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Would you want to be able to control people's emotions?

Asked by Vincent_Lloyd (3007points) August 20th, 2010

Would you want to be able to control others people’s emotions? Basically manipulate him or her? I mean I would, but wouldn’t like to do it. Since I don’t want to have to make someone love me in a way they truly don’t. So it would be pointless. On the other hand I can use friends and random people do what I please make them become angry etc…But I’m not that type of person. So I wouldn’t. So….Would you guys want to control other’s emotions?

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Frenchfry's avatar

No. Life would not be exciting if you knew what to expect. One of my motto is be ready for the unexpected.

shpadoinkle_sue's avatar

Not to manipulate, but to get some people my mother, for one to just relax and quit worrying about everything. It’s not right to take contriol over a person’s emotions for sooo many reasons. One, in particular, that people have so many different ways of coping with things. It’d frak them up. I don’t even like having control over the tv remote.

muppetish's avatar

Never. My emotions are everything. What I feel is what I know. Controlling the emotions of another person is akin to violating their sense of being.

second_guessing's avatar

I have struggled with my own, never mind trying to control others. I wouldn’t want to anyway, it would stop people being individuals and have them become clones.

TexasDude's avatar

Well, I’m a damn good amateur therapist, so I can control people’s emotions already to an extent.

To directly answer your question, though: no. And not just no, but hell no.

ducky_dnl's avatar

No, it wouldn’t be fair to the people I’m doing it to. Plus, why would I feel special knowing that someone likes or love me because I controlled them to feel it? It wouldn’t be fun because I’d know that my friendship or relationship with them would be fake. I like knowing that people like or love me because it’s their choice, not because I made them feel that way. So no thanks, I’ll pass! :)

Austinlad's avatar

Nah, I’d get too emotional trying to do it. I have enough on my hands controlling my own.

lucillelucillelucille's avatar

No.How do you feel about this answer? ;)

Blackberry's avatar

Of course, I would single-handedly convert conservative christians to critical thinkers and extremely emotional women to slightly emotional woman lol.

Russell_D_SpacePoet's avatar

Only sad, angry, or disturbed people. That way I could give them some relief.

mowens's avatar

I already do. Everywhere I go, people always smile and say, “Wow, what a moron.” :)

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