People Share Which Inanimate Objects Actually Get Their Sincere Sympathy
I admit, I love my stuffed animals. They're the best.
Some of them have been with me for years and I have them proudly displayed in different spots around my apartment. And when I've packed them for a move, I've done so with all the tender loving care I can muster.
What is it about them that stirs up these feelings?
Believe it or not, it's quite possible to form emotional attachments to inanimate objects!
People told us all about their own feelings after Redditor MoneySquare5734 asked the online community:
"People of Reddit, what weird sympathies do you have towards inanimate objects?"
"Like dude..."
"Computers when someone's throwing a fit or tantrum over something like a game lag, buffering or general software issues. Like dude, get angry at the real cause not the hardware thats essentially just the messenger."
Geotre
We really mistreat our hardware sometimes, don't we? Going to apologize to my computer now.
"I think we're okay now..."
"I once slapped my iPad when it was being slow, then instinctively hugged it and apologised afterwards. I think we’re okay now but the level of trust definitely isn’t what it used to be."
KailTheDryad
Serves you right! You have a lot to make up for!
"I have way too much emotion..."
"I have way too much emotion invested in my Roomba. Especially as I only have one charging station, so when it's running in my living room/hallway, it can never get back to base as there's a step in the way."
"Usually feel guilty when I come home and find it stuck in some corner, knowing that it literally ran until exhaustion trying to find its home."
SaltyAd8451
I do not have a Roomba but my friend has one and I think he has the opposite reaction. I think he mistreats his!
"All my dollar bills..."
"All my dollar bills need to face up in my wallet, otherwise I get the feeling those Georges and Lincolns are uncomfortable."
phildendrin
I think I do this too. I did not ask to be attacked like this.
"If I see..."
"If I see a really ugly plush toy at a thrift store, I feel compelled to buy it because I feel like it will just get thrown away. So now I have quite a few ugly plushies. I love them."
MissReanimator
Aww, they now have a home with you and they must be so happy!
"I guess in general..."
"Abandoned toys. I guess in general I just feel so bad for any inanimate object that is no longer serving its purpose."
NeedsMoreTuba
How many toys end up in the dump each year, I wonder? And how many of them are plotting their revenge as we speak?
"So I transferred everything..."
"I got a new cellphone not too long ago. So I transfered everything to my new phone but I didn't turn off the old phone afterward."
"This happened late on a Sunday and the next morning my old phone still rang to wake me up and I was somewhat sad that it still thought it was my current phone and that it still had the duty to wake me in the morning."
PandaDerZwote
The feelings this stirred up... I did not know it was possible to feel this way!
"I am very appreciative..."
"Sometimes I give my car a pat on the dashboard and say thank you. It has carried me so many thousands of miles and i am safe. I am very appreciative of its hard work."
Deaxsa
Aww. I don't have a car, but I get this! And your car appreciates YOU!
"When I was a kid..."
"When I was a kid I spent a whole afternoon feeding pebbles to a small drain outside my house because I thought it was hungry."
juseda11
Okay, this is cute – and totally something a little kid would do!
"There's a thing I call..."
"There’s a thing I call 'mechanical empathy.' If you emotionally attach to your bike or car you’ll be kinder and more gentle to it."
"Some people are really rough on cars and other machinery, it’s painful to drive with them."
fractiousrhubarb
I was in a car recently with a driver who got a bad case of road rage and just slammed her hands on the dashboard whenever she was upset. That poor car!
Who knew we could feel so attached to the inanimate objects around us? Humans are fascinating creatures. We're capable of a lot of love and empathy, even for the smallest things.
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Silly People Share The Best Names They've Given To Inanimate Objects
[rebelmouse-image 18359888 is_animated_gif=Do you name your favorite stuff?
moneybot13 asked, What inanimate object have you given a name?
Submissions have been edited for clarity, context, and profanity.
Beware of penguin thing.
[rebelmouse-image 18359889 is_animated_gif=I have a humidifier that looks like a penguin named Sir Puffington Blue. He's broken, and about a year ago I put him in a dumpster. About an hour later I went back out and rescued him. I couldn't take the guilt. Now Sir Puff guards the basement.
The name is very fitting.
[rebelmouse-image 18359890 is_animated_gif=My dressmaker's mannequin. She wears all of the things I make, and her name is Marie Antoinette because she doesn't have a head.
Everybody gets to ride Jezebel.
