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over a year ago
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Reading through the your first mobile phone thread I am amazed at how many people remember what their first one was and how they seem to be emotionally attached to an inanimate object.
I don't get emotionally attached to inanimate objects nor am I particularly nostalgic. I also don't get emotional over fictional characters/situations in books/tv shows/movies.
Do you get emotionally involved with things or not? And why? |
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I didn't like my first mobile phone. I only got one because my girlfriend at the time persuaded me it would be useful when meeting up. If I charged it for too long it would stop working for a few days and then suddenly come back to life.
The only inanimate object I am emotionally attached to is my grand piano. Luke |
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"I got very upset over Obie in SOA, still upsets me now !!
Also nanna in The Royale Family  "
Oh my god, I was in bits for both of these 
I'm not that attached to inanimate objects, but characters, yeah, I'll sob over them. |
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"I got very upset over Obie in SOA, still upsets me now !!
Also nanna in The Royale Family
Oh my god, I was in bits for both of these
I'm not that attached to inanimate objects, but characters, yeah, I'll sob over them."
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I'm terrible watching things if an animal dies. Even if it's not real! And I get quite attached to people in series of books I read. Havent got an object that I've kept from childhood or anything like that though. Just a softy when it comes to animals  |
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"Do you get emotionally involved with things or not? And why?"
I have few items or personal effects that are irreplaceable. Mainly photographs, and a few select items that were gifts from people special to me, particularly those departed.
The important things in life are not things. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Do you get emotionally involved with things or not? And why?
I have few items or personal effects that are irreplaceable. Mainly photographs, and a few select items that were gifts from people special to me, particularly those departed.
The important things in life are not things."
but they are free |
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"Yepp, I have lots of cuddly toys, a few of which I sleep with at night, and one in particular I can't sleep without . I love them  "
Oh to be your cuddly toy  |
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"Yepp, I have lots of cuddly toys, a few of which I sleep with at night, and one in particular I can't sleep without . I love them
Is it a build-a-bear stormtrooper?  "
Nope, he's a white bunny rabbit named Flopsy =) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Yup! I have loads of cuddly toys, and they all have names and stories behind them.
My very first cuddly toy that my parents gave me is called Ali (because that’s the noise I made when I asked for him as an infant) and he lives on my bedside table.
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"I cried like a baby when Tony Stark died "
We watched it on Sunday night, it's taken me this long to build myself up for it because I had been told the news...I am still in mourning ...I love you 3000... see I am filling up now lol
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"Reading through the your first mobile phone thread I am amazed at how many people remember what their first one was and how they seem to be emotionally attached to an inanimate object.
I don't get emotionally attached to inanimate objects nor am I particularly nostalgic. I also don't get emotional over fictional characters/situations in books/tv shows/movies.
Do you get emotionally involved with things or not? And why?"
You are(genuinely) interesting.
Bit of a gitty cop out but why WOULDN'T you empathise with a fictional character or inanimate object? |
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Me and my first motorbike, bought from new and I did several miles on it. When I had to sell it, I did get emotional afterwards and not shy to admit it.
The book To Kill a Mockingbird, has had me in tears.
My son(s) first baby grows.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Reading through the your first mobile phone thread I am amazed at how many people remember what their first one was and how they seem to be emotionally attached to an inanimate object.
I don't get emotionally attached to inanimate objects nor am I particularly nostalgic. I also don't get emotional over fictional characters/situations in books/tv shows/movies.
Do you get emotionally involved with things or not? And why?
You are(genuinely) interesting.
Bit of a gitty cop out but why WOULDN'T you empathise with a fictional character or inanimate object? "
Because a fictional character is just that not real. No one has really died or whatever.
I can appreciate the craft behind a book/film/tv show and the script etc.
Perhaps I just see the artifice and construction. And a fictional character has no choice but to follow a set storyline they can do nothing different.
How can I empathise with an inanimate object when it has no feelings? That is personification and is really a form of fetishism (as in anthropology) or totem. Inanimate objects are not sacred items with special powers.
Now I'm philosophising  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Me and my first motorbike, bought from new and I did several miles on it. When I had to sell it, I did get emotional afterwards and not shy to admit it.
The book To Kill a Mockingbird, has had me in tears.
My son(s) first baby grows.
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Baby grows I understand  |
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"Reading through the your first mobile phone thread I am amazed at how many people remember what their first one was and how they seem to be emotionally attached to an inanimate object.
I don't get emotionally attached to inanimate objects nor am I particularly nostalgic. I also don't get emotional over fictional characters/situations in books/tv shows/movies.
Do you get emotionally involved with things or not? And why?
You are(genuinely) interesting.
