Poll: Do you believe blood is thicker than water?
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To quote Static Shock's friend and Static Shock's enemy. Enemy-"Blood is thicker than water" friend-"But right and wrong is thicker then blood"
*Drinks pint of blood, then pint of water* Nope. Blood is definitely more thick, but a hell of a lot more tasty.
OT: Not always. While I love my family a lot, nobody can choose the kind of family their born into. I know tons of people who would disown their parents and get a new family(and a lot of them deserve to be disowned), if it didn't mean a bunch of legal bullshit.
OT: Not always. While I love my family a lot, nobody can choose the kind of family their born into. I know tons of people who would disown their parents and get a new family(and a lot of them deserve to be disowned), if it didn't mean a bunch of legal bullshit.
Not in my opinion.
If you have an estranged parent/sibling/second cousin/whatever that would willingly take advantage of you, why help them over the best friend that you could trust with anything?
Of course, there's always the debate that by the time you're that close with another person, they become your family, but that sounds a little too much like a feel good moment on a sappy tv show for me.
If you have an estranged parent/sibling/second cousin/whatever that would willingly take advantage of you, why help them over the best friend that you could trust with anything?
Of course, there's always the debate that by the time you're that close with another person, they become your family, but that sounds a little too much like a feel good moment on a sappy tv show for me.
From an evolutionary and cultural perspective, yes, the relationship of blood relatives is something that we have by nature and is geared toward stronger affection.
However, I don't think it's as strong or as sacred as everybody makes it out to be. From a developmental psychologicy perspective, there's an abundance of other factors that play into the kind of love that people have for their relatives. If it's nature versus nurture you're arguing, I'd say nurture is stronger. Much, much stronger.
However, I don't think it's as strong or as sacred as everybody makes it out to be. From a developmental psychologicy perspective, there's an abundance of other factors that play into the kind of love that people have for their relatives. If it's nature versus nurture you're arguing, I'd say nurture is stronger. Much, much stronger.
Yes.
I once quantified the difference between the surface tension of blood and water.
Blood is indeed thicker.
I once quantified the difference between the surface tension of blood and water.
Blood is indeed thicker.
Since I've been beaten to the punch regarding the viscosity of blood I'll just say, I, with almost all of my being, hate my family, I try to place loyalty with those that are loyal to me rather than those I share genes with.
I don't even get the saying. If it's lie, family being more important than friendship...
...meh, I guess.
But with a big meh.
...meh, I guess.
But with a big meh.
Blood is thicker than water refers to an old moral view "you protect the men you've shed blood with before the men you've shared water with" the equivalent usage now would be that family and close friends come before business/colleagues and acquaintances. It's meaning changed in the mid 1800's, but either way I agree with the sentiment on the interpretation of blood meaning anyone you love, whether they are family or very close friends.
Um if my blood you mean familial relations (i.e. close family who arent blood relatives) then yes loyalty to my family is pretty important- my parents brought me into this world and cared for me for years, and Im never gonna have the same level of understanding as I do with my brother.
If they do something stupid or act like a dick then publicly Ill stand by them, but in private Ill tell it to them straight.
But Id never help a family member move a body.
If they do something stupid or act like a dick then publicly Ill stand by them, but in private Ill tell it to them straight.
But Id never help a family member move a body.
You choose to trust/be nice to, etc people who have done a lot for you. If you have been living with family for a long time, this is more likely to occur. That is why people would choose their relatives over strangers, although in truth the family are chosen on their merits rather than simply because they are family. So I would not say that blood is thicker than water.