> “I often have tender, concerned feelings for people less fortunate than me.”
Phrasing like that seems to be a common problem with these sorts of surveys. I'd like to think I'm an emphatic person, reading some of the messages from the people stuck in the siege at that hong kong university definitely gets me all of the feels, but I'd still probably answer no to that question. I certainly feel for them, I can barely imagine what it would be like to be in their position, but they aren't "tender" feelings I don't think. Sympathy makes me feel sorry for them, Empathy makes me angry at china. I'd hardly consider anger to be tender.
Another long rant without a good conclusion. I guess that I feel what's missing from these sorts of questions is a way to qualify your answers. I'd like a "yes, but" and a "no, but" option.
Phrasing like that seems to be a common problem with these sorts of surveys. I'd like to think I'm an emphatic person, reading some of the messages from the people stuck in the siege at that hong kong university definitely gets me all of the feels, but I'd still probably answer no to that question. I certainly feel for them, I can barely imagine what it would be like to be in their position, but they aren't "tender" feelings I don't think. Sympathy makes me feel sorry for them, Empathy makes me angry at china. I'd hardly consider anger to be tender.
Another long rant without a good conclusion. I guess that I feel what's missing from these sorts of questions is a way to qualify your answers. I'd like a "yes, but" and a "no, but" option.