army1987 comments on Open Thread, May 26 - June 1, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 28 May 2014 02:05:12PM 3 points [-]

bad pain that they like

What do you mean by “bad” for that to make sense?

Comment author: falenas108 28 May 2014 11:11:19PM 2 points [-]

For some people, certain types and amounts of pain is actually processed as a basically enjoyable thing. Other types of pain are still processed as pain, but is still something they want to happen and enjoy on a different level.

Comment author: kalium 30 May 2014 06:41:03AM -1 points [-]

The distinction that I make is physically damaging versus not. So good pain that I like is pretty simple (hair-pulling, spicy food, moderate heat, etc.); good pain that I don't like would include a lot of the pain caused by exercise; bad pain that I like would include excessive heat (for some reason damaging levels of heat are easier for me to enjoy than other sorts of injury; I've burned myself before by walking on hot pavement that wasn't quite too hot to enjoy), and bad pain that I don't like would include stubbed toes, sprained ankles, and the like.