A Bit of Human Nature

[prometheus72]

It’s humorous that we find comfort and pleasure in such simple, pathetic things in our lives. Something so small, such as a flower or kiss, should not have such a frequent effect on our disposition; the fact that these insignificant gestures do impact us further supports the idea that humans are far weaker than we ignorantly think we aren’t. Right now your mind is beckoning you to think “Without the little emotions and sensitivity we as humans possess, we would lose a major trait that defines who we are as individual organisms.” But the only reason that you came to that idea was because you have experienced the little emotions, you have been received a flower and a kiss. Now imagine if humans were all completely void of emotion, but not from your biased point of view as a physically and mentally sensitive organism, from the vantage point of someone who never experienced any emotion or individual mental reaction to anything. The human race would be robotized, and thus would come upon the same conclusions to every situation thrown it’s way. Wouldn’t this remove of the need for spoken language, being we theoretically are one massive brain, a single thought. What would be the meaning to any life then you ask? Well what is the use to your form of living? Nobody knows, nor is anybody meant to know. The human race is no more then silly putty in the hands of a child. It is shaped and molded at the hand of the creative mind, always put back in it’s rightful place in as disfigured, misshapen, squashed toy with this meaningless cycle it’s only destiny.

 

[Chimeric]

Sounds a bit pissed and haphazard. Why so serious lolz

Anyway if you fail to see the magic in the "simple, pathetic" things in life, then you are missing out on a lot of happiness.

 

[BurnOneDown]

Anyway if you fail to see the magic in the "simple, pathetic" things in life, then you are missing out on a lot of happiness.

Indeed.

Life without emotion would be empty and inhuman. We are artistic, spiritual, and passionate beings because of these emotions. Without them humans would fail to be distinguished from any other form of matter in a significant way. Emotions are a byproduct of the complicated brain that has enabled humans to dominate the circumstances of survival to inhabit the ENTIRE Earth. Yet, they burden us in the cold, indifferent existence in which we operate. So each human life becomes a struggle. And humanity is the story of a shared struggle that has manifested as a celebration of life.

 

[mr_p]

please space your posts out ...

and i can't comment~ i absolutely LIVE for the simple things in life ~ thats what fills me up more then anything .... especially the kisses and the sunsets and the flowers... yum

 

[prometheus72]

no no no, im not saying this is how i think things should be, im just rambling on the what ifs

 

[moonyham]

LOL i hate kissing and flowers do nothing for me, i too think its rather humorous how people are amused/entertained by looking at a piece of plant matter

 

[Nibiru]

Dude, plants are hella trippy. If you can't see why plant matter is interesting, you must be a pretty dull person.

 

[prometheus72]

not necessarily, things that are quote on quote trippy dont do anything for some people, doesn't mean they're dull. personally, plants and earthy environments dont do much for me, doesnt mean im bitter or anything towards them, just means that i get the same feelings you get from those in different places. now if someone got no emotional release from anything, yeah they would unquestionably be a pretty gray person.

 

[moonyham]

Whats wrong with being gray.. you racist or something?

 

[straycatphizzle]

hashahaha, im friends with prometheus here, just to inform you, he does not share as much interest in psychedelics as I do, therefore not seeing the beauty people can notice in seemingly mundane things through the experience. But it doesnt always take psychedelics to take notice to the fact that just the fact that we all exist and have thoughts is the most beautiful thing there is.

 

[medical_meccanica]

Sorry, straycat, but what does an interest in psychedelics have to do with this? Prometheus was exploring a what if, he wasn't saying that he can't find enjoyment in little things. And I assume he was talking about these feelings in an everyday sense, not during the exaggerated wonderment that drugs give to everything.

At some point developing emotions must have been beneficial to us a species. Maybe it was helpful in communication as a whole, because these feelings were universal, it made us more inclined to be empathetic and therefore work together in advancing.

Flowers and kisses might be symbols of these emotions that are also universal.

I'm not sure, but intrinsically I feel that existence would be fairly pointless without them. I'm also very interested in why these emotions were useful in an anthropological sense.

 

[Nibiru]

*facepalm*

If people are too busy intellectually breaking down what beauty is and why it is or whether or not it exists at all to actually grok it proper, they're missing out on something. It's a mo'fuggin flower. It looks good. Many flowers smell appetizing to both insects and mammals. That is far out. Res ipsa loquitor. If a person can't figger that one out, wtf? I mean seriously.