Bit of a gitty cop out but why WOULDN'T you empathise with a fictional character or inanimate object?
Because a fictional character is just that not real. No one has really died or whatever.
I can appreciate the craft behind a book/film/tv show and the script etc.
Perhaps I just see the artifice and construction. And a fictional character has no choice but to follow a set storyline they can do nothing different.
How can I empathise with an inanimate object when it has no feelings? That is personification and is really a form of fetishism (as in anthropology) or totem. Inanimate objects are not sacred items with special powers.
Now I'm philosophising "
I could counter that.. BUT you have neglected to mention why you don't /can't empathise with characters in book or film..!?!
And what about real characters? What about people in documentaries? They're 'real'.
Andd what about elephants eh! Who can't feel a lump in their throat when you watch a documentary and you see them grieving for a lost family member, standing over the body for days, guarding it, nudging it gently from time to time. |
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"Reading through the your first mobile phone thread I am amazed at how many people remember what their first one was and how they seem to be emotionally attached to an inanimate object.
I don't get emotionally attached to inanimate objects nor am I particularly nostalgic. I also don't get emotional over fictional characters/situations in books/tv shows/movies.
Do you get emotionally involved with things or not? And why?
You are(genuinely) interesting.
Bit of a gitty cop out but why WOULDN'T you empathise with a fictional character or inanimate object?
Because a fictional character is just that not real. No one has really died or whatever.
I can appreciate the craft behind a book/film/tv show and the script etc.
Perhaps I just see the artifice and construction. And a fictional character has no choice but to follow a set storyline they can do nothing different.
How can I empathise with an inanimate object when it has no feelings? That is personification and is really a form of fetishism (as in anthropology) or totem. Inanimate objects are not sacred items with special powers.
Now I'm philosophising
I could counter that.. BUT you have neglected to mention why you don't /can't empathise with characters in book or film..!?!
And what about real characters? What about people in documentaries? They're 'real'.
Andd what about elephants eh! Who can't feel a lump in their throat when you watch a documentary and you see them grieving for a lost family member, standing over the body for days, guarding it, nudging it gently from time to time."
Nope. I'm an emotionless void
I don't know I just don't empathise unless it is someone close to me. Never have. |
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"Reading through the your first mobile phone thread I am amazed at how many people remember what their first one was and how they seem to be emotionally attached to an inanimate object.
I don't get emotionally attached to inanimate objects nor am I particularly nostalgic. I also don't get emotional over fictional characters/situations in books/tv shows/movies.
Do you get emotionally involved with things or not? And why?
You are(genuinely) interesting.
Bit of a gitty cop out but why WOULDN'T you empathise with a fictional character or inanimate object?
Because a fictional character is just that not real. No one has really died or whatever.
I can appreciate the craft behind a book/film/tv show and the script etc.
Perhaps I just see the artifice and construction. And a fictional character has no choice but to follow a set storyline they can do nothing different.
How can I empathise with an inanimate object when it has no feelings? That is personification and is really a form of fetishism (as in anthropology) or totem. Inanimate objects are not sacred items with special powers.
Now I'm philosophising
I could counter that.. BUT you have neglected to mention why you don't /can't empathise with characters in book or film..!?!
And what about real characters? What about people in documentaries? They're 'real'.
Andd what about elephants eh! Who can't feel a lump in their throat when you watch a documentary and you see them grieving for a lost family member, standing over the body for days, guarding it, nudging it gently from time to time.
Nope. I'm an emotionless void
I don't know I just don't empathise unless it is someone close to me. Never have."
Serious question you do not have to answer, but are you autistic? |
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"Reading through the your first mobile phone thread I am amazed at how many people remember what their first one was and how they seem to be emotionally attached to an inanimate object.
I don't get emotionally attached to inanimate objects nor am I particularly nostalgic. I also don't get emotional over fictional characters/situations in books/tv shows/movies.
Do you get emotionally involved with things or not? And why?
You are(genuinely) interesting.
Bit of a gitty cop out but why WOULDN'T you empathise with a fictional character or inanimate object?
Because a fictional character is just that not real. No one has really died or whatever.
I can appreciate the craft behind a book/film/tv show and the script etc.
Perhaps I just see the artifice and construction. And a fictional character has no choice but to follow a set storyline they can do nothing different.
How can I empathise with an inanimate object when it has no feelings? That is personification and is really a form of fetishism (as in anthropology) or totem. Inanimate objects are not sacred items with special powers.
Now I'm philosophising
I could counter that.. BUT you have neglected to mention why you don't /can't empathise with characters in book or film..!?!
And what about real characters? What about people in documentaries? They're 'real'.
