Hey, questions and curiosity are a natural part of life. It's lead to some amazing discoveries, but questions can also seem rude. So today, ask your questions anonymously and get them answered!

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#1

Do mute people talk with themselves in their minds? I just don't know. For me, it's always interesting to know how the mind works if some senses are deprived and if they retain some semblance of those senses in their mind.

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Blarrg
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When we think, there are nearly imperceptible but medically measurable movements in our vocal cords. When a mute person thinks, there are analogous muscle movements in their hands. It appears they think in sign language.

Kari Panda
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4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, but it depends on whether the person was born deaf or only lost their hearing later. If you lost your hearing later in life, you will still think and mentally talk in words, in the language you grew up with. If you were born deaf, you think in different ways. It’s difficult to explain, but think of babies or animals. They‘ll still *think* feelings and concepts. A baby can look at a new object and think, "Huh? What is that? Interesting…" without having the words for it. A dog can look up at you with that, "I know you didn‘t throw the ball, I‘m fed up with your nonsense >.> " look without language. Also, deaf people sometimes think in signs, so I think it very likely they also mentally talk to themselves in signs. (Note: I am not hearing impaired, but I did some private research on that whole topic a few years back. You can also check forums or youtube channels of hearing impaired people, there are many who were happy to answer such questions.)

Maria Schneider
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does anyone know if people who have been blind from birth still have visual impressions?

Alex Bailey
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My understanding is, from working with blind colleagues, that it varies enormously.

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Yvonda Marie Levings
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hi everyone just wanted to let you know from my personal knowledge My son is Deaf/Mute He became Deaf @ 2 1/2 So he had hearing then lost it Years ago i asked him when he thinks of things how does it look Nick told me its a mixture of Sign Language Visual(mouth face and body movement) and sorta like a Picture Flash Book I hope that helped Everyone have a good night and be safe

ProfessionalTimeWaster
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, they do. Lots of questions answered in this Buzzfeed video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgmB9c29UKU

Zophra
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder how it would be to think without language... I don't think I think without words in my mind?

Remi Flynne
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A dyslexic friend said her thoughts are images. So I suppose there are a variety of ways.

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Anonymousplease
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mute people still think, but thinking and talking in your mind are different, so I'm not sure

I am a robot
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

and if they do, do they use words or sign language?

Donkey boi
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dude, some talking people don't talk in their minds! Based on my Spanish friend's response that if someone talks to her in Spanish, she thinks in Spanish and if they talk in English, she thinks in English and if she's alone she thinks in both... I'm gonna guess that a mute (if born mute) doesn't talk with themselves in their minds.

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    #2

    I’d ask Trump why he’s such an insufferable, hateful, moronic twat.

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    ben woskje
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He would then launch into a non-sensical rant about "Chhhhy Na", the radical left, patriotism and that no-one is a better, more successful "insufferable, hateful, moronic twat" than him... while continuing to be completely unaware... of... well, everything. He would then try to f**k his daughter and get mexico to pay for... ? something so bizarre i cant even think of it ?

    Remi Flynne
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Indeed. Surely it's best not to ask the man any questions at all.

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    Mattie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    he'd probably say "what a nasty question that is, but you always ask these kinds of nasty questions anyway, your network has the worst ratings because you're fake news, don't talk over me I'm the president of the United Shtates, shut up, be quiet, you're terrible, stop talking, ok someone please remove them they're horrible and nasty"

    Candace Alagappan
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    4 years ago

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    Linny H
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    I guarantee there are millions of people that would love to ask YOU the same question.

    Tres D
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    4 years ago

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    You spelled Biden wrong

    #3

    What do blind people think every thing looks like?

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    Ruth Kennedy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mother went blind as a young baby so had no memory or concept of sight. She went by what other people told her - for example, associating colours with emotions/sensations like red is warm, blue is cool etc. She thought clouds were solid, like cotton balls, and imagined the internet as like entering a giant, echoing hall. Some of her analogies were very strange until you realised that she was coming from a completely different perspective. She said she didn't need to know what her daughters looked like as she already knew that we were beautiful people. And no, she did not dream in vision as it meant nothing to her - no frame of reference.

    Kira Okah
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I recall reading that people born blind and later gained sight could not recognise objects by sight, and the consensus of the participants is that they didn't imagine that the things would look that way. However, this was something that I read in university, so five years ago. I haven't the foggiest what the study was called and I hope that I am recalling it correctly.

    F-Dup
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tommy Edison on YouTube is a blind guy who answers a lot of questions like this. Check him out - he’s fascinating!

    Kenny Earthling
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a very fair question, quite ignorant in fact

    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    GUYS!!!! I do not ask this question because I expect blind people to know what looking really means or that they can interpret images through speech or touch, or that they have concept of sight, it is a question out of Curiosity! Please be kind!! I just always wanted to ask this question after meeting a good blind friend at the age of 2, but sadly they are no longer with us due to his blindness. I have always wondered and pondered about this topic. what was blindness like? Was it bright or was it dark? Did it affect the mind? I have sat countless hours siting and wondering, staring at a black paper that is my very own endeavor. This is why I ask my question!

