I don’t use either but my issue with Signal is none of my friends want another application to install and they are happy with WhatApp.

Conversely, I’m happy not having a group chat app and will either text you or iMessage you. Don’t you dare ring me as I ain’t answering.

I don’t really give it much thought, I load pornhub, click a recommended video, do my business and then close the private tab (yes I know this doesn’t hide your activity but it does stop pornhub showing as a search suggestion.). I’m not a connoisseur it’s a means to an end.

I agree. My car a Mercedes A200d from 2020 is a bit of a hybrid, it has a touch screen but also button controls to change things, but even those are a bit fiddly.

I love that it had a voice control feature that actually works so no I just press a button on the steering wheel and say “play classic fm” and it changes. Good for using navigation too as the less time you are using the screen the better.

Piano or Violin for solo instruments, but I love a good concerto or symphony.

No it’s really not. That place should encourage all questions.

That’s a good point about feeling better after crying, I wonder what is happening physiologically. I assume endorphins, dopamine, or serotonin are releases.

To your point about friends and Palestine, I think you’re correct and I will recommend them to watch The Settlers documentary by Louis Theroux.

I agree, but I think sometimes it’s fine to just want to consume something bland to just chill.

Few people have said this, I guess it makes sense that you can empathise more as you get older as you’ve experienced more, maybe I don’t know.

I really need to bump everything, everywhere, all at once up my to watch list as I never hear bad things.

Sadly 101 is another I’ve not seen. I’ll add it. Only started watching movies probably a couple of years ago do I’ve got lots of classics to catch up with.

Definitely in good company 😂

Interesting. Could it not be said if you’re putting yourself in the shoes of characters, then you must be invested? Like you’ve invested time, emotion, and empathy for the situation.

Aww man I’ve only seen one of these and I’m not even sure what 1 and 2 are from, but The Green Mile is another one I’ve sobbed my eyes out too.

We saying I need to watch The Lion King, Bambi?, and whatever the other two are.

I’ve been watching slot of movies recently as never really was a movie guy so I’ll add these to my perfectly legal media server.

Seems we’re all in good company here, my fellow stoner. Although I tend not to fuck sharks, I’m a dolphin man.

I think you’re on to something about them not really focusing on the same kind of media I gravitate towards, complex characters with a moral grey area.

Trying to think if I’ve cried over a book, the most emotional I can recall is the Steig Larsson millennium trilogy, but not sure if I cried was more psyched up for the story.

Art. Never, music lyrics yes but not musical pieces like classical which I listen to a lot. Going to try opera soon so maybe there. I can see people crying at art but I don’t think I understand art enough to even get to that level of emotional connection.

Yeah lyrics is another one I forgot to mention. It’s shocking how many people listen to songs but they don’t listen to the words.

I too am intrigued as to why it seems to have made you more emotional since 18 and hope we get some good responses here.

Interesting that you don’t consider yourself empathetic as I think I have too much at times and it’s a detriment to my own wellbeing.

Sounds like a right freak saying I have too much empathy but I didn’t know how to word it. I guess too much relative to the people I grew up with and my family, that sounds better.

Thanks, this is what I was hoping to touch on. The ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes, even if that person is a terrible person I find it fascinating that we can still have some empathy for their predicament even if it’s kinda deserved.

Makes me wonder if it’s a scale sort of thing where some people are balling theirs out and another is untouched. Then how does this translate to real life? Like is that why my friends can’t understand why I would spend my time on Pro-Palestine matches for instance, is it a lack of empathy.

Apologies, for being deep on bloody Lemmy.

I guess I grew up with people without feelings as when I raised with this my closest friends (5), none of them admitted to it. I know they could lie but I also don’t know how invested they get in to media.

Stop being insecure

This is about as useful as telling someone with depression to just cheer up.

I’m not saying don’t work on your insecurities, but I didn’t get that vibe from your usage.

There’s only one cheese strat. You see cheese, you eat cheese 🤤

I’m on @discuss.tchncs. It’s a German instance but I’m not German and it’s not been an issue.

Oh I do love that aspect of Lemmy, I just don’t want it shoved down my throat at every opportunity. I could make a post asking for windows advice and would be met with useless comments saying install Linux.

I use Linux for my media server, and I love it for that.

I tried to use Linux as my daily driver, partly due to the comments on here making it seem seamless. It was not seamless and a lot more involved than running windows for the handful of games I like to play on it.

I also like honesty and I don’t believe people on here are honest about the failings of Linux as a daily driver and that annoys me.