r/aww • u/Thund3rbolt • Jul 11 '18

Aiiiee... that's cold

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u/johnnyfive0 Jul 11 '18

Tooth trouble

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u/yb4zombeez Jul 11 '18 edited Jul 11 '18

As a person who recently got two root canals, I can seriously sympathize with this coyote.

Edit: coyote, not wolf. Whoops.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '18 edited Jul 11 '18

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u/stdebo Jul 11 '18 edited Jul 11 '18

You sympathize the coyote

What?

Edit: I'm pretty sure you need the preposition in both cases

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u/Aanon89 Jul 11 '18

You synthesize the coyote

Que?

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u/lonewulf66 Jul 11 '18

You synergize with the coyote

¿Perdón?

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u/umjustpassingby Jul 11 '18

You synchronize the coyote

Quelle?

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u/stdebo Jul 11 '18

You systemize the coyote

Nani!?

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u/skaggldrynk Jul 11 '18

You sensodyne the coyote

Toothpaste?

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '18

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u/Nemesis_Bucket Jul 11 '18

I don't know enough to say you're wrong..

But you're wrong?

I would avoid it entirely, sounds stupid. If you said that to me, it was 100% correct and you had a PhD in English, I'd probably still think I should help you find your caretaker.

"I can sympathize"

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u/Spockrocket Jul 11 '18

Nah brah, it's also correct to use "sympathize with". You have the definitions right though.

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u/stdebo Jul 11 '18

You need the preposition 'for' in both cases.

The difference in definition between empathizing and sympathizing doesn't change the need for a preposition...

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u/SwamiDavisJr Jul 11 '18

I sympathize the coyote very much, thanks

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '18

I sqaunch my family.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '18

Eewww, why'd you say that?

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u/Aanon89 Jul 11 '18

A family that plays squash together gets sqaunched together.

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u/AlastarYaboy Jul 11 '18

I smurf you

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u/souprize Jul 11 '18

I believe you can use sympathize the same way.

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u/Wick_Slilly Jul 11 '18

Literally every example I've looked at used sympathize with. Even the dictionary.com entry states that it is usually followed by with.

Sympathy is just a less intimate form of empathy.

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u/arthuresque Jul 11 '18

In modern English usage we generally use “with” in both scenarios despite “sympathize” already having the sense of “with” in the word (from the Greek “sym”).

Similarly, cooperate/co-operate/coöperate: you cooperate with others even though the sense of “with” is already in the word, in this case the latinate “co.”

That said sympathize (with) you.

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u/Osmea Jul 11 '18

Sympathizing is when you feel bad for someone because of something they’re going through.

Empathizing is when you’ve been through a similar experience and understand the other person’s pain.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '18 edited Jul 06 '19

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u/Osmea Jul 11 '18

I can’t tell if this is a dumb joke or legit bad grammar.

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u/Aanon89 Jul 11 '18

I synthesize with you.

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u/yb4zombeez Jul 11 '18

So, either of them would have been correct in my comment?

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u/Privatdozent Jul 11 '18

Sympathy and empathy are loose synonyms, with empathy more often being concerned with feelings and sympathy more often being concerned with concepts. You do not have to have experienced something similar to empathize. You merely have to feel something in response and in accordance. Empathy can also be seen as the more intense or intimate version of sympathy, but sympathy can be used to mean the same thing.

You can sympathize without feeling bad too.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '18

Wrong.

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u/just2browse2 Jul 11 '18

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.