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Loss of Emotion

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Events will be the same, your emotional response will just be limited.

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  • 131

    absentbird

    3 years ago

    What good does anger do anyone? Sadness is what makes us human.

    • 69

      Isabelle

      1 year ago

      People could take advantage of you if you never got angry. Sadness is useless anyway

    • 34

      David Bell

      9 months ago

      no anger = no motivation for revenge

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      SaintMagnus

      9 months ago

      @Isabella, do people take advantage of monks? Because most of them (especially Buddhist monks) live without anger. In fact, they are taught to care for every living being. Anger tears people slowly apart.

    • 12

      AkshaySauce

      9 months ago

      I'm a pretty chill guy so I almost never get angry anyway, and I'm very emotionally detached, so neither are relevant to me.

    • 17

      sogeking

      8 months ago

      If you have no sadness, then you appear to be a heartless freak and people won't want to be close to you. Also a lot of people would not consider revenge a good thing you idiot and without anger there would be no desire for such a useless, destructive act.

    • 13

      LordTetris

      8 months ago

      NO, BEING HUMAN MAKES US HUMAN. EMOTIONS JUST COME WITH THE PACKAGE.

    • 9

      denonymous

      8 months ago

      what good does sadness do? anger makes us man

    • 0

      Rap0nmilk

      8 months ago

      YAY!

    • 3

      Rap0nmilk

      8 months ago

      isabelle, people take advantage of me if i never get angry? i dont have to be angry to pimp slap someone and kick them in the balls

    • 2

      neonblue120

      8 months ago

      "Sadness is what makes us human" Firstly that's a completely arbitrary opinion secondly animals have been shown to have emotions such as sadness, remorse etc it's not exclusively HUMAN.

    • 10

      Robert Chu

      8 months ago

      humans are fuckin horrible things. They constantly lie to themselves by putting themselves on a peddistole and lie to the world acting like they care and denying facts like we are animals who must eat plants and animals.

    • 1

      lololol

      6 months ago

      when someone dies or something and you cant experience sadness people think you are the most horrible person on earth

    • 1

      Niker107

      6 months ago

      I think these are both bad, but Anger annoys people, and if you're sad, someone can cheer you up.

    • 2

      max

      5 months ago

      Living without anger would be great. You would forgive and forget and it would be hard to make enemies. It doesn't mean people can take advantage of you, you still would have wit.

    • 0

      valcorwabajak

      5 months ago

      can i pick both?

    • 0

      bumblespider

      5 months ago

      It gives you focus and makes you stronger. Sadness creates a lot of anger too.

    • 0

      The Psychopath

      5 months ago

      I already can't experience either. Oh well.

    • 0

      LegateLanius

      4 months ago

      Sadness makes people pussies

    • 1

      Jacob

      4 months ago

      ...and we are definitely pussies, are we? No. That's right. We are big, strong, cool, manly men with long penises. You got a problem with that? Fuck you. Yeah. U-huh.

    • 1

      jack

      3 months ago

      anger starts wars

    • 1

      jayjay

      1 month ago

      damn! i meant to press red! if u cant experience sadness, people wont like u! like if your mother dies, and ur not sad... uh oh!

    • 0

      Caterina

      1 week ago

      lol robert chu, you look like you should've picked the red one

    • 0

      shaszbotter

      1 week ago

      anger could help you to get more out of yourself to beat someone in something like adrenaline

    • 0

      Max

      3 days ago

      No sadness = Always win arguments + Never be a pussy/wus out.

  • 16

    ProfessorFang

    9 months ago

    My jimmies would remain unrustled

  • 9

    overtherainbow

    1 year ago

    Without sadness, you pretty much can't experience happiness. Without anger/stress, you can't experience being very relaxed, or having no feelings of tense-ness. I would go with no anger and no feelings of great relaxation. I have had a lot of sadness in my life, and I think its shaped me as a person. Having a lot of anger, or being angry very often, simply makes you someone bitter and upset often. If you can't experience sadness, this seems like you couldn't experience guilt. Therefore you would never regret your anger, which would mean you would probably get very angry at people very often. People wouldn't like being around you.

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    Zach Dunn

    3 years ago

    It would be easier for people to take advantage of you if you were never truly upset about anything.

    • 9

      Dylan Michael Malanc

      9 months ago

      Im pretty sure not being sad about the murder of a loved one makes you kinda inhuman dude.

    • 0

      SaintMagnus

      9 months ago

      What if your dad/mom/son/daughter died? you would just be angry at nothing.

    • 6

      SaintMagnus

      9 months ago

      I will rather be peaceful and compassionate towards others than angry and hateful.

    • 0

      Lord English

      8 months ago

      @Dylan I'd rather be angry about that than said. Vengeance!

    • 1

      Advance

      7 months ago

      No, you wouldn't shout at whomever wrongs you, you'd just be like "Bitch please!" and smack them silly, laughing at them because you aren't angry. You won't be angry, but you could still tell when something bad happens.

  • 4

    np11

    1 year ago

    overtherainbow you got a nice essay there.A+

  • 4

    cheesit

    3 years ago

    Never be sad again about my future job prospects? Sign me up!

    • 1

      deadkraze

      8 months ago

      Sadness= people feel sorry for you. Anger= people think your a jerk or you did something fucked up. Sadness passes. Anger makes you do thinks you regret, which lasts forever in your memories. Unless you have that decease where you forget things.

    • 1

      Lord English

      8 months ago

      If you can't be sad, you wouldn't regret, silly.