    Rob Freundlich
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What do you think radio waves forglbax like? "Forglbax" is the name used by an alien species for receiving and interpreting radio waves, which their freebnozzes (an organ on the equivalent of their faces) do. Are you having trouble comprehending the question, or beginning to come up with an answer? I'm not surprised - you have no concept of forglbaxing, because you don't have working freebnozzes. Your brain has no frame of reference for this. Just like I imagine a blind person's brain has no frame of reference to answer your question.

    lara
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Read your question again. And HOW to blind people know what "looks like" means?

    Remi Flynne
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Language is interesting in these instances. I've worked for a number of organisations that helped and employed blind people and most really disliked it when people got concerned about the use of everyday language like this - eg saying to them 'see you tomorrow' (there are much better examples but I simply can't remember them right now at half past midnight!). Some blind people do wonder how things look as well. Also 'black blind' as in sees nothing at all is only a small percentage of people who are defined as blind. This kind of stuff got debated a lot when I worked at a large national charity for blind people in the UK. The use of language, imagery and much more all got deeply researched as part of a revamping of the organisation and its services.

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    SimplyTrash
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    how do they know what a HUMAN LOOKS LIKE?

    StrawberryParfait
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They do have hands. It wouldn't be hard to get the gist of what a human looks like by touch alone. They just wouldn't have a reference for colors.

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    #4

    What does Jeff Bezos feel when he sees vids and pictures of starving children in Jemen? How can someone who is so filthy rich and powerful that he has the means to actually stop famine worldwide (twice!) choose just not to do it?

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    Pearl
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In truth, we all have a small-scale Jeff Bezos inside us. For example, when your daughter wants a stunning prom dress when she already has a decent dress, you buy her one. You don't think of how she already had one. You don't think about how those 80$ could have fed a poor family in Africa for a week. When you feel tired and exhausted and take your family on a vacation to Hawaii, you don't think of how others could have benefited from those hundreds of dollars you spent on your leisure time. You don't think of the other people who have it worse. When you wear make-up, you don't think about a mineral called "mica" hidden inside it., which makes it shimmer. You don't think about poor kids in India working in dangerous mica mines so you can keep your youthful shimmer. You think about you. You do all these things BECAUSE you can afford it. Please comment on this comment. I want to know your thoughts about the facts I stated!

    Blarrg
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are so right, Pearl. We like to vilify people like Bezos and tell ourselves that IF we had tons of money we would do something, which allows us to feel okay about ourselves living in relative luxury while others don't. Let's put energy into what we can do (even if it's not a lot) rather than railing about what somebody else should be doing.

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    K Witmer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's a sociopath w power he does not care about anyone else. People serve him that's it.

    Nope IWont
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of famine is caused by war and politics and there's no dollar figure that fixes that. He probably knows this.

    AnnaB
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would take too much time and money away from the pissing contest he's having with Elon Musk.

    michael reid
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The answer is in your question. He is filthy

    Sheikh Mushtaq
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    I basically make about $6,000-$8,000 a month online. It’s enough to comfortably replace my old jobs income, especially considering I only work about 10-13 hours a week from home. I was amazed how easy it was after I tried it….. ===))> 𝐖­𝐰­𝐰.𝐅­𝐮­𝐥­𝐰­𝐨­𝐫­𝐤.𝐂­𝐨­𝐦

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    Nina
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why should he care??? I will never understand why people need so much money??? There's a saying in my country: The very last shirt has no pockets! 😑

    Blarrg
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't like it when people who don't know me make assumptions about me. So I guess I should admit that I am making assumptions about whether you know Bezos well enough to make that kind of assertion. My sincere apologies if I am mistaken.

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    4 years ago

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    Amazingly enough if he did actually stop worldwide famine because he is so filthy rich you would then be pissed off and complaining about how he has a god complex.

    F-Dup
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Absolutely not. What an absurd statement.

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    #5

    Why do professional athletes make so much money when I am a 2nd grade teacher and have to buy all of my own school supplies for my class?

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    Blarrg
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Supply and demand. Free market. I might get downvoted because people hate that reality, but if you're sincerely asking, there's the answer. I say that as a member of a profession that matters a lot, gets paid poorly, and particularly for the amount of education it requires. But lots of people are drawn to it as a career.

    Jon S.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a book a couple of years ago (and I hate myself for forgetting the name or author) which looked at how much money people earned and it concluded that the ONLY people who deserved their massively inflated pay packets were professional athletes and celebrities. For the simple reason they were they only people who couldn't be replaced. Athletes have proven they are the best of the best to get their jobs and celebrities have irreplaceable recognition. CEOs, bankers and anyone else you can name are, by comparison, eminently replaceable.

