SoullessAutomaton comments on Is masochism necessary? - Less Wrong

8 Post author: PhilGoetz 10 April 2009 11:48PM

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Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 11 April 2009 10:05:19PM 0 points [-]

I just don't get a feeling from the way you talk about us that you think of us as having a really good time. I promise you, in our own curious way we really are having a lot of fun.

So are people who eat food so spicy that many countries would classify it as a chemical weapon (please note that this is not an exaggeration for humorous effect).

The pleasure-pain connection is an interesting subject in multiple domains, even if Phil's phrasing was unfortunate.