To answer the poll do I cry when someone close to me dies? Well honestly the first and last person close to me that died was my Granddad around February time. Did I cry at the funeral, no... I didn't. Was I close to my Granddad? yes did I cry because crying is stupid and pointless? No.
I didn't cry because the family looks at me as a more smart and logical guy (yeah, shows how low the bar for intelligence goes in my family ) so I kept strong and held them back. I'm sure if I broke down crying, it may have just made matters worse for everyone. Infact I even smiled and chuckled at my Granddads funeral. Mainly because the priest fellow said something that reminded me of the good times with my granddad.
I suppose your wondering the relevance these two paragraphs have to the thread. Well, it was mostly the poll option really. I answered the last one "No, never." and I thought I needed to justify my answer and not sound like some sort of pretentious edgy emotionless prick. I have emotion, I just wanted to hide it from my family at the time because I thought it would have benefited them. I was visibly upset but I wasn't crying as much as I wanted to.
That doesn't mean I won't. I imagine if someone like my brothers or parents died I wouldn't have the will power to hold it back.
As for the O.P's question. Yeah sure its pointless if your a robot who only likes to think of logic. So is painting your walls, playing video games, having nice things, romance, love, emotions, reading, deoderant... The list goes on.
I didn't cry because the family looks at me as a more smart and logical guy (yeah, shows how low the bar for intelligence goes in my family ) so I kept strong and held them back. I'm sure if I broke down crying, it may have just made matters worse for everyone. Infact I even smiled and chuckled at my Granddads funeral. Mainly because the priest fellow said something that reminded me of the good times with my granddad.
I suppose your wondering the relevance these two paragraphs have to the thread. Well, it was mostly the poll option really. I answered the last one "No, never." and I thought I needed to justify my answer and not sound like some sort of pretentious edgy emotionless prick. I have emotion, I just wanted to hide it from my family at the time because I thought it would have benefited them. I was visibly upset but I wasn't crying as much as I wanted to.
That doesn't mean I won't. I imagine if someone like my brothers or parents died I wouldn't have the will power to hold it back.
As for the O.P's question. Yeah sure its pointless if your a robot who only likes to think of logic. So is painting your walls, playing video games, having nice things, romance, love, emotions, reading, deoderant... The list goes on.