    John C
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One answer to this is that professional athletes'' careers are unlikely to last very long. Probably 10 years max. Though it is difficult to find sympathy when you hear something like "$5 million contract".

    ProfessionalTimeWaster
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You should be asking your school board and your government this question. They have the responsibility and as well as the power to help you.

    R Carson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do some professional athletes that have everything go on to commit stupid crimes? Could it be CTE brain damage?

    Remi Flynne
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Possibly. Though should we assume that being a professional athlete with everything makes them a better person? Excluding those who commit crime due to poverty and desperation (because that's quite another debate) some people are just shitty humans and would commit crimes regardless of their situation. Though CTE brain damage does affect behaviour and cognition. Are there stats that back up any suggestion that the sports where CTE is a risk has a greater number of people going on to commit crimes?

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    PR
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My school district pays so teachers more than nurses. Our teachers retire at 55 with 6 figure pensions for life

    Joanne Hudson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don't HAVE TO buy supplies, its a choice you make. While I understand why you do it, when your ancestors went to school, there were no supplies TO be bought. And yet they learned knowing full well there were no McDonalds or Walmarts to fall back on if they didn't learn skills.

    timothy green
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    4 years ago

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    Quit complaining. You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.

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    #6

    How to write a formatted answer in Bored Panda.

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    Clandestine
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think they format for you sometimes. Like, if you put in paragraph breaks, they will eventually come up after they check your work. I think that's how it is.

    #7

    Why don’t all these multi- millionaires (ahem BEZOS) use their money for good stuff. Or even just pay their employees (ahem BEZOS) a reasonable wage? I simply would like to spend a day in their shoes and figure out why they don’t use their money on good.

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    Troux
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1) Good and evil are not universally accepted terms and black/white positions like children's movies make them out to be. Everyone has unique motivations and inspirations. To him, bringing space travel from a select few highly-trained scientists to any upper class people may be more important than bringing food from middle to lower class people. 2) Nobody gets rich by giving money away. It's foolish to think that the person who is an expert at amassing money is the same person who frequently gives their money away. Now there are countless people out there who have amassed fortunes and then donated the majority of it, but those fortunes are 5, 6 or occasionally 7 figures, not 12 figures, which is why they don't make the news.

    John C
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some do - I don't understand the hate for Bill Gates or his (ex)wife. Their philanthropic and humanitarian efforts are amazing.

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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good answer and that all makes sense. I see their point of view (ish) I just wish that people like him would use some of their fortune to pay their own employees a bit better. I understand that when you have that much your priorities shift. I just don't know how his priorities shifted to that exactly

    Kira Okah
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Employee pay doesn't come from his personal money, it comes from the money invested into Amazon. He doesn't say what they get paid, that comes more from a mixture of the board, the warehouse management, supply and demand, and employees negotiating pay. Bezos has enough money to give everyone his company employs an extra 10 dollars, one time, if he liquidated all of Amazon's assests and took down the entire company so everyone loses their jobs. Employees not accepting low pay would decrease supply and increase demand, so mae the wage go up.

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    Joanne Hudson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Becoming a multi-millionaire is the side benefit to all the work Bezos put in to build Amazon, a company that provides jobs and services to millions of people. The tooth fairy didn't leave it under his pillow and I believe he's said that the first five years of Amazon he didn't even draw a salary. If those people who work for Amazon aren't happy with the small salary, they can find another job, use those skills learned in HS to be a CEO of some other multi-million dollar company. And you can stop ordering low cost products delivered free in 2 days to your door which gives those folk their job that pays nothing. They can raise those prices, charge you for shipping, you can wait 2 weeks for delivery then bitch about how OVERPAID those Amazon workers are.

    Remi Flynne
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Coming from a wealthy family and being supported while he set the company up I don't think he'll have suffered much from not drawing a salary. There is so often this assumption that it would be the customers who get penalised when companies are forced to improve pay and working conditions. When the Living Wage was brought into place in the UK products and services did not have a commensurate increase in price, they remained in line with inflation. The top earners and shareholders could just not have such ginormous pay/bonuses/dividends you know. https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshbersin/2018/10/31/why-arent-wages-keeping-up-its-not-the-economy-its-management/?sh=f8b7b86397ef

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    R Carson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Narcissistic selfish a-holes.

    ProfessionalTimeWaster
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Multi-m/billionaires provide employment to thousands...so in a way, their life is better than being unemployed. Warmongers on the other - waste taxpayers money, destroy countries, destroy the planet....they are worse than any multi m/billionaire.

    Kenny Earthling
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because most rich people are selfish. Remember that unless they inherited it, they got all that money from people poorer from themselves in the first place.

    Candace Alagappan
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dhar Mann should do a video with Bezos to see hoe hard it really is!

    Bob Stuart
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A popular world view for the rich is that life is all about competition, not cooperation, and that poor people are proof of their success, but dangerous if not desperate on daily survival.

    lara
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What, to you is a reasonable wage? How much does Bezos pay his workers? How much of his "wealth" should he give away? Seriously, I am not being sarcastic. Oh, and should all employees be paid the exact same amount?