[rebelmouse-image 18359891 is_animated_gif=My old car was named Jezebel. The whore of Babylon. She needed jumping a lot lol
Do they come alive at night? Bet they do.
[rebelmouse-image 18359893 is_animated_gif=I have like 15 garden gnomes. They all have names. Nigel, Arthur, Clarence, etc.
And our GPS is named Wanda.
Poor Lorraine, all those Rooma hazards.
[rebelmouse-image 18359895 is_animated_gif=Our Roomba is named Lorraine. Just because every morning after we feed the dogs it's time to go find where the Roomba wedged itself or ran out of battery.
For some reason, it's just entertaining to me to say "Lorraine! Where you at girl?" then when I find her tangled in headphone cords or under the couch I'll say "Lorraine, you so crazy"
I'm a simple man.
Beuford the snail cookie jar.
[rebelmouse-image 18359896 is_animated_gif=We have a ceramic snail cookie jar that we put a fake mustache on and named Beuford. We also named our Google Home "Gillie Hog" for times when we want to talk about her but not be activated.
Here's a pic, you know you want one.
Might as well name things we keep around.
[rebelmouse-image 18359897 is_animated_gif="Knifey" - My chef's knife whom I've kept quite sharp and used for most of my meals for the last 7 years.
"Castie" - My cast iron skillet whom I've kept well-seasoned and used for most of my meals for the last 6 years.
They're good boys.
Did Wilbur and Charlotte ever hookup?
[rebelmouse-image 18359898 is_animated_gif=I named my laptop Charlotte. My USB is in the shape of a pig, and I named him Wilbur.
The internet on my laptop I call... Charlotte's web.
Hopefully named after guitar players...
[rebelmouse-image 18359899 is_animated_gif=Guitars...all of mine have names!
Can you get me some milk of magnesia?
[rebelmouse-image 18359900 is_animated_gif=We call the fancy wood table in our upstairs hallway "The Davenport", after the Family Guy episode where Brian is dating the older woman, and at the end, she runs through all the old-fashioned names for her pieces of furniture as she instructs Brian where to leave her spare keys.
Rita: I'm sorry Brian, but you screwed up. Now please go.
Brian: But Rita...
Rita: Go! You can leave my apartment key on the davenport.
Brian: Here?
Rita: No, the davenport - the chesterfield.
Brian: On this?
Rita: No - does that look like a divan to you?
Brian: Here?
Rita: Leave them on the chifferobe.
Brian: You know what - just take your f_cking keys.
So much nostalgia in one sentence.
[rebelmouse-image 18359901 is_animated_gif=My old gaming rig's name was Speedy Gonzales, but the graphics card isn't what it used to be, so now it's Slowy Gonzales.
Awww that's cute. He won't harm nobody.
[rebelmouse-image 18359902 is_animated_gif=I have a deformed toenail that doesn't grow out but just gets thicker and twisted. I call him Quasimotoe.
Sounds like a prickly group.
[rebelmouse-image 18359903 is_animated_gif=I named all of my cacti - Juan, Hernandez, Stephen and Fred
Not inanimate but super cute anyway.
[rebelmouse-image 18359904 is_animated_gif=We don't have any cacti but our venus fly trap is named Charlie.
And unlike people they won't let you down.
[rebelmouse-image 18345768 is_animated_gif=literally EVERYTHING!
Stuffed animal? That's Juan
Found a cool rock? Timothy loves his new home!
Roommate got a new plant? That ain't no chocolate daisy, that's flippin' Soybean Sasha!
Basically, if it can ever be brought up in conversation, I have likely already named it.
Clever puns are always worth sharing.
[rebelmouse-image 18359905 is_animated_gif=I have a crescent wrench at work I call Crescente Fernandez after the Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez. I never realized what a loser I am until now.
Hey now minivans can be sexy too...
[rebelmouse-image 18359906 is_animated_gif=Our minivan is called "Shadowfax". Because it wasn't already enough of a panty-dropper.
Your first car is a special bond.
[rebelmouse-image 18359907 is_animated_gif=I called my first car "The Silver Surfer". It was silver colored and gave me the freedom to go around. Seemed fitting.
Does Sudsy require rinsing?
[rebelmouse-image 18359909 is_animated_gif=Our dishwasher is named Sudsy.
How fitting.
[rebelmouse-image 18359910 is_animated_gif=We have a floor lamp that I've hung all of my scarves on and we call it Johnny Depp.