My empathy is a double-edged axe.
I find that empathy is a good trait, but that one often gets mocked or put down for it, particularly if one is male, since males in many cultures are supposed to be macho and unfeeling.
That being said, empathy is a good trait.
...People like empathy where I am. o_O
It's attributed to 'drama' for some reason.
Humans. >_>
Down with that insulting facet of that culture!
It is a travesty to generosity and actual THINKING!Speaking from the other perspective, I can get by without much empathy (but the wife's not a fan.) It's not that I'm "macho tuff," it's that I just am not a people person.
...You're very empathic when I talk to you.
Or funny.
...
:<
How I hate the validity of this statement so much.
Fuggin' people won't accept me simply trying be considerate. The jerks
Then we shall be bloody
hipsters in doing
the right thing and totally
not care what snobs they are.They can rot in their ignorance.
We'll be
happy in what we do.
They can dictate their own lives, but NOT US.*raises the flag of revolutionary action*
Speaking from the other perspective, I can get by without much empathy (but the wife's not a fan.) It's not that I'm "macho tuff," it's that I just am not a people person.
Which is perfectly understandable. I'm a more reserved person myself. It's just that when I see one of my friends distraught I try to help, and since most of my friends are female it ends with the guys I know cracking stupid jokes and every other girl thinking it is cute.
Ehh? That's...weird.
You're pretty awesome. Really.
Very empathic people can be not people persons (though I found it an arguable point--the can be 'not people persons' if the people they've generally interacted with are...or have been acting badly towards them, but can be 'people persons' in general.
)