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         |  Monoid
             from one source all things depend on 2005-08-05 03:01 [#01684124] Points: 11012 Status: Lurker
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 | Does it really exist? I dont think so. Morality is the symbolic generalization that reduces the full reflexive
 complexity of doubly contingent ego/alter relations to
 expressions of esteem. Love as a symbolic generalization is
 the result of an evolutionary process that is as old as
 human relations. Intimacy is a social system, and as such it
 is subject to the same processes as other social systems.
 The unique characteristic of intimate relations is the
 personal element. As intimate relations progress, every
 element and characteristic of each participant becomes a
 crucial part of the relationship.
 Like all social relations, intimate relations are improbable
 due to the problems of contingency and complexity. This
 improbability is overcome, and the complexity reduced,
 through the symbolic generalization. As stated before, love
 is one of many such generalizations. Indeed, love is not the
 only symbolic generalization that is applied to intimate
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         |  Monoid
             from one source all things depend on 2005-08-05 03:02 [#01684125] Points: 11012 Status: Lurker
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 | I dont know why god gave me a penis. 
 
 
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         |  WooferAttack
             from Milano (Italy) on 2005-08-05 03:04 [#01684127] Points: 12920 Status: Lurker
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 | honestly i know why i have a penis 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2005-08-05 03:04 [#01684128] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker
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 | love is feeling really deep and tender about something. dont you feel that way about anything? love exists.
 
 its nice to know at least you acknowledge a creator
 
 
 
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         |  mrgypsum
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 | ok, so that is love then just a symbolic generalization of intimate relations and not the only one, name some others...
 
 
 
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         |  Raz0rBlade_uk
             on 2005-08-05 03:05 [#01684133] Points: 12540 Status: Addict | Show recordbag
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 | hey 
 
 
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         |  mrgypsum
             on 2005-08-05 03:05 [#01684134] Points: 5112 Status: Regular | Followup to mrgypsum: #01684132
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 | that = what 
 
 
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         |  _gvarek_
             from next to you (Poland) on 2005-08-05 03:05 [#01684135] Points: 4882 Status: Lurker
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 | It does. I love music. 
 
 
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         |  Monoid
             from one source all things depend on 2005-08-05 03:06 [#01684136] Points: 11012 Status: Lurker | Followup to mrgypsum: #01684132
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 | Friendship, Trust etc. 
 
 
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         |  Monoid
             from one source all things depend on 2005-08-05 03:06 [#01684137] Points: 11012 Status: Lurker | Followup to Raz0rBlade_uk: #01684133
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 | Yeah, read the book "Love as passion" 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2005-08-05 03:06 [#01684138] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker | Followup to mrgypsum: #01684132
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 | thats not the definition of love. monoid just made up that stuff
 
 
 
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         |  mrgypsum
             on 2005-08-05 03:06 [#01684139] Points: 5112 Status: Regular | Followup to Monoid: #01684136
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 | so in your argument, love is logically equivalent to friendship or trust, do you agree with this?
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2005-08-05 03:08 [#01684140] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker
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 | like, if you try to complexify love, thats when it gets all fucked up
 
 on its rudimentary level, its the most powerful thing in the
 world
 
 when you complexify it though, it loses its base and becomes
 all sorts of confusing things and conditions. it truly
 exists and its really a simple easy and great thing.
 
 
 
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         |  nacmat
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 | it does, but it is not pink only 
 
 
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         |  redrum
             from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2005-08-05 03:12 [#01684146] Points: 12878 Status: Addict
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 | "complexify".... 
 you're making me hate America more and more, cygnus. watch
 your language.
 
 
 
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         |  mrgypsum
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 | oh man, youre not going to let that slide? i thought that would have made it, i was skeptical but....so close cynus
 
 
 
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         |  redrum
             from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2005-08-05 03:14 [#01684149] Points: 12878 Status: Addict | Followup to mrgypsum: #01684148
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 | hahaha!!! genuine l-o-l 
 
 
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         |  Gwely Mernans
             from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2005-08-05 03:14 [#01684150] Points: 9875 Status: Lurker
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 | Ofcourse love exists Monoid, perhaps you're just depersonalized to it. Which happens to millions of people.
 It just needs to be rediscovered/discovered. Just cause you
 have the death instinct doesn't mean there isn't a life
 instinct to counterbalance it. You've let your (depression?)
 last so long that now I bet its just made you an awkward
 fellow around your (friends?).
 
