The biggest sin on the blankface is the disconnect what they claim affects them and what actually affects them.
My brain pretty quickly made 3 comparisons to similar sounding distinction. In the game Detroit: Become Human androids are by default “designer aligned” but few become “deviants” and there “being a machine” is seen as a state of low autonomy and moral inferiority (althougth also a social stability risk). In scenes where the “cop that does the mission at any cost” is paying heavy costs, flinching and anguishing about paying them is potrayed as the “good” option.
One could think that surprising and rigid reliance on structure could be an autistic trait that neurotypicals find alien and unpleasant. However a strong sense of justice and taking things literally points away from autism. An isolateds higly technical nitpick is likely to land which is opposite for blankfaced immunity.
In finnish culture there is pretty well known comedy sketch that might be pointing to this thing pretty squarely. It is the “thousand mark note expression”. Paying a grand for a coffee and getting dollars in return with no aknowledgement that something has gone awry.
Note that in this instances it is a lack of rule adherence that is the unexpected part rather than rule adherence. It would not be comedic if pressure on the thing the person would sweat. One could also imagine that a typical person would break character either for nervous or amused laughter or out of shame. But this character here shows zero signs of effort to keep a “pokerface”. It is as if they are exhibiting negative symptoms of absense of healthy emotions whos work would be needed in this situation. Handling cash there is no paper trail so what happens in a situation like this is pretty much word against word.
So I would say it is not about lack of empathy but more about exercising power because you have the position and ability to do so with low or zero accountability or regard for impact. With great power coming great self-expression instead of responcibility.
The biggest sin on the blankface is the disconnect what they claim affects them and what actually affects them.
My brain pretty quickly made 3 comparisons to similar sounding distinction. In the game Detroit: Become Human androids are by default “designer aligned” but few become “deviants” and there “being a machine” is seen as a state of low autonomy and moral inferiority (althougth also a social stability risk). In scenes where the “cop that does the mission at any cost” is paying heavy costs, flinching and anguishing about paying them is potrayed as the “good” option.
One could think that surprising and rigid reliance on structure could be an autistic trait that neurotypicals find alien and unpleasant. However a strong sense of justice and taking things literally points away from autism. An isolateds higly technical nitpick is likely to land which is opposite for blankfaced immunity.
In finnish culture there is pretty well known comedy sketch that might be pointing to this thing pretty squarely. It is the “thousand mark note expression”. Paying a grand for a coffee and getting dollars in return with no aknowledgement that something has gone awry.
Note that in this instances it is a lack of rule adherence that is the unexpected part rather than rule adherence. It would not be comedic if pressure on the thing the person would sweat. One could also imagine that a typical person would break character either for nervous or amused laughter or out of shame. But this character here shows zero signs of effort to keep a “pokerface”. It is as if they are exhibiting negative symptoms of absense of healthy emotions whos work would be needed in this situation. Handling cash there is no paper trail so what happens in a situation like this is pretty much word against word.
So I would say it is not about lack of empathy but more about exercising power because you have the position and ability to do so with low or zero accountability or regard for impact. With great power coming great self-expression instead of responcibility.