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Do you ever feel the "dormant person feeling"? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by lemuria@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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The dormant person feeling is a feeling I find myself having on the Internet often. Casually browsing the Internet, I find myself reading through threads and websites that don't look like they've been updated since 2009, or 2010, or ${currentYear - 10}. Profiles that haven't posted in so long either.

When I see just how long ago their last activity was, it gives me the feeling, which I can only describe as a mix of concern, curiosity, and empathy. In my head, I go "I wonder how they are doing now", and "are they alive and well?". Sometimes I find myself "investigating" them or looking them up to see if they are still alive just so I can satiate this feeling of mine.

Do other people experience the dormant person feeling too? Is it wrong to have such a feeling? But hey, if I feel the dormant person feeling, it does show that I do have empathy for strangers, a good quality, I suppose.

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[–] lemuria@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nothing really, all the rabbit holes I've went down are all in English or conlangs whose documentation is in English. And for search resources - all you really need is Google or DuckDuckGo, a couple hours, patience, and basic knowledge of OSINT

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Would you say you're motivated by self challenge, monetary, community interaction, or simple altruism?

I've watched Heavy Case Files on YT off and on for several years. I like her voice, and kinda marvel at the motivations such a person seems to have; a resilience and character depth in the face of persistent negativity, combined with the interests of a content creator, in addition to the burden of YT comments. She has a personal connection to such cases or so she mentioned years ago when I asked IIRC. What about you, where's the drive coming from? - if you do not mind me asking.

Just ignore if I'm getting long in the tooth or whatnot. You've made my day better in thought and kindly letting me chat with my nonsense. Thanks for that.

[–] lemuria@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Curiosity, concern, and the hope that the person's still living a good life.

And you are not annoying me, don't worry.