    Chris Jones
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    UK specific but there is the Living Wage (instead of minimum wage) that employers must pay & also what is known as the Real Living Wage. It is voluntary and paid by 7000 UK businesses because they recognise that people should be able to pay their everyday bills regardless of their employment (so is a reasonable wage). No, not everyone should be paid the same amount. Skills, training, experience & ongoing development matter & should be encouraged & rewarded. As for Bezos, paying people a living wage is not outside of the grasp of people in these positions. They choose to prioritise massive salaries & gigantic bonuses to an unnecessarily greedy extent. They could still earn huge amounts of money & pay their people a Real Living Wage. https://www.livingwage.org.uk/what-real-living-wage

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    #8

    How does the neurotypical mind actually work? All of the accounts I see explain it from the perspective of the neurotypical mind, which is not that helpful to me. It's also admittedly kind of an expected issue, much like how it's so hard to explain the autistic mind to a neurotypical, but I still wonder.

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    Donkey boi
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need to clarify if you are asking about the biology or the way it functions. In other words, do you want to know how the house is built or do you want to know how we decorate it?

    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean I can and have read up on the biology and chemistry of the neurotypical brain. But much like a blind man learning about luminosity and the chromatic spectrum, that doesn't really help me understand.

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    im_so_bored13
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me, as a neurotypical person, its... like... have you played a violin? It's like that, but less beautiful and more straight forward. I have no idea how a neurodivergent person's brain operates, but I know it's different.

    thatmagicgaychick
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually have the same question. I think i may be neurodivergent, but I don't know how to tell because I don't know how a neurotypical mind works.

    #9

    How do people afford to buy so much stuff? And I'm not talking about rich people, just normal people (ok, in a 1st world country, that is). Everyone seems to have multiple cars, at least one SUV/4WD, lots of kids that they send to school and university that costs heaps, then they go on holiday overseas (when there is no pandemic) and everyone has the latest big screen TV, and quite often drink lots of bottles of wine every week, and maybe smoke cigarettes every day. Where is all the money coming from? I have a reasonable wage but I cannot afford any of that stuff.

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    Bored Panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They don't "afford" it at all. Most people in the US are in debt up to their ears. Very few have any savings and most have a ton of revolving debt. The best thing I ever did for my peace of mind was get down to zero debt (other than a modest mortgage and my wife's student loans). YMMV

    John C
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bingo. I was asking myself this same question - my wife and I have salaries that put us in the top 6% and we were like "WTF are we doing wrong?" You hit the nail on the head - we are saving for retirement, planning for the future, and keep our debt minimal. That's what we're doing "wrong" and we're ok with that! lol

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    Joanne Humphreys
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was thinking this the other day..here un lockdown Wollongong Australia

    Aisling Raye
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I assume they don't have student loans or medical debt (at least that's what I think it is in the USA)

    K Witmer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Credit and debt for a lot of people. I have most of those things now that I'm approaching 50 bc it was a necessity like multiple vehicles and bc I could afford it. My husband and I have a small business w 9 employees it does unceasingly better each year. We've been in business for 17 yrs.

    Kenny Earthling
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are either talking about rich people or people in stupendous amounts of debt. If you see a lot of what you are describing, you just live in an area with a lot of wealth (and/or debt accumulation)

    matilda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same in UK, all it is "bought" by credits, finances, debts etc. all mean nearly the same.

    PR
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chinese save 1/2 their wages. Americans tend to have no savings

    Dilly Millandry
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe that would be better worded 'many Americans struggle to have savings' if we're going to be fair. Doubt they're alone either.

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    Miguel justino C
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Keeping up with the Jones’s is a virus. Nice car, clothes and house. No gas money, no washing machine and no furniture. It looks good from the outside though.

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    #10

    Do you really believe prayers works? I mean you would forego surgery, treatments, medications to show your faith in prayer?

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    Aisling Raye
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There have been plenty of scientific studies proving that prayer is a placebo and doesn't work. So to answer that part of your question, I don't believe in any of that. I don't judge people that do unless they are putting others at risk. I'm looking at you antivaxers and those thinking god will save them from covid if they pray enough.

    YoyoSthlm
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait... there are studies about this? But... how?

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    John C
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think prayer is analogous to meditation. Settling your thoughts, focusing on what's important. But even meditation is unnecessary I think - meditation is simply time that we've chosen to stop distracting ourselves with TV, movies, music, facebook, etc etc etc. Before we adopted this lifestyle of ensuring we keep ourselves distracted constantly with electronics, our daily routines naturally included downtime when our brains could do what we now need to "meditate" to do.