I wasn't talking about psychedelics whatsoever, and didn't even intend to reference to them in the least. I used the word trippy out of habit. Excuse me.

*facepalm*

uhhhhhh.....

 

[MyDoorsAreOpen]

Yeah I really feel sorry for anyone who misses out on the simple joys.

For me, these are best left as just-so stories: the relationship between a person and a flower is a good, balanced, and beneficial one. My enjoyment of simple things isn't helped by complicated explanations of why. But that's just me

 

[straycatphizzle]

Yeah, im sorry guys i forgot which forum im on hehe. Flowers are ancient, they have grown with us, thats why I enjoy them.

 

[RhythmSpring]

A kiss taken out of context is small, silly, absurd. Okay, you're touching your mouth to another person's mouth. Do you like the taste of their saliva?

But a kiss in context is like a symbol, a microcosm, and a medium of something far greater. What could it be?

Same with a flower. Sure, we're staring at a plant vagina. Big whoop.

Why is it enchanting? perhaps it's a microcosm for the flowering nature found in so many non-plant like things... Our souls, our minds, life itself, music, projects, and--depending on your experiences and beliefs--chakras.

 

[mr_p]

Flowers are ancient

try telling that to a bunya pine !

 

[Mister Superzombie]

Having no emotion would be boring as hell.

But then, we wouldn't be bored, since we would have no emotion.

 

[swilow]

LOL i hate kissing and flowers do nothing for me, i too think its rather humorous how people are amused/entertained by looking at a piece of plant matter

Why do you find it humurous? I think you hate things that you don't understand, personally.

 

[moonyham]

I hate things i dont understand? If i dont understand something, i strive to be able too. I find it humorous because people get happy from looking at a piece of plant.. i mean wtf, you dont think thats wierd? I mean, do people get happy from staring at a compost pile? Thats plant matter too! Oh and when did i say i hate anything? I said i find it humorous.. is laughing at something now hate speech these days? Jeezus. 8)

I just find alot of human nature to be fucking stupid, thats just me, i just cant help but look at humanity from a perspective that isnt what humanity has designed me to look at it with. People at football games go crazy when someone runs past a line with a ball, i mean i dont know about you but i find that just flat out stupid.. just try and look at things from a logical, rational perspective atleast once and you might understand me a bit better.

I dont have anything against people who like flowers, or football, its just not for me because, well because i just cant make myself go all crazy because some overpaid human ran past a line.. sport in general i think is rather stupid to watch.. i mean yeah its fun to play i admit that but watch? I mean common what kind of shit is that, your WATCHING other people have fun and you get happy about that? Seems kind of.. primitive to me.. which is only reinforced by the fact the majority of sports fans are rather.. well, 'simple' haha.

 

[Papa1]

I hate things i dont understand? If i dont understand something, i strive to be able too. I find it humorous because people get happy from looking at a piece of plant.. i mean wtf, you dont think thats wierd? I mean, do people get happy from staring at a compost pile? Thats plant matter too! Oh and when did i say i hate anything? I said i find it humorous.. is laughing at something now hate speech these days? Jeezus. 8)

I just find alot of human nature to be fucking stupid, thats just me, i just cant help but look at humanity from a perspective that isnt what humanity has designed me to look at it with. People at football games go crazy when someone runs past a line with a ball, i mean i dont know about you but i find that just flat out stupid.. just try and look at things from a logical, rational perspective atleast once and you might understand me a bit better.

I dont have anything against people who like flowers, or football, its just not for me because, well because i just cant make myself go all crazy because some overpaid human ran past a line.. sport in general i think is rather stupid to watch.. i mean yeah its fun to play i admit that but watch? I mean common what kind of shit is that, your WATCHING other people have fun and you get happy about that? Seems kind of.. primitive to me.. which is only reinforced by the fact the majority of sports fans are rather.. well, 'simple' haha.

I believe swilow was using the general 'you'.

If you look down on people for getting a kick out of something, you're being inconsistent. I guarantee that you yourself get kicks and find beauty in a large number of 'irrational' things. Beauty, like love, is blind - we experience it without justification. Personally, I love watching a soccer ball cross a line and who's to say why?

Further, as swilow said, if you find something distasteful it might have to do with the fact that you don't understand it. I really dislike chinese opera, but that doesn't mean that people who do are stupid - just that I don't get it.