how people treated their stuff so badly and throw stuff away without a second thought. I take care of my stuff for as long as I can, and almost never throw anything away. They're like companions who walk with me in my life, and I'm never giving up on an old friend.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'm not autistic and I feel the same way. It makes me sad to throw something away if it's still got some use in it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think that's exactly the same situation though. Your comment reads as utilitarian, is that your reasoning for it? The object personification lends to an association of empathy for the object itself. Meaning that maybe the object is a human too and acts as we do

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

No it's definitely empathy. I feel bad for the object if it's been discarded before it's time (and even when it is time sometimes if it's something I've had for a while)

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