another heartwarming video

davey72

davey72

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http://sharepowered.com/this-was-voted-youtubes-video-of-the-year-youll-see-why-after-you-watch-it/#

The question i have is are these types of videos engineered to be emotional? I was looking at the comments, and it seems to hit people at the same time whuch coincides with a spike in the song.
 
Davey72 said:
The question i have is are these types of videos engineered to be emotional? I was looking at the comments, and it seems to hit people at the same time whuch coincides with a spike in the song.
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I turned off the sound to watch the video. It made me smile but I did not get emotional at all. The music probably plays an important part for the emotional trigger in this case, as a guy dealing free hugs, being prohibited from doing it and then getting 10,000 signatures to resume giving free hugs is not exactly an emotional subject. At least not for me.

There are exceptions of course, but most of these videos are designed indeed to give you warm fuzzies. While it's great to see that there are nice people on earth (and some of these videos can indeed be touching), this is not what people need to wake up to imo. But videos about psychopathy or pedophilia networks (to name but a few) do not produce warm fuzzies and so are not 'voted best video of the year'.

But that's just my two cents. :)
 
I have nothing against hugging but videos like that look too much artificial to me. This is a type of videos that I like to see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9HV5O8Un6k

I would certainly hug him! :)
 
Thanks for the replies. This is sort of what i thought. It is something that i wouldnt think i would get emotional over, but sure enough it was at the same moment much of the people commenting spoke of. I never thought about turning the sound off.
 
Different cultures, different reactions, I guess. There is nothing wrong if you got emotional with that video. It's just that it doesn't have the same effect on everybody. Maybe there is big lack of hugging in you culture so people react emotionally when they see it on video? Maybe Asian cultures would have the same reaction to video with handshaking? :)
 
Hmm, I think it is one of those nice ideas. But Free Hugs always gets me off because it is a form of forcing what isn't there...a pure intent. I really like what Mark Passio said in his Natural Law seminar about the fact we always talk about hapiness and all these terms because we really don't have them. And we cannot expect all this to come just by snapping our fingers. It is real hard work:)

And I don't think it is bad if it is touching for you. It is a good element for self-observation, maybe some weak spot you have with the free hugs. Who knows?
Thanks for the link!
 
Persej said:
Different cultures, different reactions, I guess. There is nothing wrong if you got emotional with that video. It's just that it doesn't have the same effect on everybody. Maybe there is big lack of hugging in you culture so people react emotionally when they see it on video? Maybe Asian cultures would have the same reaction to video with handshaking? :)
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Maybe it is more familial. we were not huggers, me and my mom. i still get uncomfortable hugging certain people.
 
Davey72 said:
Maybe it is more familial. we were not huggers, me and my mom. i still get uncomfortable hugging certain people.
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We are huggers in my family and, still, I too would get uncomfortable with hugging certain people. I think it's normal. I really need to 'feel' it to do it. For me, it's intimate and reserved to people I really appreciate. It means something.
 
What interests me is the intention of why it is the best or why there has to be any judgement about it. We choose, what we need at any given time whether it is thrust upon us or not we can still choose to connect to the feeling center if that what we choose. Sure this and many other kind gestures, kittens, animals befriending one another, its just the best and worst, good and bad reflection that is not of anything real to me. A choice to where I want to get my fuzzies. I get them naturally when they are not sought. So it's pretty much warm fuzzy propaganda to me that's agenda is the usual distraction, as is a distraction that is it's opposite. So there. Ha! that was a little long-winded, if I do say so. If you Davey shared a pic that was meaningful to you and shared it about you, it would interest me because I am familiar with the care you put into what you share on this forum, and that is a love I feel and witness from it's history. You have shared where and who you are so I give it feeling because I choose to. I feel more from your pic of yourself on that couch and the look on your face. Or maybe I don't need nicey-nicey that someone decides is heartwarming. Even though I'm sure to those involved it was.
 
For me these videos about hugging are manipulative but a mirror about how we need to be touched, physically and mentally also. We live in culture where touching is not see very well, we are afraid to touch others beings. If you go to Africa, touching is different. It is natural. Surely I would not like to be hugged by a stranger even if he has a notice or a sign. You hug someone you like, you have a feeling for him or her. But a stranger? Not for me.
 
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