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

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

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

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

Post-Written Empathy

When a writer publishes a book/series and actually interprets the book like a reader while they were proof-reading and ends up empathizing with their own characters. Getting invested in their own story.

Person 1: I just finished proof reading my novel
Person 2: Ooh cool! Found any errors?
Person 1: I was too distracted, I ended up skipping over the errors because I got invested in the plot.
Person 2: But wait, didn’t you write the plot?
Person 1: exactly!!
Person 2: wow, so you got Post-Written Empathy the whole time?
Person 1: YES, WHY AM I INVESTED?? ITS MY OWN STORY

by bxndaid November 3, 2023

Empathy

To naturally be aware of the emotional state of your fellow man, without necessarily

A trait that only the most upstanding suckers have.

The one thing everyone in this world plays on to take advantage of your natural care and concern for your fellow man.

A trait that more times than not, will get you screwed over because "Treat others as you would like to be treated" is no longer a standard in society.

"That sucker has too much empathy to not fall for this"

by YoU'REanEIGHt May 10, 2023

Transfinite-Empathy

A condition of empathy that is above hyper-empathy in some regards but not in others. A person with transfinite-empathy is able to feel any emotion, even if there is seemingly no connection between them and someone feeling that emotion. In this regard, it is above hyper-empathy. However, due to it not necessarily implying the ability to be high alert for negative emotions, it is not above it in all aspects. Depending on the cause, it may or may not still imply the ability to be fully connected and in tune with a person's emotions. A transfinite-empathic person does not need external stimuli to feel emotions and can feel emotions that the situation would not usually be able to evoke.

Origin: "Transfinite" (chosen due to it not being above "Hyper" in all regards but still above it in some) + Empathy.

As someone with transfinite-empathy, I can feel whatever emotion my character would and be the best actor possible.

by Shugunou February 19, 2023