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Do you deserve respect?
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i tend to respect my elders more quickly than i do younger people. but as far as im concerned everyone is on the same page to start out. i dislike when people believe they deserve my respect when they... |
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GovernmentHumpty Nam Kerry Dumpty fell off the wall today.
13 Posts • 4367 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
As dangerous as you seem to see Bush, Kerry seems more dangerous.
As Clinton was dnagerous, so is Kerry. Not a political thing for me, but more the clone Kerry is of Bubba.
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What truths would a wise person pursue?
5 Posts • 2821 Views Philosophy Forum |
All the intellectual -- or any other -- pursuits we might engage in become meaningless if we don't first survive. This would seem to imply that the highest priority "truths" are those a... |
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PedophiliaPaedophilia
189 Posts • 72691 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
do you not look at a well toned man with perfect bronze skin, sweat glistening off his chest with lust? everyone has triggers that send them in to a lustful overdrive.
i see a redhead and can bare... |
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SocietyWe, consumers
8 Posts • 3308 Views Philosophy Forum |
I wonder what options do we have. We are raised as consumers, therefore, we consume. And we consume a lot. Consumer behavior is so fundamental to the way we live, we actually can't see ourselves... |
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Society & SociologyCuteness- inborn or bred?
29 Posts • 7464 Views Psychology Forum |
I learnt a little bit of it at uni. not sure about any good websites. I know of a book though:
Konrad Lorenz, "Part and Parcel in Animal and Human Societies". in Studies in animal and hum... |
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SocietySocial Engineering
15 Posts • 3555 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
My god, what is wrong with you?
Stop worrying about what I or anyone thinks about you and address the freaking information, answer the goddam questions.
Ya, those are problems destroying our dem... |
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Chaos theory
70 Posts • 16958 Views Philosophy Forum |
The ideology of 'free-will' can't exist in the realm of chaotic systems, Why? Because we only perceive that we can change our actions and behavior. Such feelings of control are illusion... |
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my problem with anarchists
5 Posts • 1989 Views Talk Talk |
Actually... anarchy is a type of government - that is - no government at all. Most anarchists (not the angry kids you're talking about who only have a vague clue of what it really is) today, alth... |
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God in ReligionIs god real?
16 Posts • 5211 Views Religion Forum |
If I'm not mistaken, which I hope I'm not, Animals on this earth do not kill for enjoyment or pleasure but because they have to for food/survival and should not be considered savage nature.... |
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Discipline
20 Posts • 6315 Views Talk Talk |
some kids do need a good spanking. but if they were raised correctly in the first place, this wouldnt be the case.
some kids dont respond well to time outs or having things taken away. for these c... |
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Do You Change Your Idioms?
10 Posts • 3386 Views Psychology Forum |
i often find myself changing subtleties in my behavior when i am around different people. generally it is for myself - it allows me to relate to the other person on a much more personal level. afterwa... |
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God in ReligionProblems with God
55 Posts • 12116 Views Religion Forum |
When you are having the worst time of your life, nothing is going in your favor, and all you can do is think, "Why would God do this?", is it okay to be mad at him? I don't deny his exi... |
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Best Friend=Nightmare
31 Posts • 8787 Views Talk Talk |
Well I am assuming that you are not dating significantly older women as this sounds like rather juvinile behavior. You marrige plans may be in Jeopary- But don't cry you have a long time yet to f... |
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Gender PsychologyThe right to dress provocatively?
80 Posts • 37807 Views Psychology Forum |
Decius, you are addressing the wrong risk factor.
IF your daughter was going to a party (or whatever) in a bad part of town where "rapes are known to occur", then WHY would she "defini... |
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FuturologyIt's time for a revolution
20 Posts • 6996 Views Philosophy Forum |
Ignoring immoral behavior is not proactive, leading by example is not completely effective either. It does seem rather futile. What if we focus on the larger picture here. A society/civlization that h... |
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Chaos theory
70 Posts • 16958 Views Philosophy Forum |
Yes indeed, the illusion of a free will within an individual is their own individual reality. Such feelings of control are illusions; we are just ignorant of all the irresistible forces acting upon us... |
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Conscious and Sub-ConsciousAre we unconsciously narcissistic?
4 Posts • 3716 Views Psychology Forum |
In general, people find attractions toward people who look like themselves, have similar facial features, have similar histories and/or are of similar social classes. why do we not more readily seek d... |
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Need to rid myself of nail-biting habit
7 Posts • 2538 Views Talk Talk |
In the great words of Dr. Phil: We don't get rid of our habits, we simply change them.
My guess is all of your compulsive behavior has been redirected to your nail biting habit.This would expl... |
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Relationships & LoveA logical case for the loss of consent.
1 Posts • 5904 Views Psychology Forum |
Please discuss this, I would like to see the opinions of those both with and with out a "dog in this fight"
Case for the Possible Loss of Functional Consent.
by Anon7
The D/s co... |
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ChristianityA question for a devoted Christian.
235 Posts • 42596 Views Religion Forum |
Interesting The bible speaks aginst homosexual behavior. Christians should love others without regard for gender,
Can you not love someone and disagree with them?
It is not unchristian to love... |
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Intelligence, Memory & Brain4a.m. Terror
6 Posts • 2789 Views Psychology Forum |
Odd. Very odd. I titled this 4a.m. because that is when those instants of terror happen to me most often, where I jump or have the urge to go to a different room. I can see why an observer of this beh... |
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About You / IntroductionsIntroductions
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Things i'm into: humans, human behavior, human thought, human scent, human realationships... breakdancing, philosophy, religion, music, graffiti, adult swim.. The reason i'm here?? Excercise... |
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Habits & BehaviorPerfectionism
17 Posts • 14023 Views Psychology Forum |
I don't know about other perfectionists, but I starting exhibiting perfectionist behavior even before I started school. I always wanted to do a neat job with everything I did. Other kids would co... |
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Things Appear Smaller When Seen from the Distance
3 Posts • 2350 Views Philosophy Forum |
Which is why everything we do is based on what we think and feel. Objects and sounds outside of our body have significantly less impact on our behavior, almost none unless they conflict with our physi... |
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