58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square11fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1150arrow-down1message-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 · 1 month agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUltraHamster64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-21 month 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-up11arrow-down1·1 month 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-up2·1 month 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.
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.