#kymanrantgarbage

Maybe Kyle’s exes are coverups for Cartman too.

Okay now that I really think about it Cartman is like the perfect exemplar of what a REAL empath looks like. HERE ME OUT. As I've prob mentioned before I HATE the word "empath" and how much it gets tossed around way too easily these days bc like it's often the people who claim to be "empaths" that I have noticed are actually like the cruelest assholes ever. They are the wolves in sheep's clothing types who loveee to present themselves as an empath to make it seem like they care about shit more than anyone else so that people will praise them and think they are a good person, when in reality they just don't the capacity to experience empathy to the extent that a true empath does. I also feel like people forget too that there's a HUGE difference between empathy and sympathy. Like empathy is the ability to feel the emotions of another person and put yourself in their shoes, while sympathy is the act of actually showing that you care and extending kindness to someone. I know everyone characterizes Cartman as this monstrous sociopath who lacks empathy, but honestly I would say what Cartman actually lacks is sympathy and not empathy. Yes I agree that Cartman can be a total uncaring asshole. He can be extremely rude and inconsiderate. He's def the type of person where if something bad were to happen to somebody, like say if he sees an old lady fall he would laugh at her instead of helping her up LOL. He's not the type of person to offer condolences to somebody if say they just found out their dog died. But really those kinds of gestures like that are more of examples of sympathy and not empathy. The biggest difference between empathy and sympathy is that with sympathy there is a sense of societal obligation, people will act kindly because they know they are supposed to. Just because Cartman isn't going out of his way to act kindly, does not mean he is completely incapable of feeling for other people. Now here is the reason why I think Cartman is a true empath: what the reality is for empaths is that they take on the emotions of others soooo intensely to the point that it drains them and they have to learn to protect themselves because of it. I love that saying "Sometimes the nicest people you meet are covered in tattoos & sometimes the most judgmental people you meet go to church on Sundays" because it's honestly true like people with REAL empathy who actually are kind deep down simply don't have the energy to go out of their way and show off how truly kind they are lol, so I think that real empaths are actually the types of people who present as mean and unapproachable on the surface. And as I mentioned before it was SUPER evident especially in the early seasons of the show that Cartman WAS a nice person, he just had to learn over time to guard that niceness because it kept leading to him getting pushed around and taken advantage of by Stan & Kyle. THAT is why Cartman is a true empath, he's somebody that loves so hard, intensely, and selectively to the point that he has to bury it deep down or else his empathy will get him into trouble. And I've talked about this before how I truly believe Cartman's manipulativeness is coming from not a lack of empathy, but him weaponizing the powerful empathy he does feel and using it for evil. Because yeah it's been shown REPEATEDLY that Cartman is actually VERY emotionally intelligent and quick to pick up on the vibes of other people. I just also think that Cartman is overall a highly sensitive person (HSP) too, which is another dumb term that gets thrown around a lot these days. I mean sure you can def argue and make the case that Cartman lacks empathy because of how cruel he can be, but there is no denying that he is at least somebody very sensitive and feels INTENSELY and very capable of having his own feelings hurt. And this is definitely something I have already talked about in the past how there are a lot of moments where we see Cartman genuinely sad and crying and it's NOT part of some manipulative game he is playing.