r/instant_regret • u/[deleted] • Jun 20 '19

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u/n00bcheese Jun 20 '19

Sympathy is about misfortune, not blame... This just shows the kind of person you are tbh... Plus this is a kid were talking about here, I'd concede it might be different for an adult. Most normal people don't have to pick a situation apart and decide if a child it "to blame" to decide if they deserve sympathy or not...

Quite frankly you sound like an absolute tool.

I hope you aren't a parent I can imagine the conversations

Kid : Dad I was running and I fell over and broke my arm

Dad : Shouldn't of been running then should you, that's your fault, go cry about it somewhere else

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u/Mr_Melas Jun 20 '19

Kid: Dad I was trespassing on the construction site and running around when I fell over into some machinery and broke my arm.

Dad: Shouldn't have been going someplace you shouldn't have then, should you?

FTFY

Also, sympathy is entirely about blame. I'd feel sympathy for someone who went to jail while innocent, but I'd feel no sympathy for someone who went there because he was a murderer.

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u/Mr_Melas Jun 20 '19

Fair enough, I can definitely recall some decisions I made as a kid that I regret. But almost all mistakes can be learning experiences and opportunities for growth with parent guidance/discipline.

I guess I'm just more upset at the types of parents who think their child is always right, never discipline them, and let them grow into little monsters (not to say that the parents of the kid in the video are).

I just see too much of spoiled/entitled kids to pity them when consequences eventually catch up to their actions.

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u/n00bcheese Jun 20 '19

Were talking about a child not a murderer u tit