Well, I think increasing the relevance on technology always makes people feel like they do not need to bear any responsibility after their speech. For some who in my observation, because I have used some application like Flath, Instagram, or jitter or something else. Always, always. People will see some… aggressive comments on other people’s posts. For example, they will just like, oh, you are so fat, oh, you are like a pig, oh my god. Something like that. And actually, they will let people feel like, oh my god, I can speed whatever I like. and it doesn’t hurt anybody. And I think this kind of mindset will affect the ability to fight with others. And so that when they need to comfort their friends or someone else, they are always speechless and cannot say anything to let their friends to feel better. they will never feel through their comments and just say what they want. So I think…
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Well, I think the increasing reliance on technology makes people feel like they do not need to bear any responsibility for their speech. From my observation, because I have used applications like Flath, Instagram, or Jitter, people often leave aggressive comments on others' posts. For example, they might say, 'Oh, you are so fat,' or 'You look like a pig,' or something similar. This behavior leads them to believe that they can say whatever they like without hurting anyone. I think this mindset affects their ability to empathize with others. When they need to comfort their friends or someone else, they often find themselves speechless and unable to say anything to help their friends feel better. They do not truly connect through their comments and just express whatever they want. So, I think this reliance on technology diminishes our capacity for empathy.
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