• WillFord27@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I never understand this argument. How does humor come before empathy to some people? How could having a giggle ever overrule a tragedy? There’s coping with pain through humor, but if it’s not your pain, it just seems juvenile and insensitive.

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      11 months ago

      Because Humor can be coping mechanism also for stuff there are not involved with. Some people need to laugh at tragedy.

      Edit: you are saying “not your pain” as if empathy does not exist. We sometimes need to distance ourselves from tragedy and some do this with humor.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 months ago

      I’m not downvoting you because that’s a valid question I don’t have an answer for. All I know is, I stand by my statement, because it’s been proven to me time and time again.