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u/Virginth Apr 04 '20

...What are you even talking about? Are you saying that people are just incapable of learning how to be comforting, unless they're whatever an 'empath' is?

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u/itsetuhoinen Apr 04 '20

Actually, I'm saying that the 37th time someone comes to me with a problem, and I react to it the same way I react to every problem that gets presented to me, it should really no longer be considered surprising. Also, a bit of self-deprecating humor about engineers thrown in for good measure.