LOVE

xoxoxoBruce · 01-04-2014, 07:40 AM

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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)

01-04-2014, 08:03 AM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Fascinating! I knew about Eros, Philia, and Agape, but never heard of the other three. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-04-2014, 09:29 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	WSS. Commence learning.... Now. click __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-04-2014, 09:42 PM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Very nice, thank you xoB. Yours in philia, __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-20-2014, 10:40 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Would they have been horrified, though, or impressed with our efficiency? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-20-2014, 10:47 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Some would have been horrified at our inability to communicate clearly. The other 99% would have just said, yes boss. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-04-2014, 10:26 PM	#5
JBKlyde Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Encrypted Into an AmpitheaterWall Posts: 1,722	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..

01-05-2014, 12:40 AM	#6
JBKlyde Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Encrypted Into an AmpitheaterWall Posts: 1,722	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlington,_Vermont

01-20-2014, 11:04 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	but what about the 85%? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-20-2014, 11:09 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's an illusion, created by Wall Street PR firms, to make the 1% look better. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-21-2014, 10:59 PM	#11
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	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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