Andd what about elephants eh! Who can't feel a lump in their throat when you watch a documentary and you see them grieving for a lost family member, standing over the body for days, guarding it, nudging it gently from time to time.
Nope. I'm an emotionless void
I don't know I just don't empathise unless it is someone close to me. Never have.
Serious question you do not have to answer, but are you autistic? "
No idea. Maybe. Have thought about it. I'm happy being who I am and don't want a diagnosis  |
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"Reading through the your first mobile phone thread I am amazed at how many people remember what their first one was and how they seem to be emotionally attached to an inanimate object.
I don't get emotionally attached to inanimate objects nor am I particularly nostalgic. I also don't get emotional over fictional characters/situations in books/tv shows/movies.
Do you get emotionally involved with things or not? And why?
You are(genuinely) interesting.
Bit of a gitty cop out but why WOULDN'T you empathise with a fictional character or inanimate object?
Because a fictional character is just that not real. No one has really died or whatever.
I can appreciate the craft behind a book/film/tv show and the script etc.
Perhaps I just see the artifice and construction. And a fictional character has no choice but to follow a set storyline they can do nothing different.
How can I empathise with an inanimate object when it has no feelings? That is personification and is really a form of fetishism (as in anthropology) or totem. Inanimate objects are not sacred items with special powers.
Now I'm philosophising
I could counter that.. BUT you have neglected to mention why you don't /can't empathise with characters in book or film..!?!
And what about real characters? What about people in documentaries? They're 'real'.
Andd what about elephants eh! Who can't feel a lump in their throat when you watch a documentary and you see them grieving for a lost family member, standing over the body for days, guarding it, nudging it gently from time to time.
Nope. I'm an emotionless void
I don't know I just don't empathise unless it is someone close to me. Never have.
Serious question you do not have to answer, but are you autistic?
No idea. Maybe. Have thought about it. I'm happy being who I am and don't want a diagnosis "
That's fair enough. I'm a walking talking autism detector, that's all |
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"Reading through the your first mobile phone thread I am amazed at how many people remember what their first one was and how they seem to be emotionally attached to an inanimate object.
I don't get emotionally attached to inanimate objects nor am I particularly nostalgic. I also don't get emotional over fictional characters/situations in books/tv shows/movies.
Do you get emotionally involved with things or not? And why?
You are(genuinely) interesting.
Bit of a gitty cop out but why WOULDN'T you empathise with a fictional character or inanimate object?
Because a fictional character is just that not real. No one has really died or whatever.
I can appreciate the craft behind a book/film/tv show and the script etc.
Perhaps I just see the artifice and construction. And a fictional character has no choice but to follow a set storyline they can do nothing different.
How can I empathise with an inanimate object when it has no feelings? That is personification and is really a form of fetishism (as in anthropology) or totem. Inanimate objects are not sacred items with special powers.
Now I'm philosophising
I could counter that.. BUT you have neglected to mention why you don't /can't empathise with characters in book or film..!?!
And what about real characters? What about people in documentaries? They're 'real'.
Andd what about elephants eh! Who can't feel a lump in their throat when you watch a documentary and you see them grieving for a lost family member, standing over the body for days, guarding it, nudging it gently from time to time.
Nope. I'm an emotionless void
I don't know I just don't empathise unless it is someone close to me. Never have.
Serious question you do not have to answer, but are you autistic?
No idea. Maybe. Have thought about it. I'm happy being who I am and don't want a diagnosis
That's fair enough. I'm a walking talking autism detector, that's all "
Shit, scrap the walking 
I'm a wheeling, talking autism detector |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I like my stuff but I wouldn't say I'm emotionally attached to any of it.
I would cry if I lost my phone etc .. simply because I can't afford to replace things.
But I'm an emotional wreck when it comes to films etc ..
Even cartoons 
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"Reading through the your first mobile phone thread I am amazed at how many people remember what their first one was and how they seem to be emotionally attached to an inanimate object.
I don't get emotionally attached to inanimate objects nor am I particularly nostalgic. I also don't get emotional over fictional characters/situations in books/tv shows/movies.
Do you get emotionally involved with things or not? And why?
You are(genuinely) interesting.
Bit of a gitty cop out but why WOULDN'T you empathise with a fictional character or inanimate object?
Because a fictional character is just that not real. No one has really died or whatever.
I can appreciate the craft behind a book/film/tv show and the script etc.
Perhaps I just see the artifice and construction. And a fictional character has no choice but to follow a set storyline they can do nothing different.
How can I empathise with an inanimate object when it has no feelings? That is personification and is really a form of fetishism (as in anthropology) or totem. Inanimate objects are not sacred items with special powers.
