Philosophical Question

[andyfox]

I voted no because I think, as I get older, memories become more and more important to me. Not just memories, but the sum total of my life's experiences with all the people who are important to me. To have a year of that wiped clean would make it nothing more than a dream.

Maybe if I was more dissatisfied with my present life I might have voted yes.

[fnord_too]

I clicked "no" hastily, but on reflection, a year of perfect bliss for me would probably entail making some major discovery or breakthrough (maybe not a cure for breast cancer, but something of value to society). So the if the decision is between not having a year of memories of great accomplishments (and presumably the world forgetting who did this stuff, too) and losing a year of memories of my families (presumably they would not lose their memory of my purely familial encouters), I would forgo the memories and glory if it meant leaving behind some major accomplishment for the world (especially if it was a cure for breast cancer, since that runs in my wife's family and my second daughter is due in just over a month.)

But maybe you just meant bliss that did not have side effects, good or ill, for the rest of the world. In that case I stand by my "no".

[BusterStacks]

Yes. Although I do not think it is best for the longterm, I would still do it.

[DemonDeac]

nah

[tolbiny]

Yes-
I would read Anna Karenina and Les Miserables in their respective origanal languages to begin the year- and i would have months to savor and understand what was really being said (probably Dostoevsky as well).
A lot of the rest of the year would be spent writing and the last day of the year would be watching my work get published. Even if i never remembered what i had writted, or even that i had written at all- i could leave behind a part of myself.

[bernie]

Easy.

No.

Given what I've been through the last 4+ years, it was the memory of something better from the past, when things were much more 'blissful' that really helped and gave me something to look forward to as a possibility for the future.

I think the more a person experiences the big swings in life, on both sides, the more he will go to the No side.

The more naive and sheltered one is, the more they would go on the yes side.

Life is too short to waste a good memory.

Interesting question though.

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[MMMMMM]

No, because I think the Quest For Truth is more important than Bliss.

[The Dude]

The primary reason I voted 'no' was because bliss is not at the top of the list of things I value and want to accomplish in life.

[Chap_Stick]

Did it really happen if you can't remember, relive, and enjoy the experiences. Memories are an important part of life in my book. Learn from the bad and cherish the good.

[PokerCat69]

I've known a girl for 12 years, we are such close friend she calls me big brother, but I'm madly in love with her. I'd take her over any other women. In the last year she has made me cum 3 times, and as recent as a week ago but its weird. I don't know if she has any romantic feelings towards me. True bliss would be for us to be lovers. I want to go inside her badly. However if that magically happened for 1 year, I know it would end and the memory erase. That in itself wouldn't be bliss but more of a torture. It has to happen natural.