    • 0

      Dudugs

      3 months ago

      sadness sucks for YOU

  • 3

    akudo1

    1 year ago

    Both are bad for psychology anyways, it will eat you on the inside slowly

  • 3

    thestralpixie

    1 year ago

    I pretty much can't experience anger anyway. Well, I can't show it. I just feel awkward.

  • 3

    youat2inthemorning

    1 year ago

    If there was no anger, you wouldn't say things on a whim, and you wouldn't make people feel bad, and they wouldn't be sad.

  • 2

    Zoe

    5 months ago

    Sadness is happiness for deep people.

  • 1

    MonsterPages

    2 months ago

    Sadness is helpless. Anger often comes tied with control (or at least the desire to seize it).

  • 2

    God of Knowledge

    9 months ago

    I'm always either angry or happy. And contrary to popular belief, happiness isn't nonexistent without sadness, but is instead ecstasy.

  • 2

    Patrick

    9 months ago

    THE FIRST FIFTY FIFTY I'VE SEEN

  • 1

    Daniel Maughan

    2 months ago

    Anger is the Enemy

  • 0

    Wouldyourather123

    1 day ago

    Funny enough, I don't experience sadness anyways. Really weird.

  • 1

    brittney

    4 months ago

    i really never am sad:/

  • 1

    wrathseed

    5 months ago

    Why would anyone want sadness? It cripples people. Anger makes me stronger and more productive. If i didn't have anger I wouldn't be a man. I would be a passive bitch to anyone I met. Someone would grop my girlfriend, daughter, or wife (when I get one) and all that I'd be able to do is cry like a little pussy when it gappens. Fuck. That. I'd rather cut my balls off

  • 0

    Sharktoothy123

    2 weeks ago

    Now and then, i do get mad at a pencil

  • 0

    Spidercp

    2 weeks ago

    If you are not sad nobody could make fun of you :DDDD

  • 1

    ThatGuy

    6 months ago

    less anger means more patience. My life would be so much better off if i had a little more patience

  • 1

    Sikkid

    7 months ago

    Just Because I Feel Anger & Not Sadness. Doesn't Mean I Can't Feel Happiness

  • 0

    Tyrael242

    3 weeks ago

    i am already a heartless bastard

  • 1

    gellie

    8 months ago

    I like being sad now and then, actually.

  • 1

    holtby

    8 months ago

    I wish i never felt sad

  • 1

    holtby

    8 months ago

    I wish i never felt sad

  • 1

    agrinja

    8 months ago

    If you cant be sad, you wouldnt really be able to appreciate the good things in life because you had nothing to compare happy moments to. And without being would make us seem like heartless freaks. As depressed as i am at getting dumped a few hours ago, i still think being sad is a good thing

  • 1

    Scott Pilgrim

    8 months ago

    Without sadness = no cool songs about sadness kinda gay but wutevs

  • 1

    Chris Koecke

    9 months ago

    Well as far as loved ones I already don't give a shit about them so whatever.

  • 1

    Slyphoria

    9 months ago

    You'd be better in fights if it's not powered by emotion.

  • 0

    TheAverageJay

    3 weeks ago

    I'm a sociopath anyway.

  • 1

    Zacharia

    9 months ago

    "Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm."

  • 1

    Nicholas

    9 months ago

    "Gotta have a little sadness once in a while so you know when the good times come" -Bob Ross

  • 1

    Kendall Walls

    9 months ago

    Just like batman

  • 1

    argible

    9 months ago

    With no anger... I WILL BE THE GOD OF CALL OF DUTY

  • 1

    Chivere

    9 months ago

    As someone who suffers from clinical depression, this was easy.

  • 1

    Paul

    9 months ago

    Sadness isn't useless, and anger gets in the way. You can still be a dick to people who are being dicks to you but still not get angry about it.

  • 1

    herpaderp

    11 months ago

    i wouldn't have to worry about being depressed

  • 0

    Hasan Büyükkömürcü

    1 month ago

    anger is poison!

  • 0

    Terrabeth

    1 month ago

    Sometimes it feels good to be sad.

  • 1

    abarnybox

    1 year ago

    What good does sadness do? it doesn't say you have to be exceptionally angry...tbh i'm neither angry nor sad very often anyway...and i'd rather people knew how i felt on issues that annoyed me than felt sorry for me for being sad.

  • 0

    Ian Tran

    1 month ago

    no anger then no Kratos...

  • 1

    0pickles0

    1 year ago

    NO WARS!!!! :)

  • 0

    tuppenycrane

    1 month ago

    anger is more fun sadness sucks, really and anger allows you to do fun things (not mentioning so this comment is allowed to be seen by all ages) and when you need revenge that is what gives you it.

  • 0

    Kelli Kline

    1 month ago

    ...I'm a fangirl so I wouldn't be able to function without sadness

  • 1

    0cookiemonster0

    2 years ago

    no anger? people would totally take advantage of that.

  • 0

    DeprivedDolphin

    1 month ago

    I love feeling sad...

  • 0

    Hoogleman

    1 month ago

    I have anger issues and am sad a lot. I think it would be better to get rid of the anger...

  • 0

    derpishere

    1 month ago

    I meant to hit blue...

  • 0

    Trinidad

    1 month ago

    Emotions (especially sadness) get in the way of everything

  • 0

    nicole

    1 month ago

    sadness is actually the useless one. if you are can only feel sadness then that leads to un motivation. if you are angry towards a cause you will do anything and everything in your power to make it just.

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