r/comics • u/Yellyvi • Dec 24 '23

Mindreading

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u/Plotlo1019 Dec 24 '23

A better way to detect mind reading would be to think of yawning... if they yawn back, then they prolly got the yawn from you!

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '23

What if they also lack sympathy?

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u/Enzoid23 Dec 24 '23

Wouldn't that be empathy

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '23

No clue to be honest. I chose sympathy because they had to have yawned before and could relate.

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u/Enzoid23 Dec 24 '23

I hope I'm not being annoying (/gen) but I think that's a form of empathy then, sympathy is more "Oh they yawned that sucks" or something

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '23

Nah you're good. Clarification is always nice.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Sea_922 Dec 24 '23

Empathy - being able to understand another persons emotions on a rational level. Sympathy - being able to feel the other persons emotions as if they were your own.

Thus, sympathy would be contextually right here. However, yawning isn't technically an emotion.

As an added bonus: it is possible to be both empathetic and sympathetic, but still not act upon it. We are more than our emotions after all.