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Bill Nye the Science Guy · Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:43 pm

:awesome:

Kalekemo · Post by **Kalekemo** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:41 pm

Admittedly, Bill, I lost

LeftRightLeft · Post by **LeftRightLeft** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 11:54 pm

What are you all up to?

Tall-Hatted Yanimae · Sun Jan 17, 2010 11:55 pm

Not the best thread to be asking that.

Defenestrator2.0 · Post by **Defenestrator2.0** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:14 am

Tall-Hatted Yanimae wrote:I dunno. I think becoming desensitized can especially happen if you browse 4Chan a lot.

DEF.

jk lol
But I've donated to the Haiti. Sure it may not be happening to me, but I imagine to myself "That could easily happen to me. You just never know. Wouldn't I want someone in the world to care what happens to a huge multitude of people driven to poverty because of a natural disaster that they couldn't prevent?"
It's something I can never find myself become desensitized to. Because I see a lot of it, that just makes me more sensitive to it actually. And with all my being I wish that they will find a good life to be able to move on with their lives and find peace after having to carry their dead and see their families and friends suffer.

Well, I'm not desensitized to disasters, it's just this one in particular. That's why I find it so strange. That Wal-mart employee who got trampled to death a year ago? I cried when I imagined myself in his shoes. I can easily emotionally connect to just about anything, but just not this disaster for some reason.

Zink · Post by **Zink** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:36 am

I feel the exact same way.

It's weird.

It is like we all subconsciously don't care about Haiti or something.

Karilyn · Post by **Karilyn** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:38 am

Defenestrator2.0 wrote:Well, I'm not desensitized to disasters, it's just this one in particular. That's why I find it so strange. That Wal-mart employee who got trampled to death a year ago? I cried when I imagined myself in his shoes. I can easily emotionally connect to just about anything, but just not this disaster for some reason.

One death is a tragedy?
Ten thousand deaths is a statistic?

Deiphobus · Post by **Deiphobus** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:40 am

Karilyn wrote:
Defenestrator2.0 wrote:Well, I'm not desensitized to disasters, it's just this one in particular. That's why I find it so strange. That Wal-mart employee who got trampled to death a year ago? I cried when I imagined myself in his shoes. I can easily emotionally connect to just about anything, but just not this disaster for some reason.
One death is a tragedy?
Ten thousand deaths is a statistic?

I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT.

but yeah, just the media exaggerating the numbers of deaths or something can really desensitize you.

Miss Starseed · Post by **Miss Starseed** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:39 am

You can put yourself in the shoes of one person.

You can't put yourself in the shoes of ten thousand.

That doesn't make it any less tragic or depressing.

It's just harder to realize the severity their loved ones must be feeling.

Post by **Shad** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:48 am

Miss StarSeed wrote:You can put yourself in the shoes of one person.

You can't put yourself in the shoes of ten thousand.

Well just put yourself in the shoes of one of those guys then.

Miss Starseed · Post by **Miss Starseed** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:04 am

That is still just not...

You can put yourself in the shoes of one person but then it's still like only one family has lost a member.

Ten thousand families suffering is entirely different.

It's like being in shock, for me anyways.

Deiphobus · Post by **Deiphobus** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:14 am

are you saying one person can only handle one other person's suffering, anymore than that and we're overwhelmed?

Miss Starseed · Post by **Miss Starseed** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:26 am

Yes, because saying "You can't put yourself in the shoes of ten thousand" automatically means "Anymore than one and we don't give a shit."

I can't put myself in the shoes of over 500 people. That is my threshold before my reaction is stunned silence. That is why I said I entered shock and not that everyone did. I would think everyone has a point where, after so many people have suffered or died, they just... have no idea how to react. That is what I was getting at.

Decker · Post by **Decker** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:28 am

I have a much easier time empathising with things that are preventable.

An Earthquake is hardly preventable, but if it's just humans killing humans it makes me sick :/