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Post-Apocalyptic empathy

When a person who has lived through a great number of hardships in life shows the appropriate amount of baseline empathy, but the empathetic expression is couched in a level of practicality, survival and utilitarianism.
Jean-Claude Van Damme did a great job at conveying post-apocalyptic empathy in the 1989 movie Cyborg. There are small moments where he conveys great emotional responses in only split second intervals because he's mostly having to continue kicking ass.
by milesgilesniles May 18, 2020
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nut sack empathy

The painful empathetic feeling a man gets in his nuts, while watching another man get a nut shot.
A: *watches someone get sacked in the nuts*
B: *cups balls in pain of watching the poor sap get sacked in the nuts*
C: "hey why are you holding your nuts, you'd didn't get sacked"
B: "I feel it though bro, I'm feeling that nut sack empathy"
by emlescure August 28, 2017
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crib note empathy

Faking expressions of understanding and sharing the feelings of another, especially in difficult situations. Indicating the need for a person to use crib notes so they can pretend to understand and share another person's feelings, experiences, and emotions. Parallel to the idiom crocodile tears that indicates feigning sorrow towards another.
We were asked to surface our grievances during the meeting, and all he offered us was crib note empathy.
by Spartacus9000 February 26, 2018
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too much for a lil empathy

Giving someone too much credit than they deserve
person1: "...but after last night and what she did for me i owe that much right now"
person2: "ur giving her too much for a lil empathy"
by dirty santa hooker January 14, 2007
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Empathy

No. No. That’s not what it was.
Hym “No. It was self pity. Not because of the insult but because I am right. And he knows it. It was not empathy. And no. I don’t lose if I shoot your kids in the face. That’s how I can win. Damn... I was right about EVERYTHING. Every single utterance. That is wild. I’m the rightest man who has ever lived.”
by Hym Iam September 30, 2022
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Inanimate Object Empathy Disorder (IOED)

Inanimate Object Empathy Disorder (IOED) is an armchair-psychological designation for people who experience extreme amounts of empathy for inanimate objects -- specifically objects that depict living things that appear damaged or distressed.

IOED describes someone who experiences legitimate feelings towards objects that appear as if they deserve sympathy, support, and even help as if they were animate beings. However, because these objects are not actually living beings, these impulses to care for, help, and support are misplaced. Hence the disorder designation.

If someone if your life continually says things like "awwwww.... that poor x" where x is more often than not a stuffed animal with a missing ear or a tear in its fabric, then that person in your life suffers from IOED.
Using the term Inanimate Object Empathy Disorder (IOED) in context: Because my wife has IOED, when she found 2 stuffed animals on the road, disheveled, she felt a burning desire to "save" them and "nurse them back to health" in our home. Now, thanks to her IOED, we have a new shelf in our family room with "recovering" stuffed animals on it that fill her heart with joy every day.
by NewPOV January 22, 2025
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Weaponized Empathy

"Weaponized empathy" refers to the use of empathy as a manipulative tool for personal gain or to control others, rather than for genuine understanding or support. It is commonly used in faking or exaggerating emotional understanding to manipulate someone into doing what you want, often by guilting them or by implying what they're doing is unfair.
Person A: "I really need you to cover my shift tomorrow."
Person B: "I can’t, I’ve got plans already."
Person A: "Oh, I see. I just thought you’d understand how stressed I’ve been lately. It must because I'm black, right? Don't you care about stopping racism?"
Person B: "That's.. That's not how that works?"
Person A: "Shut up, Nazi."
Person B: "Enough with the weaponized empathy already!"
by dicktongued March 9, 2025
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