Nobody can see pain. They have no frame of reference for pain that's happening to someone else. They can only see inactivity - which they interpret as laziness.

Elizabeth Haynes
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People who have never experienced pain cannot understand it. Humans do not have a frame of reference for pain that is happening to someone else. We only see inactivity and laziness when others do nothing.

Source: Human Remains

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