Pathétique
Derived from the Greek Pathos, which is rooted in the Greek path meaning experience, suffer. That makes sense. After all, we suffer through other people's pathos. Pathos, a mode of persuasion appealing to the audience's feelings, is the prime modus operandi on Social Media and even media more generally these days. We're not the first to disdain that. Already in the early 19th century, Kierkegaard observed in the Concept of Irony: "Our Age demands more, it demands, if not lofty pathos, then at...
