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Re:Ask HN: How to build empathy? by timthorn on Saturday March 20, 2021 @12:52PM (#26524351)
Careful though - "It sounds like you're exhausted by that" can also come off as sounding quite patronising.
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Re:Ask HN: How to build empathy? by mjwhansen on Saturday March 20, 2021 @01:24PM (#26524559)
Absolutely - tone of voice matters a lot.
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Re:Ask HN: How to build empathy? by fsociety on Saturday March 20, 2021 @02:31PM (#26525000)
Perhaps “that sounds exhausting”, so that you are communicating that you too would be exhausted by that.
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