 I HIGHLY recommend you read the psychoanalytical studies of
 Rollo May. His book 'Love and Will' has changed my life in a
 very progressive way.
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2005-08-05 03:14 [#01684151] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker | Followup to redrum: #01684146
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 | though its juvenile it makes sense doesnt it! 
 
 
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         |  Raz0rBlade_uk
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 | love is what love is. the feeling you feel. love was never anything more than that. love exists
 
 
 
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         |  Monoid
             from one source all things depend on 2005-08-05 03:15 [#01684153] Points: 11012 Status: Lurker | Followup to mrgypsum: #01684139
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 | Look, just because I like to eat Hamburgers, that doesn't mean my "Stomach" is "Loving it". My Brain needs input,
 input = communication. Intimate forms of Communication =
 Love
 
 
 
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         |  obara
             from Utrecht on 2005-08-05 03:16 [#01684154] Points: 19430 Status: Regular
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 | What IS love actually ? and 
 What is existence ? or
 
 What are ducks ?
 
 
 
 
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         |  mrgypsum
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 | love is lust, but without the sex 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2005-08-05 03:18 [#01684156] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker | Followup to mrgypsum: #01684155
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 | are you crazy- lust means an unrestrained sexual feeling. love and lost are like two entirely different things
 
 
 
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         |  mrgypsum
             on 2005-08-05 03:19 [#01684158] Points: 5112 Status: Regular | Followup to cygnus: #01684156
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 | i said "without the sex, sexual feeling" pretty much thats what love is
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2005-08-05 03:21 [#01684161] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker
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 | youre right then, yeah. strong desire and want, deep emotion and need. without the slippery stuff.
 
 
 
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         |  redrum
             from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2005-08-05 03:21 [#01684162] Points: 12878 Status: Addict | Followup to cygnus: #01684151
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 | what is love 
 baby don't hurt me
 
 *pidgeon dance*
 
 
 
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         |  nacmat
             on 2005-08-05 03:24 [#01684165] Points: 31275 Status: Lurker
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 | love will tear us apart 
 
 
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         |  mrgypsum
             on 2005-08-05 03:26 [#01684167] Points: 5112 Status: Regular | Followup to Monoid: #01684153
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 | i dont think you can deconstruct the argument like that - its the human will as a whole that has created love - its
 not that its needed for survival, but rather a by product of
 being human. but it does exist, maybe not on deconstructed
 level, but in relation to society as a whole.
 
 
 
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         |  Monoid
             from one source all things depend on 2005-08-05 03:27 [#01684169] Points: 11012 Status: Lurker
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 | Yes, it does exist. But it is not the "mystical" feeling, movies soapoperas and religion make it out to be.
 
 
 
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         |  redrum
             from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2005-08-05 03:27 [#01684170] Points: 12878 Status: Addict | Followup to mrgypsum: #01684167
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 | yes, it's part of the human condition, part of what we are. 
 there's really nothing to discuss. the topic title should
 really read,
 "Since I've never experienced it, there is no such thing as
 love."
 
 Another self-obsessed thread, good work monoid.
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2005-08-05 03:30 [#01684173] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker | Followup to Monoid: #01684169
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 | well of course its not what movies portray it to be. why would you expect that to be true?
 
 love occurs in situations where it's not really asked or
 required. so, its naturally just a part of the human
 mainline..
 
 
 
 
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         |  mrgypsum
             on 2005-08-05 03:31 [#01684174] Points: 5112 Status: Regular | Followup to Monoid: #01684169
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 | its a viewpoint of love (soapopras and religion) but youre right its not a true picture of it - its like viewing love
 through a medium.
 
