[QUOTE=collegegrad;28395721]Yes. Look up some nobel prize lectures on memory, they might help you out in understanding this.[/QUOTE]
so if I imagine a pink elephant that elephant exists and is made of matter
collegegrad is obviously butthurt about us denying his "love" for his girl
[QUOTE=MaverickIB;28395736]Except it's clear that you have no idea what love is.
Love isn't an emotion. It is a connection with another human being. Love is when your brain hardwires itself to put someone else in front of you in terms of self-preservation.
Do you think parents would risk their lives for their children just because their children make them happy? No, the brain of the parent has be rewired to the livelihood of their child before their own. When something has the potential to hurt the child, the parents acts [i]instinctively[/i] to protect them. No conscious thoughts are processed.
The love of a partner, at the core, is very similar. Their happiness and livelihood takes precedent to yours. Suddenly, life is no longer about what makes you happy, but what makes them happy. What you're mistaking love for is infatuation. Infatuation is when you're practically addicted to a person because of that dopamine they provide you. Whenever they are around, you're happy, therefore you want them around all the time.
Love isn't defined by distance or interaction. If you love someone, you can be separated from them and be just fine as long as you know they are happy.
Also, grades do not signify intelligence or knowledge, they signify how hard you try. Nothing more.[/QUOTE]
2 weeks ago I told my girl that I'd take a bullet for her, and I seriously would.
[QUOTE=collegegrad;28395756]2 weeks ago I told my girl that I'd take a bullet for her, and I seriously would.[/QUOTE]
saying you would =/= actually being willing to
[QUOTE=Tim Henson;28395742]so if I imagine a pink elephant that elephant exists and is made of matter[/QUOTE]
What?
[editline]3rd March 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Tim Henson;28395766]saying you would =/= actually being willing to[/QUOTE]
But I am willing to.
[QUOTE=collegegrad;28395769]What?[/QUOTE]
You know, the thought of a pink elephant. That thought is made of matter?
[QUOTE=Tim Henson;28395774]You know, the thought of a pink elephant. That thought is made of matter?[/QUOTE]
Are you trolling or just dumb?
[QUOTE=collegegrad;28395756]2 weeks ago I told my girl that I'd take a bullet for her, and I seriously would.[/QUOTE]
so you're just picking a fight here because you fell head over heals for the first female that said more than one word to you
that's like the textbook definition of infatuation
to learn more: eat me
[QUOTE=collegegrad;28395756]2 weeks ago I told my girl that I'd take a bullet for her, and I seriously would.[/QUOTE]
Yet you are considering dropping her like yesterday's trash. She clearly means nothing to you
[QUOTE=thisispain;28395808]so you're just picking a fight here because you fell head over heals for the first female that said more than one word to you
that's like the textbook definition of infatuation
to learn more: eat me[/QUOTE]
Are you saying that I wouldn't die for her? I am confused.
[QUOTE=collegegrad;28395737]Something bigger?
Someone's being a bit egocentric.[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't I be the opposite of egocentric if I'm attempting to make [i]other[/i] people feel more important?
[QUOTE=collegegrad;28395756]2 weeks ago I told my girl that I'd take a bullet for her, and I seriously would.[/QUOTE]
That statement further proves that you have no idea what love is.
You say you'd take a bullet for her, but if you were staring down the barrel of a gun, your body would enter a self-preservation mode and you would become your main priority. Having stared down the barrel of a gun, I speak from experience. It does something to you that you simply cannot understand. Conscious thought leaves your body and the only thing that runs through your mind is "I need to survive."
Even if you mustered up the ability to jump in front of a bullet for her, you'd be doing it out of infatuation. Infatuation is the equivalent of drug addiction. If you took a coke addict and told them that the bag of coke you're holding is the last bag of coke that will ever be seen on the planet and then threw it in front of a train, they'd jump right after it.
If you have to tell someone that you'd take a bullet for them, it isn't love. That's just you trying to woo her so she likes you more and therefore provides you with more of that dopamine you enjoy oh so much. If you love someone, they know you'd do anything for them, without you having to tell them that yourself.
[QUOTE=collegegrad;28395789]Are you trolling or just dumb?[/QUOTE]
You don't understand. I'm trying to illustrate that the thought or feeling itself is different from the brain state that represents it. They're related, but not the same thing. As Mav said though, love is kind of different from anything else.
Also, just because you're mad doesn't mean I'm trolling :rolleye:
[editline]2nd March 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=collegegrad;28395819]Are you saying that I wouldn't die for her? I am confused.[/QUOTE]
Even if you would, it's not because you love her.
-snip, just read your new post
[QUOTE=ManningQB18;28395817]Yet you are considering dropping her like yesterday's trash. She clearly means nothing to you[/QUOTE]
No, I know that romanic love is just temporary. I clearly said that in my first post in this thread.
I am thinking of the post-romantic love, where I am with a person that will be my best friend for the rest of my life. I think that the other girl would be better-fit for me in being my best friend after my body's duty to reproduce is gone.
