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Societal Pressure
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Distractions, amusements, pettiness, drama. These are the things around which we build our lives. However, this is not objectionable in and of itself, as some people think. It allows us to be what we... |
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Relationships & LoveHurt...
9 Posts • 4165 Views Psychology Forum |
Umma, if we lived by Jim Morrison's philopsophy or never telling anyone anything we trusted, it would be as illogical as not building a house because you're afraid it will burn down. We need... |
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EconomyStock market and social security
23 Posts • 8128 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
13. Fallacy (9/12/05)
Fallacy 1. "Politicians stole all the extra SS tax money and spent them in the general fund for their own purpose."
Answer: The surplus of S.S. tax are now in the... |
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Emo
43 Posts • 9000 Views Talk Talk |
My psychological impression of emo is something akin to "wearing your feelings on your sleeve". These feelings generally seem expressive of (or at least desire to express) negative self-awar... |
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Human Nature & EmotionPartners In Life
27 Posts • 7904 Views Philosophy Forum |
Kratos' offering of the Tao quote "Alone, yet not alone" , is the best reply to the struggle for balance in a relation. All social animals struggle with this balance between self intere... |
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Society & SociologyOver population and the effects it has on the human psyche.
8 Posts • 12756 Views Psychology Forum |
humans do need social contact, but we need everything in moderation. too much contact, and it starts to grate on us, every single person i know likes having time to themselves, with no pressure to be... |
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ConsciousnessALTRUISM and SELFISHNESS
23 Posts • 26555 Views Philosophy Forum |
Altruism is an indirect selfishness.
it is usually a product of cultural indoctrination which makes selfishness a dirty word, so as to maintain social harmony. |
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Human's Inevitable Downfall
89 Posts • 23439 Views Philosophy Forum |
I just skimmed through some of the posts so I may be posting ignorantly but has anyone bothered to take the other side of this arguement. I saw some posts stating that humans inevitablely bounce back... |
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Lawrequest for help
3 Posts • 2809 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
I don't want to devalue this board with questions as opposed to debates, but i can't think where else to ask. I know that The social contract 'as told by' Rousseau is more complica... |
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SocietyPolitical Compass
17 Posts • 7324 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
I got :
Economic Left/Right: 1.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.77
Pretty much on cue, I'm a little closer to the center then I expected though. Give me freedom (and markets) or give... |
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Right or wrong....
300 Posts • 58836 Views Philosophy Forum |
Right is basic social popular opinion that is widely plausible under a variety of views
So if i can take Hitler's example but prove to more people why Jews should die then I would be right? |
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Gender PsychologyJeans and heels are painful
39 Posts • 14912 Views Psychology Forum |
People just get told what to think because they lack proper social interaction. But if we spent less time listening to media and more time with eachother we could solve a lot of problems |
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Child & Family PsychologyRecapturing youth?
15 Posts • 4168 Views Psychology Forum |
Of course being a university student you might imagine that it would be easy to meet other university students. Unfortunately our university just doesn't have that chatty cafe / coffee type metin... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsMaterial Body's Importance: Right or Wrong
17 Posts • 7321 Views Philosophy Forum |
Depends on how you're attached. Do you value it because it helps you achiece whatever worthy goals you have? Because you increase your status in the superficial social world? Because it makes lif... |
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Is attachment weakness?
0 Posts • 6864 Views Philosophy Forum |
I think remaining in social contact and attachment are two completely different things. One is just associating. The other is reliance upon something that you could really live with out. But, just bec... |
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conversation I had with a myspace female
24 Posts • 7013 Views Talk Talk |
no it has to do with me being considered unattractive by majority of females despite the fact I dont see why, me not having any game, me being unconfident, me not having alot of friends or going to pa... |
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PoetrySecret poems
21 Posts • 14461 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
i was never bullied persay, i was just a loner. these days, however, i have a comparitively active social life, and am often nearer the bullier then the bullied. i write about myself because i know my... |
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Audio/video converter for protected files
10 Posts • 3622 Views Talk Talk |
prefer Tunebite anytime, just got the latest version and has some pretty interesting new features for recording social web radios and saving videos from youtube. |
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Starting over
20 Posts • 5346 Views Talk Talk |
its subconscience in the majorityof people to asses everything they see whether it be color, weight, use, old, shiny, pretty etc. and these all affectthe way we judge things instead of if we can use i... |
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Life & DeathCircle of Life
34 Posts • 11517 Views Philosophy Forum |
No I don't necessarily mean just those extra organs but any hormonal implications are worth looking into. Because the pleasure factory as well as the social inclination, and perhaps any particula... |
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Females Inferior?
31 Posts • 13222 Views Philosophy Forum |
quote - "but it seems that generally men are better at science and math and that women" - its nice to hear that some women actually see and appreciate (i think!) the talent that men have rat... |
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Gender PsychologyWomen - to be the only one and their lack of freedom
6 Posts • 3760 Views Psychology Forum |
I agree with most of what you're saying. Esspecially about needing to rid the self of guilt. Post orgasm guilt is very strogn in society these days, and I have spent a great deal of effort, while... |
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EconomyStock market and social security
23 Posts • 8128 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
What I think is that the politicans in Congress should work together on a plan. There is too much Liberial vs. Conservative. Social Security is about people's retirement. Good grief! Those politi... |
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@tax cuts
22 Posts • 5486 Views Talk Talk |
you have yet to present any real arguement against my points.
so do some research and give me some better examples of how social programs are not in any way inspired by communist views. I have gone... |
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DepressionI hate people and feel better alone
33 Posts • 140888 Views Psychology Forum |
I dread human interaction.. too bad I can't make a decent living without being the best at something (best includes basic social skills).
Prefer to be alone, I never bothered with socializing... |
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