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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by prepend on Monday October 31, 2022 @05:53PM (#33413814)
It’s not an excuse to treat people poorly, but I certainly have less empathy for someone who has $5M in vested stock who gets fired vs someone who makes $15/hour and lives paycheck to paycheck.

Both are injustices. The former isn’t much of a risk to life. The latter could literally result in life or death situations.

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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by themitigating on Monday October 31, 2022 @06:38PM (#33414315)
Selective empathy is on the path to becoming a sociopath
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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by prepend on Monday October 31, 2022 @08:36PM (#33415419)
Relative empathy is part of being a regular human being.

If someone has 10 lollipops and loses 1, that’s not “selective empathy” to feel differently than about someone else who has 1 lollipop and loses everything.

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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by themitigating on Monday October 31, 2022 @08:45PM (#33415509)
One job one person, the rest is all assumptions. How much they made, their stock options, financial situation. Maybe they are paying for their nephews cancer treatment or something.
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