Jack Jackson on Nostr: The English language really needs a phrase for "I hear and empathize with your ...
The English language really needs a phrase for "I hear and empathize with your struggles" without the implication of "I take responsibility and apologize for being the cause of them". "I'm sorry" is too powerful and significant a phrase to be bastardized to mean "that sucks".
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