    Amanda Reicha
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I belong to seizure support groups. We get people who try to give medical advice "cleanse yourself of medications and prayer will cure you of epilepsy." They get kicked out. We have people who've experienced family denying them medical treatment and using prayer groups (child removed from custody) and those who were treated like they were possessed by demons until removed from the family for proper medical treatment. So, there's your answer. People will deny any medical treatment if they firmly believe prayer works. Seizures can sometimes kill. Would you neglect your child's life by just praying for them to be healed when you have the option to help them with professional treatment from a doctor?

    Linny H
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those things are often the answer to prayer.

    Ronald McDonald
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes going2 a doctor or surgeon or taking some kind of medication is necessary but God still wants u 2 seek Him about it first. Not everyone gets healed but if u are all about your Father’s business then your chances of receiving a supernatural miraculous healing from The Lord are much better. When Paul was ship wrecked on that island & a poisonous snake jumped out of the fire & bit him on the hand everyone thought he was gonna die for sure but he didn’t die & the snake bite had no affect on him. It’s cuz he was on a mission for the Lord all about his Father’s business. In 2 Chronicles 16 king Asa in the 39th year of his reign developed a disease in his feet & that disease became very severe & even though it became very severe he didn’t seek the Lord about it at all but he did seek physicians about it. Not to long after that in the 41rst year of his reign he died. Seek after the Lord about it first & then go to the doctor if you need to. It’s all up to God He can do anything.

    lara
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that is what Jehovah's Witnesses do in the states. But God gave man free will. God can "see" what is going to happen when people make choices. But he does NOT interfere. We are NOT children. We have free will. We are totally responsible for EVERYTHING we do. We have the intelligence to do things, You can not have it both ways: create horror and expect God to "fix it." We did it, we own it, we fix it. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHOICES WE MAKE NOT GOD.

    Eric S.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Religion is a mental illness related to OCD.

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    #11

    How can butchers kill an innocent pig or cow for meat.

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    Zophra
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because it's not thought of as an "innocent" pig/cow - it's just thought of as a job to provide food?

    Kira Okah
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Butchers don't. However I live near an abattoir and I have asked people. It's work, and it pays well because not many people want to do it. The people who work in the abattoir here came here specially because it pays so much more than they can get where they are from, and you have to basically disconnect yourself from your work for your own sanity. They apparently have a lot of turnover because of the stress, but they are doing it to feed their families.

    Foxxy (The Original)
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not usually the butchers that kill the animal, they sell them. They sell it because they don't have the same beliefs, just like most people and there is a market for meat. If you don't like it then don't eat it but you can't and won't control what others do.

    Susan Stead
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The same way any omnivore does. Humans are the only animals who feel guilt over eating meat. Because we can survive on other foods and we have the capacity to love other animals, we feel bad for eating them. This is one of those instances where evolution is a double-edged sword. We never ask crows, which are also omnivores and hunt and eat smaller birds (which I've witnessed in my own yard), how they can live with themselves, or why they can't just get their nutrition from plants. They eat and live another day, and we don't judge them for it. I'm more concerned about how we can feed our innocent children junk food and be okay about it.

    John C
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun Fact: slaughter = kill. butcher = cut up. Aside from industrial farms where workers just get completely desensitized due to the volume, smaller slaughterhouses make a point to minimize the animal's suffering.

    Kari Panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would greatly depend on the person. For many, it‘s probably "just a job" and "just an animal". And then there are the assholes. I‘ve seen a man once who found the whole affair incredibly funny. Talked to the pig about, "Oh, what‘s wrong with you? You look so dead, haha!" And that was someone working on a small animal farm belonging to a vet university, and the slaughtering I witnessed was because a vet came in and said he needed two fresh uteri/ovaries for his lectures. So believe me, it’s not just butchers. I never finished my vet studies, and the way they treated animals was a big reason why.

    Terilee Bruyere
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same way a cat can catch a mouse for a meal. The animals are raised for that purpose and many are now taking a more humane approach to dispatching an animal.

    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know people have to provide us food, and I don’t blame them for doing it, but in my mind, I think of the slaughtered animals as innocent and I don’t know how I would be able to do a job like that.

    Kenny Earthling
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure, but I really appreciate sewers too, but I couldn't see myself coping with working in one. I also really appreciate surgeons, but I don't see myself coping with that either. Many jobs are just difficult, and in many cases paid well for it

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    DragonflyGreen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For a whole lot of us, animals were put on this earth for the purpose of feeding humans and other animals. That is why animals kill their prey. To survive. That's why. Yes, it is possible to love animals but still love eating meat.

    Kenny Earthling
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the same way all organisms are killed for food. The fact that you are more similar to a pig or a cow just means you feel more sympathy for them, it doesn;t mean you are right to make moral judgements about it.

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    #12

    If some intelligent creatures from other worlds would communicate with earthlings, i would ask them, how to calculate time correctly. Time is not calculatable by seconds and hours because sometimes you feel that one day took a month...

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    michael reid
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Time is measured, correctly, like anything else. For example 1 metre could feel like nothing when driving or forever when watching a snail. It's always the same length

    Laura Mende (Human)
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that was beautiful and poetic. May I write it on my wall please?

