What Brings Tears To Your Eyes?

by thunderbird

Posted: 13 years ago 39 replies

OFF TOPIC

I always note with fascination when something causes tears to well up in my eyes. It is an involuntary physical reaction. Real things in my life don't have this effect on me. Here's a story did cause this odd reaction in me:
South Korean family facing deportation over autistic son allowed to stay
It was specifically this part of the first sentence that did it to me:
"the centre of a growing public protest in New Brunswick."

What makes tears well up in your eyes?

#autistic korean #bring tears #tear jerker #tears well

Bill Farnham 13 years ago

Cutting onions will definitely do the trick.
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- thunderbird 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Bill Farnham
  
  Cutting onions will definitely do the trick.
  
  Yeah, I learned that trick when I ran for city council.
  
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  Bill Farnham 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by thunderbird
  
  Yeah, I learned that trick when I ran for city council.
  
  Oh, I gotta hear this story...
  
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  thunderbird 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Bill Farnham
  
  Oh, I gotta hear this story...
  
  That was just a joke. I don't think I would be able to give an accurate definition of "City Council" without Googling it, never mind running for it.
  
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whateverpedia 13 years ago

Logging on to the OT forum and seeing the whole first page taken up by "What's your favourite...?" threads reduces me to tears every time.
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- Bill Farnham 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by whateverpedia
  
  Logging on to the OT forum and seeing the whole first page taken up by "What's your favourite...?" threads reduces me to tears every time.
  
  Last night NOBODY showed up here after around 8:30 pm my time (Eastern USA), the place was a ghost town.
  
  All those "What's your favourite" threads are killing the joint.
  
  We need to get back to talking about what the Pope thinks about Obama...
  
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csmcmanus 13 years ago

Onions, then little orphan animals in pound commercials, then footage of slaughterhouses, then the thought that humanity is just a plaque upon the planet, *sigh* can we say "everything" and be cool? :/
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HeySal 13 years ago

Anything to do with helpless little animals - happy - like that video of the guy setting his pet lion free and going back a year later and the lion jumps up and hugs him. That was a real tear jerker.

When something is sad it just knots up in my intestines. Frankly - there's not much that does bring me to tears.

So Bill - tell us. What's your favorite "what's your favorite" thread?
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bravo75 13 years ago

The destruction of the rain forest and the reasons why.
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- John Durham 13 years ago
  
  My Grandson, Heath Vincent Rios. He brings me to tears of love and joy.
  
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Bradley J Anderson 13 years ago

Vice grips squeezing my nards. Yeah, that usually does the trick for me...
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Roaddog

13 years ago

Married with Children...only I don't sell shoes...:p

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thunderbird

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Roaddog

Married with Children...only I don't sell shoes...:p

I wonder what health hazards go along with that job? Foot mold? If aromatherapy is supposed to have psychological benefits, what psychological damage would be inflicted by stinktherapy?

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John Durham

13 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

I wonder what health hazards go along with that job? Foot mold? If aromatherapy is supposed to have psychological benefits, what psychological damage would be inflicted by stinktherapy?

Hey can I get some ecoli with that shoe sole...? Just think of what people step in before you take off their shoes.

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yukon Banned 13 years ago

This will bring tears to your eyes every time (powerful tiny fist)!

YouTube - ‪Scrubs - Randall &...
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- HeySal 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by arpit0908
  
  When my family member is sad or someone hurts to others then bring tears to my eyes.
  
  EDIT: contact details removed - you're not getting juice here buddy
  
  I know what else is going to bring tears to your eyes.
  
  Consider yourself Nuked you spamming freakazoid.
  
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Sumit Menon 13 years ago

Getting hit in the nuts does it for me. And you can't even suppress/control those tears.
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kiddoman 13 years ago

Always the touching or misery scenes can make me tear out! That is pretty sad!
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Tuffy22 13 years ago

This does it for me:

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melody99 13 years ago

what brings tears to my eyes??
when i have a down fall or depress, or when someone surprise me about a good news..
that surely will bring tears to my eyes..
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addyj672 13 years ago

All my sin brings tears in my eye (When i am quite and alone remembering bad times of past)....
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- bukriv 13 years ago
  
  Whenever a pet dies. Then guilt sets in as I feel I did not do everything to save them.
  
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dagaul101 13 years ago

Where there is a horrible natural disaster, and no one is prepared for the fallout
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tiwi 13 years ago

I have to admit to being overly sensitive too, so it doesn't take much either to make me cry... every sad, success and love story will do the trick, even songs!
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Charlotte Jay 13 years ago

Onions.

Sometimes a movie tugs at the old heartstrings too. I don't cry all that often to be honest.
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escortadelaide 13 years ago

Suprisingly, i'm not that sensitive. i don't cry easily over things. but if there's one thing that would make me cry, it would be too much anger. you know when someone just irritates you so much and you can't do anything but get really really mad? that's it! Poor Adelaide Escorts, :'c
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- Bill Farnham 13 years ago
  
  I cry at weddings. Generally for the groom's bank account...
  
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  myob 13 years ago
  
  Seeing John Boehner cry always tears me up.
  
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Kurt 13 years ago

1. My nephews' air biscuits.

2. Every time I get pepper sprayed by the local cops.

Although I think #1 is making me immune to #2.
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zythum_alex 13 years ago

When ever my girlfriend tries to cook something and start experimenting with onions . Sucks... lolzz
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zythum_alex 13 years ago

another thing when my dog farts...
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thunderbird 13 years ago

This is really trite of me, and I won't try to justify it, but again an involuntary physical reaction. I was just watching a show called MasterChef, in which spiring chefs present their culinary attempts to a panel of three judges in an attempt to win a chance to compete for a big cash prize and the title of Masterchef. Whenever a contestant got at least two votes and a chance to compete, I got the sensation of tears about to well up.

Do real things in my actual life have this effect on me? No.
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Audrey Harvey 13 years ago

Just this weekend, my beautiful 11 year old daughter was in a highland dancing competition. She works so darned hard, and just loves to dance. She was stoked to come away with a 3rd place trophy, and a 4th place trophy. So she didn't win the top prize. The sheer delight on her face showed that what she had achieved was enough for her, and I will admit that it did choke me up a bit. Ahhh, gotta love our kidlets.
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katywalton 13 years ago

Tension or stress on the face of my family and i am unable to do anything to solve this problem.
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thunderbird 13 years ago

New observation. This caused tears to well up for me.

YouTube - ‪[Korea's Got Talent] tvN
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Pauline60 13 years ago

Audrey - moments like that are priceless. I firmly believe that children benefit enormously from experiences which bring a feeling of personal achievement whatever field of endevour it is in. Give your daughter my heartiest congratulations. As someone born with two left feet I am always in awe of people who can dance competently.
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thunderbird 13 years ago

This story caused my eyes to well up. I'm a real dork:

Obese Ottawa man cleans pool for private access - Yahoo! News
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hardraysnight 13 years ago

Across the Universe.
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