Prone to Pathos

First I’d like to take a bit of a closer look at the people on facebook. Who are they? Why are they taking part in it? Do they post a lot? What and why do they post so much or so little? Well obviously people join so that they may connect with family and friends to communicate keep in touch, and share stories and feelings with others they hold dear. In other words, they wish to convey their emotions with others. We may come to the conclusion that a person who does a lot of posting, desires to be heard. We may also assume that a person who decides to share more than what the average person deems to be necessary, that they desire a closeness with different people in their life. People who are content with who they are as a person in real/everyday life do not necessarily feel the need to run to a computer and share their feelings with everyone online. Someone who desires people to be close with must share details with a computer and cannot do it face to face with fellow humans.

                So, I don’t see these people as being prone to arguments of pathos. No. I see them as poor souls craving to be heard, or desiring to be close to people because they may or may not be able to do it face to face with the other humans around them. Yes they are “prone to pathos”, but that is in the sense that they are craving emotional contact, to fill the void that they are unable to fill face to face as it should be done.