On sympathy

[Horace]

Watching cold case detective and YouTuber Ken Mains, describing how he feels about an elderly murderer who some feel should be free because he’s old and harmless:

“You want sympathy? Look between shit and syphilis in the dictionary. That’s what you’ll get.”

That’s so bad I had to let it sink in for 4 seconds before I loled. But lol I did.

[Mik]

Sympathy for murderers is rare in my heart. But that's a great way to express it.

[Horace]

Apparently it's from a David Sedaris book. But this detective munged it up into a verbal uncanny valley and I love it. The original is more comprehensible, but not so bad that it's good.

“If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.”

― David Sedaris, Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays