Originally Posted By u/kenistod At 2025-04-16 05:41:45 PM | Source


  • Anomalocaris@lemm.ee
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    8 days ago

    hate that libs have to reframe it as “it could happen to you” because “It is happening to people” isn’t enough.

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      7 days ago

      I re-frame it as such because

      1. Life experience has taught me that a lot of people suck at risk assessment. There’s a lot of people who inappropriately believe that it can’t happen to them for no other reason than they believe that they won’t roll a 1. In this regard, it’s a wake-up call that people have a tangible self-interest in defending others.

      2. A shocking amount of people have an acute lack of empathy for strangers, and have a hard time putting themselves in other people’s shoes. This is an invitation to imagine what’s happening to others by imagining it happening to them.