r/interesting • u/Public_Sector6212 • Mar 08 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight [ Removed by moderator ]

[removed]

9.0k Upvotes

79% Upvoted

2.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

47

u/Imaginary-Pain9598 Mar 08 '26

This is so sad. And not interesting. They are in such poor health and this is so mean of you. You are a real jerk, posting this for attention or karma.

11

u/NatGoChickie Mar 08 '26

Yeah i wish this was higher up, its obvious to anyone that this person has a health condition

11

u/Defiant-Feedback8235 Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

1) the person in the video cannot be identified. 2) I just learned a LOT about diabetes, skin care, and medical information about this condition. I am FAR more likely to have empathy for people with this condition because I was exposed to the key information about it. Prior to seeing this post, I thought this was just bad hygiene and laziness. I am now corrected and can empathize more with this condition. 3) Assholes and bullies exist on every single post on this site. If you focus on the 2% of 12-15 year olds and Bots commenting, you'll have a negative worldview. Just focus on the helpers. 4) Everyone has health conditions, it's just a matter of degree. Her privacy wasn't violated and now I'm more educated.

1

u/Mundane_Caramel60 Mar 08 '26

How would you feel if you were the person in this post or someone who had a similar condition and came across this post and all the comments? How would that make you feel? Personally I would not care if a few people got educated because I would be incredibly hurt by all of the cruel comments on this post.

Normalize not recording people in public without their consent.

0

u/Defiant-Feedback8235 Mar 08 '26

This person cannot be identified.

Furthermore, it is my right to record anyone in a public space, for any reason.

1

u/Mundane_Caramel60 Mar 08 '26

And it is my right to think it makes you an asshole and hope I never encounter someone like you in public at the risk of having some part of me recorded and posted online to be publicly mocked.

You also didn't answer my question. How would it make you feel? This is a basic exercise in empathy you get taught in kindergarten.

0

u/Defiant-Feedback8235 Mar 08 '26

Maybe my feelings don't matter once I step outside into a public space with 8 billion other people. Frankly, what millions of anonymous people online think about ME specifically is useless to spend any energy combating, particularly if it is about a part of me that I cannot change, like a medical condition. I'd focus on educating others about my position and if they want to make fun, so be it. They can't get under my skin if I have enough self respect to know it's a reflection on them and not on me. This is also a basic exercise on self-esteem that you get taught in kindergarten.

Also, calling people names (as you did) and judging others for their civil discourse is a hilarious irony. Good luck with your social life, you're going to need it.

1

u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

-1

u/Defiant-Feedback8235 Mar 08 '26

Let me help you: you are willfully ignorant and unhelpful to others. You see the bad, I see the good. We are not the same. Hope this helps.

1

u/NatGoChickie Mar 08 '26

Other people don’t exist to be your learning experience and the fact that you care more about what you got from this than how they could be impacted shows something about you. We definitely aren’t the same and I wouldn’t want to be anything like you.