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  • Lots of folks replying don't seem believe in self empathy.

    That makes me sad.

    Self empathy is the foundation of empathy toward others.

    The golden rule - treat others as I want to be treated - only really became effective, for my friends, after I learned to treat myself well.

  • Is self empathy distinct from self pity?

    Absolutely.

    Pity is when I wallow in how unfair everything is to me.

    Empathy is when I realize I genuinely got dealt a shit hand, then give myself some time to recover, and then get on with life.

  • so what's the fucking point?

    I've heard that covering up abhorrent crimes takes special amounts of money.

    But maybe they'll release the Epstein files any day now to prove that rumor wrong, and we can all relax.

  • That is pretty sad, but I think she and he were both right to respect the impact she had by staying in the role.

    The most iconic science fiction crew of all time will forever include a prominent impressive black woman. Nichelle made that happen, through her performances.

  • And it was a reliable, proven technology that apparently only got worse and more twitchy a couple of decades later.

    I assume the subtext was that it was a reliable proven technology being operated, in his option, by an incompetent idiot too young to be trusted.

    Which is as good an explanation as any for the other transporter scene...

  • It's not about consciousness, it's about continuity.

    The philosophical point is that if I accept kinship with myself of yesterday and myself of tomorrow without proof - then I can learn to accept kinship with all other living things, in the same way.

    There's a peace in that acceptance - if I lived my life investing equally in the future of any other life I encounter, then perhaps I will pass on from my current arrangement of atoms feeling confidence in the future rather than fear.

    I'll let you know how that works for me. Or rather, I suppose I will not.

  • BestOfLemmy @lemmy.world

    Longest "No you're thinking of..." thread I have seen in awhile.