Does this make me a horrible person?

[TheXRatedDodo]

Does it make me a horrible person that I really get pissed off whenever someone mentions Japan since the Earthquake and tsunami incident?

It's not that I don't CARE, exactly, I just don't want to hear about it all the time but nobody seems to want to shut up about it. It just makes me feel really guilty because whenever I tell someone "can you shut up about Japan, for god sake!" they treat me like I'm Hitler all of a sudden and I feel kind of bad about my thinking about this.

I don't think it makes you an asshole, I just think it's quite clear you have little empathy. Having little empathy does not equal being an asshole.
Just be real, fuck how people percieve you. If that reaction is REAL to you, keep doing what you're doing.

 

[SinisterGehe]

Does it make me a horrible person that I really get pissed off whenever someone mentions Japan since the Earthquake and tsunami incident?

It's not that I don't CARE, exactly, I just don't want to hear about it all the time but nobody seems to want to shut up about it. It just makes me feel really guilty because whenever I tell someone "can you shut up about Japan, for god sake!" they treat me like I'm Hitler all of a sudden and I feel kind of bad about my thinking about this.

You are normal, but short tempered like me. I am sick of hearing about Japan, I know everything about what is going on already in there. And I admit it is Horrible event but I have other things to worry, things that affect me much more than the events going on overseas, my local community, my education and my nerve damaged hand, I do not have time to worry about Japan. I am happy that my friends and most of my school community think the same. "There is nothing we can do, we know everything that is going on, we have bigger worries that affect directly our lives".

But there are these moral crusaders that think everyone is bad who doesn't think like they do. These people think "you do not own my moral views there for you are bad person" and make a big fuss about it.

But Don't worry you are not alone.

But still, just switch the subject or kill the discussion. There is no need to insult anyone for your own comfort.

 

[run_forrest_run]

Your a bit of an asshole but seeing as how I to am a bit of an asshole I can relate to that.

 

[YouEatLard]

No.

You'd be a horrible person if:

You screamed a battle cry and frantically tried to break all of their fingers after they mentioned it.

Said "Yeah? Wish you were there".

Asked about the probability of glowing Asians.



We all get tired of broken records. The best I can recommend is to scream and run away. If you can't run, atleast frantically try to. Climb over obstacles rather then going around them. If you encounter another living being (even a plant) while fleeing, stop, scream in horror at them and then continue. If you encounter a restroom, use it, but continue screaming. If you encounter a closet run in, slam the door, and then get out and walk away like nothing happened.

Atleast this way it'll be entertaining. Oh yeah.... youtube it. I want to see it.

 

[Dexiro]

Still, I wouldn't start screaming at people who do care. That's just...wrong.

There's a difference between the people that care and the people and the people that never shut up about it. The occasional conversation is fine, but if the same people are bringing it up in conversation every 10 minutes then they're just pointlessly bringing the mood down, I think you'd have every right to tell them to shut up.

 

[Baldry]

I don't have a opinion on Japan. Sure something bad happened but I didn't know any of them personally, they'll rebuild and life will go on, I don't mind people talking about it but I don't care that it happened, that said I will give money to help etc.

 

[eels05]

I choose to mostly ignore your disinterest in Japan.
See how it works.Were bombarded with information every day.You choose how much of what you take in and pay attention to.
Your not a victim.

 

[norwegian-guy]

Does it make me a horrible person that I really get pissed off whenever someone mentions Japan since the Earthquake and tsunami incident?

It's not that I don't CARE, exactly, I just don't want to hear about it all the time but nobody seems to want to shut up about it. It just makes me feel really guilty because whenever I tell someone "can you shut up about Japan, for god sake!" they treat me like I'm Hitler all of a sudden and I feel kind of bad about my thinking about this.

It's a flaw in you persona, but it don't make you a horrible person. It's when someone think Japan deserved it because of Pearl Harbour they're on the slippery road to total assholes.

 

[2xDouble]

Here's a rule of thumb for you and everyone who asks this very question: If you need to ask "Am I bad for this?", the answer is yes.

 

[Astoria]

It's understandable. There is a point where you go 'ok yeah I know it's horrible, you don't need to remind me'. As long as you still do care it doesn't make you a asshole or anything like that.

 

[omega 616]

Does it make me a horrible person that I really get pissed off whenever someone mentions Japan since the Earthquake and tsunami incident?

It's not that I don't CARE, exactly, I just don't want to hear about it all the time but nobody seems to want to shut up about it. It just makes me feel really guilty because whenever I tell someone "can you shut up about Japan, for god sake!" they treat me like I'm Hitler all of a sudden and I feel kind of bad about my thinking about this.

Personally, unless something effects me directly, I don't care about it.

