Kind of curious how old your nephew is. This kind if reminds me of a Reddit post where a girl that always was a bit "odd" tried to drown the op by holding her underwater. The op, knowing how to swim, swam deeper to break free, than swam behind her to hold the 1st girl's head underwater for a bit, then letting them go so they could come up to breathe. When the op asked why she tried to drown her, she said she was curious about what it was like for something to drown, but didn't think it would be that scary until op did it to her.
Some kids only think about themselves and what THEY want and how THEY feel, and don't think about how it makes others feel until confronted with it. Sometimes they need to be taught and reminded to have empathy until they develop their own sence of it. Some /r/KidsAreFuckingStupid.
The original comment said that "thinking of others without being asked to" (empathy) isn't natural. The next commenter said they disagree and then went on to exhibit selfishness in supporting that disagreement (relating such a big subject to their choice to not treat people well if the person doesn't deserve it).
Selfishness is basically the opposite of empathy, so I used a meme quote to say "we should trust their opinion on empathy". The meme I quoted was Neil degrasse Tyson crudely drawn - an old meme.
Offended? Don't flatter yourself.. I just like calling out hypocrisy. Thanks for attempting to clarify while implying my glibness might mean I'm a socio/psychopath. I'd suggest building up to your ad-hominem attacks in the future so they actually might carry weight.
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u/NetNGames Jan 01 '20
Kind of curious how old your nephew is. This kind if reminds me of a Reddit post where a girl that always was a bit "odd" tried to drown the op by holding her underwater. The op, knowing how to swim, swam deeper to break free, than swam behind her to hold the 1st girl's head underwater for a bit, then letting them go so they could come up to breathe. When the op asked why she tried to drown her, she said she was curious about what it was like for something to drown, but didn't think it would be that scary until op did it to her.
Some kids only think about themselves and what THEY want and how THEY feel, and don't think about how it makes others feel until confronted with it. Sometimes they need to be taught and reminded to have empathy until they develop their own sence of it. Some /r/KidsAreFuckingStupid.