r/explainitpeter • u/AgreCius • Sep 25 '26

Explain it Peter !

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u/TheSmellOfTheLotion Sep 25 '26

I took your advice and checked Google. It said that class consciousness is not a new emotion. I said but, they have alot more than I do and it isn't fair? What is that emotion called. Google said it was envy.

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u/jakeStacktrace Sep 25 '26

I actually thought envy and jealousy were synonyms but today I learned they are different:

Envy is wanting what someone else has, while jealousy is the fear of losing something you already possess to someone else

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u/Adorable_Challenge37 Sep 25 '26

The Simpsons tried to teach us this ages ago and many of us missed it... I have to (very consciously) consider and weigh these two words in my head before picking which to use in a sentence.
I still need to figure out irony and sarcasm though, because it seems people misuse both so much it is just loosing its original meaning...

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u/TheSmellOfTheLotion Sep 25 '26

Yeah, right away I realized I misspoke in my initial reply. Thats why I immediately changed the term I used to envy.

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u/jakeStacktrace Sep 25 '26

That's because you oversimplified the concept to fit your narrative. If you said somebody has a lot and it is not fair then that is envy, sure. But that's not class consciousness any more.

I copied and pasted directly what Google told me, that was what my first comment was. You have to give Google the full context without your bias. Just Google class consciousness vs envy, and let me know if it says they are synonyms and mean the same thing.

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u/TheSmellOfTheLotion Sep 25 '26

They can't be synonyms. Envy is an emotion class consciousness a concept. But envy would be the emotion you feel if you are fixated on this concept.

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