We're tools. We're just machines who look a little more human than average, and make at least a passable attempt at appearing and acting like it, too. At the end of the day that's what people will remember, when it comes down to it.

[ a languid shrug. ]

Expecting people to have sympathy for the tools they made to save themselves trouble is a high demand, I would think. Everyone here met me without having that knowledge already at the back of their mind, so I think that's why it's easier for you to empathize.