Carl Siciliano, the director of a shelter for L.G.B.T. youth, told me he finds it pathetic that in the birthplace of the gay movement there are so many gay kids who have been "utterly dispossessed".
"I find it pathetic that Afghanistan has banned toy guns but not disarmed 99% who shouldn't own real ones," tweeted Roya Aziz, an Afghan American who spent eight years in Kabul.
I know my aim was to get laid, but I found it all so pathetic that my plan backfired and I lost my metaphorical boner.
I find it sort of pathetic, really".
"I find it hilarious, and pathetic in a way.
Watching him play video games, you are awed by the technology, you recognise the experience warmly, and you find it a little pathetic, all at the same time.
They're all computer-generated, same as Michael Jackson, and I find it all a bit pathetic and sad".
But I find it shocking, and even pathetic, that developed countries could barter information technologies, whisky and brandy for the exploitation of millions of children who are being forced to work - work to death, in some cases - and whose numbers are still growing according to the ILO itself.
They'll say to him, excitedly, 'Yeah, I got in a fight, too, one time and kicked the shit out of this guy', or they'll say, 'I almost got arrested one time.' In a way, Wahlberg finds it funny, but it's obvious he also finds it sad and pathetic.
The notion that he should cling to a mere apartment he found both pathetic and specious.
