Personally, I'm proud of having more empathy and humanity than a billionaire.

lol bro. You don't have to like the rich class to have basic human empathy for other people

There was a single billionaire on that sub. Just one. There were two businessmen, one with his son, and a well known diver. It wasn’t a sub full of billionaires. Certainly they were all wealthy, no question there. But your reaction can only be “Good, they deserved it” if you think the deaths of the others (including the 19 year-old, who had no control over what family he was born into) are worth the death of the billionaire.

It’s a response fundamentally lacking in empathy. You’re asking us to have empathy for the person who isn’t displaying empathy.

Sure, he cut a lot of safety corners. This is the epitome of “fuck around and find out”. It’s even ironic.

But we can still have empathy. Being stupid about it doesn’t mean that they didn’t leave families behind.

people tend to have endless empathy for those that they worship. and total disregard for anyone else.

it's bootlicking of tragedy.

@smokinjoe @Girlparts @Turkey_Titty_city @EnderWi99in This is what Internet White Knighting looks like.

Ender's heart is in the right place, but his head is up his ass.

From what I've read, on kbin boost is upvote, upvote is "favorite", and downvote does nothing but put a number there. At least that's what's happening for now, it may be a bug or will be changed in the future.

Agreed. I was really enjoying the lack of reddit-style constant negativity permeating the tops of threads for a while, but seems like every day it's been getting worse.

you mean the same 'normal people' who ruined reddit by turning into a place where no dissent and disagreement is tolerated and just want to look at pictures of cute cats to 'cultivate positivity'?

not everyone wants to live in 'curated' world. some normal people like a variety of opinions and perspectives, and don't see the work through the lens of kindergarten classroom rules.

exactly. these people are a blight on society. why should so many resources be wasted on their egos just because they have fat bank accounts?

sadly too many people are bootlickers who think the wealthy and their awful lifestyles are something to be worshipped. i would wager most of the empathy pushers here have zero empathy for the migrants on the boats... because those people had no wealth.

sad truth is we live in a world where your moral worth or empathy worth is directly tied to your financial worth. a few rich people dying is a tragedy to dwell on, hundreds of poor people dying is not worth a thought.