58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoIt's easy to imagine yourself withstanding torture in order to save a loved one... until you hit your thumb with a hammer or stub your toe IRLmessage-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1192file-text
arrow-up1192message-squareIt's easy to imagine yourself withstanding torture in order to save a loved one... until you hit your thumb with a hammer or stub your toe IRL58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUltraHamster64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-24 days agoI think stubbing your toe hurt so much is because it’s pointless - you did to yourself “for free” If I’m dying for someone I love at least it’s not in vain
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 days agoYou’ve just proved the point of the post: he easy it is tob imagine yourself doing it for a ooved one
minus-squareDroggelbecher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoVery true, even in a less life/death situation. Example, a piercing hurts much much more than stubbing your toe, but people, myself included, keep coming back for more of them.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoCan you stub your toe to prove you would be able to withstand torture for a loved one? It isn’t pointless then!
I think stubbing your toe hurt so much is because it’s pointless - you did to yourself “for free”
If I’m dying for someone I love at least it’s not in vain
You’ve just proved the point of the post: he easy it is tob imagine yourself doing it for a ooved one
Very true, even in a less life/death situation. Example, a piercing hurts much much more than stubbing your toe, but people, myself included, keep coming back for more of them.
Can you stub your toe to prove you would be able to withstand torture for a loved one?
It isn’t pointless then!