All hail Robonia... A land I didn't make up.

There's actually a Jesus Christ Superstar parody told from the view of the innkeeper (featuring The Mighty Boosh's Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, Julia Davis, Rich Fulcher, Matt Lucas, Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade):

AD/BC: A Rock Opera

Made me think of Stewie as Darth Vader choking a black dude and the black dude's like: "But you're choking my..." (Implying that it's not the neck, that's choked). And Stewie says: "I know. But I'll continue the choking. Because I'm angry with you."

But I couldn't find the clip, so I guess it'll just be a trip down memory lane for some old farts like me. For everyone else too young to remember, I've brought this picture:

I like its answers and its "fine, have it your way, whatever" attitude at the end of your conversation.

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Oh, the irony. :D

Well, she's changed a lot after her 16th birthday:

It reminds me of Watership Down:

https://youtu.be/FFMt3srjEw8?si=3M1jcUywalg3k7V5

Like Cletus, the slack jawed yokel.

You youngens and your "Tony Hoe's Prawn Skater".

Back in the olden days "Skate Or Die" reigned supreme on our "Nintendos*" and we loved it. :-P

*There was no reason to clarify which "Nintendo" console, because there was no Gameboy/SNES, yet. Of course our parents would call all the consoles "Nintendos", even the C64 and the Master System - but what would you expect from the same people, that thought the "Turbo" button would always boost their 386s (when sometimes it did the complete opposite), because they didn't read any manuals. :-P

Eigentlich sind es Annalen, aber in dem Fall darf Merz auch gern in die Analen eingehen.

But the poster you replied to has a point:

Just like most animals the greater majority of people try to avoid as many direct conflicts as possible IRL. And they're full of empathy and compassion - even for other animals in distress and inanimate objects (saw off the fingers of a plastic doll in front of others and see how they treat you afterwards).

But of course people will lose a part of that compassion etc once they move within society without feeling like a part of it. One example is driving a car. You're way less aware of being a part of society even though you're "swimming" in it. Feeling a strong individual agency and being empowered by two tons of steel while simultaneously being greatly restricted by everyone and everything around you will do that to you.

Same goes for the (social) media landscape. We feel empowered by our own echo chambers and/or chosen media outlet while barely interacting with anyone who could challenge our beliefs (which, funnily enough, is often the right call in that context, because we can't change strong opposing beliefs via social media). And since it's all an indirect, mostly faceless interaction, our beliefs will automatically be strengthened and we'll be more likely to agitate anyone with opposing beliefs (while still avoiding any direct conflict).

So I'd say it's more of a flaw in our design, that is being exploited, than a general lack of sympathy/empathy (of which we actually have plenty).

Which means you can't hold any one individual to higher standards. Because that's not where we "fail". It'd take a much broader appliance of social securities (housing, food, healthcare, education etc all over the world) and a fundamental change in the way we interact. But you and I won't change that (though I guess it's comforting telling ourselves that we could individually change things on a greater scale).