[QUOTE=collegegrad;28395819]Are you saying that I wouldn't die for her? I am confused.[/QUOTE]
if you spend so much time trying to convince yourself you probably wouldn't
i understand now why people genuinely believed i was in love with someone. it was because i didn't spend time explaining and announcing it to people here. i didn't have to.
taking a bullet for a loved one is the last thing i ever thought about.
[QUOTE=ManningQB18;28395882]I hate to side with the troll here, but that's fucking stupid. Think of it like this: if there is a video file of a pink elephant, does it exist? No. The video file is a collection of 1s and 0s on a hard drive. Same concept with thoughts.[/QUOTE]
Of course I know the answer to that question. I was trying to illustrate that the matter is different from the thought itself. Obviously, I failed.
[QUOTE=collegegrad;28395885]No, I know that romanic love is just temporary. I clearly said that in my first post in this thread.
I am thinking of the post-romantic love, where I am with a person that will be my best friend for the rest of my life. I think that the other girl would be better-fit for me in being my best friend after my body's duty to reproduce is gone.[/QUOTE]
what a miserable view of life. there's no such thing as post-romantic love
[QUOTE=thisispain;28395893]if you spend so much time trying to convince yourself you probably wouldn't
i understand now why people genuinely believed i was in love with someone. it was because i didn't spend time explaining and announcing it to people here. i didn't have to.
taking a bullet for a loved one is the last thing i ever thought about.[/QUOTE]
We are all different. It wouldn't occur to you to take a bullet for someone because you think differently than someone who would. That's all.
Me thinking I would take a bullet for a girl that I love doesn't make me the standard for all humans in love.
[editline]3rd March 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=thisispain;28395914]what a miserable view of life. there's no such thing as post-romantic love[/QUOTE]
Yet there is love toward children and pets?
You have no idea what you're talking about.
Romantic love is not temporary. It's a permanent connection. Once your brain is set to put someone else first, there is no going back. The girl I fell in love with in high school, I haven't seen or talked to her in ages. I date other girls and whatnot. However, I still love her. I check up on her on occasion just to make sure she's happy and then disappear again.
Once again, what you are calling love is simply you being infatuated. If you can throw her away like trash, you don't love her, and never have loved her.
[QUOTE=collegegrad;28395926]
Me thinking I would take a bullet for a girl that I love doesn't make me the standard for all humans in love.
[/QUOTE]
I thought love was just dopamine :rolleye:
Wouldn't that mean it was the same for everyone?
I'm leaving what little part in this conversation I have. Clearly we are dealing with somebody who thinks he knows more than everyone and refuses to actually think and comprehend what we tell him.
[QUOTE=MaverickIB;28395936]You have no idea what you're talking about.
Romantic love is not temporary. It's a permanent connection. Once your brain is set to put someone else first, there is no going back. The girl I fell in love with in high school, I haven't seen or talked to her in ages. I date other girls and whatnot. However, I still love her. I check up on her on occasion just to make sure she's happy and then disappear again.
Once again, what you are calling love is simply you being infatuated. If you can throw her away like trash, you don't love her, and never have loved her.[/QUOTE]
Put it perfectly.
[editline]2nd March 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=ManningQB18;28395946]I'm leaving what little part in this conversation I have. Clearly we are dealing with somebody who thinks he knows more than everyone and refuses to actually think and comprehend what we tell him.[/QUOTE]
He's so smug his username is "collegegrad"
[QUOTE=ManningQB18;28395946]I'm leaving what little part in this conversation I have. Clearly we are dealing with somebody who thinks he knows more than everyone and refuses to actually think and comprehend what we tell him.[/QUOTE]coughcoughconvolutedlogiccoughcough
[QUOTE=MaverickIB;28395936]You have no idea what you're talking about.
Romantic love is not temporary. It's a permanent connection. Once your brain is set to put someone else first, there is no going back. The girl I fell in love with in high school, I haven't seen or talked to her in ages. I date other girls and whatnot. However, I still love her. I check up on her on occasion just to make sure she's happy and then disappear again.
Once again, what you are calling love is simply you being infatuated. If you can throw her away like trash, you don't love her, and never have loved her.[/QUOTE]
Infatuation is just a stage of love. I am past infatuation.
[QUOTE=MaverickIB;28395936]The girl I fell in love with in high school, I haven't seen or talked to her in ages. I date other girls and whatnot. However, I still love her. I check up on her on occasion just to make sure she's happy and then disappear again.[/QUOTE]
how touching
[QUOTE=Tim Henson;28395954]Put it perfectly.
[editline]2nd March 2011[/editline]
He's so smug his username is "collegegrad"[/QUOTE]
I just couldn't pick a username :colbert:
[QUOTE=collegegrad;28395968]Infatuation is just a stage of love. I am past infatuation.[/QUOTE]
You totally missed the important part of the post.
[QUOTE=Tim Henson;28395995]You totally missed the important part of the post.[/QUOTE]
Just because I forgot to "awwww"?
[QUOTE=collegegrad;28395968]Infatuation is just a stage of love. I am past infatuation.[/QUOTE]
we'll see
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