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Get rid of one emotion.............

racso1975 · 2017-05-01 10:34:14

if you could get rid of one emotion what would it be. For me it would be guilt. I feel guilty about stuff I rationally should not. The downside of this may be that it would turn me into a horrible prick but hey its just hypothetical. So what would you get rid of.

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01-05-2017 11:34am

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racso1975

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if you could get rid of one emotion what would it be.

For me it would be guilt. I feel guilty about stuff I rationally should not. The downside of this may be that it would turn me into a horrible prick but hey its just hypothetical.

So what would you get rid of.

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#2 01-05-2017 11:43am
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The monkey with it's hands on its ears. Useless.

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#3 01-05-2017 11:44am
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Mr.Plough wrote: »

The monkey with it's hands on its ears. Useless.

That would be a sense.

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#4 01-05-2017 11:52am
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PirateShampoo wrote: »

That would be a sense.

You're not making any to me.

I wouldn't get rid of any emotion completely, but would probably taper guilt and anger down a bit if I had the choice, which I do of course.

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#5 01-05-2017 11:54am
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#6 01-05-2017 11:55am
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racso1975 wrote: »

if you could get rid of one emotion what would it be.

For me it would be guilt. I feel guilty about stuff I rationally should not. The downside of this may be that it would turn me into a horrible prick but hey its just hypothetical.

So what would you get rid of.

psychopaths have no guilt or empathy, that's what makes them psychopaths

for me anger would be the least required emotion.

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#7 01-05-2017 12:51pm
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Anger

If we could all keep a level head, a lot of problems would be sorted more easily.

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#8 01-05-2017 12:53pm
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Anger.....would love never to have the ability to get angry...id say it would be brilliant.

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#9 01-05-2017 12:53pm
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Ambivalence.

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#10 01-05-2017 12:54pm
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lethargy

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#11 01-05-2017 12:55pm
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Melancholy.

I keep spelling it wrong.

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#12 01-05-2017 1:32pm
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Jealousy.

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#13 01-05-2017 1:36pm
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Fear.

I sometimes get a fright from my own shadow.

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#14 01-05-2017 1:36pm
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[IMG]http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/"You shouldn't have killed my mom and squished my Walkman.".[/IMG]

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#15 01-05-2017 1:43pm
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Luap wrote: »

Fear.

I sometimes get a fright from my own shadow.

Didn't work out too well for dear ol' Lister...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WgUktfdDy4

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#16 01-05-2017 1:44pm
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Worry. It's pointless though.

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#17 01-05-2017 1:46pm
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Anger.

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#18 01-05-2017 1:47pm
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endacl wrote: »

Ambivalence.

Are you sure?

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#19 01-05-2017 1:48pm
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RobertKK wrote: »

Jealousy.

This too. I'm genetically programmed without the jealous envious gene so I'm utterly blessed.
Very low expectations have led to a very happy life and I'm thankful for every single thing I have.
I've watched jealousy destroy others lives.
Envy and vanity go hand in hand.
Double destruction.

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#20 01-05-2017 1:48pm
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Shame.

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#21 01-05-2017 1:48pm
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andekwarhola wrote: »

Are you sure?

Meehhh...maybe not...

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#22 01-05-2017 1:49pm
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Winterlong wrote: »

Shame.

If you hit an old lady over the head and steal her purse then shame is pretty handy

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#23 01-05-2017 1:50pm
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infogiver wrote: »

Worry. It's pointless though.

True, there's always sunshine after rain, these things have always been the same.

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#24 01-05-2017 1:51pm
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#25 01-05-2017 1:58pm
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infogiver wrote: »

If you hit an old lady over the head and steal her purse then shame is pretty handy

Guilt would still be present.

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#26 01-05-2017 2:00pm
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Winterlong wrote: »

Guilt would still be present.

Certain aspects of guilt and shame are necessary to stop us from turning this into the Lord of the Flies.
But I agree with you. Feeling unnecessary guilt and shame is crippling people

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#27 01-05-2017 2:22pm
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I'm the other way around - it's apathetic indifference. Everything in the circle of life keeps repeating itself over and over again. Technology can increase but morality can still revert and change depending on circumstances. In the future a limit on knowledge will be reached, resources depleted and everyone will go insane. The end.

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#28 01-05-2017 2:22pm
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Trust and Disappointment.

Experience has taught me to have little or no expectations or any trust of people or things in general.

That way you'll never be disappointed in them or caught out, and will sometimes even be pleasantly surprised the odd time . . . but don't expect any consistency or reliability.

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#29 01-05-2017 2:22pm
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Jealousy, as already mentioned. Such a needless emotion, life leads us all down a different path.

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Hornyness. All that time spent waxing the bishop can instead be spent watching random videos on the net.

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#31 01-05-2017 2:39pm
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Regret, the only emotion that gets worse with time.

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