>>134472591Of course I know that it's pointless.
And speaking of empathy... it is not completely impossible to be empathetic and still get that weird pleasure from fantasizing about what you'd call 'bad'.
Perhaps that's what will always keep me from doing anything irl. I enjoy scenes in movies, books and video games that involve the mutilation of people, and yet I still know that I shouldn't, and I would never want to see that happening to a real person. I have some fantasies, but I know that I wouldn't want to do harm to anyone.
I don't know how to describe it, it's just... that clear line between fiction and reality. The 'feelings' I have for fictional lifeforms aren't the same as for real people. There's a difference, if you know what I mean. And that difference makes it possible for me to enjoy cruelty towards fictional people and be shocked if it happens to real persons.
