Revenge can be cruel. But it doesn’t need to be. One is getting back at someone who wronged you, the other is revelling in inflicting a wrong to someone. Different concepts.
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MohamedMoney@feddit.org 2 weeks agoI’m just musing here, but isn’t revenge just another form of cruelty? Revenge gaines nothing, it loses more. It only achieves itself but then evaporates like cotton candy in a raccoon’s hand.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago people like to pretend that one is justice and the other is revenge though. don’t deny them their illusion
PugJesus@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
But it tastes sweet, like cotton candy in the mouth.
revenge often gains nothing.
sometimes it gains a lot.
personal experience.