How to do empathy

Journalists have zero empathy, can’t grasp the needs and desires of a reader who doesn’t belong to the same caste and clique. Here’s a beautiful example of understanding how a stranger thinks!

Joke seen on Quora:

Two statues, a male and female, stood in Central Park for 50 years. One day a genie came along and granted them 24 hours to be human. POOF!! Off they dashed into the bushes!!!

There’s a lot of bush shaking and grunting and huffing!!! Six hours later the male comes out, ”Phew, I’m getting tired!” The female says, “Hey, we’ve only got 18 hours, get back in here and handle business!”

So, off he goes again and there’s bushes shaking, dirt flying, huffing, puffing and screaming going on. 12 hours later, the male comes crawling out, grabbing dirt and can no longer stand! “I just can’t go on anymore, you’re killing me!” The female says, “Look, be a man! We’ve only got 6 hours left and we’re back on that perch forever!”

The male looks up at the perch, looks back at the female, wipes his brow, looks up again, and back. Then he says, “Alright, but this time, I’LL hold the pigeons and YOU shit on them!”