Originally Posted by Bwamp

There you go, you've just acknowledged that emotions are the direct result of chemical activity. Just because humanity as a whole has decided to give the responses to this activity arbitrary names and values doesn't mean that "love" is anything more than a gestalt of the aforementioned chemical reactions.

Originally Posted by Bwamp

I'm participating in discussion, and since everyone else is vocalizing their views on love, I did as well. Please explain to me what I'm doing wrong.


There you go, you've just acknowledged that emotions are the direct result of chemical activity. Just because humanity as a whole has decided to give the responses to this activity arbitrary names and values doesn't mean that "love" is anything more than a gestalt of the aforementioned chemical reactions.




Polluting space and destroying planets have an effect on the universe the same way that crumbling a saltine impacts a warehouse full of crackers. It is theoretically impossible for a race as insignificant and underpopulated as humans, with our relatively limited resources and allocation of said resources, to expand on a universal scale in any reasonable period of time. Now, assuming that we survive to reach a technological singularity, it's plausible that we populate the universe, in which case you would be, of course, correct. But realistically speaking, we'll destroy ourselves long before then.

And I apologize if I sound like an "edgy 14 year-old", but that has little to no relevance to this discussion. I think we've gotten all that we can out of the cosmos, so let's keep it on the topic of commercialism and love, at least until this topic is completely drained of any entertainment value.

Originally Posted by jxc1013

Nobody is vocalizing D:

Originally Posted by deady

Isn't the holiday based a guy (saint valentine) exchanging notes between prisoners? I think that the day should be taken in a new direction, where every year people dress up like old world inmates and spend the day without the person they love, in honour of the dead folks the day is named after.

Beats buying poorly written cards anyway.

Originally Posted by m0o

Happiness can be demonstrated through chemical changes in the brain, as can love (with a similar chemical change, although differing physiological responses).

Originally Posted by Dargoba

Ah I totally agree with you Deady, I hate having to buy gift's for people cause like if they give you something and you're empty handed it's like your the bad guy. T-T So annoying. And yeah it would be nice to do that as a holiday change. But the world is already use to the crappy cruddy huge bear chocolate etc. In my way of things. The bigger the gift the more the girlfriend or boyfriend is cheating on him or her.

Originally Posted by Kezera

Valentines Day is a way to make the people who are single and not so popular feel like shit, because everyone around them could be in love with someone, but then there you are standing by the wall with no one, and people will come up to you and laugh due to you being alone on a Valentines day.
Well at least the day is over for me, but tomorrow if anyone asks at school, I'll have to make up a lie or some shit.