• Kyrgizion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    131·
    3 months ago

    I will never stop caring for the animals around me where I can. I owe them a debt I can never repay. People, though…

  • Derpenheim@lemmy.zipEnglish
    121·
    3 months ago

    It really sucks being that person, though. The heart can only handle so much. Recently had a litter of kittens get abandoned near my house, and only one of them survived. It hurt so bad to watch the others struggle but ultimately not make it in the end.

    Cat tax

  • Xanvial@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    3 months ago

    Which is another reason I like the latest Superman movie, its squirrel scene

  • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    41·
    3 months ago

    image of text (lacking alt text) that could have been plain text
    breaks accessibility, search optimization, fault tolerance

    How about kindness considerate of those who can’t read unnecessary images of text?

  • Juice@midwest.socialEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    One step further, we need you to join the fight. We don’t need people to aim a gun or dehumanize enemies, in fact we need the opposite. We need people to build a better world, and the powerful stay in power by keeping us separated so that they can take advantage of our talent. Many very well intentioned people lose themselves in the politics and in the struggle, in categories of enemies and threats, lose themselves in determination. We need those people too, and there’s lots of work for them.

    But our empathy is a power that has kept the world from destroying itself for thousands of years, its been the connective tissue that stitches us together. It’s time for the communicators, for the feelers, for those who are motivated by inaction to rise up, speak up, and find each other, find mentors, and be mentors. Not to put too fine a point on it, but we are our only hope.

                • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  41·
                  3 months ago

                  No one cares about your profession, nor does being capable of thinking logically magically get bestowed upon you, as you have demonstrated above. This is not about one-upping you, I genuinely believe you are empathetically disabled, based on your comments. So seek help, maybe?

                • haungack@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                  1·
                  3 months ago

                  I can use logic. And I know when empathy should be used. And to what extent. And when it shouldn’t at all.

                  I’m suspecting that you’re masking the usual dog hate as unusual rationality to legitimize it. don’t want to presume, so let me ask you straight: How do you feel about traffic in residential areas? Just to make sure that you actually do allocate your attention to problems rationally, based eg on their severity.

                  spoiler

                  There’s also the mystery of how either of us, engineers that use logic, ended up in the “Witchy Memes” sub.

    • haungack@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      71·
      3 months ago

      Harm per presence is actually looking pretty darn good compared to cars, not to mention other humans. And if looking at certain nations and cultures where “strays” are historically not seen as such, but as communal protectors, where people are culturally aware of how to treat and coexist with them, they’re often if not widely regarded as a major net-benefit.