Clueyness: A Weird Kind of Sad

Clueyness: A Weird Kind of Sad is a blog post by Tim Urban on his blog Wait But Why.
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The post discusses the concept of "clueyness" - feeling intensely bad for someone who was only mildly affected by a situation. The author gives examples of cluey situations, like his father telling a story about his grandfather excitedly buying the game Clue for the family, but the kids ditching him to play outside, leaving the grandfather to clean up the game alone. Or stories of grandparents making food for grandkids who don't show up. The author feels immense sadness imagining these cluey situations, even though the people involved were probably not that upset. He talks about how movies exploit clueyness, like the lonely old neighbor in Home Alone. He also shares a personal example involving not helping a FedEx delivery man get into his apartment building. The author realizes his intense feelings of clueyness are irrational, but says he is destined to feel bad about these kinds of situations. In summary, the article examines the phenomenon of clueyness - feeling disproportionate sadness for relatively minor disappointments or slights experienced by others.
== Full post ==
https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/05/clueyness-a-weird-kind-of-sad.html
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