Fake Love

[Little Al]

i agree with miriel.. which is normal.. because she is mighty smart

I second that agreement.

[Caraliz]

I'm agreeing with a mix of Miriel and Yams. Love is "all around us" because it is drilled into our heads that we NEED this significant other, and "friends" won't cut it. If you're not married by the time you're 30 you're viewed as a social outcast.

But once you really get past that bs, love is an amazing feeling. I think that if you wouldn't run into a burning building for the one that you love, you're not really in love. It makes you do crazy things.

[Yamaneko]

It may not be magic to those who think more with logic, but that's fine. What gets me is you feel the need to press your opinion so strongly onto us.

There is a topic called "Fake Love". I'm pressing the issue because that is the issue. That and it seems to me there's a misconception in our culture about love very similar to that of a belief in God. There are explanations for these things. Whether or not people choose to ignore the evidence does not change the reality of what's going on in your brain. Accept that and I will be content.

[Tavrobel]

I just love this thread. No joke.

[~*~Celes~*~]

It may not be magic to those who think more with logic, but that's fine. What gets me is you feel the need to press your opinion so strongly onto us.

Whether or not people choose to ignore the evidence does not change the reality of what's going on in your brain. Accept that and I will be content.

I accept that, definitely. There are explanations for everything. I'm just saying...Why are you shooting down the more romantic (no pun intended) view of it all? If anything, in times such as these, we need something to smile about and dream of. It's like saying "you turn me on, baby" versus "you make the blood flow to my penis, female companion." Yeah, probably the corniest and most...interesting comparison you'll hear, but...Yeah xD

I hope that gives some insight as to my thoughts.

[Avarice-ness]

I'm agreeing with a mix of Miriel and Yams. Love is "all around us" because it is drilled into our heads that we NEED this significant other, and "friends" won't cut it. If you're not married by the time you're 30 you're viewed as a social outcast.

Actually on the news one day they said studies have shown that many "working class" women, AKA the one's who went to college and got their degree's and have a job better than retail or secretarial work, are basically not getting married or even looking for love until the age of 35.

A few people said it was because the average life span of the woman is going up, so there was no point of settling down.
Other's said it was because many people in this day feel that you have to be married with a kid by the age of 35 and if you're not then you'll end up dubbed a work-a-holic and you have no time for love.


Saddly, culture's made it so that pre-teens and teens feel they need a "lover" by their side and the second one leaves they have to pick another one up. This ends up continuing until they find someone they truly love and if they don't and get married to a person they're "okay with being around for the time" they just give divorced and try again.

Due to love moving so fast with people now, Divorce is one of the most common legal filings happening, and it wasn't like this just 30 or 40 years ago. It's mostly because people feel the love, are together for 4 months then say "let's get married" then after 2 years they realize they just liked each other's company at the time and/or they just loved them for other things.

I'm more used to hearing people go "I'm getting married!" "Really? To who" "Blah Blah" "How long have you two been together" "We've known each other for 3 years but we've been dating for 3 months"

Instead of "How long have you two been together" "We've known each other for 5 years and have been dating for 3 years"

And not to mention, in this day and age, people who are over a certain age and have been dating for like 2 or 3 years automatically get dubbed as "probably not going to get married" which I find to be completely stupid on most parts.

[Shlup]

It's not magic, though. Proteins and psychological conditioning based on the need for companionship.

And who's to say proteins aren't magical?!

[Madame Adequate]

I'm having to invoke the Improbable Agreement Protocol, which states that when Miriel and MILF agree, it must be true.

[Roto13]

It's not magic, though. Proteins and psychological conditioning based on the need for companionship.

And who's to say proteins aren't magical?!

My proteins are magical.

[Araciel]

Never bothered me, but then I don't care about what stupid people say to each other.

[LanceOfTime]

its not the protiens that are magical......its cupids arrow ......no....we dont feel love....until cupid finds the time to come shoot us in the ass.....then ......then its magic....its like the arrow stuck in your ass.....is attracted to the arrow in your other's ass....see? i just explained it all...end of discussion

[Yamaneko]

Why are you shooting down the more romantic (no pun intended) view of it all?

I'm not. I'm questioning peoples' beliefs that the romantic view is the only explanation or even the prominent one. It's not. People obsess over it way too much. The right person for someone makes sense on a pragmatic level more than anything else. Semantic distinctions between true love and puppy love are worthless.

And who's to say proteins aren't magical?!

Scientists.

[Shlup]

And just who the smurf are scientists?

[Yamaneko]

Endocrinologists.

[Aerith's Knight]

dont look at your body for an explination of love.. although i can mess with your hormonal levels, that would change nothing more then attraction. Love is normally percieved to be more then attraction. So i wouldnt look at some random molecules or atoms to be the explination of it all.

molecules do nothing more then sitting around anyhow.. lazy bums