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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "I feel your pain" Nice thing to say to someone or not? [View all]Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)27. I might say it over trivial matters. "My boss is such an asshole. He's making me work this weekend
and now I have to cancel my plans." "I feel your pain, man. My boss had me do the same on my birthday last year." That's not the sense that Bill is using the phrase. He's using as a calculating bit of politician's empathy.
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Used by a friend it may mean something. Used by a politician it's a crock of shit platitude.
CBGLuthier
Jan 2016
#2
Is yelling I feel your pain at an AIDS activist really an expression of empathy from a Presidential
merrily
Feb 2016
#37
It's a sign of human empathy. Tho there are other tones of voice, I'm going with empathy...
Hekate
Jan 2016
#9
I'm personally convinced that universal health care would have saved my child
Fumesucker
Jan 2016
#11
As I already said, I go by personal history and other interactions. In your case...
Hekate
Feb 2016
#39
Most other times it is glib and insincere unless you have suffered the same thing.
snagglepuss
Jan 2016
#10
You might recall I apologized to you in the earlier thread, you continued to insult me
Fumesucker
Feb 2016
#22
I might say it over trivial matters. "My boss is such an asshole. He's making me work this weekend
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2016
#27