A musing

How odd it is that 'like' seems to be a stronger word that 'love' when you're not in a relationship.

And yet, when you're in a relationship, the word 'love' suddenly becomes much, much stronger than 'like.'

e.g.

Not in relationship
"I like you" implies a feeling of attraction, usually to someone of the opposite gender.

"I love you" probably doesn't imply this.

In a relationship
"I like you" pretty much means nothing when said to your partner.

"I love you" probably means 95% of their world.


Completely innocuous musings, unlike most of my other musings. Inspired by my friend, who shall remain unnamed, who drunk texted me. Long story, and all that, so don't worry about it. Just know that it got me thinking about how semantically interesting these two words are.

Back to Tax Law assignment.

Word of they Day: Musing

Possible return to Macau

I just remembered something, very randomly.

See, I made a wish at a temple in Macau. And according to Chinese tradition, if my wish comes true, I have to return there and thank the temple.

Now, I'm not particularly superstitious, but, like my father, I do believe that it is best not to go out of your way to tempt fate.

Problem is though, I sort of remember what I wished for, but not whether or not I put a time frame on it. Put simply, I'm fairly sure that I wished for my wish to come true in two years, if I remember correctly. But I'm not sure if I should still go back if it happens after that, because I think it was bound to happen eventually anyway. I should ask about it.

But this is all a null point. The thing that I wished for hasn't happened anyway. I still have no idea why it sprung up in my mind.

Word of the Day: Macau (again?)

Obsessive

I'm become increasingly intrigued by time travel. Possibly because I have too much time to ponder things. I'm sure what I'm about to discuss has been done before, but still. I like to think I came up with these ideas.

It goes something like this.

Okay. So just say hypothetically you meet someone new. And it's just a random occurrence. Like, say you meet over lunch or something. Just randomly. It's interesting to think that about what would have happened if a friend or someone had talked to you for a minute or two about something before you sat down. Would the chance meeting still have happened? As in, is it destined? Or would it not have happened, because the situational factors would have changed?

If we take it that everything we do is destined, would that mean that anything and everything we do doesn't make a difference? But it clearly does. I could choose not to type this, and you would never see it. But I choose to publish it. But then, does that in turn mean that my typing of this post is pre-determined? It's so mind-boggling and cyclical.

The best way to think about this kind of stuff, I think, is to say: "meh." Which is probably what you're doing anyway.

Word of the day: Meh