text: John seems to pretend that he can read hearts and minds. But he has a poor record on this front, and, in general, is a person who likes to make harsh and sarcastic judgments of others.
  
  He should work first on that issue, and then maybe on another that undercuts his credibility on a well-known matter before he engages in internet psychoanalysis.
  
  Dispensing tissues is a bad proxy measure of either sympathy or empathy, notions which he seems to not understand the distinctions.