Comments on: The Purpose of Pleasure http://jameystegmaier.com/2010/02/the-purpose-of-pleasure/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:09:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jamey Stegmaier http://jameystegmaier.com/2010/02/the-purpose-of-pleasure/#comment-2626 Jamey Stegmaier Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:47:38 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=2083#comment-2626 I loved the book and think it's great fodder for book club discussion. You have a very interesting point regarding our brains being structured for logic and pleasure. I can see that. Read Oryx and Crake and see if you agree with Crake's explanation of why he took away pleasure from his creations. I loved the book and think it’s great fodder for book club discussion.

You have a very interesting point regarding our brains being structured for logic and pleasure. I can see that. Read Oryx and Crake and see if you agree with Crake’s explanation of why he took away pleasure from his creations.

]]> By: Ashlyn http://jameystegmaier.com/2010/02/the-purpose-of-pleasure/#comment-2623 Ashlyn Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:39:48 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=2083#comment-2623 So... Oryx and Crake... is that a suitable book club book? Sorry, I'm in a book and wine club, so I'm always thinking of book recommendations. But anyway...I'm gonna disagree with you and say that pleasure does have an evolutionary purpose for us as human beings, in that it makes us want to have sex. Our more evolved frontal lobes (which define us as "human") let us reason why we wouldn't want to reproduce ("It's not the right time to make a baby"..."I'm not ready for a child"...blah blah). So for the betterment of our species, our passion drive kicks in and urges us to have sex anyway because it feels good. So I guess my thoughts are that passion overrides rationale thinking to make sure that humans continue to reproduce. So… Oryx and Crake… is that a suitable book club book? Sorry, I’m in a book and wine club, so I’m always thinking of book recommendations.
But anyway…I’m gonna disagree with you and say that pleasure does have an evolutionary purpose for us as human beings, in that it makes us want to have sex. Our more evolved frontal lobes (which define us as “human”) let us reason why we wouldn’t want to reproduce (“It’s not the right time to make a baby”…”I’m not ready for a child”…blah blah). So for the betterment of our species, our passion drive kicks in and urges us to have sex anyway because it feels good. So I guess my thoughts are that passion overrides rationale thinking to make sure that humans continue to reproduce.

]]> By: Jamey Stegmaier http://jameystegmaier.com/2010/02/the-purpose-of-pleasure/#comment-2607 Jamey Stegmaier Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:38:53 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=2083#comment-2607 I loved Oryx and Crake. It builds and builds, details emerging in a precisely plotted structure. I'm looking forward to reading Year of the Flood. I loved Oryx and Crake. It builds and builds, details emerging in a precisely plotted structure. I’m looking forward to reading Year of the Flood.

]]> By: Regan Leigh http://jameystegmaier.com/2010/02/the-purpose-of-pleasure/#comment-2606 Regan Leigh Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:18:51 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=2083#comment-2606 Oryx and Crake is one of the many books I bought last year, but never finished because I got too wrapped up in my own writing. I did like the book, but have no idea of the ending. It's been so long that I'll have to go back and start it over later. Did you read her next one? I think it was Year of the Flood? Oryx and Crake is one of the many books I bought last year, but never finished because I got too wrapped up in my own writing. I did like the book, but have no idea of the ending. It’s been so long that I’ll have to go back and start it over later. Did you read her next one? I think it was Year of the Flood?

]]> By: Jamey Stegmaier http://jameystegmaier.com/2010/02/the-purpose-of-pleasure/#comment-2603 Jamey Stegmaier Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:48:30 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=2083#comment-2603 I believe it was "dolphin + pleasure + lover + is that a sardine in you pocked or are you just happy to see me?" I believe it was “dolphin + pleasure + lover + is that a sardine in you pocked or are you just happy to see me?”

]]> By: Josh http://jameystegmaier.com/2010/02/the-purpose-of-pleasure/#comment-2598 Josh Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:23:12 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=2083#comment-2598 I shudder to think what Google search was necessary to find this dolphin picture... I shudder to think what Google search was necessary to find this dolphin picture…

]]> By: david holloway http://jameystegmaier.com/2010/02/the-purpose-of-pleasure/#comment-2589 david holloway Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:34:23 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=2083#comment-2589 that's my lived reality, jamey. confused, that is. not awesome. that’s my lived reality, jamey.
confused, that is. not awesome.

]]> By: Jamey Stegmaier http://jameystegmaier.com/2010/02/the-purpose-of-pleasure/#comment-2588 Jamey Stegmaier Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:12:14 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=2083#comment-2588 That last paragraph is awesome. I'm a confused about by the first paragraph, but that's okay. :) That last paragraph is awesome. I’m a confused about by the first paragraph, but that’s okay. :)

]]> By: david holloway http://jameystegmaier.com/2010/02/the-purpose-of-pleasure/#comment-2587 david holloway Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:05:07 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=2083#comment-2587 i'm no scientist, but it seems to me that sex does two things. one, it gives you (jamey) purpose. there's a social theorist named brian pronger who suggests that all human interaction is based on sex. although i don't necessarily agree with him 100 percent, i am convinced that sex underlies much of our daily interaction. why? masculinity and femininity is defined through sex; therefore, we are defined through our interactions with others. if there was no basis for these characteristics, then our entire conceptions of masculinity and femininity would be based on.....something else?.....and the central component of our identities (whatever *that* means) would be something else. don't ask me what that something else is, now... two) there are articles every now and then--usually on the horribly written frisky.com--that say such and such is, for karen, better than sex. although a lot of those articles are written by morons and seem to imply all too often that relationships are ruined because the woman wears her sweatpants around the house a little too often, i think there's validity in WhatEver taking the place of sex as a source of pleasure and gratification. i wonder, then, if no sex for pleasure would mean no pleasure in general. if such a world were to exist, it would be a world where jamey wouldn't stick his head out of his car to gawk at a woman mowing her lawn. and that's just not a world i want to live in. i’m no scientist, but it seems to me that sex does two things. one, it gives you (jamey) purpose. there’s a social theorist named brian pronger who suggests that all human interaction is based on sex. although i don’t necessarily agree with him 100 percent, i am convinced that sex underlies much of our daily interaction. why? masculinity and femininity is defined through sex; therefore, we are defined through our interactions with others. if there was no basis for these characteristics, then our entire conceptions of masculinity and femininity would be based on…..something else?…..and the central component of our identities (whatever *that* means) would be something else. don’t ask me what that something else is, now… two) there are articles every now and then–usually on the horribly written frisky.com–that say such and such is, for karen, better than sex. although a lot of those articles are written by morons and seem to imply all too often that relationships are ruined because the woman wears her sweatpants around the house a little too often, i think there’s validity in WhatEver taking the place of sex as a source of pleasure and gratification. i wonder, then, if no sex for pleasure would mean no pleasure in general.
if such a world were to exist, it would be a world where jamey wouldn’t stick his head out of his car to gawk at a woman mowing her lawn. and that’s just not a world i want to live in.

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