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Love Conquers... wait, what?

posted by chip on Monday, the eighth of October 2007, at a quarter till seven in the morning

"Love Conquers All" is a phrase reiterated by many a romantic, but upon further inspection seems to be pure bullshit. Love vs a grizzly bear? The grizzly will win every single time. Here's a short list of just a few things love cannot conquer.

The sun
Being trapped in a giant microwave
The speed of light
Climate change
The urge to strangle little yipping dogs carried in purses
Entropy
Failing to save your document before a power failure
Terminal illness
Other, more powerful love
Samuel L. Jackson
Packages destroyed by UPS
Signal interference
Lag
Bear cavalry
Forgetting your parachute after jumping out of a plane
Having your head separated from your torso
Spontaneous combustion
Going backwards in time
Human stupidity

It would probably be more accurate to say "Love conquers certain specific situations, mainly those that can be remedied by putting forth extra effort," but that's kinda long-winded.

Possibly more?

posted by Erickson on Monday, the eighth of October 2007, at half past six in the evening

I'd assume more than just that cannot be conquered by Love. Such as:

Nuclear weapons
Public outrage and support at you strangling little yipping dogs carried in purses.
Goatse.

Good start though!

posted by chip on Saturday, the twentieth of October 2007, at nine in the evening

I'm pretty sure I mentioned that this was an incomplete list.

> Here's a short list of just a few things...

Oh, look! I did!

posted by mike on Saturday, the thirteenth of October 2007, at seven in the evening

Um, excuse me. You forgot about Chuck Norris.

posted by chip on Saturday, the twentieth of October 2007, at nine in the evening

I didn't want to make it silly. :P

posted by chrissy on Tuesday, the sixteenth of October 2007, at a quarter till nine in the evening

if all good things come to an end then what makes, then what makes, then what makes, then what makes love the exception?

posted by chip on Saturday, the twentieth of October 2007, at a quarter past nine in the evening

I'm assuming you're quoting song lyrics, otherwise you sound, you sound, you sound, you sound rather silly.

There's a couple of ways of looking at it, depending on your view of the universe. From a purely humanistic standpoint, it's not an exception. Love dies when you do, and anyone who says differently is just being romantic, appealing to the listener by implying that love somehow transcends our otherwise mortal lives.

For the more spiritual people, who believe that your soul exists beyond your body, love certainly could last as long as your soul does, but there's no guarantee that it will. Not being able to test the presence of an immortal soul, I can't really tell you for sure. :P

posted by on Thursday, the eighteenth of October 2007, at a quarter past eleven at night

love won't conquer the heart of your mate

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Love Conquers... wait, what?

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