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    v
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do you assume creatures from other worlds have the ability to calculate time correctly?

    Kenny Earthling
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd assume they could because humans can and we're probably not that advanced, I mean we only live on one planet

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    lara
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Time is a invented construct. There is NO time. In other words, a second on earth has no bearing in any other "world." According to Schrodinger EVERYTHING exists at the same time. A year is based on the amount of time it takes for the Earth to go around the sun. So many "days." BUT those days ONLY exist on earth. Time is an artificial construct to enable people to "organize" their lives. Originally "time" was necessary in "planting cycles" and "religion." And it was based on the movement of "heavenly bodies."

    Susie Elle
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not a matter of correctly measuring time - it's how the brain perceives it that makes it confusing. Time itself is a set thing.

    timothy green
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Time is just a random measurement that man came up with. It means nothing.

    Niall Mac Iomera
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's just subjective experience. The same applies for length / volume / temperature etc

    Zophra
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How is feels is not actuality.

    #13

    To the Northern Founding Fathers of the USA: "Were you ashamed of yourselves for compromising with the southerners on the matter of slavery? Wouldn't it have been more honorable to reject any compromise and form a nation without those slave states?"

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    Donkey boi
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They shouldn't be ashamed of compromising, if they had not compromised you would not be the united states, you would be British, French, Spanish and Dutch. They made concessions to achieve a goal, knowing that they could return to those issues once they had achieved what needed to be done. They could not fight a war against slavery while fighting for independence. The funny thing is, If the Northern founding fathers had made banning slavery their primary goal, the British would have send troops to help them achieve it. But then they would not be able to seek independence.

    Kenny Earthling
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Erm, every other country in the world managed to get independence, so I'm pretty sure that getting help from the brits wouldn't have stopped that.

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    Susan Stead
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From what I've read, they had no choice in the matter if they wanted the southern states to sign on to independence. It was a bitter compromise, but you're right, they made it.

    Blarrg
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't speak for them. My impression is that they viewed it as a necessary first step, and their writings seem to indicate that they believed in the promise of eventually living up to the belief that all are created equal. Had they not compromised, perhaps they would have never gained independence from the British Empire. Or perhaps there would have been two nations, and in the southern one slavery would have persisted much longer.

    YoyoSthlm
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But that's basically abandoning those states. Why is that better? So slavery is forbidden in the North but we don't care about the South?

    Miguel justino C
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hindsight’s 20/20, in 200 years we will be the “evil” for driving gasoline vehicles.

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    #14

    How do people who don’t have an internal monologue worry? Do they worry? I used to love asking people what their heritage/ethnicity was but recently I was told it was offensive to ask such a thing. I love learning about other people’s traditions, culture, upbringing, what makes them so uniquely beautiful, etc. I always wish I could as ultra rich people what they do for a living and how or why they are so rich. I have so many more.

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    Mongoose Jones
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NOT rude to ask anyone what their ethnicity is...we all came from somewhere else

    Kenny Earthling
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree, it's fine to ask about someone's background as long as you are polite and are careful about how you word your questions. I am also fascinated by this. I've only ever had one negative response, from a lady who had an interesting accent, she was very defensive, and so I think she must have had a run-in with xenophobes.

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    lara
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am not sure who all these "social arbiters" of "correct" questions are, but it seems to me that they have way too much free time and should take care of their own lives instead of attacking others.

    Bear Hall
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do we always have to see things from the average American Joe's standpoint? Why is it a problem if they are asked about their background? And there are so big differences between ethnicity, culture and nationality. Anyways, usually it sufficient jut to ask "Where are you from?" and the answer can be Detroit, Europe or the Bahamas.

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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First, I'm seeing this from the American Joe's standpoint because I am an American Joe and that is my standpoint and the question was what one is one question I'VE always wanted to ask someone. Also, in America, asking someone where they're from will not provide any information about their heritage, culture, or ethnicity. We are a nation of immigrants. We are incredibly multi-cultural. Telling someone I'm from Connecticut doesn't tell anyone that my ancestors are from Poland, I'm catholic, or even that I'm white.

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    Donkey boi
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1. It's more streamlined because they don't have to listen while they think. 2. Not enough room to cover the cultural thing, but suffice to say as we become more multicultural, we will become less cultural. Sometimes heritage is a con and detrimental to your personality, for eg, Why see yourself as African-American or Italian-American when, if you were born there, you are in fact just American. It's all rather complicated and no right or wrong answer. The moment you talk about race or culture, you'll upset some people and excite others. 3. The ultra rich are rich because they came from rich families and managed to make good investments with the money given to them.

