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If it makes you feel any better, it’s all in your head. I mean literally, there’s research showing that a lot of people attribute the social and emotional characteristics of animacy to non-animated things, and that oxytocin (the social feel good chemical) has been identified as a key factor.
Humans are social animals, and being more sociable might be an evolutionary advantage or a survival strategy, so some brains more readily look for social cues, and release oxytocin when social interactions go well. Sometimes this means giving social meaning to things that can’t have thoughts and feelings. If this last sentence makes anyone sad, I’m sorry, but again, see above. :)
Eseman
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I just got a twinge of compassion and woe - the same one I get when I see a lost cuddly rabbit or some-such staring at me from the gutter and wonder who is the sadder; the child, me or the toy?