Poll: Whats love?

[cicaba]

"WHAT IS LOVE? BABY DON'T HURT ME, DON'T HURT ME, NO MORE"
it's that feeling you get where you feel like you could spend all of life with them by your side, and who see's your faults, but looks past them, etc. someone who make you happy to still be alive.

Daaaamn youuuuuuuuuuu *shakes fist* beating me to it also.

 

[ArMartinez02]

...whats love?....

so far me it has been pain, lies and betrayal.....

 

[Guffe]

Honestly I have no idea, I guess it differs depending on who you are talking to and in what situation of his/her life that person is in. I'll give two examples:

1) A person has found the love of his/her life and has a good and steady job and couldn't ask for anything else in the world. This person would probably tell you that love is something that everyone should experience and is one of the greatest powers and emotions in the world.

Example two comes from the manga Naruto (I don't know if it contains spoilers for the anime watchers) and even if it comes from this show I think it has some truth to it.
2) A person who has lost everything and is in the middle of war would probably think something like this. Love is the thing that feeds all hatred in this world. When someone you love gets hurt by another person/being you automatically start to dislike that person and your love against the person who got hurt feeds your hatred against the one that hurt her/him. Patriotism = love for your country which would make you defend it to the bitter end would feed hatred against the country you are in war with. Religion, one of the greatest factors for war according to some people, your love against something you believe in which would make you protect this sacred thing and your comrades who also believe in this even with blood. And so on.

My point is that depending on your situation love can be two different things, And every person has their own definition of this thing called love and it can change dramatically depending on what happens in your life. The two examples above are two extremes and there is probably a lot in between. I still don't have a definition for this and I doubt I will ever find the complete definition for this word.

 

[Tourette]

Love can be the greatest emotion when it goes right and then it can be the worst when it goes wrong.

 

[daywalker1776]

I've been informed I, nor anyone else, has any idea what love is, or at leas the amount of love one can give, until they have children. I've been told this by parents of all kinds, including mine, and have come to accept it, it's just something that can't be described yet there. I might as well also say that "love" at least as a term, has been so overused that it has lost its significance and we must find a new word to replace it.

 

[ShadowsofHope]

Love is a chemical imbalance of the brain in which invokes chemicals in which forge the feelings we call "emotions", for the purposes of partnership (to not be alone), and for.. well, sex.

It can a deadly serpent, or it can be a bright light. In non-metaphorical terms.. it can suck, and it can be great.

 

[Glamorgan]

There isn't really a middle ground. People either think it is magical, or hate the idea of it. I'm in the first category.

 

[ayailla]

"Love and other moments are just chemical reactions in your brain.
And feelings of agression are the absence of the love drug in your veins.

Love and other socially acceptable emotions are morphine.
Cleverly concealing primal urges often felt but rarely seen."

- Gunning Down Romance by Savage Garden

While what causes love may be chemical, it can still seem magical when you feel it. I am an old fashioned girl, hooked on the idea of true romance so, I voted yes.

 

[cystemic]

- Let me play you a song on the world's smallest violin *plays solemn violin song*
- MR KRABS, THIS IS SERIOUS!
- I know, this really is the world's smallest violin *zooms in on microscopic violin*

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

Love is a chemical, no matter the origin. We give it meaning by choice.

Love is anything and anyone that enjoys you and the reverse.

 

[Ranorak]

What is love?
oxytocin and vasopressin, mostly.

giving us that warm and fuzzy feeling when we're near the ones we love.

Does knowing what makes you tingle rob deprive it of it's beauty and wondrousness? No.
Does knowing that love is a chemical make the feeling any less special? No.

 

[The Lost Big Boss]

Love is a strong emotion, much like hate. Like how I hate people who try to act edgy and pretend that love is fake and everything in the world is bleak and the world is doomed to misery, oh no wait, thats just you.

Please for the people around you, yes love is real, how do you think you were made?...

Well on second thought, a bathroom stall isn't what I call love...

Spoiler

SARCASM

 

[skeliton112]

How do you answer a concept about a philosophical ideal?

I don't know. But thanks to Cracked I do know about break-ups.

Have fun being depressed. And potentially caught in an internet loop.

damn nija'd i just re-read that cracked article like 20 minutes ago and was going to link it. I think it does, its the natural impulse of someone wanting to care (maternal), lust (sexual) personality compatibility (friendship and sexual)

 

[fantasyland]

love with another individual is a wonderful thing to be valued and appreciated - it does not come around very often.
love rejected is very painful and will cause you to do crazy things when you have run out of options and run out of ways of trying to communicate and trying to meet expectations. like you may post ridiculous things on forums because they are things you never had a chance to say and the person to whom you gave your love would not give you a forum in real life. love gone wrong needs a clean break! Love is pain sometimes - but can be the complete opposite if it is right.

 

[D0WNT0WN]

It is that tingley feeling you get at the tip of your penis after sex.

Oh Yeah!

 

[Kaltazraza]

It does to you the same as fire, though without the incineration.

 

[thingymuwatsit]

love is the knowledge that you would be willing to risk almost everything for one person just to see them smile, in other words, love is rarer than any gem on this planet.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

Scientifically, the love you mean, affection, is the release of chemicals caused by the brain reacting to pheromones. It causes many stimulations in the body.

This is just too cold though. Love is where you feel happy with the person you're with. You can depend on them and trust them to stay with you forever. You see past each others flaws and love each other for them. You often have flaws that the other corrects and make 'one'.

Follow whichever you want, I follow my dick though; much more reliable.

 

[joshuaayt]

You bet love exists! It exists as the *romantic* chemical reactions caused by hormonal release as you finally meet that *special* person who exhibits all of the external signs of health and genetic condition that *your* DNA happens to correspond to.

 

[TailstheHedgehog]

I've never actually been in love, but I'm assuming it's when you trust somebody totally and completely, and know that they trust you back. No doubt exists when you a truly in love..
But that's just what I get from the media =)
But love is NOT when somebody smells so good you drool over them. How thick do you think we are? Ugh, I hate these new-gen vamps... (wow that went off topic...)