# More stupid people die. Why are we supposed to care?

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**Created:** [October 1, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-people-die-why-are-we-supposed-to-care/972556 "2022-10-01T19:55:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-stupid-people-die-why-are-we-supposed-to-care/972556/90 "2022-10-02T22:41:51Z")

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> [@Larry\_Borgia](#):
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> You on the other hand started an SDMB thread, polled your golfing buddies, and are now about to poll your dinner companions.
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> I don’t think you _should_ care–who can make you–but it’s obvious that you _do_ care.

I think he’s starting threads and polling friends because he suspects there’s something wrong with his empathy circuits.

I mean, he’s also started threads like [“Anyone else confused by the emotion over Queen Elizabeth’s passing?”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-confused-by-the-emotion-over-queen-elizabeths-passing/971275)

And [“WNBA player Russian custody. Why should I care?”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wnba-player-russian-custody-why-should-i-care/967674)

And he told a story about his daughter’s recital:

> [@What was your most torturous school activity - as a parent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-most-torturous-school-activity-as-a-parent/963610/33):
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> My youngest was a gifted bassoonist… Junior High concert day comes along, she goes up there to play her piece - with piano accompaniment - and SPECTACULARLY CRASHES AND BURNS! I mean, as badly as you could imagine any musician shitting the bed, she shat it worse.
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> Now I give my kids no end of praise when they do something well - or even make a good effort, but I don’t compliment shit. So when she came back to her seat, I said, “Well, THAT sucked!” All these other parents were comforting her and saying, “Oh it wasn’t that bad.” No! It WAS that bad!
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> She has since told me it was shitty of me to say that. Maybe it was. But among the countless decisions and actions I made raising 3 kids, telling a kid she screwed up because she was too lazy, and forcing me to sit thru that debacle - well - I kinda consider that a high point.

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