Some might say I am a horrible person, I would call them a hypocrite. Now, I don't know how many people have died or how much money is going to be spent to correct it, what I do know is more people die in the third world than in Japan due to this and yet nobody gives much of a damn about it.

Sure, we may all throw the odd pocket change into a collection bucket and get a shot of happiness but how much did that 51P really help?

OK, so some places have dictators taking all the money but why hasn't he been stopped from doing that, then help the people? It's not like America and England are agaisnt going somewhere and killing a leader ... What UK bankers get paid in bonuses in one year could build a city in the third world and yet were all blah-say about that.

So to summarize, clean up the third world so people aren't dying of starvation, while people eat themselves to 500 pounds, then come and talk and talk to me about how bad Japan is.

We can do something about the third world we can't do much about Japan except clean up, yet would rather help clean up than save the third world.

 

[Udyrfrykte]

I gotta say this before I make my peace. If any you tell this man he's a horrible person, then you are truly lacking on perception of what's really going on here. You do not understand that you have become mindless sheep for the media to prey upon. Anyone with half a brain knows the devastation that the Tohoku region has suffered. You know hundreds if not thousands are dead. You know even more are without basic necessities.

Do not fuel the panic fire. Do not give my mother another reason to flip out and demand I dismiss a dream job I had worked for 6 years to obtain. Give the people of Japan some credit by practicing what they have done in the face of disaster. Remain calm, do not wallow in mourning, and give. Give what you can. I love the people who's country I am a guest in. I donated what I could, and I hope in time I can unearth a small portion of the mess with my own two hands. But I will not fret, I will not sit around and cry, and I will certainly NOT listen to what other people say. I am a primary source when it comes to this tragedy. Did I feel the earthquake hit? Yes. Have I lost anything material in this devastation? No. Have I mentally suffered? Yeah. I struggled to make sure my 8 friends up North were alive, and the 3 days of aftershocks kept me awake at night. But I will not sit around and feel sorry for people.

I am sick of people telling other people like ReservoirAngel that he's a bad person because he's sick of people saying how horrible it is. He is 100% in the right. The event has happened, hundreds of thousands are miserable, and people are in need right now. But I can tell you right now, every man, woman, and child in Japan doesn't want you to feel sorry for them. They want you to help them.

So stop walking around trying to show people how much you care about them by repeating every day how sorry you are for them. Shut your mouth and do something that matters.

It's weird that people just flat out ignore what you say, and continue the thread.
Thank you for enlightening me on the situation.

As for TS:
Just mind your wording, otherwise it's ok.
I hate how media feeds on disasters. Norway was nearly on the brink of collapsing by the mere mention of "swine flu" a while back, all because media hyped it the fuck up.

 

[roostuf]

I suppose it doesn't make you a bad person it didn't directly affect you so you feel that it has nothing to do with you.

thats my guess.

 

[akibawall95]

No, it does not make you a horrible person. I can see how it can get irritating hearing about Japan every five minutes (or less). Just donate some money (if you want to) and ignore anyone who is talking about it, after all you did that is really the most an average person can do.

 

[Pistachio101]

They're lucky in the sence of we donate millions and millions and millions (about 75million already yesterday?) to them every year, we won't be doing that with anyone else.

Though it is true that we do give Africa billions every year, I am fairly sure it is relative in terms of how much they need this aid.

Also, I'm fairly sure that Japan has said they do not want monetary aid and would prefer man power from foreign countries.

 

[SilentCom]

No you're not horrible you're just tired of the constant news.

 

[Ravnican]

You're not a horrible person for this (I can't say you're not a horrible person as a whole because I don't know if you're secretly burning orphanages). You may come across as insensitive, though, you may want to word it differently or drop out of the conversation for a while in order not to hurt anyone's feelings.

 

[Verlander]

Does it make ME a bad person that I'm fed up of people complaining about how much they don't care about the Japan earthquake?

If someone doesn't care about the earthquake, surely they can comprehend that WE don't care about their opinion on it?

 

[mikeysnakes]

I should have replied directly first:

No you're not really horrible because since tuesday nothing has really happened at the plant, just a bunch of bullshit arguing about arbitrary scales and where radiation may go if it gets out at a certain time of the day with a certain wind pattern and whether or not there's water in the cooling pools when neither the US or Japanese government can actually see into it.

There's a storm of bullshit surrounding this, it's better not to get dragged into it because so many different irrational fears are being played on by a lot of media organizations.

If you're worried about Karma, just donate to the red cross or something, honestly the biggest problem is the nuclear plant because any aid we in the south send up north needs to circumvent Fukushima prefecture. So they need to go north then west, then north then east; not very effective ne?