Depressing interactions you have had with people?

Mmmmm Napalm · September 19, 2016, 08:32:13 PM

The other day I went to my local Games Workshop store to watch some people play 40k and discuss the army I am building (Black Templar Space Marines) with experienced players.

There was a guy there who was very friendly and nice. I was talking with him about my army, and he suddenly decided that I needed a model of High Chaplain Grimaldus (at no point had I stated a desire for this model or anything). He then bought a chaplain model to use as a proxy for Grimaldus. I was stunned that he would just buy a model for a perfect stranger.

Later, I would overhear him in conversation with the guy who works at the shop. The guy who bought the model for me has thyroid cancer.

I just felt very uncomfortable with his generosity. Not because I got any creepy vibes from the guy, but because his behavior made me feel very sad, and I suspect that he has done this before, which strikes me as somewhat self-destructive.

What interactions have you had with others that have made you feel somewhat depressed, and made you empathetic towards others?

Ingy · September 19, 2016, 08:45:15 PM

I ate a girl's special packaged M&Ms that her friend got her and I left one piece that I put in my mouth first

Doctor Doom · September 19, 2016, 08:57:38 PM

Visiting my grandfather before he died of cancer.

clum clum · September 19, 2016, 09:05:27 PM

Most of my interactions with people feel depressing. Not that I'm depressing, at least not any more, since I've adopted a positive outlook, but people always somehow manage to be huge downers. Maybe it's in my head and my expectations are unrealistic. But whatever, life goes on.

Elegiac · September 19, 2016, 09:37:53 PM

yeah there was a woman with brain cancer in the shop I was volunteering in and she kept buying me books, and wouldn't let me give her money, so before I left I gave the boss the amount she'd spent on me and told her to pass it on to the lady

not that it was depressing, although her condition was sad, but she lived alone on a budget, so that it made one feel small, or inspired to be even better as a person... both

Winy · September 19, 2016, 09:52:51 PM

Quote from: N i g g e r s on September 19, 2016, 08:45:15 PM

I ate a girl's special packaged M&Ms that her friend got her and I left one piece that I put in my mouth first

Did she die?

Zonda · September 19, 2016, 10:20:24 PM

Any attempt to have a conversation on bungie.net now

Tyger · September 19, 2016, 10:25:41 PM

Zonda called me a shitposter so now I want to kill myself

September 19, 2016, 10:27:56 PM

Cancer fucking sucks.
I was there when my grandfather died of it.
I had to say goodbye to my grandma about a week ago, and I'm afraid what's going to happen after she passes.

Mmmmm Napalm · September 19, 2016, 10:35:02 PM

Quote from: Elegiac on September 19, 2016, 09:37:53 PM

yeah there was a woman with brain cancer in the shop I was volunteering in and she kept buying me books, and wouldn't let me give her money, so before I left I gave the boss the amount she'd spent on me and told her to pass it on to the lady

not that it was depressing, although her condition was sad, but she lived alone on a budget, so that it made one feel small, or inspired to be even better as a person... both

That's very sad. Similar to my experience.

I think people who have a terminal illness try and compensate for how sad they feel inside by being outwardly friendly to a somewhat unusual extent, and being overly generous to people they don't know that well. At least, that was the impression I got from the guy in Games Workshop. He was very outgoing and was constantly joking around, and many of his jokes were self-deprecating.

Naru · September 19, 2016, 10:37:10 PM

Quote from: Tyger on September 19, 2016, 10:25:41 PM

Zonda called me a shitposter so now I want to kill myself

youre a faggot

Zonda · September 19, 2016, 10:37:56 PM

Quote from: Naru on September 19, 2016, 10:37:10 PM

youre a faggot

TYGER ON SUICIDE WATCH

Doctor Doom · September 19, 2016, 10:39:47 PM

Cancer's killing everybody left and right.

Tyger · September 19, 2016, 10:45:42 PM

Quote from: Tyger on September 19, 2016, 10:25:41 PM

Zonda called me a shitposter so now I want to kill myself

Quote from: Zonda on September 19, 2016, 10:37:56 PM

Quote from: Naru on September 19, 2016, 10:37:10 PM
youre a faggot
TYGER ON SUICIDE WATCH

that's what I said

Zonda · September 19, 2016, 11:03:04 PM

Quote from: Tyger on September 19, 2016, 10:45:42 PM

Quote from: Tyger on September 19, 2016, 10:25:41 PM
Zonda called me a shitposter so now I want to kill myself
Quote from: Zonda on September 19, 2016, 10:37:56 PM
Quote from: Naru on September 19, 2016, 10:37:10 PM
youre a faggot
TYGER ON SUICIDE WATCH
that's what I said

🂿 · September 20, 2016, 01:08:49 AM

People telling me to shut the fuck up.

TB · September 20, 2016, 08:36:17 AM

Any time I've entered a Jive thread

Kitsune 狐 · September 20, 2016, 08:54:41 AM

It makes me sad how blind our generation can be... this happened to me on facebook today. Yes, not everyone is in support of Trump and prefer Hillary or Johnson, or even Jill Stein, and there is nothing wrong with that nor is it the reason I say that our generation is blind. I feel like there is a huge chunk of our generation that is just sucking up the bullshit and trusting the main stream media too much, because American mainstream media is nothing but lies... but I digress..

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Here's the day before where I was being "unfriendly"

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It makes me sad when someone posts something controversially political, and then they get all butthurt for asking one damn non-sarcastic comment.

challengerX · September 20, 2016, 10:01:30 AM

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Kitsune 狐 · September 20, 2016, 10:04:55 AM

Quote from: challengerX on September 20, 2016, 10:01:30 AM

Quote from: Kits on September 20, 2016, 08:54:41 AM
It makes me sad how blind our generation can be... this happened to me on facebook today. Yes, not everyone is in support of Trump and prefer Hillary or Johnson, or even Jill Stein, and there is nothing wrong with that nor is it the reason I say that our generation is blind. I feel like there is a huge chunk of our generation that is just sucking up the bullshit and trusting the main stream media too much, because American mainstream media is nothing but lies... but I digress..

Spoiler

Here's the day before where I was being "unfriendly"

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It makes me sad when someone posts something controversially political, and then they get all butthurt for asking one damn non-sarcastic comment.
I don't get it. What color are you?

Orange.

challengerX · September 20, 2016, 10:24:09 AM

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