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Is sadness rational?

Yes.
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No.
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Sometimes.
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Travis

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Re: Sadness and Grief
« Reply #45 on: June 13, 2007, 05:51:19 AM »
Quote from: ladyattis on June 13, 2007, 05:26:00 AM
But why does the baby cry? It's a response to perceptual events, thus some rational processing is going on, just not the kind we're use to defining as rational.
 

Are gay people rationally proccessing something that gives them emotions for others of the same sex?


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Taors

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Re: Sadness and Grief
« Reply #46 on: June 13, 2007, 10:06:03 PM »
I don't understand people who aspire to become Vulcans. Lighten up.
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Re: Sadness and Grief
« Reply #47 on: June 14, 2007, 12:29:53 AM »
Quote from: Taors on June 13, 2007, 10:06:03 PM
Lighten up.

I'm advocating personal abolition of sadness, how is this not lightening up?
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Re: Sadness and Grief
« Reply #48 on: June 15, 2007, 09:17:20 AM »
Quote from: MobileDigit on June 14, 2007, 12:29:53 AM
Quote from: Taors on June 13, 2007, 10:06:03 PM
Lighten up.

I'm advocating personal abolition of sadness, how is this not lightening up?

It's an emotion. You're supposed to have emotions. Just go with the flow.
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ILikeMoney

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Re: Sadness and Grief
« Reply #49 on: June 15, 2007, 11:09:21 AM »
I wonder what would happen if MobileDigit's mom died in a fire like Vince McMahon.  Except not fake.  He'd be like "oh well, she was just my mom.  I didn't love her anyway, because that would be irrational."
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Re: Sadness and Grief
« Reply #50 on: June 15, 2007, 11:51:07 AM »
Quote from: Cyro on June 15, 2007, 11:31:42 AM
Quote from: ILikeMoney on June 15, 2007, 11:09:21 AM
I wonder what would happen if MobileDigit's mom died in a fire like Vince McMahon.  Except not fake.  He'd be like "oh well, she was just my mom.  I didn't love her anyway, because that would be irrational."

Actually I think he'd be all; "oh shit, who's gonna support me now!"

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Re: Sadness and Grief
« Reply #51 on: June 15, 2007, 12:28:14 PM »
Quote from: Lindsey on June 12, 2007, 10:04:30 AM
Fuck it, let's go bowling. 
My thoughts exactly...

Emotions are what they are. Yes, you can control how you relate to them and how you react, but the emotion of sadness will still exist even if you choose not to react to it.
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Taors

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Re: Sadness and Grief
« Reply #52 on: June 15, 2007, 12:41:42 PM »
Quote from: carly on June 15, 2007, 12:28:14 PM
Quote from: Lindsey on June 12, 2007, 10:04:30 AM
Fuck it, let's go bowling. 
My thoughts exactly...

Emotions are what they are. Yes, you can control how you relate to them and how you react, but the emotion of sadness will still exist even if you choose not to react to it.

How fucking irrational.
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« Reply #53 on: June 15, 2007, 04:22:42 PM »
Just take twelve prozac and then go on a shooting spree and ask yourself if feeling sad is any way important.

Better yet, get a copy of the movie "Equilibrium". Watch and learn.

That's all I have to say.
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