I mean, if someone hates you is better than (s)he doesn't care about you at all?
2007-11-10 16:49:38 · 13 answers · asked by 4 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
vamprong: What is "aswem"? I have not yet learned all of the English intricacies, you know?
2007-11-10 17:02:40 · update #1
Tera: I wonder how do you manage to always try to see the positive side of things.
2007-11-10 17:13:22 · update #2
Yes, indifference really can be worse.
Example: I'm taking a developmental psychology class which focuses on child development. We've learned in this class that more kids die from neglect than they do physical abuse. I know this isn't a perfect example, but it shows that indifference can be more detrimental than consequences of negative emotion.
At least where there is emotion there is interaction, and thus a possibility (no matter how small) of turning those negative emotions into something else...hopefully positive ones. (Not always possible, I know.) But where there is indifference, it may take greater work to engage emotional interaction. (Also not always true, it really depends on the situation.)
2007-11-10 17:04:17 · answer #1 · answered by It's Ms. Fusion if you're Nasty! 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you are indifferent to them too, then there is no competition, it is much better than being hated.
Sadly yes if you care and the other person is indifferent then it is really worse than any other negative feeling. When it gets to the stage of indifference then you are of no consequence to them any more. If somebody hates you, then at least you have a chance to make amends/renew the relationship because they still have feelings for you, even if it is as negative as hate.
2007-11-10 17:09:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Indifference is the worst because you really don't care, with hate you still have some kind of feeling for a person,
2007-11-10 16:53:45 · answer #3 · answered by dramaqueen 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The opposite of hate is apathy.
The opposite of love is apathy.
Apathy (or indifference) means not caring enough TO care...
2007-11-10 18:20:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
in order to hate someone requires emotion.
indifference has no emotional bond.
positive or negative responses needs emotion as a basis for feeling. One can say they "hate" that person, yet that same person may have an "indifference" to what that person does.
red sox vrs yankees.
2007-11-10 16:58:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well, the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference.
2007-11-10 17:30:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of beauty is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, but indifference between life and death."
-Elie Wiesel
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2007-11-11 03:45:57 · answer #7 · answered by tornwax 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, indifference is the better option.
2007-11-10 16:52:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think indifference is better. It's better to have one less friend than it is to have an enemy.
2007-11-11 02:52:17 · answer #9 · answered by Rio Madeira 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
vamprong(vampire) said that your "avatar is awesome" I'm an ebonics expert lol anyway, indifference can be more contagious so I think it is worse.
2007-11-10 18:30:58 · answer #10 · answered by polly-pocket 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