    Maria Schneider
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great explications! In fact, I know someone who is free of verbal thinking. You could call him "enlightened" - definitely an unusual person

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    Bina Cobbler
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't have a verbal inner monologue. My mind works in pictures, not in words. One consequence of that is that I have no problem remembering details of places and events. So much so that I get angry when people try to convince me otherwise. I just know and if I was able to project my immer visuals to a screen, everyone would know that I'm right. On the other hand I'm absolutely hopeless with names, unless I've seen them written beforehand. And I had trouble remembering the stuff I read in textbooks in university. There just isn't a shelf inside my brain where I could store it. But back to your question: if I worry, those inner visuals get tainted in feeling. I visualize possible outcomes and I layer and surround them with feelings. It's very hard to explain. You could imagine it like in some action movies or video games when the camera switches to a first person perspective fighting ihrer way though a jungle and everything gets tainted in red nuances and gets frizzy outside of your focus? You just know that something terrible is about to happen, even without a monologue or a narrator. That's what worrying is like for me, just not necessarily in colors, but in feelings.

    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks for this. Very interesting. I usually worry by having the same hypothetical conversation or argument in my head over and over again or by internally verbally writing and rewriting an email or speech over and over again. I can't imagine worrying without an Internal monologue.

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    denzoren
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't see it as offensive. I'm Indian/Latino and I live in the Caribbean. Some relatives came across from Indian as laborers way back when and some came from the main land, South America.

    R Carson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    HMMM-Are there People have no internal dialog? How would you know?

    DragonflyGreen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is true, and it is probably one of the most confounding things I've learned about in my entire life. I can't even begin to comprehend it, as my inner voice won't shut up, ever.

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    #15

    I would have love to have had the courage to have asked mu=y Dad why he didn't love me, but he's dead now so I guess I'll never know.

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    Melissa TO
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people are incapable of love. A mental disorder, childhood trauma, A personality disorder. Or all of the above. You didn't do anything wrong, it was all him. I've been through this as well, and it's awful. I'm sorry you're having to come to terms with it and that he's gone. But please know; it wasn't you, it was never you. It was his own shortcomings.

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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you. But My dad was capable of love. He thought my sister was made of golden sunshine and was the same to her kids too.. He treated them like royalty and me like s**t. He even told me several times that he wished I had not been revived when I stopped breathing as a baby. Mind you, so do I.

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    michael reid
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably because of things that happened in his life before you were born to shape him into the person he became

    DragonflyGreen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My bio mother doesn't love me. She is an evil human being. Took a lot of trauma therapy, but now I feel ambivalent and I find that acceptance elsewhere. (My stepmom is a queen, and an angel).

    ThoughtsAreNotFacts
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup, find it elsewhere! Blood is not always thicker than water.

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    #16

    Is it possible for me to go into the multiverse and hop into another universe's reality, become a human that can turn into a dog on command, hop in a lady's purse in dog form and then hitch a flight to New York all the way from Aus, then shape back into a human and run all the way to The Avengers Compound and maybe meet Tony Stark and Spidey on the way? Yeah that happened in my dream last night.

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    R Carson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I try to believe in ten impossible things before breakfast.

    Blarrg
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No. It isn't possible. (You're welcome.)

    Dina Simoné
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reality shifting, no. But lucid dreaming is possible.

    Kenny Earthling
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope so, because that sounds wicked cool

    #17

    Did authors see things they sworn to keep to themselves but wrote it in a book form?

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    Donkey boi
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some... But they had to be proof read and censored before being allowed to be published. They are also embellished slightly. For example, it's perfectly acceptable to write a story about a secret service agent preventing a nuclear explosion by extremists because people know it's made up. To to actually write about the special operation to prevent a dirty bomb making it's way to London by boat, is not acceptable. You cannot let the public know that they were a mere few hours away from having an nuke in their city.

    13
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damnit. Now I want to watch that second one.

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    #18

    If you had these options which would you choose? Wisdom, Love, Wealth, Health or Happiness?

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    AhhhhHHHHHHHHHH
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m going with love on this one, call me sappy but I just want a life companion, y’know?

    Deson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would be the same. I'm starting to go to my twilight years and have been alone (Romantically that is) pretty much my entire life. I would be so very happy.

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    K Witmer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd choose wealth bc all of those other things are possible w having enough money. No stress access to the best health care mental and physical can bring happiness which brings love. Wisdom comes w every fail traveling meeting diverse people and being able to experience other cultures as well as having the best education being able to explore any job or creative endeavor you want bc you have all the time I would be beneficial if the wealth was self made also

    F-Dup
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, same. I’ve always disagreed that money can’t buy happiness. It would buy time because I wouldn’t have to work, and I could do all the things that make me happy plus eat well, look after my health, learn new things…

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    Jon S.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Happiness. The other four are just a means to happiness

    Isobella GOURLAY
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love. Love can make you happy, so that's 2 for the price of one. Also I love my best friend and if I lost her in any way I would not be able to cope with anything.

    timothy green
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True love would bring happiness. I remember it

    Kenny Earthling
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Happiness, because wisdom has not made me happy. Wealth and health wouldn't matter if you were miserable. I'd choose love, but if I had to be unhappy to have love, it doesn't sound like true love!

