I feel sorry for you.

[Random berk]

Come to think of it, that Irish girl who was murdered in Mauritius on her honeymoon last week. Three guys were trying to burgle her room and strangled her when she walked in on them. She never even saw the photos of her wedding. Both she and her husband deserve sympathy, not that it'll do them much good now. Once again, I'd love to drive an ice pick through the ear of the guy that killed her.

 

[StealthyNinja]

Every I walk past someone on the street holding out a cup for money.
Those Trocaire ads that show loads of pictures of poverty-stricken Africans.
I constantly feel sorry for people and animals. I'm a very empathetic person.

 

[sageoftruth]

I don't experience it much online. In person, people tend to evoke pity more often.

 

[Hiikuro]

One time I accidentally stepped on a frog and killed it. I stood by its.. it.. and apologized and mourned it, I felt it was the only thing I could do. Usually I spend a great deal of effort removing insects from my room in the most kind way I can think of. I also have a lot of trouble even harming an ant.

I feel it strongly for humans as well, though it is most often activated in movies and media; I've more than a few times had tears in my eyes, and at two occasions been at the brink of crying.

I seem to feel empathy very intensely. I'm glad I do, as it is a quality I truly treasure.

 

[CarlMin]

I actually find it easier to feel for animals than human beings. Is that im normal?

 

[101flyboy]

I feel sorry about a lot of injustices. The biggest things I feel sorry for are kids, who are without homes, or lose one/both of their parents, through death/divorce etc. Or kids who never had real chances at succeeding because of their environments or disease.

 

[DownloaderOfTheMonth]

I feel sorry for some people on this board - they just don't understand opinions and get upset when someone disagrees

 

[BENZOOKA]

I think I've got a bit too much empathy in me. That doesn't mean I'd show it though.

I don't exactly like to watch those animal rescue shows for the same reason

 

[Disaster Button]

I find it really hard to watch Nature Documentaries on Animals in their habitat because (even though I know its natural) I always feel like the bottom fell out of my world when I see or hear about one of the animals being hurt.

The Big Cat Diaries on BBC1 where they give them names and backstories are even sadder.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

A few weeks ago I saw a bunch of homeless guys in the subway below the Groenplaats in Antwerp. Right above our heads MusicForLife was going on, a large and media-heavy yearly charity event, with this years edition devoted to African AIDS orphans. I saw a mobs of people just passing the homeless guys by, not even paying attention to them. All preoccupied with getting to the event so they can feel good about themselves and perchance get their face on tv. Blind to the misery right under their noses. I felt ashamed, divided up all my change and handed it out to those homeless.

It was made even worse by knowing that the police was given orders to bar the homeless and beggars from the event grounds. "Go on, crawl back underground, there is charity that needs doing here", so to speak.

Not that organizing a charity for orphans isn't a noble endeavor, but witnessing that whole situation made me feel sad, sorry and disgusted.

 

[interspark]

i cried for my cat dusky when she died, i don't give a damn what anyone else says, the value of a friend can not be defined by species, she was my precious friend and god i miss her so much