50 Posts About “The Human Experience” That Hit Close To Home (New Pics)
Interview With ExpertThere are times in life where it’s pretty easy to feel very, very alone. The truth is, while social media can leave people feeling out of touch, online content and memes have a way of revealing that we, as humans, often have a lot more in common than one might think.
The “Relatable Tweets” internet page shares the posts from X (that name didn’t age well, did it) that sum up the human experience. From suggestions that deep down all of us agree with, to elusive emotions that, finally, someone put into words. We got n touch with Signy Sheldon, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology to learn more about empathy. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments below.
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But just remember how important your call is to them.
I feel this one. Had a minor task to do related to banking, try to do it online and can't do it. Go to the bank in person and can't do it, they tell me you need to use the phone app. I mean seriously? How do you have a phone app and web app with different functionality? AND you can't (or won't) do it in person, you make people use an app.
This is why i love getting older. I can pull the " older woman who doesnt understand tech" and they will help. They dont need to know I work in tech.
Load More Replies...See. This is why you have to have speaker phone on. So everyone else can be in a murderous rage, too.
That's if they don't just hang up on you because 'you can do this on the website!' No, I bloody can't/your website is down, so I HAVE to call.
and when you finally get on the phone, the person has no idea what you're talking about
My company's IT department used to set their own hold music - there was a brief, fun, period where they had Dreadlock Holiday by 10CC. Then somebody higher up put a stop to it and demanded they use the generic recorded voice track that our customers hear when they call our company. Which means every time my computer stops working, I have to sit in the phone queue for ages hearing "*my company* is a world leader in this", and "did you know *my company* was rated the best in Australia at that?". And really, you know when you DON'T want to hear marketing spiel about how amazing your employer is? When your software has crashed because their server can barely cope and nobody has answered your call for half an hour because the company cheaps out on IT
Take it a step further, tried using my healthcare app (my chart) to refill prescriptions. Sent the request only to be told to contact my physician who happens to be a doctor for that healthcare provider. Systems to make things efficient only make it worse.
Omg the phone labyrinth for reapplying for the "CAP" program for natural gas bill assistance. Okay, call this number to reapply. Put in all my account info. Recorded message tells me my eligibility is about to expire and I need to reapply. Yes, that's why I'm calling. No option to reapply, or speak to a person to do my application. Sends me back to the beginning. Pick a state. Pick a company. Type in your account number again. Listen to the same recorded message. I gave up and just started screaming "AGENT" over and over until it hung up on me. This went on for 3 days, from 8am-1pm before work every day. Until one day a new option comes up. "Press (number) to speak with an agent." Well where did that come from? Did they finally realize they f*cked up?
My oldest braincells, for some reason, pictured him waiting 30 mins outside a phone booth... and then my younger braincells made fun of me and hurt my feelings
I use call back service and keep them in line too ,dinging a didturbing version of babyshark.. And I keep every random casemanager phonenumber that o got once and sell them to friends.. judt fight the system💪💪
Why can't they program that obnoxious message so that it changes to another moronic message after informing us 3X about their wonderous website that provided no viable assistance, thus forcing us to make a phone call (yuck).
It's almost as annoying as the radio station that plays 25 minutes of advertisements per hour, but then spends 10 of the remaining 35 telling us how the play THE MOST MUSIC!!!!
Bored Panda got in touch with Signy Sheldon, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Psychology at McGill University and she was kind enough to share some thoughts and insights into the concept of empathy. After all, without it, relatability becomes a tad difficult. In general, we were curious about what causes humans to feel empathy.
“Empathy is a really important response to another person’s distressful situation and it comes about when we understand the emotions that a person is feeling at that time – we understand their mental state. This understanding is critical because it helps motivate us to help that person in need,” she shared.
I'd subscribe for this! Most of the time I play History's The Universe, on endless repeat. It's interesting, but easy to tune in or out, depending on how Stardew Valley is faring, and how many cute cat pics there are on BP that day.
“The situations that make us feel empathy towards another person are those that we can understand the emotional toll on that individual. For instance, if you know what it feels like to lose a parent, you are going to be more empathic to a person going through a similar situation,” she shared with Bored Panda. This is perhaps why most groups feel the need to create memes about their own community.
Just like how she can find the thing you've been looking for for the past 20 mins, and YET can't find her glasses or keys that's in her hands. Mom magic
Proof that babies know more about the universe than us (jk idk its 3 am)
“However, this empathic response is going to be driven by how much you see yourself in that person. We tend to be more empathic to people that we feel are more alike than us.” At the same time, there are people out there who don’t seem to have any empathy or compassion for others so we wanted to hear her thoughts on how this happens.
I wished I was an adult as a kid. I was right to wish and am living much better now than I did then. Childhood trauma, people!! :)
“People can appear to lack empathy if they don’t understand the emotional experience of another person, either because they haven’t gone through a similar situation or can’t even imagine what that experience is like,” she shared with Bored Panda. Unfortunately, this sort of thing is a lot more common than one might think.
So we also wanted to know what people can do to cultivate empathy in their own lives. “The basis of empathy is being able to understand another individual's mental experience during a time of distress – how are they feeling and what are they thinking? Our research has shown that our episodic memory system, one that allows us to both remember our own past experiences, is fundamental for reaching this understanding and cultivating empathy.”
It do be like that much of the time. My excuse - "I want other people to be able to hear the movie."
“So, if you want to cultivate empathy, you would want to engage in episodic memory. You can do this by recalling having experienced something similar in your own past to what a person is currently experiencing, say a bad break-up. Trying to bring that memory to mind in detail, and reflect on how you felt in your past memory.”
MUAHAHAHAHA no I can't help you move, because I am tired from work, I feel the evil inside me
“What is really important is that we can use episodic memory to engage empathy, even if we don’t have a similar experience to what someone is going through. This is because we can use our episodic memory system not only to help remember the past but also to build imagined hypothetical events. Once we create these events in our minds of what another person is currently experiencing, we can simulate what they are going through and this will lead us to empathy.”
“A lot of the research on empathy has suggested that people have more empathy for others that they are similar to, so a great tool to help us become more empathic is to look at the commonalities between you and a person in distress rather than focus on the differences,” she shared. So, when in doubt, always try to focus on what is relatable, not what sets you apart from others.
I need the money, and I have very low standards.
Overthink overthinking until you don’t want to overthink overthinking anymore.
That's so us ladies can have "just one" from our significant other's order of fries.
Honestly, putting time locks on my most-used apps has revitalised me beyond my wildest dreams. I sleep better, I'm more present for my kids, I have more time for my hobbies. It's amazing the difference it makes.
Call me weak until you're blue in the face, if it makes you happy. It won't bother me a bit, as I'll be taking a nap
Difference between a group of drunk and (mostly) sober people
Cats do not like lemonade. We do like lemon cake with that white drizzly icing and a saucer of coffee, though. No, our soft can-opener won't give us coffee. We have to sneak from her cup when she's not looking. A proper soft can-opener wouldn't make us steal it.
I don't keep it a secret - I tell everyone in case I ever meet someone who can make it happen
there is in fact a movie about just this. It's called As Good as it Gets starting Jack Nicholson.
Who do you all marry, and why? I usually go with Harvey, because he's just sweet, and I don't feel like a cradle-robber, or Penny to rescue her. Penny only just waters the cat once in awhile, though.
Who do you all marry, and why? I usually go with Harvey, because he's just sweet, and I don't feel like a cradle-robber, or Penny to rescue her. Penny only just waters the cat once in awhile, though.