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xoxoxoBruce 01-04-2014 07:40 AM

LOVE
 
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Today's coffee culture has an incredibly sophisticated vocabulary. Do you want a cappuccino, an espresso, a skinny latte, or maybe an iced caramel macchiato?

The ancient Greeks were just as sophisticated in the way they talked about love, recognizing six different varieties. They would have been shocked by our crudeness in using a single word both to whisper "l love you" over a candlelit meal and to casually sign an email "lots of love."
Eros, Philia, Ludus, Agape, Pragma, and Philautia. If everyone knew these words, and their meaning, we could avoid a lot of misunderstandings and butt hurts.

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Clodfobble 01-04-2014 08:03 AM

Fascinating! I knew about Eros, Philia, and Agape, but never heard of the other three.

BigV 01-04-2014 09:29 PM

WSS.

Commence learning.... Now. *click*

BigV 01-04-2014 09:42 PM

Very nice, thank you xoB.


Yours in philia,

JBKlyde 01-04-2014 10:26 PM

Dream Catcher @ Burlington

Retro: Michael Row your boat ashore.

MY LOVE: ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT

Gently Down The Steam. Merrily Merrily Merrily,

Life is but a dream...

and it wasn't fear it was shell shock..

JBKlyde 01-05-2014 12:40 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlington,_Vermont

monster 01-20-2014 10:40 PM

Would they have been horrified, though, or impressed with our efficiency?

xoxoxoBruce 01-20-2014 10:47 PM

Some would have been horrified at our inability to communicate clearly. The other 99% would have just said, yes boss. ;)

monster 01-20-2014 11:04 PM

but what about the 85%?

xoxoxoBruce 01-20-2014 11:09 PM

That's an illusion, created by Wall Street PR firms, to make the 1% look better. ;)

sexobon 01-21-2014 10:59 PM

If you create user friendly symbolism for Eros, Philia, Ludus, Agape [A], Pragma, and Philautia that lives up to your username (xoxoxo...), it could go viral. Did ya ever think of that, huh, did ya, did ya, did ya ever think of that?

xA (man hug),

sexobon

(otherwise we'll just have to rely on context)


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