You know the ones. You’re watching some youtube video titled something like “Top fails of 2024”, even though the upload date clearly says 2019.
And you watch a guy shoot bottle rockets out of his butthole. And the flames shoot out, and he screams in pain. You begin to wonder: “What exactly is the fail? What was SUPPOSED to happen???”
He stuck a bottle rocket in his butt, lit the fuse, and let it launch. I don’t see a different outcome where he DOESN’T suffer severe burns, blistering of the skin, and extreme pain. He must have known that was going to be the cause and effect, right?
Either he knew that would happen, and thus not a fail, or he DIDN’T know this would happen, and the fail is on the American public schooling system.
It’s about this point you begin to realize that you don’t feel empathy for the pain he’s in. It’s not funny. It’s not something you feel empathy towards. It’s just sad. You begin to wonder why it’s 4am, you’re totally sober, and alone watching youtube videos that make you sad to live on earth. You begin to wonder if you’re a monster for not feeling empathy towards him, but you rationalize it by saying “What other outcome could he POSSIBLY expect from that??? If I intentionally stabbed my hand with a knife, I wouldn’t expect people to feel sorry for me. No, I’m not a psychopath. He’s just a moron, and possibly masochistic.”
Then you click the next youtube video, and it’s kittens doing kitten things. Silly kitty!
and the fail is on the American public schooling system
I’m going to have to disagree with you there. This is something that should be common sense or taught by parents. Public schools should not be touching subjects such as “should I light explosives on my body”.
This is one of those times…
You know the ones. You’re watching some youtube video titled something like “Top fails of 2024”, even though the upload date clearly says 2019.
And you watch a guy shoot bottle rockets out of his butthole. And the flames shoot out, and he screams in pain. You begin to wonder: “What exactly is the fail? What was SUPPOSED to happen???”
He stuck a bottle rocket in his butt, lit the fuse, and let it launch. I don’t see a different outcome where he DOESN’T suffer severe burns, blistering of the skin, and extreme pain. He must have known that was going to be the cause and effect, right?
Either he knew that would happen, and thus not a fail, or he DIDN’T know this would happen, and the fail is on the American public schooling system.
It’s about this point you begin to realize that you don’t feel empathy for the pain he’s in. It’s not funny. It’s not something you feel empathy towards. It’s just sad. You begin to wonder why it’s 4am, you’re totally sober, and alone watching youtube videos that make you sad to live on earth. You begin to wonder if you’re a monster for not feeling empathy towards him, but you rationalize it by saying “What other outcome could he POSSIBLY expect from that??? If I intentionally stabbed my hand with a knife, I wouldn’t expect people to feel sorry for me. No, I’m not a psychopath. He’s just a moron, and possibly masochistic.”
Then you click the next youtube video, and it’s kittens doing kitten things. Silly kitty!
I’m going to have to disagree with you there. This is something that should be common sense or taught by parents. Public schools should not be touching subjects such as “should I light explosives on my body”.