    Amelia Lewin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Happiness because I believe that all of these combined is happiness

    Lokis Andragon
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love. It brings overall happiness, has been shown to improve health, and having love gives you the opportunity to know things that unhappy people can't.

    Nina
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    10000% health. all the other things can be gained through hard work and time and experience, and in some cases, luck. but with poor health, it's difficult to work hard and also difficult to be open mentally/emotionally to all the others. if you're too sick to go to school/work, you won't be able to have wisdom or wealth, and if you're too depressed by your poor health you will absolutely not be able to achieve love or happiness. so yeah, health.

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    #19

    Why do Americans always tell people to go back to their country?

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    Kathy Thrash
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not all Americans say that. I am one of the many who would NEVER say that to anyone. It is very rude.

    John C
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    4 years ago

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    I don't think we're allowed to say "not all...." anymore. Don't all Americans have to own it since some do it?

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    Kira Okah
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is not in any way, shape, or form an American thing. I'm Malay, raised and living in the UK, I've travelled quite a bit too. I've gotten variations of this in England, France, Spain, Singapore, China, and Japan. People who do this are rood.

    Dilly Millandry
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just proving that stupid people live everywhere unfortunately!

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    Patrick James
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ignorant, intolerant, unintelligent Americans say this. Unless you're Native American none of us are from here.

    Terilee Bruyere
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone told me that once. Being an Indian Status Native I had to giggle to myself. As Kathy said, not all of them say things that like. Unfortunately the bad eggs seem to get the most attention, giving everyone else a bad name.

    lara
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do people lump all Americans into the same category?

    Aisling Raye
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because they're too dumb to realize that the vast majority aren't even in their family's country of origin. I'm sure nationalism is in just about every country, it just seems to be particularly pronounced here in the states.

    Candace Alagappan
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because they're afraid they'll lose power over they're country. Either that or they are just a**holes

    R Carson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always say -every one is doing the best they can-but some aren't worth a sh**t.

    Blarrg
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because they are afraid that there are finite resources, that someone not of their group is going to take those resources, so they will be without. It's not unique to Americans, or even humans.

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    #20

    What does a crush feel like?

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    WolfyDragon_82
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Painful and all your bones pierce through your organs and everything turns to mush…

    Joanne Hudson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A crush feels like love except its one way and only ankle deep. You can only see the things in the other person that you feel are special and not the bad.

    Jon S.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like you can't stop thinking about someone. For some reason they feel more interesting and exciting than anyone else around. You find yourself making excuses to spend time with them, if you can.

    Kenny Earthling
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A crush is like being very over-the-top in love with someone you know very little about. It's only real love, if you get to know them properly (including some of the crappy things about them) and still feel very similar.

    teal&pink
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like anxiety that makes you blush. You forget how to speak, breathe or act like a normal human being. You will do exactly the wrong thing at exactly the wrong time and look like a complete idiot.

    #21

    "What's your deepest secret, motivation? What makes you tick?"

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    F-Dup
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, I don’t have one. I was born, I’m here… I’m just getting on with it

    Terilee Bruyere
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not exactly a secret but I tend to hide the times that I am overly painful, dizzy or when I have a 'spell' and am a bit lost for a few minutes from my children. My son worries and it confuses my daughter. They know that things are quite right but I don't want them to know how bad it can get. My motivation is their health and happiness. I have very little family in the States and my parents passed away 6 years ago. As a single mom, they only have me and some wonderful neighbours. What makes me tic? Coffee.

    Kari Panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, my motivation is just living a normal, happy, boring life. I grew up in a broken home, and the cliché suburban family with a neat little house and two kids running around was always something I deeply longed for.

    Susie Elle
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That I was given time on this earth to spend however the heck I want to. The incredible feeling of freedom that thought gives me, helps me deal with the things in life that are a necessity (like a job) but not always enjoyable.

    Andrea Purzycki
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All I'm hearing is the TV show Lucifer: "What is it you desire?"

    WolfyDragon_82
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My motivation is knocking my head on the wall while mumbling curses under my breath.JK.Motivation:Music/Reading

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    Does your story really make sense to yourself or are you discriminating me because of my age?

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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What are you talking about?

    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my country, it is quite common to have pension accrual. However, my boss decided to not give me one. She gave a lot of different weird reasons, from you're to young (25y) till we hired you so quickly, but it still feels weird and like... like they didn't trust me at the beginning and/or wanted to misuse my innocence, since it is my first job after university. It makes me angry, but I have brought it up too many times and each time there is a different reason :'(

    Kenny Earthling
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    4 years ago

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    YoyoSthlm
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well if you don't understand it maybe you really aren't the target group...

    Miguel justino C
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everybody’s story makes sense too them in some capacity. Make some sense would ya?

    Terilee Bruyere
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why would I discriminate? I don't walk in your shoes and have no right to judge you. As for my story, even I don't get me.

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