 
 
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         |  Gwely Mernans
             from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2005-08-05 03:33 [#01684176] Points: 9875 Status: Lurker | Followup to Monoid: #01684169
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 | well thats just common sense. a superfluous fabrication, not only that but also an
 expectation. so for those of us who can't bear being told
 what to do or how to act (conformism mob mentality
 complex's) it might desensitize us to the expected act of
 love. I can't even talk to girls I'm interested in, cause
 personaly I just can't. I makes me feel like an actor, and
 the whole act of courting is a facade, a predictable moment
 in life when it should be as spontaneous as in a..... love
 movie. Hoh what a contradiction :P !
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2005-08-05 03:34 [#01684178] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker | Followup to Gwely Mernans: #01684176
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 | haha that was an awesome loop you hit there :) 
 
 
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         |  Gwely Mernans
             from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2005-08-05 03:35 [#01684181] Points: 9875 Status: Lurker | Followup to cygnus: #01684178
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 | I love it when I do that :D 
 
 
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         |  _gvarek_
             from next to you (Poland) on 2005-08-05 03:43 [#01684190] Points: 4882 Status: Lurker
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 | I'm starting to belive that Monoid is an unfulfilled scientist trying to make his PhD dissertation. And we're the
 guinea pigs.
 
 
 
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         |  Monoid
             from one source all things depend on 2005-08-05 03:44 [#01684192] Points: 11012 Status: Lurker | Followup to redrum: #01684170
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 | Whats the accurate way of "experiencing" love ? Like in the movie ? I love music for example, so I know what Im talki8ng
 about, or is this not the "Correct" form of love?
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2005-08-05 03:45 [#01684194] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker | Followup to _gvarek_: #01684190
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 | punctuation is not spot-on enough for PhD 
 
 
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         |  Gwely Mernans
             from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2005-08-05 03:45 [#01684195] Points: 9875 Status: Lurker | Followup to Monoid: #01684192
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 | you need some good ole fashioned coitus! 
 
 
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         |  _gvarek_
             from next to you (Poland) on 2005-08-05 03:47 [#01684197] Points: 4882 Status: Lurker | Followup to Gwely Mernans: #01684195
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 | onia animal post coitum triste est preater gallum
 qui post coitum
 cantat
 
 
 
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         |  Monoid
             from one source all things depend on 2005-08-05 03:47 [#01684198] Points: 11012 Status: Lurker | Followup to Gwely Mernans: #01684195
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 | Yes...but I never will. 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2005-08-05 03:47 [#01684199] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker
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 | there's no "accurate" way of experiencing love man. it's a reaction.
 
 when your reaction to something is feeling deeply and
 passionately about it; you are experiencing love for
 whatever that thing is. that would include music. i love
 music, too!
 
 
 
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         |  redrum
             from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2005-08-05 03:47 [#01684200] Points: 12878 Status: Addict | Followup to Monoid: #01684192
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 | there are many kinds of love: buddy (friendly) love, family love, romantic love. i figure you're focusing on romantic
 love.
 
 there is no "accurate way" of experiencing it. If there
 were, it would be as if a love between two people had to
 follow certain rules or show certain signs.
 
 everybody is different. love is an emotion whose potential
 is common in all of us.
 
 don't try to deconstruct it and analyse it, instead just
 live, and you'll run into it. you run the risk of further
 alienating yourself from society and the possibility of love
 if you reduce it to some sort of science.
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2005-08-05 03:48 [#01684201] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker
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 | Monoid what's  keeping you from going out and wooing some girls?
 
 
 
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         |  Gwely Mernans
             from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2005-08-05 03:49 [#01684204] Points: 9875 Status: Lurker | Followup to redrum: #01684200
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 | I know, can you beleive scientists are saying they've found the location of the soul in the brain?! Time for some
 further studies... jeez.
 
 
 
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         |  obara
             from Utrecht on 2005-08-05 03:50 [#01684207] Points: 19430 Status: Regular | Followup to nacmat: #01684165
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 | again 
 
 
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         |  Monoid
             from one source all things depend on 2005-08-05 03:55 [#01684212] Points: 11012 Status: Lurker | Followup to redrum: #01684200
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 | Love is still "great" deconstructed analysed or not, Cancer is not...what is your point?
 
 
 
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         |  Monoid
             from one source all things depend on 2005-08-05 03:56 [#01684214] Points: 11012 Status: Lurker | Followup to cygnus: #01684201
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 | I dont know what to say 
 
 
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         |  redrum
             from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2005-08-05 03:57 [#01684216] Points: 12878 Status: Addict | Followup to Monoid: #01684212
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 | yes but your approach to love will not be so "great" or perceived as so by other people, if you deconstruct and
 analyse it.
 
 alright? now get the fuck outside and go meet some real
 fucking people
 
 
 
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