"You don't need romantic love or affection to live."

[truecel23]

Correct.

You only need water and food for energy, shelter for protection from elements and you can live a life!

I mean you would be barely above a caged animal in a zoo or a zombie but at least you are living!

A subhuman life is still a life!

 

[imbored21]

Then you are a slave to the hedonic treadmill and will never be happy.

 

[Alone75]

That's not living, that's just existing! It sounds like my life, but at least I have internet and TV.

 

[KyloRen]

You don't need X to live a happy life! Says people who regularly obtain X whenever they want it.