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[–] big_fat_fluffy@leminal.space -2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Is it empathy?

I mean, I have empathy for real live people.

But imaginary people? That's something different.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's still empathy. We're really good at projecting.

[–] big_fat_fluffy@leminal.space -4 points 4 months ago

No it's something else. Because imaginary people are totally different from real people.

[–] scratchee@feddit.uk 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yes, it’s empathy plus anthropomorphising. There’s nothing wrong with refusing to anthropomorphise, but for the people who do, the empathy is real, even if the characters are not.

[–] confusedbytheBasics@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

anthropomorphising How so? Everyone in the comic looks like the same species to me.

[–] scratchee@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

I guess they are all cat-related.

Simba would be the singing gorilla of the cat world.

[–] big_fat_fluffy@leminal.space 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Wrong? I didn't say anything about wrong.

I said they're different. Worlds apart in fact.

One is evoked by an imaginary person. The other is evoked by a real person.

It's as different as bananas and banana-emojis.

Wait, nevermind. I am a worm