Now I'm philosophising
I could counter that.. BUT you have neglected to mention why you don't /can't empathise with characters in book or film..!?!
And what about real characters? What about people in documentaries? They're 'real'.
Andd what about elephants eh! Who can't feel a lump in their throat when you watch a documentary and you see them grieving for a lost family member, standing over the body for days, guarding it, nudging it gently from time to time.
Nope. I'm an emotionless void
I don't know I just don't empathise unless it is someone close to me. Never have."
Nah. Course you're not. As you've said you empathise with the people close to you. So scratch that thought!
Oh. Wall-E. Buckets of tears over here with that one.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Reading through the your first mobile phone thread I am amazed at how many people remember what their first one was and how they seem to be emotionally attached to an inanimate object.
I don't get emotionally attached to inanimate objects nor am I particularly nostalgic. I also don't get emotional over fictional characters/situations in books/tv shows/movies.
Do you get emotionally involved with things or not? And why?
You are(genuinely) interesting.
Bit of a gitty cop out but why WOULDN'T you empathise with a fictional character or inanimate object?
Because a fictional character is just that not real. No one has really died or whatever.
I can appreciate the craft behind a book/film/tv show and the script etc.
Perhaps I just see the artifice and construction. And a fictional character has no choice but to follow a set storyline they can do nothing different.
How can I empathise with an inanimate object when it has no feelings? That is personification and is really a form of fetishism (as in anthropology) or totem. Inanimate objects are not sacred items with special powers.
Now I'm philosophising
I could counter that.. BUT you have neglected to mention why you don't /can't empathise with characters in book or film..!?!
And what about real characters? What about people in documentaries? They're 'real'.
Andd what about elephants eh! Who can't feel a lump in their throat when you watch a documentary and you see them grieving for a lost family member, standing over the body for days, guarding it, nudging it gently from time to time.
Nope. I'm an emotionless void
I don't know I just don't empathise unless it is someone close to me. Never have.
Nah. Course you're not. As you've said you empathise with the people close to you. So scratch that thought!
Oh. Wall-E. Buckets of tears over here with that one.
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Oh I definetly have emotions.
But no one has actually said why they get emotional over fictional characters/situations.
It might be just that you do or don't but can't explain it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Yep.
Recent examples was getting a bit sad over sending my damaged Kindle back to Amazon even though I'd already received my replacement. I cry at wrestling matches too when I'm very invested in the storyline or the wrestlers involved. Or both. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"No. I have both feet firmly in reality.
Best place to be Granny. None of this head in the clouds nonsense "
I'm happy to have my head in the clouds at times
I'm a very practical person usually but i do like to sometimes wander off into another world, my world is often difficult, emotional and full of physical and mental pain hence i like to wander off at times |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"No. I have both feet firmly in reality.
Nothing wrong with leaving reality for a while, isn’t that why we read novels, watch films etc "
I don't read as many novels as I used to. Mainly read non-fiction. Watch mostly factual programming and would rather watch a decent documentary film than a fictional one. But it is still all escapism.
I escape for the length of the film, show or amount of time I'm reading for. But once it's over that is it for me. And I very rarely watch more than the first series of something so prefer mini-series.
I still don't get emotionally involved with any of it.
For me it is the construction of the story being told rather than the actual plot which draws me in. |
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"No. I have both feet firmly in reality.
Nothing wrong with leaving reality for a while, isn’t that why we read novels, watch films etc "
That wasn't the question though.
I don't get emotionally attached to inanimate objects or cry over fictional characters.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"No. I have both feet firmly in reality.
Nothing wrong with leaving reality for a while, isn’t that why we read novels, watch films etc
That wasn't the question though.
I don't get emotionally attached to inanimate objects or cry over fictional characters.
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Depends. I attach sentimentality to objects. So if my kids gave me seashells then I would develop an affection for them and get a bit sad if anything happened to them.
I cry at sad things. Be them real or imagined. Because I would imagine how someone in that situation would feel, and I’d get sad, maybe tearful and because it often reminds me of something that holds sad memories.
If that makes sense?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Depends. I attach sentimentality to objects. So if my kids gave me seashells then I would develop an affection for them and get a bit sad if anything happened to them.
I cry at sad things. Be them real or imagined. Because I would imagine how someone in that situation would feel, and I’d get sad, maybe tearful and because it often reminds me of something that holds sad memories.
If that makes sense?
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I get sentimentality to objects from family.
Yes what you wrote makes sense 
What I don't get is being emotionally attached to say your phone. And I've never been emotional over fictional characters - but then it's not character or plot which I look for but more how it's constructed. |
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