Monday, 15 March 2010
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Would You Erase Them?
Today I was watching "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." There seem to be lots of theories that can be brought up from watching this movie...what roles destiny & fate play, do soulmates actually exist, etc. etc. I could keep going; it's a pretty complex movie.
In case you haven't seen it, I'll give you the jist. There's Joel (Jim Carrey) & Clementine (Kate Winslet). They've dated for several years and suffer a pretty crappy breakup which leaves both of them hurting. Clementine goes to Lacuna, Inc. to have a procedure done and erases Joel from her memory. At learning this, Joel follows to have the procedure done as well. Joel needs to collect items from his relationship (gifts, photos, clothing, etc. - memory box kinda stuff) to help map out where Clementine will be in his memory and to also help remove memory triggers of her from his home. He is removing the proof she was ever present in his life so he can take the next step: deleting her from his memory and remove proof she ever existed to him.
The procedure done at Lacuna, Inc. is for people who want to move on past their painful memories. We even see in one scene, a crying woman in the waiting room with a box full of dog's stuff. You speak into a tape recorder, say what/who you want to erase, and talk about them so the doctor can create a map of your brain. Then they put your head in a scanner and map out your brain's response to the items from your memory box.
I won't give anything else away - go see the movie. It's pretty great stuff. Confusing the first time you watch it, but it's very good.
SO... would you, if you could, completely erase someone or something from your memory?
And if you could, and you got a free coupon for one erase trial - what/who would you erase? A person? A memory??
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nope never. i'd rather keep my memories
I don't think I would. As painful & shitty as some past relationships have been, that's how I got where I am now. & I like this place, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.
I wouldn't erase anything. You learn from memories, good and bad. While the results sometimes are painful, you never know until it happens just how you react and what you do next time. While sometimes I wish I can go back and undo some stupid things, it's life. And you learn from it. We are all human and we will make mistakes. Some more careless and preventable than others. It's just how you deal with it afterwards.
@katiwitz@xanga - Amen girl! I'm the same way! You learn from the painful and hurtful relationships just as much if not more than you would from the pleasant one! If you erase the memories, you erase all the lessons learned and you set yourself up to repeat bad mistakes. Besides you know...you can never really forget.
I wrote an article all about breakthroughs in science that are moving scientists closer to this capability. In fact, there are memory editing devices already in place. It's not just a movie theme.
Check out my article:
http://cchronicle.com/2010/01/forgetting-your-first/
This is my favorite movie of all time. It's incredible.
And to answer the question: No-I would not erase anything. The movie helps show why its not a good idea to do so.
I luff that movie.
i'm gonna have to be different and say yes.
i would erase a person. he caused me more pain than i can imagine.so yeah, i would definitely erase him.While at times it can be really hard to confront the past, the past is there to help us grow up. I think I would keep my memories no matter how painful they were..
Well, I've had a few people in my life that have really hurt me. I don't think I'd erase them though, because you don't know how good you've got it until you've had it bad.
Never.
no. i wouldnt want to erase my memories. they are mine. from the bad i learn to make better decisions and from the good, im happy =]
erasing ro forgetting is a cowards way out of things. maybe hahaha
I would like have my entire memory erased. What's the point if you can remove only one piece of bad history? Especially with me.
I would do it. I would erase my ex from my memory and friends that betrayed me from my memory. If this was possible, I would so do it.
I wouldn't do it. I've had some pretty horrible experiences, to the point that I have PTSD, but I would still rather live with it and have the experiences I've had to remember the things I've learned from them than erase them and make the same mistakes again.
there are some things i would erase, absolutely. love that movie btw<3
If you erase someone from your memory do you also erase the effect they had on your life? Would you still have a personal growth or would you return to the mentality you had before you met them?
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my favorite movie!
I used to think that I would erase an ex, but I'm not so sure anymore.Most definitely yes! If it's free? Even better.
The unimportant ones erase themselves and time takes care of the ones you should remember.
So far, no I wouldn't. If I wanted to erase a breakup, it would have to be an extremely painful breakup, like years of not being able to move on.
Any other horrible moment/person, idk if I would erase them. It depends on the memory, how painful it was & how much I learned from it.
definitely not. in my opinion, your memories define who you are as a person.
No I would not.
I adore that movie. I would erase lots of stupid things if I could, like every TV commercial I've ever seen, but definitely not any people