Strange7 comments on Building Weirdtopia - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 16 December 2010 01:07:54PM *  14 points [-]

Something I have said for a long time is that everyone should have their heart broken once, as part of being human, because once you know what that feels like, you understand the stakes of romance.

That's... horrible. You're advocating doing permanent emotional damage to people. Sure, most of the will heal, some will grow from the experience but none will be the same. It's torture.

Comment author: Strange7 18 April 2011 12:43:09PM 0 points [-]

Of course they won't be the same. That's the point, like the way your immune system won't be the same after a vaccination. Being a thoughtless jerk to someone who loves you isn't as serious a problem as dying of polio, but it might still be worth fixing.